2001 Cookstown District Council election
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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
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Sinn Féin | 6 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
37.5 | 33.2 | 6,216 | ![]() | |
SDLP | 4 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
25.0 | 23.6 | 4,416 | ![]() | |
UUP | 3 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
18.8 | 21.1 | 3,959 | ![]() | |
DUP | 2 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
12.5 | 18.4 | 3,446 | ![]() | |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 3.7 | 689 | ![]() |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
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Cllrs |
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Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
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Sinn Féin | SDLP | UUP | DUP | Others | |||||||
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
SDLP | Patsy McGlone* | 23.86% | 1,771 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Patrick McAleer* | 21.12% | 1,567 | |||||
SDLP | Mary Baker* | 8.64% | 641 | 1,187.92 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Michael McIvor | 8.84% | 656 | 805.6 | 1,300.85 | |||
UUP | Thomas Greer* | 12.75% | 946 | 949.08 | 949.43 | 963.08 | 1,220.08 | |
DUP | Anne McCrea* | 13.06% | 969 | 970.76 | 972.16 | 973.21 | 1,015.79 | |
DUP | Samuel McCartney | 7.24% | 537 | 537.88 | 538.93 | 540.33 | 566.26 | |
UUP | James McCollum | 4.50% | 334 | 337.52 | 337.87 | 341.02 | ||
Electorate: 8,938 Valid: 7,421 (83.03%) Spoilt: 155 Quota: 1,061 Turnout: 7,576 (84.76%) |
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Sinn Féin | John McNamee* | 25.23% | 1,427 | ||||||
UUP | Trevor Wilson* | 23.39% | 1,323 | ||||||
DUP | Ian McCrea | 18.81% | 1,064 | ||||||
SDLP | Peter Cassidy | 14.00% | 792 | 828.4 | 835.36 | 838.1 | 1,118.1 | ||
Sinn Féin | Seamus Campbell | 6.44% | 364 | 796.6 | 796.89 | 797.89 | 832.63 | 956.63 | |
UUP | Albert Crawford | 4.21% | 238 | 238 | 547.72 | 672.03 | 687.67 | ||
SDLP | Eddie Espie | 5.80% | 328 | 340.95 | 347.62 | 351.78 | |||
DUP | Hugh Davidson | 2.12% | 120 | 120 | 174.81 | ||||
Electorate: 7,503 Valid: 5,656 (75.38%) Spoilt: 118 Quota: 943 Turnout: 5,774 (76.96%) |
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Desmond Grimes | 21.83% | 1,233 | |||||
UUP | Samuel Glasgow* | 19.79% | 1,118 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Oliver Molloy | 17.15% | 969 | |||||
SDLP | James McGarvey* | 15.65% | 884 | 1,170.2 | ||||
Independent | Samuel Parke* | 12.20% | 689 | 692 | 723.2 | 827.04 | 845.04 | |
DUP | Maureen Lees | 13.38% | 756 | 757.8 | 765.6 | 829.6 | 838.6 | |
Electorate: 6,624 Valid: 5,649 (85.28%) Spoilt: 87 Quota: 942 Turnout: 5,736 (86.59%) |
References
- ^ a b "Cookstown District Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 5 August 2021.