2001 Magherafelt District Council election
# 2001 Magherafelt District Council election

Elections to Magherafelt 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

Magherafelt District Council Election Result 2001 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sinn Féin | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 43.8 | 44.2 | 9,926 | 7.7 |
| DUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.8 | 20.6 | 4,628 | 3.4 |
| SDLP | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18.8 | 19.9 | 4,469 | 2.7 |
| Ulster Unionist | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12.5 | 10.4 | 2,340 | 3.9 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 986 | 4.4 |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 104 | 0.5 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

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

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | DUP | DUP | SDLP | SDLP | UUP | UUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Magherafelt Town | 34.7 | 2 | 30.6 | 2 | 21.0 | 1 | 13.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Moyola | 42.5 | 2 | 20.9 | 1 | 15.8 | 1 | 17.8 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Sperrin | 56.0 | 3 | 9.6 | 0 | 22.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 11.8 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 44.2 | 7 | 20.6 | 3 | 19.9 | 3 | 10.4 | 2 | 4.9 | 1 | 16 |

## District results

### Magherafelt Town

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

### Moyola

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

### Sperrin

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

