2011 Cookstown District Council election

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2011 Cookstown District Council election
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All 16 seats to Cookstown District Council
9 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Sinn Féin SDLP DUP
Seats won643
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg 0
 Fourth party
 
Party Ulster Unionist
Seats won3
Seat changeSteady2.svg 0

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.

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Election results

Cookstown District Council Election Result 2011 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Sinn Féin 610Increase2.svg137.539.16,135Increase2.svg5.6
  SDLP 401Decrease2.svg125.018.02,829Increase2.svg0.7
  DUP 300Steady2.svg018.818.12,834Decrease2.svg4.4
  Ulster Unionist 300Steady2.svg012.516.92,650Decrease2.svg2.6
  TUV 000Steady2.svg00.07.41,159New
  Alliance 000Steady2.svg00.00.692Increase2.svg0.6

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
Ballinderry39.3222.2219.3112.117.106
Cookstown Central 32.4219.9117.6121.718.405
Drum Manor44.3211.2116.8119.018.705
Total39.1618.0418.1316.937.9016

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%8201,451.2  
SDLP Deirdre Mayo12.02%775875.32 1,026.52 
Ulster Unionist Robert Kelly12.08%779783.32 785.72 992.81
SDLP Christine McFlynn10.14%654706.8 857.52 863.19
TUV Walter Millar 7.15%461461.48 462.44 563.42
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%623665.63 691.38 892.38 
    Sinn Féin Ciarán McElhone8.89%372600.23 600.48 657 730
    TUV Hannah Loughrin6.07%254254.29 402.04 431.83 439.83
    SDLP Peter Cassidy*5.06%212217.22 231.97   
    Alliance Michael McDonald2.20%9295.77 111.52   
    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 Mallaghan14.59%739838.19 839.75 840.88
      SDLP James McGarvey*11.15%565573.32 586.84 770.78
      Sinn Féin Oliver Molloy*10.56%535551.25 551.25 552.64
      TUV Samuel Parke8.77%444444.39 542.28  
      Electorate: 7,406  Valid: 5,065 (68.39%)  Spoilt: 96  Quota: 845  Turnout: 5,161 (69.69%)  

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        References

        1. 1 2 "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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