2011 Strabane District Council election

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2011 Strabane District Council election

5 May 2011 (2011-05-05)
All 16 seats to Strabane District Council 9 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Sinn Féin DUP Independent Seats won 8 4 2 Seat change 0 1 1   Fourth party Fifth party   Party UUP SDLP Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 1
Party with the most votes by district.

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
	Sinn Féin		DUP		UUP		SDLP		Others
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		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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%)