2011 Cookstown District Council election

Elections to Cookstown District Council were held on 5 May 2011 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.

2011 Cookstown District Council election
5 May 2011 (2011-05-05)

All 16 seats to Cookstown District Council
9 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Sinn Féin SDLP DUP
Seats won 6 4 3
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1 Steady 0

  Fourth party
 
Party Ulster Unionist
Seats won 3
Seat change Steady 0

Election results

Cookstown District Council Election Result 2011[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Sinn Féin 6 1 0 Increase1 37.5 39.1 6,135 Increase5.6
  SDLP 4 0 1 Decrease1 25.0 18.0 2,829 Increase0.7
  DUP 3 0 0 Steady0 18.8 18.1 2,834 Decrease4.4
  Ulster Unionist 3 0 0 Steady0 12.5 16.9 2,650 Decrease2.6
  TUV 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 7.4 1,159 New
  Alliance 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.6 92 Increase0.6

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Cookstown District Council election, 2011
by district
Ward  %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
Sinn Féin SDLP DUP UUP Others
Ballinderry 39.3 2 22.2 2 19.3 1 12.1 1 7.1 0 6
Cookstown Central 32.4 2 19.9 1 17.6 1 21.7 1 8.4 0 5
Drum Manor 44.3 2 11.2 1 16.8 1 19.0 1 8.7 0 5
Total 39.1 6 18.0 4 18.1 3 16.9 3 7.9 0 16

District results

Ballinderry

2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2011: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2005-2011 Change: No change

Ballinderry - 6 seats[2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234
Sinn Féin Patrick McAleer* 26.57% 1,713      
DUP Samuel McCartney* 19.32% 1,246      
Sinn Féin Michael McIvor* 12.72% 820 1,451.2    
SDLP Deirdre Mayo 12.02% 775 875.32 1,026.52  
Ulster Unionist Robert Kelly 12.08% 779 783.32 785.72 992.81
SDLP Christine McFlynn 10.14% 654 706.8 857.52 863.19
TUV Walter Millar 7.15% 461 461.48 462.44 563.42
Electorate: 9,986   Valid: 6,448 (64.57%)   Spoilt: 140   Quota: 922   Turnout: 6,588 (65.97%)  

    Cookstown Central

    2005: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
    2011: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
    2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

    Cookstown Central - 5 seats[3]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    Sinn Féin John McNamee* 23.55% 986        
    Ulster Unionist Trevor Wilson* 21.72% 909        
    DUP Ian McCrea* 17.63% 738        
    SDLP Tony Quinn* 14.88% 623 665.63 691.38 892.38  
    Sinn Féin Ciarán McElhone 8.89% 372 600.23 600.48 657 730
    TUV Hannah Loughrin 6.07% 254 254.29 402.04 431.83 439.83
    SDLP Peter Cassidy* 5.06% 212 217.22 231.97    
    Alliance Michael McDonald 2.20% 92 95.77 111.52    
    Electorate: 7,556   Valid: 4,186 (55.40%)   Spoilt: 68   Quota: 698   Turnout: 4,254 (56.30%)  

      Drum Manor

      2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
      2011: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
      2005-2011 Change: No change

      Drum Manor - 5 seats[4]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234
      Sinn Féin Sean Clarke* 19.15% 970      
      Ulster Unionist Samuel Glasgow* 18.99% 962      
      DUP Maureen Lees* 16.78% 850      
      Sinn Féin Cathal Mallaghan 14.59% 739 838.19 839.75 840.88
      SDLP James McGarvey* 11.15% 565 573.32 586.84 770.78
      Sinn Féin Oliver Molloy* 10.56% 535 551.25 551.25 552.64
      TUV Samuel Parke 8.77% 444 444.39 542.28  
      Electorate: 7,406   Valid: 5,065 (68.39%)   Spoilt: 96   Quota: 845   Turnout: 5,161 (69.69%)  

        References

        1. "Cookstown District Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
        2. "Ballinderry Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
        3. "Cookstown Central Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
        4. "Drum Manor Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
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