2001 Down District Council election

Elections to Down District Council were held on 7 June 2001 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 23 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="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Ballynahinch
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|39.4
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
 * 24.0
 * 1
 * 13.6
 * 1
 * 23.0
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Downpatrick
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|52.7
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|4
 * 9.3
 * 1
 * 21.1
 * 1
 * 2.4
 * 0
 * 14.5
 * 1
 * 7
 * align="left"|Newcastle
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|44.6
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
 * 15.7
 * 1
 * 27.6
 * 2
 * 9.0
 * 0
 * 3.1
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Rowallane
 * 25.1
 * 1
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|41.8
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
 * 4.4
 * 0
 * 26.2
 * 1
 * 2.5
 * 0
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 41.2
 * 10
 * 21.8
 * 6
 * 17.2
 * 4
 * 14.3
 * 2
 * 5.5
 * 1
 * 23
 * }
 * 5.5
 * 1
 * 23
 * }
 * }

Ballynahinch
1997: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP

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

1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Downpatrick
1997: 5 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2001: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

1997-2001 Change: Independent gain from SDLP

Newcastle
1997: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Women's Coalition

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

1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Women's Coalition

Rowallane
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

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

1997-2001 Change: No change