2001 Strabane District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2001.

Election Name:	2001 Strabane District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1997 Strabane District Council election
Previous Year:	1997
Next Election:	2005 Strabane District Council election
Next Year:	2005
Seats For Election:	All 16 seats to Strabane District Council
Majority Seats:	9
Party1:	Sinn Féin
Seats1:	7
Seat Change1:	3
Party2:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:	4
Seat Change2:	1
Party3:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	0
Party4:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Independent (politician)
Seats5:	0
Seat Change5:	1

Elections to Strabane 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

Others|-|align="left"|Derg|bgcolor="#008800"|42.5|bgcolor="#008800"|2|11.3|1|21.5|1|24.7|1|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Glenelly|24.4|1|17.9|1|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|34.6|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|23.1|1|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Mourne|bgcolor="#008800"|50.3|bgcolor="#008800"|4|27.1|2|4.9|0|5.3|0|12.4|0|6|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|40.2|7|19.4|4|18.9|3|16.7|2|4.8|0|16|-|}

District results

Derg

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

Glenelly

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

Mourne

1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Nationalist
2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin (two seats) gain from SDLP and Independent Nationalist