# 2011 Strabane District Council election

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

Strabane District Council Election Result 2011 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Sinn Féin | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 | 39.3 | 6,834 | 2.5 |
| DUP | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 | 23.2 | 4,039 | 1.0 |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 1,891 | 5.2 |
| UUP | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.3 | 13.6 | 2,359 | 0.5 |
| SDLP | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.3 | 9.2 | 1,605 | 6.7 |
| Irish Republican Socialist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 666 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Strabane District Council election, 2011 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Derg | 40.2 | 3 | 24.6 | 1 | 22.7 | 1 | 4.6 | 0 | 7.9 | 0 | 5 |
| Glenelly | 31.7 | 2 | 47.9 | 3 | 10.5 | 0 | 10.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Mourne | 45.1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 7.9 | 0 | 12.6 | 1 | 34.4 | 2 | 6 |
| 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
Derg - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Sinn Féin | Kieran McGuire* | 15.40% | 912 | 937 | 999 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Ruairí McHugh | 14.89% | 882 | 928 | 993 | | | | |
| | DUP | Thomas Kerrigan* | 15.72% | 931 | 935 | 940 | 940 | 1,356 | | |
| | UUP | Derek Hussey* | 13.72% | 813 | 829 | 836 | 836 | 919 | 919 | 1,146 |
| | Sinn Féin | Maolíosa McHugh | 9.93% | 588 | 634 | 833 | 844 | 846 | 848 | 849 |
| | UUP | Ryan Moses | 8.96% | 531 | 540 | 545 | 545 | 567 | 567 | 658 |
| | DUP | Kathleen Craig | 8.88% | 526 | 532 | 535 | 535 | | | |
| | Independent | Gerard Foley* | 7.88% | 467 | 527 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Charlie McNamee | 4.63% | 274 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,788 Valid: 5,924 (67.41%) Spoilt: 124 Quota: 988 Turnout: 6,048 (68.82%) |||||||||||

### 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
Glenelly - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | DUP | Allan Bresland* | 28.93% | 1,560 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Dan Kelly | 20.31% | 1,095 | | | | | |
| | DUP | John Donnell* | 11.50% | 620 | 1,191.2 | | | | |
| | DUP | Rhonda Hamilton | 7.46% | 402 | 463.32 | 738.32 | 738.32 | 1,089.32 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Michelle McMackin | 11.37% | 613 | 613 | 613 | 778.24 | 781.82 | 785.82 |
| | SDLP | Tom McBride* | 10.48% | 565 | 566.68 | 568.22 | 591.98 | 650.64 | 775.64 |
| | UUP | Flora Magee | 6.18% | 333 | 339.72 | 347.64 | 348.36 | | |
| | UUP | Joe McCormick | 3.78% | 204 | 212.82 | 218.98 | 219.34 | | |
| Electorate: 8,408 Valid: 5,392 (64.13%) Spoilt: 103 Quota: 899 Turnout: 5,495 (65.35%) ||||||||||

### 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
Mourne - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Independent | James O'Kane* | 14.13% | 859 | 931 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Brian McMahon* | 14.07% | 855 | 870 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Eugene McMenamin* | 9.30% | 565 | 624 | 647 | 869 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Jay McCauley | 11.29% | 686 | 698 | 702 | 704 | 1,046 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Karina Carlin | 11.17% | 679 | 685 | 690 | 690 | 814 | 987.28 | | |
| | SDLP | Patsy Kelly | 6.50% | 395 | 583 | 603 | 664 | 691 | 693.85 | 706.96 | 707.76 |
| | Irish Republican Socialist | Paul Gallagher | 10.96% | 666 | 674 | 678 | 680 | 695 | 695 | 706.97 | 707.13 |
| | Sinn Féin | Stephen Dunnion | 8.62% | 524 | 529 | 530 | 531 | | | | |
| | UUP | Billy Harpur | 7.86% | 478 | 481 | 481 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Eugene Mullen | 6.10% | 371 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,602 Valid: 6,078 (57.33%) Spoilt: 142 Quota: 869 Turnout: 6,220 (58.67%) ||||||||||||