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
|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |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
District results
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
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