# 2011 Magherafelt District Council election

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 |
| Ward | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | DUP | DUP | SDLP | SDLP | UUP | UUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| 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 | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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%) |||||||||