2001 Magherafelt District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2001.

Election Name:	2001 Magherafelt District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1997 Magherafelt District Council election
Previous Year:	1997
Next Election:	2005 Magherafelt District Council election
Next Year:	2005
Seats For Election:	All 16 seats to Magherafelt District Council
Majority Seats:	9
Party1:	Sinn Féin
Seats1:	7
Seat Change1:	2
Party2:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats2:	3
Seat Change2:	0
Party3:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	2
Party4:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Independent (politician)
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	1

Elections to Magherafelt District Council were held on 7 June 2001 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 16 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="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Magherafelt Town|bgcolor="#008800"|34.7|bgcolor="#008800"|2|30.6|2|21.0|1|13.7|1|0.0|0|6|-|align="left"|Moyola|bgcolor="#008800"|42.5|bgcolor="#008800"|2|20.9|1|15.8|1|17.8|1|3.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Sperrin|bgcolor="#008800"|56.0|bgcolor="#008800"|3|9.6|0|22.6|1|0.0|0|11.8|1|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|44.2|7|20.6|3|19.9|3|10.4|2|4.9|1|16|-|}

District results

Magherafelt Town

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

Moyola

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

Sperrin

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