# 2001 Strabane District Council election

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

Strabane District Council Election Result 2001 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Sinn Féin | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 43.8 | 40.2 | 8,627 | 7.1 |
| SDLP | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25.0 | 19.4 | 4,161 | 3.5 |
| DUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.8 | 18.9 | 4,065 | 4.2 |
| UUP | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12.5 | 16.7 | 3,575 | 6.9 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 1,034 | 0.0 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Strabane District Council election, 2001 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | SDLP | SDLP | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Derg | 42.5 | 2 | 11.3 | 1 | 21.5 | 1 | 24.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Glenelly | 24.4 | 1 | 17.9 | 1 | 34.6 | 2 | 23.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Mourne | 50.3 | 4 | 27.1 | 2 | 4.9 | 0 | 5.3 | 0 | 12.4 | 0 | 6 |
| 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
Derg - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Sinn Féin | Charles McHugh* | 19.57% | 1,331 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Derek Hussey* | 16.32% | 1,110 | 1,110.3 | 1,572.3 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Eamonn McGarvey | 13.38% | 910 | 962.5 | 962.5 | 962.5 | 1,513.5 | |
| | DUP | Thomas Kerrigan* | 11.66% | 793 | 793.3 | 839.45 | 1,075.45 | 1,084.05 | 1,084.05 |
| | SDLP | Bernadette McNamee | 11.29% | 768 | 785.85 | 797.85 | 814.85 | 903.4 | 984.4 |
| | DUP | Kathleen Allison | 9.88% | 672 | 672 | 709.15 | 866.15 | 866.15 | 866.15 |
| | Sinn Féin | Gerard Foley | 9.57% | 651 | 773.1 | 773.1 | 773.1 | | |
| | UUP | Edward Turner* | 8.31% | 565 | 565.3 | | | | |
| 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
Glenelly - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | DUP | Allan Bresland* | 20.75% | 1,313 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Tom McBride* | 17.90% | 1,133 | | | | | |
| | DUP | John Donnell* | 13.89% | 879 | 1,088.57 | | | | |
| | UUP | James Emery* | 13.84% | 876 | 887.02 | 889.54 | 907.03 | 1,461.03 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Claire McGill | 14.84% | 939 | 939 | 979.59 | 979.59 | 980.96 | 1,002.96 |
| | Sinn Féin | Martin Conway* | 9.53% | 603 | 603.76 | 633.82 | 633.91 | 635.42 | 663.42 |
| | UUP | Robert Craig | 9.24% | 585 | 611.41 | 615.01 | 625.96 | | |
| 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
Mourne - 6 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 |
| | SDLP | Eugene McMenamin* | 18.45% | 1,538 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Jarlath McNulty* | 15.91% | 1,326 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Ivan Barr* | 15.14% | 1,262 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Brian McMahon | 11.72% | 977 | 993.79 | 1,023.49 | 1,049.74 | 1,049.74 | 1,069.3 | 1,193.3 | |
| | SDLP | Ann Bell* | 5.26% | 438 | 565.19 | 568.79 | 573.64 | 575.87 | 839.76 | 904.91 | 1,216.43 |
| | Sinn Féin | Daniel Breslin | 7.54% | 628 | 634.67 | 714.27 | 736.32 | 736.32 | 757.16 | 835.92 | 951.21 |
| | UUP | Sam Martin | 5.27% | 439 | 443.14 | 443.24 | 443.29 | 793.75 | 802.9 | 806.13 | 854.89 |
| | Independent | James O'Kane* | 7.07% | 589 | 637.07 | 642.87 | 646.27 | 671.27 | 715.04 | 796.39 | |
| | Independent | Paul Gallagher | 5.34% | 445 | 456.96 | 463.36 | 465.76 | 465.76 | 490.02 | | |
| | SDLP | Fred Henry | 3.41% | 284 | 406.82 | 409.32 | 411.17 | 420.17 | | | |
| | DUP | Kathleen Craig | 4.90% | 408 | 409.15 | 409.15 | 409.2 | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,990 Valid: 8,334 (75.83%) Spoilt: 197 Quota: 1,191 Turnout: 8,531 (77.63%) ||||||||||||