2001 Magherafelt District Council election

Elections to Magherafelt 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
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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Magherafelt Town
 * bgcolor="#008800"|34.7
 * bgcolor="#008800"|2
 * 30.6
 * 2
 * 21.0
 * 1
 * 13.7
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Moyola
 * bgcolor="#008800"|42.5
 * bgcolor="#008800"|2
 * 20.9
 * 1
 * 15.8
 * 1
 * 17.8
 * 1
 * 3.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Sperrin
 * bgcolor="#008800"|56.0
 * bgcolor="#008800"|3
 * 9.6
 * 0
 * 22.6
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 11.8
 * 1
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 44.2
 * 7
 * 20.6
 * 3
 * 19.9
 * 3
 * 10.4
 * 2
 * 4.9
 * 1
 * 16
 * }
 * 1
 * 16
 * }
 * }

Magherafelt Town
1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

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

1997-2001 Change: No change

Moyola
1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

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

1997-2001 Change: No change

Sperrin
1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP, Independent leaves UUP