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
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! %
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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Ballinderry
 * 30.0
 * 2
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|32.5
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
 * 17.2
 * 1
 * 20.3
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Cookstown Central
 * bgcolor="#008800"|31.7
 * bgcolor="#008800"|2
 * 19.8
 * 1
 * 27.6
 * 1
 * 20.9
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Drum Manor
 * bgcolor="#008800"|39.0
 * bgcolor="#008800"|2
 * 15.6
 * 1
 * 19.8
 * 1
 * 13.4
 * 0
 * 12.2
 * 1
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 33.2
 * 6
 * 23.6
 * 4
 * 21.1
 * 3
 * 18.4
 * 2
 * 3.7
 * 1
 * 16
 * }
 * 1
 * 16
 * }
 * }

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