2001 Newry and Mourne District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2001.

Election Name:	2001 Newry and Mourne District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1997 Newry and Mourne District Council election
Previous Year:	1997
Next Election:	2005 Newry and Mourne District Council election
Next Year:	2005
Seats For Election:	All 30 seats to Newry and Mourne District Council
Majority Seats:	16
Party1:	Sinn Féin
Seats1:	13
Seat Change1:	5
Party2:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:	10
Seat Change2:	2
Party3:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats3:	4
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Independent (politician)
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	0
Party6:	Independent Nationalist
Seats6:	0
Seat Change6:	3

Elections to Newry and Mourne District Council were held on 7 June 2001 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

|- class="unsortable" align="centre"!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward! %
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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Crotlieve|26.4|2|bgcolor="#99FF66"|51.0|bgcolor="#99FF66"|4|6.2|0|2.4|0|14.0|1|7|-|align="left"|Newry Town|bgcolor="#008800"|45.5|bgcolor="#008800"|3|33.7|3|7.6|0|0.0|0|13.2|1|7|-|align="left"|Slieve Gullion|bgcolor="#008800"|68.1|bgcolor="#008800"|4|31.9|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|The Fews|bgcolor="#008800"|41.6|bgcolor="#008800"|3|28.6|1|22.0|2|7.8|0|0.0|0|6|-|align="left"|The Mournes|16.8|1|27.1|1|bgcolor="40BFF5"|30.7|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|25.4|1|0.0|0|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|39.2|13|35.5|10|12.6|4|6.4|1|6.3|2|30|-|}

District results

Crotlieve

1997: 4 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Sinn Féin
2001: 4 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent
1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Independent Nationalist, Independent Nationalist becomes Independent

Newry Town

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

Slieve Gullion

1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP
2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: No change

The Fews

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

The Mournes

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