2001 Fermanagh District Council election

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2001 Fermanagh District Council election

7 June 2001 (2001-06-07)
All 23 seats to Fermanagh District Council 12 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Sinn Féin UUP SDLP Seats won 9 7 4 Seat change 4 2 0   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party DUP Independent Ind. Nationalist Seats won 2 1 0 Seat change 0 1 2   Seventh party   Party Independent Socialist Seats won 0 Seat change 1
Fermanagh 2001 Fermanagh District Council election results by district

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
	Sinn Féin		UUP		SDLP		DUP		Others
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		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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%)