# 2001 Fermanagh District Council election

Elections to Fermanagh District Council were held on 7 June 2001 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections and used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 23 councillors.

## Election results

Fermanagh District Council Election Result 2001 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Sinn Féin | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 39.1 | 33.5 | 10,775 | 10.0 |
| UUP | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 30.4 | 30.8 | 9,915 | 9.6 |
| SDLP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.4 | 18.7 | 6,010 | 1.4 |
| DUP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8.7 | 12.1 | 3,885 | 4.7 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 1,420 | 4.3 |
| UK Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 182 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Fermanagh District 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 |
| Enniskillen | 25.2 | 2 | 33.4 | 2 | 17.8 | 1 | 12.6 | 1 | 11.0 | 1 | 7 |
| Erne East | 42.3 | 3 | 27.0 | 2 | 14.9 | 1 | 9.3 | 0 | 6.5 | 0 | 6 |
| Erne North | 17.7 | 1 | 38.5 | 2 | 21.6 | 1 | 22.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Erne West | 48.2 | 3 | 24.8 | 1 | 21.6 | 1 | 5.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 33.5 | 9 | 30.8 | 7 | 18.7 | 4 | 12.1 | 2 | 4.9 | 1 | 23 |

## District results
### Enniskillen

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Socialist 2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent 1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP, Independent Socialist becomes Independent
Enniskillen - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | UUP | Raymond Ferguson* | 15.58% | 1,486 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Gerry McHugh* | 14.04% | 1,339 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Paddy Gilgunn | 11.22% | 1,070 | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Joseph Dodds* | 11.49% | 1,096 | 1,105.2 | 1,105.31 | 1,290.31 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Frank Britton | 9.79% | 934 | 935.8 | 940.86 | 940.97 | 950.28 | 1,513.28 | | |
| | Independent | Davy Kettyles* | 9.03% | 861 | 871.2 | 876.59 | 882.79 | 902.99 | 1,027.01 | 1,312.31 | |
| | UUP | Robert Irvine | 7.43% | 709 | 958.4 | 858.73 | 902.33 | 1,104.53 | 1,113.53 | 1,133.23 | 1,174.73 |
| | UUP | Basil Johnston* | 6.17% | 589 | 547.2 | 647.31 | 671.71 | 898.91 | 904.31 | 917.81 | 947.51 |
| | SDLP | Eamon Flanagan* | 8.03% | 766 | 769.6 | 775.98 | 777.18 | 780.98 | | | |
| | UUP | Barbara Stewart | 4.22% | 403 | 458 | 458.44 | 478.44 | | | | |
| | UK Unionist | Alan Madill | 1.91% | 182 | 184 | 184 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Samuel Dunne | 1.10% | 105 | 107.8 | 108.02 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,226 Valid: 9,540 (72.13%) Spoilt: 184 Quota: 1,193 Turnout: 9,724 (73.52%) ||||||||||||

### Erne East

1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Independent Nationalist
Erne East - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Sinn Féin | Ruth Lynch* | 16.46% | 1,428 | | | | |
| | UUP | Harold Andrews* | 15.53% | 1,348 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Fergus McQuillan* | 14.90% | 1,293 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Brian McCaffrey* | 13.72% | 1,191 | 1,334.39 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Tom O'Reilly | 12.10% | 1,050 | 1,075.61 | 1,075.61 | 1,402.61 | |
| | UUP | Cecil Noble* | 11.50% | 998 | 998.13 | 1,091.89 | 1,105.67 | 1,141.67 |
| | DUP | Paul Robinson | 9.35% | 811 | 811.13 | 822.01 | 827.51 | 837.51 |
| | Independent | Michael McPhillips | 6.44% | 559 | 570.05 | 570.45 | | |
| Electorate: 10,700 Valid: 8,678 (81.10%) Spoilt: 165 Quota: 1,240 Turnout: 8,843 (82.64%) |||||||||

### Erne North

1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1997-2001 Change: No change
Erne North - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Sinn Féin | Joe Cassidy | 17.71% | 1,181 | | | |
| | DUP | Bert Johnston* | 16.69% | 1,113 | | | |
| | UUP | Tom Elliott | 15.44% | 1,030 | 1,129 | | |
| | SDLP | John O'Kane | 13.06% | 871 | 873 | 1,322 | |
| | UUP | Bertie Kerr* | 12.80% | 854 | 926 | 934 | 990 |
| | UUP | Caldwell McClaughry* | 10.27% | 685 | 771 | 777 | 803 |
| | SDLP | Julie Dervan | 8.52% | 568 | 572 | | |
| | DUP | Billy Gilmore | 4.15% | 277 | | | |
| | DUP | William Simpson | 1.36% | 91 | | | |
| Electorate: 8,880 Valid: 6,670 (75.11%) Spoilt: 134 Quota: 1,112 Turnout: 6,804 (76.62%) ||||||||

### Erne West

1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin (two seats) gain from UUP and Independent Nationalist
Erne West - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | SDLP | Gerry Gallagher* | 21.62% | 1,578 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Pat Cox | 17.34% | 1,266 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Stephen Huggett | 15.22% | 1,111 | 1,112 | 1,298.66 |
| | Sinn Féin | Robin Martin* | 15.60% | 1,139 | 1,140 | 1,253.22 |
| | UUP | Wilson Elliott* | 13.44% | 981 | 1,179 | 1,217.08 |
| | UUP | Derrick Nixon* | 11.40% | 832 | 979 | 1,000.42 |
| | DUP | David Black | 5.37% | 392 | | |
| Electorate: 9,196 Valid: 7,299 (79.37%) Spoilt: 167 Quota: 1,217 Turnout: 7,466 (81.19%) |||||||