2011 Cookstown District Council election

Local govt election in Northern Ireland

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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	1	1	0

	Fourth party

Party	UUP
Seats won	3
Seat change	0

Party with the most votes by district.

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.

Election results

Cookstown District Council Election Result 2011
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Sinn Féin	6	1	0	1	37.5	39.1	6,135	5.6
SDLP	4	0	1	1	25.0	18.0	2,829	0.7
DUP	3	0	0	0	18.8	18.1	2,834	4.4
UUP	3	0	0	0	12.5	16.9	2,650	2.6
TUV	0	0	0	0	0.0	7.4	1,159	New
Alliance	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.6	92	0.6

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Cookstown District Council election, 2011
by district
Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	Sinn Féin		SDLP		DUP		UUP		Others		Total Cllrs
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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	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
	UUP	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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	John McNamee*	23.55%	986
	UUP	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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Sinn Féin	Sean Clarke*	19.15%	970
	UUP	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

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

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