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
|- 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="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |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
District results
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
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