2011 Magherafelt District Council election

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2011 Magherafelt District Council election

5 May 2011 (2011-05-05)
All 16 seats to Magherafelt District Council 9 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Sinn Féin DUP SDLP Seats won 9 3 2 Seat change 1 1 0   Fourth party   Party UUP Seats won 2 Seat change 0
Party with the most votes by district.

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

Magherafelt District Council Election Result 2011

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Sinn Féin	9	1	0	1	56.3	48.4	9,732	1.7
	DUP	3	0	1	1	18.8	16.3	3,268	6.9
	SDLP	2	0	0	0	12.5	15.9	3,196	2.6
	UUP	2	0	0	0	12.5	9.8	1,972	3.6
	TUV	0	0	0	0	0.0	5.3	1,071	New
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	4.2	850	0.7

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Magherafelt District Council election, 2011
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	Sinn Féin		DUP		SDLP		UUP		Others
Magherafelt Town	41.4	3	22.3	1	17.7	1	10.2	1	8.4	0	6
Moyola	48.0	3	17.1	1	8.6	0	11.2	1	15.1	0	5
Sperrin	55.6	3	9.7	1	20.6	1	8.3	0	5.8	0	5
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

Magherafelt Town - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sinn Féin	Peter Bateson*	23.66%	1,616
	DUP	Paul McLean*	15.72%	1,074
	SDLP	Jim Campbell*	12.43%	849	900.6	901.32	1,191.32
	UUP	George Shiels*	10.16%	694	694	712.27	718.67	733.67	990.07
	Sinn Féin	Deborah Ní Shiadhail	11.77%	804	894.4	894.4	925.8	969.8	970.8
	Sinn Féin	Catherine Elattar	5.99%	409	871	871	890.8	946.8	949.8
	TUV	Alan Dickson	8.45%	577	577	583.57	584.97	585.97	704.97
	DUP	Wesley Brown	6.59%	450	451.2	519.24	520.42	526.42
	SDLP	Denise Johnston	5.24%	358	382.8	383.07
Electorate: 11,154   Valid: 6,831 (61.24%)   Spoilt: 137   Quota: 976   Turnout: 6,968 (62.47%)

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

Moyola - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Ian Milne*	24.28%	1,496
	DUP	Thomas Catherwood*	17.09%	1,053
	Sinn Féin	Sean McPeake*	15.01%	925	975.84	1,120.84
	Sinn Féin	Caoimhe Scullion	8.73%	538	908.14	1,055.14
	UUP	John Crawford*	11.17%	688	688.31	690.31	691.31	1,085.31
	SDLP	Ann-Marie McErlean	8.55%	527	539.09	610.05	643.05	664.05
	TUV	Alan Millar	8.02%	494	494.62	496.62	500.62
	Independent	Oliver Hughes*	7.14%	440	462.63
Electorate: 9,281   Valid: 6,161 (66.38%)   Spoilt: 107   Quota: 1,027   Turnout: 6,268 (67.54%)

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

Sperrin - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Brian McGuigan	18.50%	1,313
	SDLP	Kathleen Lagan*	12.61%	895	944	950	1,000.1	1,434.1
	DUP	Anne Forde*	9.74%	691	692	692	1,135	1,148.1
	Sinn Féin	Kathleen McEldowney*	14.25%	1,011	1,076	1,092.7	1,094.7	1,141.4
	Sinn Féin	John Kerr*	13.29%	943	1,031	1,042.2	1,042.2	1,084.5
	Sinn Féin	Gabhán McFalone	9.54%	677	728	812.2	812.2	829.6
	SDLP	Austin Kelly	7.99%	567	613	622.9	639.9
	UUP	Alistair Stewart	8.31%	590	590	590.1
	Independent	Patrick Groogan*	5.78%	410
Electorate: 10,089   Valid: 7,097 (70.34%)   Spoilt: 101   Quota: 1,183   Turnout: 7,198 (71.35%)