2001 Cookstown District Council election
# 2001 Cookstown District Council election

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.

## Election results

Cookstown District Council Election Result 2001 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sinn Féin | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 37.5 | 33.2 | 6,216 | 5.2 |
| SDLP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 23.6 | 4,416 | 1.8 |
| Ulster Unionist | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18.8 | 21.1 | 3,959 | 2.6 |
| DUP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 18.4 | 3,446 | 0.0 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 689 | 3.7 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

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

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | SDLP | SDLP | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Ballinderry | 30.0 | 2 | 32.5 | 2 | 17.2 | 1 | 20.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Cookstown Central | 31.7 | 2 | 19.8 | 1 | 27.6 | 1 | 20.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Drum Manor | 39.0 | 2 | 15.6 | 1 | 19.8 | 1 | 13.4 | 0 | 12.2 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 33.2 | 6 | 23.6 | 4 | 21.1 | 3 | 18.4 | 2 | 3.7 | 1 | 16 |

## 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

### 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

### 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

