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.

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

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 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 1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP 2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 1997-2001 Change: No change 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 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