2001 Cookstown District Council election

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2001 Cookstown District Council election
  1997 7 June 2001 (2001-06-07) 2005  

All 16 seats to Cookstown District Council
9 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Sinn Féin SDLP Ulster Unionist
Seats won643
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg 0Decrease2.svg 1

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party DUP Independent Ind. Unionist
Seats won210
Seat changeSteady2.svg 0Increase2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1

Elections to Cookstown 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.

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Election results

Cookstown District Council Election Result 2001 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Sinn Féin 610Increase2.svg137.533.26,216Increase2.svg5.2
  SDLP 400Steady2.svg025.023.64,416Decrease2.svg1.8
  Ulster Unionist 301Decrease2.svg118.821.13,959Decrease2.svg2.6
  DUP 200Steady2.svg012.518.43,446Steady2.svg0.0
  Independent 100Increase2.svg10.03.7689Increase2.svg3.7

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Cookstown District Council election, 2001
by district
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
Sinn Féin SDLP UUP DUP Others
Ballinderry30.0232.5217.2120.310.006
Cookstown Central 31.7219.8127.6120.910.005
Drum Manor39.0215.6119.8113.4012.215
Total33.2623.6421.1318.423.7116

District results

Ballinderry

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

Ballinderry - 6 seats [2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345
SDLP Patsy McGlone *23.86%1,771    
Sinn Féin Patrick McAleer*21.12%1,567    
SDLP Mary Baker*8.64%6411,187.92   
Sinn Féin Michael McIvor8.84%656805.6 1,300.85  
Ulster Unionist Thomas Greer*12.75%946949.08 949.43 963.08 1,220.08
DUP Anne McCrea*13.06%969970.76 972.16 973.21 1,015.79
DUP Samuel McCartney7.24%537537.88 538.93 540.33 566.26
Ulster Unionist James McCollum4.50%334337.52 337.87 341.02  
Electorate: 8,938  Valid: 7,421 (83.03%)  Spoilt: 155  Quota: 1,061  Turnout: 7,576 (84.76%)  

    Cookstown Central

    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

    Cookstown Central - 5 seats [2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    Sinn Féin John McNamee*25.23%1,427     
    Ulster Unionist Trevor Wilson*23.39%1,323     
    DUP Ian McCrea 18.81%1,064     
    SDLP Peter Cassidy14.00%792828.4 835.36 838.1 1,118.1 
    Sinn Féin Seamus Campbell6.44%364796.6 796.89 797.89 832.63 956.63
    Ulster Unionist Albert Crawford4.21%238238 547.72 672.03 687.67  
    SDLP Eddie Espie5.80%328340.95 347.62 351.78   
    DUP Hugh Davidson2.12%120120 174.81    
    Electorate: 7,503  Valid: 5,656 (75.38%)  Spoilt: 118  Quota: 943  Turnout: 5,774 (76.96%)  

      Drum Manor

      1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
      2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
      1997-2001 Change: Independent Unionist becomes Independent

      Drum Manor - 5 seats [2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      Sinn Féin Desmond Grimes21.83%1,233    
      Ulster Unionist Samuel Glasgow*19.79%1,118    
      Sinn Féin Oliver Molloy17.15%969    
      SDLP James McGarvey*15.65%8841,170.2   
      Independent Samuel Parke*12.20%689692 723.2 827.04 845.04
      DUP Maureen Lees13.38%756757.8 765.6 829.6 838.6
      Electorate: 6,624  Valid: 5,649 (85.28%)  Spoilt: 87  Quota: 942  Turnout: 5,736 (86.59%)  

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        References

        1. 1 2 "Cookstown District Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
        2. 1 2 3 "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 5 August 2021.