2011 Strabane District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2011.

Election Name:	2011 Strabane District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2005 Strabane District Council election
Previous Year:	2005
Next Election:	2014 Derry and Strabane District Council election
Next Year:	2014
Seats For Election:	All 16 seats to Strabane District Council
Majority Seats:	9
Party1:	Sinn Féin
Seats1:	8
Seat Change1:	0
Party2:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats2:	4
Seat Change2:	1
Party3:	Independent (politician)
Seats3:	2
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats4:	1
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	1

Elections to Strabane 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"|Derg|bgcolor="#008800"|40.2|bgcolor="#008800"|3|24.6|1|22.7|1|4.6|0|7.9|0|5|-|align="left"|Glenelly|31.7|2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|47.9|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|10.5|0|10.0|0|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Mourne|bgcolor="#008800"|45.1|bgcolor="#008800"|3|0.0|0|7.9|0|12.6|1|34.4|2|6|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|39.3|8|23.2|4|13.6|1|9.2|1|14.7|2|16|-|}

District results

Derg

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

Glenelly

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

Mourne

2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP
2005-2011 Change: Independent gain from Sinn Féin