2001 Strabane District Council election

{{Short description|Local govt election in Northern Ireland}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{main|Northern Ireland local elections, 2001}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2001 Strabane District Council election

| country =

| flag_year =

| flag_image =

| type = parliamentary

| ongoing = no

| party_colour =

| party_name =

| previous_election = 1997 Strabane District Council election

| previous_year = 1997

| previous_mps =

| election_date = {{Start date|2001|06|7|df=y}}

| elected_mps =

| next_election = 2005 Strabane District Council election

| next_year = 2005

| next_mps =

| seats_for_election= All 16 seats to Strabane District Council

| majority_seats = 9

| opinion_polls =

| turnout =

| party1 = Sinn Féin

| seats1 = 7

| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 3

| party2 = Social Democratic and Labour Party

| seats2 = 4

| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 1

| party3 = Democratic Unionist Party

| seats3 = 3

| seat_change3 = {{nochange}} 0

| party4 = Ulster Unionist Party

| seats4 = 2

| seat_change4 = {{decrease}} 1

| party5 = Independent (politician)

| seats5 = 0

| seat_change5 = {{decrease}} 1

| map_image =File:Strabane 2001 election.svg

| map_size =

| map_alt =

| map =

| map_caption = Party with the most votes by district.

}}

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

{{Election summary begin|title = Strabane District Council Election Result 2001{{Cite web|url=https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgstrabane.htm|title=Strabane Council Elections, 1997-2011|website=www.ark.ac.uk}}}}

{{Election summary party|

|party = Sinn Féin

|seats = 7

|gain = 3

|loss = 0

|net = {{increase}}3

|seats % = 43.8

|votes % = 40.2

|votes = 8,627

|plus/minus = {{increase}}7.1

}}

{{Election summary party|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|seats = 4

|gain = 0

|loss = 1

|net = {{decrease}}1

|seats % = 25.0

|votes % = 19.4

|votes = 4,161

|plus/minus = {{decrease}}3.5

}}

{{Election summary party|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|seats = 3

|gain = 0

|loss = 0

|net = {{nochange}}0

|seats % = 18.8

|votes % = 18.9

|votes = 4,065

|plus/minus = {{increase}}4.2

}}

{{Election summary party|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|seats = 2

|gain = 0

|loss = 1

|net = {{decrease}}1

|seats % = 12.5

|votes % = 16.7

|votes = 3,575

|plus/minus = {{decrease}}6.9

}}

{{Election summary party|

|party = Independent (politician)

|seats = 0

|gain = 0

|loss = 1

|net = {{decrease}}1

|seats % = 0.0

|votes % = 4.8

|votes = 1,034

|plus/minus = {{nochange}}0.0

}}

{{Election box end}}

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

{{election table|title=Results of the Strabane District Council election, 2001
by district|sortable=yes}}

|- class="unsortable" align="centre"

!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward

! %

!Cllrs

! %

!Cllrs

! %

!Cllrs

! %

!Cllrs

! %

!Cllrs

!rowspan=2|Total
Cllrs

|- class="unsortable" align="center"

!colspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | Sinn Féin

!colspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | SDLP

!colspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | DUP

!colspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | UUP

!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others

|-

|align="left"|Derg

|bgcolor="#008800"|42.5

|bgcolor="#008800"|2

|11.3

|1

|21.5

|1

|24.7

|1

|0.0

|0

|5

|-

|align="left"|Glenelly

|24.4

|1

|17.9

|1

|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|34.6

|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2

|23.1

|1

|0.0

|0

|5

|-

|align="left"|Mourne

|bgcolor="#008800"|50.3

|bgcolor="#008800"|4

|27.1

|2

|4.9

|0

|5.3

|0

|12.4

|0

|6

|-

|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"

|align="left"| 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

{{STV Election box begin2|

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|numcounts= 6

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Charles McHugh*

|count1 = 1,331

|percentage = 19.57%

|count2 =  

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Derek Hussey*

|count1 = 1,110

|percentage = 16.32%

|count2 = 1,110.3

|count3 = 1,572.3

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Eamonn McGarvey

|count1 = 910

|percentage = 13.38%

|count2 = 962.5

|count3 = 962.5

|count4 = 962.5

|count5 = 1,513.5

|count6 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Thomas Kerrigan*

|count1 = 793

|percentage = 11.66%

|count2 = 793.3

|count3 = 839.45

|count4 = 1,075.45

|count5 = 1,084.05

|count6 = 1,084.05

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = Bernadette McNamee

|count1 = 768

|percentage = 11.29%

|count2 = 785.85

|count3 = 797.85

|count4 = 814.85

|count5 = 903.4

|count6 = 984.4

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Kathleen Allison

|count1 = 672

|percentage = 9.88%

|count2 = 672

|count3 = 709.15

|count4 = 866.15

|count5 = 866.15

|count6 = 866.15

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Gerard Foley

|count1 = 651

|percentage = 9.57%

|count2 = 773.1

|count3 = 773.1

|count4 = 773.1

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Edward Turner*

|count1 = 565

|percentage = 8.31%

|count2 = 565.3

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

}}

{{STV Election box end2

|numcounts = 6

|electorate = 8,455

|valid = 6,800 (80.43%)

|spoilt = 132

|quota = 1,134

|turnout = 6,932 (81.99%)

