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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.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinn Féin | 13 | 5 | 0 |  5 | 43.3 | 39.2 | 17,869 | 12.5 | |
| SDLP | 10 | 1 | 3 |  2 | 33.3 | 35.5 | 16,186 | 4.0 | |
| Ulster Unionist | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13.3 | 12.6 | 5,745 | 6.6 | |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 2,844 | 3.2 | |
| DUP | 1 | 0 | 0 |  0 | 3.3 | 6.4 | 2,922 | 3.9 | |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinn Féin | SDLP | UUP | DUP | Others | |||||||
| Crotlieve | 26.4 | 2 | 51.0 | 4 | 6.2 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 | 14.0 | 1 | 7 |
| Newry Town | 45.5 | 3 | 33.7 | 3 | 7.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 13.2 | 1 | 7 |
| Slieve Gullion | 68.1 | 4 | 31.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| The Fews | 41.6 | 3 | 28.6 | 1 | 22.0 | 2 | 7.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
| The Mournes | 16.8 | 1 | 27.1 | 1 | 30.7 | 2 | 25.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 39.2 | 13 | 35.5 | 10 | 12.6 | 4 | 6.4 | 1 | 6.3 | 2 | 30 |
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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SDLP | P. J. Bradley * | 18.63% | 2,103 | ||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Mick Murphy * | 15.44% | 1,743 | ||||||||
| SDLP | Hugh Carr* | 10.53% | 1,189 | 1,455.56 | |||||||
| SDLP | Josephine O'Hare* | 10.41% | 1,175 | 1,397.02 | 1,421.91 | ||||||
| SDLP | Michael Carr | 6.32% | 714 | 761.6 | 772.62 | 774.96 | 806.81 | 833.75 | 1,188.53 | 1,364.72 | |
| Sinn Féin | Michael Ruane | 7.15% | 807 | 814.48 | 865.59 | 865.78 | 866.38 | 1,311.46 | 1,350.39 | 1,351.39 | |
| Independent | Anthony Williamson* | 6.65% | 751 | 765.96 | 777.93 | 781.93 | 782.48 | 842.62 | 1,022.7 | 1,161.7 | |
| Independent | Ciaran Mussen* | 7.39% | 834 | 854.74 | 877.73 | 884.73 | 885.43 | 896.89 | 947.89 | 1,056.57 | |
| Ulster Unionist | John McConnell | 6.17% | 697 | 699.72 | 700.1 | 907.78 | 907.98 | 907.98 | 913.03 | ||
| SDLP | Brendan Murney | 5.10% | 576 | 661.34 | 673.5 | 674.5 | 677.15 | 729.21 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Eamonn O'Connor | 3.79% | 428 | 448.4 | 635.36 | 637.36 | 638.36 | ||||
| DUP | Ruth McConnell | 2.43% | 274 | 275.02 | 275.21 | ||||||
| Electorate: 15,786 Valid: 11,291 (71.53%) Spoilt: 324 Quota: 1,412 Turnout: 11,615 (73.56%) | |||||||||||
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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Davy Hyland * | 12.73% | 1,213 | ||||||
| Independent | Jack Patterson* | 12.07% | 1,150 | 1,230 | |||||
| SDLP | Patrick McElroy* | 9.97% | 950 | 1,108 | 1,265 | ||||
| SDLP | Frank Feely * | 9.86% | 940 | 1,134 | 1,228 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Charlie Casey | 11.74% | 1,119 | 1,125 | 1,131 | 1,131 | 1,134.65 | 1,136.03 | |
| SDLP | John McArdle | 8.51% | 811 | 910 | 973 | 1,040.15 | 1,069.35 | 1,102.47 | |
| Sinn Féin | Brendan Curran* | 10.75% | 1,025 | 1,049 | 1,054 | 1,054.85 | 1,056.31 | 1,057 | |
| Sinn Féin | Conor Murphy | 10.32% | 984 | 1,005 | 1,011 | 1,015.25 | 1,018.9 | 1,019.59 | |
| Ulster Unionist | William McCaigue* | 7.63% | 727 | 735 | |||||
| SDLP | Peter McEvoy | 5.28% | 503 | ||||||
| Independent | Declan O'Callaghan | 1.14% | 109 | ||||||
| Electorate: 13,657 Valid: 9,531 (69.79%) Spoilt: 265 Quota: 1,192 Turnout: 9,796 (71.73%) | |||||||||
1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP
2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Elena Martin | 17.58% | 1,436 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | Colman Burns | 17.52% | 1,431 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | Patrick McDonald* | 17.32% | 1,415 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | Terry Hearty | 15.71% | 1,283 | 1,292 | 1,347.6 | 1,397.08 | ||
| SDLP | John Fee * | 14.63% | 1,195 | 1,318 | 1,321.35 | 1,326.11 | 1,347.04 | |
| SDLP | Pat Toner* | 10.28% | 840 | 1,253 | 1,260.1 | 1,261.7 | 1,291.99 | |
| SDLP | Mary McKeown | 6.95% | 568 | |||||
| Electorate: 10,524 Valid: 8,168 (77.61%) Spoilt: 273 Quota: 1,362 Turnout: 8,441 (80.21%) | ||||||||
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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Jimmy McCreesh* | 14.39% | 1,279 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | Patrick McGinn | 13.98% | 1,243 | 1,279 | |||||
| SDLP | John Feehan | 12.05% | 1,071 | 1,271 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | Danny Kennedy * | 13.85% | 1,231 | 1,233 | 1,608 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Andy Moffett* | 8.18% | 727 | 740 | 968 | 1,300.76 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Brendan Lewis* | 13.18% | 1,172 | 1,198 | 1,198 | 1,199.88 | 1,199.88 | 1,199.88 | |
| SDLP | Charlie Smyth* | 9.89% | 879 | 1,158 | 1,160 | 1,160.94 | 1,190.44 | 1,190.44 | |
| DUP | Craig Baxter | 7.80% | 693 | 694 | |||||
| SDLP | Angela Savage | 6.69% | 595 | ||||||
| Electorate: 11,457 Valid: 8,890 (77.59%) Spoilt: 231 Quota: 1,271 Turnout: 9,121 (79.61%) | |||||||||
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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| DUP | William Burns* | 24.00% | 1,845 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Martin Cunningham | 16.80% | 1,291 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Isaac Hanna* | 15.33% | 1,178 | 1,219 | 1,520.08 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Henry Reilly * | 15.42% | 1,185 | 1,209 | 1,455.87 | ||
| SDLP | Michael Cole | 15.68% | 1,205 | 1,208 | 1,213.85 | 1,245.83 | |
| SDLP | Marian Fitzpatrick | 11.35% | 872 | 874 | 875.56 | 893.5 | |
| DUP | Linda Burns | 1.43% | 110 | ||||
| Electorate: 10,440 Valid: 7,686 (73.62%) Spoilt: 170 Quota: 1,282 Turnout: 7,856 (75.25%) | |||||||
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