2001 Newry and Mourne District Council election

Elections to Newry and Mourne District 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 ! %
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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"|Crotlieve
 * 26.4
 * 2
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|51.0
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|4
 * 6.2
 * 0
 * 2.4
 * 0
 * 14.0
 * 1
 * 7
 * align="left"|Newry Town
 * bgcolor="#008800"|45.5
 * bgcolor="#008800"|3
 * 33.7
 * 3
 * 7.6
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 13.2
 * 1
 * 7
 * align="left"|Slieve Gullion
 * bgcolor="#008800"|68.1
 * bgcolor="#008800"|4
 * 31.9
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|The Fews
 * bgcolor="#008800"|41.6
 * bgcolor="#008800"|3
 * 28.6
 * 1
 * 22.0
 * 2
 * 7.8
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|The Mournes
 * 16.8
 * 1
 * 27.1
 * 1
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|30.7
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 25.4
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 39.2
 * 13
 * 35.5
 * 10
 * 12.6
 * 4
 * 6.4
 * 1
 * 6.3
 * 2
 * 30
 * }
 * 1
 * 6.3
 * 2
 * 30
 * }
 * }

Crotlieve
1997: 4 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Sinn Féin

2001: 4 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent

1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Independent Nationalist, Independent Nationalist becomes Independent

Newry Town
1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent, 1 x Independent Nationalist

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

1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin and SDLP gain from UUP and Independent Nationalist

Slieve Gullion
1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP

2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

1997-2001 Change: No change

The Fews
1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP

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

1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

The Mournes
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

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

1997-2001 Change: No change