2001 Strabane District Council election
# 2001 Strabane District Council election

Elections to Strabane 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

Strabane District Council Election Result 2001 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sinn Féin | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 43.8 | 40.2 | 8,627 | 7.1 |
| SDLP | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25.0 | 19.4 | 4,161 | 3.5 |
| DUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.8 | 18.9 | 4,065 | 4.2 |
| Ulster Unionist | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12.5 | 16.7 | 3,575 | 6.9 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 1,034 | 0.0 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

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

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | SDLP | SDLP | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Derg | 42.5 | 2 | 11.3 | 1 | 21.5 | 1 | 24.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Glenelly | 24.4 | 1 | 17.9 | 1 | 34.6 | 2 | 23.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Mourne | 50.3 | 4 | 27.1 | 2 | 4.9 | 0 | 5.3 | 0 | 12.4 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 40.2 | 7 | 19.4 | 4 | 18.9 | 3 | 16.7 | 2 | 4.8 | 0 | 16 |

## District results

### Derg

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

### Glenelly

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

### Mourne

1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Nationalist 2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP 1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin (two seats) gain from SDLP and Independent Nationalist

