title: 2001 Cookstown District Council election
text: # 2001 Cookstown District Council election
  
  Elections to Cookstown 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
  
  Cookstown District Council Election Result 2001 :
  
  | Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Sinn Féin | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 37.5 | 33.2 | 6,216 | 5.2 |
  | SDLP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 23.6 | 4,416 | 1.8 |
  | Ulster Unionist | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18.8 | 21.1 | 3,959 | 2.6 |
  | DUP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 18.4 | 3,446 | 0.0 |
  | Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 689 | 3.7 |
  
  Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
  
  ## Districts summary
  
  Results of the Cookstown District Council election, 2001 by district :
  
  | Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ward | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | SDLP | SDLP | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
  | Ballinderry | 30.0 | 2 | 32.5 | 2 | 17.2 | 1 | 20.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
  | Cookstown Central | 31.7 | 2 | 19.8 | 1 | 27.6 | 1 | 20.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
  | Drum Manor | 39.0 | 2 | 15.6 | 1 | 19.8 | 1 | 13.4 | 0 | 12.2 | 1 | 5 |
  | Total | 33.2 | 6 | 23.6 | 4 | 21.1 | 3 | 18.4 | 2 | 3.7 | 1 | 16 |
  
  ## District results
  
  ### Ballinderry
  
  1997: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP 2001: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP 1997-2001 Change: No change
  
  ### Cookstown Central
  
  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
  
  ### Drum Manor
  
  1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist 2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 1997-2001 Change: Independent Unionist becomes Independent
  
  