2001 Fermanagh District Council election
# 2001 Fermanagh District Council election

Elections to Fermanagh District Council were held on 7 June 2001 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 23 councillors.

## Election results

Fermanagh District Council Election Result 2001 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sinn Féin | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 39.1 | 33.5 | 10,775 | 10.0 |
| Ulster Unionist | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 30.4 | 30.8 | 9,915 | 9.6 |
| SDLP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.4 | 18.7 | 6,010 | 1.4 |
| DUP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8.7 | 12.1 | 3,885 | 4.7 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 1,420 | 4.3 |
| UK Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 182 | New |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Fermanagh District Council election, 2001 by district :

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | DUP | DUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Enniskillen | 25.2 | 2 | 33.4 | 2 | 17.8 | 1 | 12.6 | 1 | 11.0 | 1 | 7 |
| Erne East | 42.3 | 3 | 27.0 | 2 | 14.9 | 1 | 9.3 | 0 | 6.5 | 0 | 6 |
| Erne North | 17.7 | 1 | 38.5 | 2 | 21.6 | 1 | 22.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Erne West | 48.2 | 3 | 24.8 | 1 | 21.6 | 1 | 5.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 33.5 | 9 | 30.8 | 7 | 18.7 | 4 | 12.1 | 2 | 4.9 | 1 | 23 |

## District results

### Enniskillen

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

### Erne East

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

### Erne North

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

### Erne West

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

