2001 Newry and Mourne District Council election
# 2001 Newry and Mourne District Council election

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.

## Election results

Newry and Mourne District Council Election Result 2001 :

| 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.

## Districts summary

Results of the Newry and Mourne 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 |
| 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 |

## District results

### Crotlieve

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

### Newry Town

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

### Slieve Gullion

1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP 2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 1997-2001 Change: No change

### The Fews

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

### The Mournes

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

