2001 Derry City Council election

Elections to Derry City Council were held on 7 June 2001 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.

Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! %
 * - class="unsortable" align="centre"

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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Cityside
 * 45.5
 * 2
 * bgcolor="#008800"|51.1
 * bgcolor="#008800"|3
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 3.4
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Northland
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|54.0
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|4
 * 39.0
 * 3
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 7.0
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Rural
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|40.9
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
 * 16.5
 * 1
 * 24.3
 * 1
 * 16.6
 * 1
 * 1.7
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Shantallow
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|56.1
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
 * 38.6
 * 2
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5.3
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Waterside
 * 20.7
 * 2
 * 12.7
 * 1
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|43.3
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
 * 13.9
 * 1
 * 9.4
 * 0
 * 7
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 43.4
 * 14
 * 30.3
 * 10
 * 14.3
 * 4
 * 6.4
 * 2
 * 5.6
 * 0
 * 30
 * }
 * 6.4
 * 2
 * 5.6
 * 0
 * 30
 * }
 * }

Cityside
1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP

2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP

1997-2001 Change: No change

Northland
1997: 5 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin

2001: 4 x SDLP, 3 x Sinn Féin

1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Rural
1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP

2001: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP

Shantallow
1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin

2001: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin

1997-2001 Change: No change

Waterside
1997: 3 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Unionist

2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

1997-2001 Change: SDLP gain from Independent Unionist