# 2011 Cookstown District Council election

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

Cookstown District Council Election Result 2011 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Sinn Féin | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 37.5 | 39.1 | 6,135 | 5.6 |
| SDLP | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25.0 | 18.0 | 2,829 | 0.7 |
| DUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.8 | 18.1 | 2,834 | 4.4 |
| UUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 16.9 | 2,650 | 2.6 |
| TUV | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7.4 | 1,159 | New |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 92 | 0.6 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Cookstown District Council election, 2011 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | SDLP | SDLP | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Ballinderry | 39.3 | 2 | 22.2 | 2 | 19.3 | 1 | 12.1 | 1 | 7.1 | 0 | 6 |
| Cookstown Central | 32.4 | 2 | 19.9 | 1 | 17.6 | 1 | 21.7 | 1 | 8.4 | 0 | 5 |
| Drum Manor | 44.3 | 2 | 11.2 | 1 | 16.8 | 1 | 19.0 | 1 | 8.7 | 0 | 5 |
| 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
Ballinderry - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Sinn Féin | Patrick McAleer* | 26.57% | 1,713 | | | |
| | DUP | Samuel McCartney* | 19.32% | 1,246 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Michael McIvor* | 12.72% | 820 | 1,451.2 | | |
| | SDLP | Deirdre Mayo | 12.02% | 775 | 875.32 | 1,026.52 | |
| | UUP | Robert Kelly | 12.08% | 779 | 783.32 | 785.72 | 992.81 |
| | SDLP | Christine McFlynn | 10.14% | 654 | 706.8 | 857.52 | 863.19 |
| | TUV | Walter Millar | 7.15% | 461 | 461.48 | 462.44 | 563.42 |
| Electorate: 9,986 Valid: 6,448 (64.57%) Spoilt: 140 Quota: 922 Turnout: 6,588 (65.97%) ||||||||

### 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
Cookstown Central - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Sinn Féin | John McNamee* | 23.55% | 986 | | | | |
| | UUP | Trevor Wilson* | 21.72% | 909 | | | | |
| | DUP | Ian McCrea* | 17.63% | 738 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Tony Quinn* | 14.88% | 623 | 665.63 | 691.38 | 892.38 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Ciarán McElhone | 8.89% | 372 | 600.23 | 600.48 | 657 | 730 |
| | TUV | Hannah Loughrin | 6.07% | 254 | 254.29 | 402.04 | 431.83 | 439.83 |
| | SDLP | Peter Cassidy* | 5.06% | 212 | 217.22 | 231.97 | | |
| | Alliance | Michael McDonald | 2.20% | 92 | 95.77 | 111.52 | | |
| Electorate: 7,556 Valid: 4,186 (55.40%) Spoilt: 68 Quota: 698 Turnout: 4,254 (56.30%) |||||||||

### 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
Drum Manor - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Sinn Féin | Sean Clarke* | 19.15% | 970 | | | |
| | UUP | Samuel Glasgow* | 18.99% | 962 | | | |
| | DUP | Maureen Lees* | 16.78% | 850 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Cathal Mallaghan | 14.59% | 739 | 838.19 | 839.75 | 840.88 |
| | SDLP | James McGarvey* | 11.15% | 565 | 573.32 | 586.84 | 770.78 |
| | Sinn Féin | Oliver Molloy* | 10.56% | 535 | 551.25 | 551.25 | 552.64 |
| | TUV | Samuel Parke | 8.77% | 444 | 444.39 | 542.28 | |
| Electorate: 7,406 Valid: 5,065 (68.39%) Spoilt: 96 Quota: 845 Turnout: 5,161 (69.69%) ||||||||