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2001 Newry and Mourne District Council election
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Local govt election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 2001
2001 Newry and Mourne District Council election parliamentary no 1997 Newry and Mourne District Council election 1997 2001 06 7 y 2005 Newry and Mourne District Council election 2005 All 30 seats to Newry and Mourne District Council 16 Sinn Féin 13 5 Social Democratic and Labour Party 10 2 Ulster Unionist Party 4 1 Independent (politician) 2 1 Democratic Unionist Party 1 0 Independent Nationalist 0 3 File:Newry and Mourne 2001 election.svg Party with the most votes by district.
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 2001https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgnandm.htm Newry and Mourne Council Elections, 1993-2011 www.ark.ac.uk
Sinn Féin
13
5
0
5
43.3
39.2
17,869
12.5
Social Democratic and Labour Party
10
1
3
2
33.3
35.5
16,186
4.0
Ulster Unionist Party
4
0
1
1
13.3
12.6
5,745
6.6
Independent (politician)
2
1
0
1
6.7
6.3
2,844
3.2
Democratic Unionist Party
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, 2001by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
!rowspan=2|TotalCllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Sinn Féin" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Crotlieve
|26.4
|2
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|51.0
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|4
|6.2
|0
|2.4
|0
|14.0
|1
|7
|-
|align="left"|Newry Town
|bgcolor="#008800"|45.5
|bgcolor="#008800"|3
|33.7
|3
|7.6
|0
|0.0
|0
|13.2
|1
|7
|-
|align="left"|Slieve Gullion
|bgcolor="#008800"|68.1
|bgcolor="#008800"|4
|31.9
|1
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|The Fews
|bgcolor="#008800"|41.6
|bgcolor="#008800"|3
|28.6
|1
|22.0
|2
|7.8
|0
|0.0
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|The Mournes
|16.8
|1
|27.1
|1
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|30.7
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|25.4
|1
|0.0
|0
|5
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| 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
Crotlieve - 7 seatsLocal Government Results 2001 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/46b84d90-302a-4615-8a4f-f16d5137e7fa/local_government_election_results_2001 EONI 29 July 2021
8
Social Democratic and Labour Party
P. J. Bradley*
2,103
18.63%
Sinn Féin
Mick Murphy*
1,743
15.44%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Hugh Carr*
1,189
10.53%
1,455.56
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Josephine O'Hare*
1,175
10.41%
1,397.02
1,421.91
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Michael Carr
714
6.32%
761.6
772.62
774.96
806.81
833.75
1,188.53
1,364.72
Sinn Féin
Michael Ruane
807
7.15%
814.48
865.59
865.78
866.38
1,311.46
1,350.39
1,351.39
Independent (politician)
Anthony Williamson*
751
6.65%
765.96
777.93
781.93
782.48
842.62
1,022.7
1,161.7
Independent (politician)
Ciaran Mussen*
834
7.39%
854.74
877.73
884.73
885.43
896.89
947.89
1,056.57
Ulster Unionist Party
John McConnell
697
6.17%
699.72
700.1
907.78
907.98
907.98
913.03
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Brendan Murney
576
5.10%
661.34
673.5
674.5
677.15
729.21
Sinn Féin
Eamonn O'Connor
428
3.79%
448.4
635.36
637.36
638.36
Democratic Unionist Party
Ruth McConnell
274
2.43%
275.02
275.21
8
15,786
11,291 (71.53%)
324
1,412
11,615 (73.56%)
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
Newry Town - 7 seats
6
Sinn Féin
Davy Hyland*
1,213
12.73%
Independent (politician)
Jack Patterson*
1,150
12.07%
1,230
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick McElroy*
950
9.97%
1,108
1,265
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Frank Feely*
940
9.86%
1,134
1,228
Sinn Féin
Charlie Casey
1,119
11.74%
1,125
1,131
1,131
1,134.65
1,136.03
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John McArdle
811
8.51%
910
973
1,040.15
1,069.35
1,102.47
Sinn Féin
Brendan Curran*
1,025
10.75%
1,049
1,054
1,054.85
1,056.31
1,057
Sinn Féin
Conor Murphy
984
10.32%
1,005
1,011
1,015.25
1,018.9
1,019.59
Ulster Unionist Party
William McCaigue*
727
7.63%
735
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Peter McEvoy
503
5.28%
Independent (politician)
Declan O'Callaghan
109
1.14%
6
13,657
9,531 (69.79%)
265
1,192
9,796 (71.73%)
Slieve Gullion
1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP
2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: No change
Slieve Gullion - 5 seats
5
Sinn Féin
Elena Martin
1,436
17.58%
Sinn Féin
Colman Burns
1,431
17.52%
Sinn Féin
Patrick McDonald*
1,415
17.32%
Sinn Féin
Terry Hearty
1,283
15.71%
1,292
1,347.6
1,397.08
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Fee*
1,195
14.63%
1,318
1,321.35
1,326.11
1,347.04
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Pat Toner*
840
10.28%
1,253
1,260.1
1,261.7
1,291.99
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Mary McKeown
568
6.95%
5
10,524
8,168 (77.61%)
273
1,362
8,441 (80.21%)
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 Fews - 6 seats
6
Sinn Féin
Jimmy McCreesh*
1,279
14.39%
Sinn Féin
Patrick McGinn
1,243
13.98%
1,279
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Feehan
1,071
12.05%
1,271
Ulster Unionist Party
Danny Kennedy*
1,231
13.85%
1,233
1,608
Ulster Unionist Party
Andy Moffett*
727
8.18%
740
968
1,300.76
Sinn Féin
Brendan Lewis*
1,172
13.18%
1,198
1,198
1,199.88
1,199.88
1,199.88
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Charlie Smyth*
879
9.89%
1,158
1,160
1,160.94
1,190.44
1,190.44
Democratic Unionist Party
Craig Baxter
693
7.80%
694
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Angela Savage
595
6.69%
6
11,457
8,890 (77.59%)
231
1,271
9,121 (79.61%)
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
The Mournes - 5 seats
4
Democratic Unionist Party
William Burns*
1,845
24.00%
Sinn Féin
Martin Cunningham
1,291
16.80%
Ulster Unionist Party
Isaac Hanna*
1,178
15.33%
1,219
1,520.08
Ulster Unionist Party
Henry Reilly*
1,185
15.42%
1,209
1,455.87
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Michael Cole
1,205
15.68%
1,208
1,213.85
1,245.83
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Marian Fitzpatrick
872
11.35%
874
875.56
893.5
Democratic Unionist Party
Linda Burns
110
1.43%
4
10,440
7,686 (73.62%)
170
1,282
7,856 (75.25%)
References
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