2001 Magherafelt District Council election
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All 16 seats to Magherafelt District Council 9 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Party with the most votes by district. |
Elections to Magherafelt 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
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Sinn Féin | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 43.8 | 44.2 | 9,926 | 7.7 | |
DUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.8 | 20.6 | 4,628 | 3.4 | |
SDLP | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18.8 | 19.9 | 4,469 | 2.7 | |
UUP | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12.5 | 10.4 | 2,340 | 3.9 | |
Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 986 | 4.4 | |
Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 104 | 0.5 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
[edit]Ward | % |
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Total Cllrs |
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Sinn Féin | DUP | SDLP | UUP | Others | |||||||
Magherafelt Town | 34.7 | 2 | 30.6 | 2 | 21.0 | 1 | 13.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
Moyola | 42.5 | 2 | 20.9 | 1 | 15.8 | 1 | 17.8 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 5 |
Sperrin | 56.0 | 3 | 9.6 | 0 | 22.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 11.8 | 1 | 5 |
Total | 44.2 | 7 | 20.6 | 3 | 19.9 | 3 | 10.4 | 2 | 4.9 | 1 | 16 |
District results
[edit]Magherafelt Town
[edit]1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
1997-2001 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
DUP | William McCrea* | 28.10% | 2,255 | ||||
Sinn Féin | John Kelly* | 21.18% | 1,700 | ||||
UUP | George Shiels* | 13.74% | 1,103 | 1,213.5 | |||
DUP | Paul McLean* | 2.45% | 197 | 1,190.5 | |||
Sinn Féin | Seamus O'Brien* | 13.52% | 1,085 | 1,085.5 | 1,538.59 | ||
SDLP | Joseph McBride* | 12.33% | 990 | 992 | 1,061.96 | 1,258.64 | |
SDLP | Frances Symington | 8.67% | 696 | 697.5 | 716.97 | 815.64 | |
Electorate: 10,509 Valid: 8,026 (76.37%) Spoilt: 127 Quota: 1,147 Turnout: 8,153 (77.58%) |
Moyola
[edit]1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Oliver Hughes | 22.71% | 1,578 | ||||
Sinn Féin | James O'Neill | 19.79% | 1,375 | ||||
UUP | John Junkin* | 17.80% | 1,237 | ||||
SDLP | Patrick McErlean* | 10.26% | 713 | 1,013.84 | 1,184.65 | ||
DUP | Thomas Catherwood* | 14.72% | 1,023 | 1,023.46 | 1,023.46 | 1,159.46 | |
SDLP | Elizabeth Foster | 5.51% | 383 | 488.34 | 529.57 | 549.95 | |
DUP | Anne Forde | 6.19% | 430 | 430.46 | 430.46 | 459.46 | |
Independent | Naaman Hutchinson | 3.02% | 210 | 215.06 | 216.92 | ||
Electorate: 8,583 Valid: 6,949 (80.96%) Spoilt: 155 Quota: 1,159 Turnout: 7,104 (82.77%) |
Sperrin
[edit]1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP, Independent leaves UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Patrick Groogan* | 22.08% | 1,651 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Hugh Mullan | 17.80% | 1,331 | |||||
Sinn Féin | John Kerr | 16.13% | 1,206 | 1,554 | ||||
SDLP | Kathleen Lagan* | 15.19% | 1,136 | 1,165 | 1,234 | 1,294.5 | ||
Independent | Robert Montgomery* | 10.38% | 776 | 776.75 | 778.75 | 783 | 900 | |
DUP | Rodney Mitchell | 9.67% | 723 | 723 | 723 | 725 | 740.25 | |
SDLP | Francis McKendry* | 7.37% | 551 | 557.5 | 577.75 | 588.25 | ||
Workers' Party | Francis Donnelly | 1.39% | 104 | 110.5 | 120 | |||
Electorate: 8,941 Valid: 7,478 (83.64%) Spoilt: 147 Quota: 1,247 Turnout: 7,625 (85.28%) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Magherafelt Council Elections, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 3 August 2021.