2001 Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2001.

Election Name:	2001 Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1997 Dungannon District Council election
Previous Year:	1997
Next Election:	2005 Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council election
Next Year:	2005
Seats For Election:	All 22 seats to Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council
Majority Seats:	12
Party1:	Sinn Féin
Seats1:	8
Seat Change1:	3
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	6
Seat Change2:	2
Party3:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats3:	4
Seat Change3:	0
Party4:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats4:	3
Seat Change4:	0
Party5:	Independent (politician)
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	1
Party6:	Democratic Left (Ireland)
Seats6:	0
Seat Change6:	1
Party7:	Independent Nationalist
Seats7:	0
Seat Change7:	1

Elections to Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council were held on 7 June 2001 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 22 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Blackwater|22.6|1|bgcolor="40BFF5"|33.6|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|14.2|1|29.6|1|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Clogher Valley|bgcolor="#008800"|30.2|bgcolor="#008800"|2|25.1|1|23.0|1|21.7|1|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Dungannon Town|bgcolor="#008800"|30.3|bgcolor="#008800"|2|24.7|2|17.3|1|19.2|1|8.5|0|6|-|align="left"|Torrent|bgcolor="#008800"|55.5|bgcolor="#008800"|3|10.9|1|15.2|1|3.6|0|14.8|1|6|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|36.0|8|22.8|6|17.2|4|17.6|3|6.4|1|22|-|}

District results

Blackwater

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP

Clogher Valley

1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP

Dungannon Town

1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Democratic Left
2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Democratic Left

Torrent

1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1997-2001 Change: Independent Nationalist becomes Independent