# 2001 Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council election

Elections to Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council were held on 7 June 2001 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 22 councillors.

## Election results

Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council Election Result 2001 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Sinn Féin | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 36.4 | 36.0 | 10,076 | 6.0 |
| UUP | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 27.3 | 22.8 | 6,380 | 7.5 |
| SDLP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.2 | 17.2 | 4,824 | 1.0 |
| DUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.6 | 17.6 | 4,921 | 3.6 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.5 | 6.4 | 1,793 | 6.4 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council election, 2001 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | DUP | DUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Blackwater | 22.6 | 1 | 33.6 | 2 | 14.2 | 1 | 29.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Clogher Valley | 30.2 | 2 | 25.1 | 1 | 23.0 | 1 | 21.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Dungannon Town | 30.3 | 2 | 24.7 | 2 | 17.3 | 1 | 19.2 | 1 | 8.5 | 0 | 6 |
| Torrent | 55.5 | 3 | 10.9 | 1 | 15.2 | 1 | 3.6 | 0 | 14.8 | 1 | 6 |
| Total | 36.0 | 8 | 22.8 | 6 | 17.2 | 4 | 17.6 | 3 | 6.4 | 1 | 22 |

## District results
### Blackwater

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
Blackwater - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Sinn Féin | Phelim Gildernew | 15.45% | 1,032 | 1,441 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Patrick Daly* | 14.20% | 948 | 989 | 1,229 | | | |
| | UUP | Jim Hamilton* | 11.61% | 775 | 775 | 775 | 779 | 1,195 | |
| | UUP | Derek Irwin* | 11.99% | 801 | 802 | 804 | 818 | 981 | 1,055.48 |
| | DUP | Roger Burton | 14.84% | 991 | 991 | 991 | 993 | 1,051 | 1,052.71 |
| | DUP | James Ewing* | 14.75% | 985 | 985 | 986 | 987 | 1,016 | 1,017.71 |
| | UUP | Jim Brady* | 10.02% | 669 | 670 | 671 | 675 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Dominic Molloy | 7.14% | 477 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,102 Valid: 6,678 (82.42%) Spoilt: 107 Quota: 1,114 Turnout: 6,785 (83.74%) ||||||||||

### Clogher Valley

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
Clogher Valley - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Sinn Féin | Seamus Flanagan* | 17.87% | 1,159 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Anthony McGonnell* | 17.73% | 1,150 | | | | | |
| | DUP | William McIlwrath* | 12.58% | 816 | 817 | 817.07 | 1,321.07 | | |
| | UUP | Robert Mulligan* | 14.66% | 951 | 992 | 992 | 1,028 | 1,143.5 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Sean McGuigan | 12.32% | 799 | 903 | 975.03 | 975.03 | 975.69 | 1,031.4 |
| | UUP | Donald Beatty | 10.50% | 681 | 690 | 690.14 | 733.14 | 853.26 | 858.93 |
| | DUP | David Robinson | 9.08% | 589 | 592 | 592 | | | |
| | SDLP | Thomas Murphy | 5.27% | 342 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,827 Valid: 6,487 (82.88%) Spoilt: 127 Quota: 1,082 Turnout: 6,614 (84.50%) ||||||||||

### Dungannon Town

1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Democratic Left 2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Democratic Left
Dungannon Town - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Sinn Féin | John McLarnon | 17.67% | 1,138 | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Vincent Currie* | 17.24% | 1,110 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Barry Monteith | 12.63% | 813 | 1,010.8 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Maurice Morrow* | 13.56% | 873 | 873.2 | 874.35 | 1,123.35 | | | |
| | UUP | Walter Cuddy | 13.25% | 853 | 854.2 | 862.25 | 919.25 | 1,033.33 | | |
| | UUP | Ken Maginnis | 11.49% | 740 | 741.2 | 760.06 | 785.06 | 826.46 | 895.46 | 899.06 |
| | Independent | Gerry Cullen* | 8.53% | 549 | 565 | 719.79 | 743.02 | 789.02 | 820.3 | 888.1 |
| | DUP | Derek Greenaway | 5.64% | 363 | 363.2 | 363.89 | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,742 Valid: 6,439 (73.66%) Spoilt: 91 Quota: 920 Turnout: 6,530 (74.70%) |||||||||||

### Torrent

1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 1997-2001 Change: Independent Nationalist becomes Independent
Torrent - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Sinn Féin | Francie Molloy* | 16.60% | 1,393 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Michael Gillespie* | 15.92% | 1,336 | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Jim Cavanagh* | 15.18% | 1,274 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Jim Canning* | 14.83% | 1,244 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Norman Badger* | 10.85% | 910 | 1,198 | 1,198.6 | 1,198.7 | 1,207.94 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Desmond Donnelly | 11.25% | 944 | 944 | 1,076.6 | 1,098.9 | 1,155.99 | 1,176.44 | 1,177.76 |
| | Sinn Féin | Brendan Doris* | 11.74% | 985 | 985 | 1,043.8 | 1,146.6 | 1,152.65 | 1,170.05 | 1,170.6 |
| | DUP | Robert McFarland | 3.62% | 304 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,314 Valid: 8,390 (81.35%) Spoilt: 172 Quota: 1,199 Turnout: 8,562 (83.01%) |||||||||||