2011 Magherafelt District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2011.

Election Name:2011 Magherafelt District Council election
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2005 Magherafelt District Council election
Previous Year:2005
Next Election:2014 Mid Ulster District Council election
Next Year:2014
Seats For Election:All 16 seats to Magherafelt District Council
Majority Seats:9
Party1:Sinn Féin
Seats1:9
Seat Change1: 1
Party2:Democratic Unionist Party
Seats2:3
Seat Change2: 1
Party3:Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats3:2
Seat Change3: 0
Party4:Ulster Unionist Party
Seats4:2
Seat Change4: 0

Elections to Magherafelt 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

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Others|-|align="left"|Magherafelt Town|bgcolor="#008800"|41.4|bgcolor="#008800"|3|22.3|1|17.7|1|10.2|1|8.4|0|6|-|align="left"|Moyola|bgcolor="#008800"|48.0|bgcolor="#008800"|3|17.1|1|8.6|0|11.2|1|15.1|0|5|-|align="left"|Sperrin|bgcolor="#008800"|55.6|bgcolor="#008800"|3|9.7|1|20.6|1|8.3|0|5.8|0|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|48.4|9|16.3|3|15.9|2|9.8|2|9.6|0|16|-|}

District results

Magherafelt Town

2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP

Moyola

2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2005-2011 Change: No change

Sperrin

2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2005-2011 Change: No change