2001 Fermanagh District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2001.

Election Name:	2001 Fermanagh District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1997 Fermanagh District Council election
Previous Year:	1997
Next Election:	2005 Fermanagh District Council election
Next Year:	2005
Seats For Election:	All 23 seats to Fermanagh District Council
Majority Seats:	12
Party1:	Sinn Féin
Seats1:	9
Seat Change1:	4
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	7
Seat Change2:	2
Party3:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats3:	4
Seat Change3:	0
Party4:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	0
Party5:	Independent (politician)
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	1
Party6:	Independent Nationalist
Seats6:	0
Seat Change6:	2
Party7:	Independent Socialist
Seats7:	0
Seat Change7:	1

Elections to Fermanagh District Council were held on 7 June 2001 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections and used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 23 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"|Enniskillen|25.2|2|bgcolor="40BFF5"|33.4|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|17.8|1|12.6|1|11.0|1|7|-|align="left"|Erne East|bgcolor="#008800"|42.3|bgcolor="#008800"|3|27.0|2|14.9|1|9.3|0|6.5|0|6|-|align="left"|Erne North|17.7|1|bgcolor="40BFF5"|38.5|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|21.6|1|22.2|1|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Erne West|bgcolor="#008800"|48.2|bgcolor="#008800"|3|24.8|1|21.6|1|5.4|0|0.0|0|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|33.5|9|30.8|7|18.7|4|12.1|2|4.9|1|23|-|}

District results

Enniskillen

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

Erne East

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

Erne North

1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1997-2001 Change: No change

Erne West

1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin (two seats) gain from UUP and Independent Nationalist