}}

=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

{{STV Election box begin2|

|title=Glenelly - 5 seats

|numcounts= 6

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Allan Bresland*

|count1 = 1,313

|percentage = 20.75%

|count2 =  

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = Tom McBride*

|count1 = 1,133

|percentage = 17.90%

|count2 =  

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = John Donnell*

|count1 = 879

|percentage = 13.89%

|count2 = 1,088.57

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = James Emery*

|count1 = 876

|percentage = 13.84%

|count2 = 887.02

|count3 = 889.54

|count4 = 907.03

|count5 = 1,461.03

|count6 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Claire McGill

|count1 = 939

|percentage = 14.84%

|count2 = 939

|count3 = 979.59

|count4 = 979.59

|count5 = 980.96

|count6 = 1,002.96

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Martin Conway*

|count1 = 603

|percentage = 9.53%

|count2 = 603.76

|count3 = 633.82

|count4 = 633.91

|count5 = 635.42

|count6 = 663.42

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Robert Craig

|count1 = 585

|percentage = 9.24%

|count2 = 611.41

|count3 = 615.01

|count4 = 625.96

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

}}

{{STV Election box end2

|numcounts = 6

|electorate = 7,867

|valid = 6,328 (80.44%)

|spoilt = 128

|quota = 1,055

|turnout = 6,456 (82.06%)

}}

=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

{{STV Election box begin2|

|title=Mourne - 6 seats

|numcounts= 8

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = Eugene McMenamin*

|count1 = 1,538

|percentage = 18.45%

|count2 =  

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Jarlath McNulty*

|count1 = 1,326

|percentage = 15.91%

|count2 =  

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Ivan Barr*

|count1 = 1,262

|percentage = 15.14%

|count2 =  

|count3 =  

|count4 =  

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Brian McMahon

|count1 = 977

|percentage = 11.72%

|count2 = 993.79

|count3 = 1,023.49

|count4 = 1,049.74

|count5 = 1,049.74

|count6 = 1,069.3

|count7 = 1,193.3

|count8 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = Ann Bell*

|count1 = 438

|percentage = 5.26%

|count2 = 565.19

|count3 = 568.79

|count4 = 573.64

|count5 = 575.87

|count6 = 839.76

|count7 = 904.91

|count8 = 1,216.43

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Daniel Breslin

|count1 = 628

|percentage = 7.54%

|count2 = 634.67

|count3 = 714.27

|count4 = 736.32

|count5 = 736.32

|count6 = 757.16

|count7 = 835.92

|count8 = 951.21

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Ulster Unionist Party

|candidate = Sam Martin

|count1 = 439

|percentage = 5.27%

|count2 = 443.14

|count3 = 443.24

|count4 = 443.29

|count5 = 793.75

|count6 = 802.9

|count7 = 806.13

|count8 = 854.89

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = James O'Kane*

|count1 = 589

|percentage = 7.07%

|count2 = 637.07

|count3 = 642.87

|count4 = 646.27

|count5 = 671.27

|count6 = 715.04

|count7 = 796.39

|count8 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Independent (politician)

|candidate = Paul Gallagher

|count1 = 445

|percentage = 5.34%

|count2 = 456.96

|count3 = 463.36

|count4 = 465.76

|count5 = 465.76

|count6 = 490.02

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party

|candidate = Fred Henry

|count1 = 284

|percentage = 3.41%

|count2 = 406.82

|count3 = 409.32

|count4 = 411.17

|count5 = 420.17

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

}}

{{STV Election box candidate2|

|party = Democratic Unionist Party

|candidate = Kathleen Craig

|count1 = 408

|percentage = 4.90%

|count2 = 409.15

|count3 = 409.15

|count4 = 409.2

|count5 =  

|count6 =  

|count7 =  

|count8 =  

}}

{{STV Election box end2

|numcounts = 8

|electorate = 10,990

|valid = 8,334 (75.83%)

|spoilt = 197

|quota = 1,191

|turnout = 8,531 (77.63%)

}}

References

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{{County Tyrone elections}}

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