2011 Cookstown District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2011.

Election Name:	2011 Cookstown District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2005 Cookstown District Council election
Previous Year:	2005
Next Election:	2014 Mid Ulster District Council election
Next Year:	2014
Seats For Election:	All 16 seats to Cookstown District Council
Majority Seats:	9
Party1:	Sinn Féin
Seats1:	6
Seat Change1:	1
Party2:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:	4
Seat Change2:	1
Party3:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	0
Party4:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats4:	3
Seat Change4:	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.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Others|-|align="left"|Ballinderry|bgcolor="#008800"|39.3|bgcolor="#008800"|2|22.2|2|19.3|1|12.1|1|7.1|0|6|-|align="left"|Cookstown Central|bgcolor="#008800"|32.4|bgcolor="#008800"|2|19.9|1|17.6|1|21.7|1|8.4|0|5|-|align="left"|Drum Manor|bgcolor="#008800"|44.3|bgcolor="#008800"|2|11.2|1|16.8|1|19.0|1|8.7|0|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| 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

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

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