2011 Derry City Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2011
2011 Derry City Council election
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All 30 seats to Derry City Council
16 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party SDLP Sinn Féin DUP
Seats won 14 10 5
Seat change Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady 0
  Fourth party
 
Party UUP
Seats won 1
Seat change Steady 0
Party with the most votes by district.

Elections to Derry City Council were held on 5 May 2011 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.

There was no change from the prior election.[1]

Election results

Derry City Council Election Result 2011[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SDLP 14 0 0 Steady0 46.7 38.2 15,805 Decrease2.8
  Sinn Féin 10 0 0 Steady0 33.3 33.9 14,011 Increase1.1
  DUP 5 0 0 Steady0 16.7 14.7 6,081 Decrease1.4
  UUP 1 0 0 Steady0 3.3 4.0 1,642 Decrease0.4
  People Before Profit 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 3.2 1,307 New
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 2.6 1,089 Decrease0.1
  Irish Republican Socialist 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 2.1 879 Increase2.1
  Alliance 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.9 359 Increase0.9
  PUP 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.5 204 Increase0.5

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Derry City Council election, 2011
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
SDLP Sinn Féin DUP UUP Others
Cityside 30.5 2 54.4 3 0.0 0 0.0 0 15.1 0 5
Northland 48.1 4 39.8 3 0.0 0 0.0 0 12.1 0 7
Rural 35.6 3 25.2 1 28.8 2 7.6 0 2.8 0 6
Shantallow 51.4 3 37.3 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 11.3 0 5
Waterside 20.7 2 18.4 1 42.3 3 11.6 1 7.0 0 7
Total 38.2 14 33.9 10 14.7 5 4.0 1 9.2 0 30

District results

Cityside

2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP
2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP
2005-2011 Change: No change

Cityside - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SDLP Jim Clifford* 21.42% 1,243          
Sinn Féin Kevin Campbell* 20.66% 1,199          
Sinn Féin Patricia Logue* 16.15% 937 947.32 963.32 975.32    
Sinn Féin Colin Kelly 10.87% 631 637 659.6 667.36 694.64 1,005.64
SDLP Ann Donnelly 5.36% 311 485 494.4 680.2 742.6 785.96
Independent Gary Donnelly 10.55% 612 628.08 636.28 643.96 674.88 689.36
Sinn Féin Liam Friel 6.74% 391 405.16 567.96 576.68 631.68  
People Before Profit Connor Kelly 4.57% 265 269.32 272.92 280    
SDLP Dermot Henderson 3.69% 214 263.2 268      
Electorate: 9,023   Valid: 5,803 (64.31%)   Spoilt: 213   Quota: 968   Turnout: 6,016 (66.67%)  

Northland

2005: 4 x SDLP, 3 x Sinn Féin
2011: 4 x SDLP, 3 x Sinn Féin
2005-2011 Change: No change

Northland - 7 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SDLP John Tierney 18.75% 1,736              
Sinn Féin Maeve McLaughlin* 13.61% 1,260              
SDLP John Boyle 11.87% 1,099 1,264.2            
SDLP Sean Carr* 8.90% 824 923.05 1,004.7 1,047.85 1,088.29 1,199.29    
Sinn Féin Gerry MacLochlainn* 10.11% 936 952.45 952.91 964.26 993.31 1,004.99 1,024.27 1,100.27
SDLP Eamon McAuley 4.63% 429 590.35 599.55 631.25 654.6 878.31 880.87 997.87
Sinn Féin Michael Cooper 8.46% 783 795.6 796.75 800.1 841.45 855.43 892.07 958.07
Sinn Féin Eric McGinley 7.60% 704 721.85 722.08 726.54 744.54 757.39 788.51 824.51
People Before Profit Colm Bryce 6.09% 564 576.25 577.4 615.55 668.25 690.56 693.2  
SDLP Fiona Hamilton 3.95% 366 427.95 437.15 475.25 501.23      
Irish Republican Socialist Lucy Callaghan 3.67% 340 348.4 349.32 353.32        
Alliance Colm Cavanagh 2.34% 217 229.25 229.71          
Electorate: 16,367   Valid: 9,258 (56.57%)   Spoilt: 330   Quota: 1,158   Turnout: 9,588 (58.58%)  

Rural

2005: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2011: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2005-2011 Change: No change

Rural - 6 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Sinn Féin Paul Fleming* 18.39% 1,693                
SDLP Thomas Conway* 17.55% 1,616                
DUP Maurice Devenney* 15.56% 1,433                
DUP Gary Middleton 13.24% 1,219 1,221.07 1,224.3 1,224.3 1,227.3 1,732.3      
SDLP Brenda Stevenson 6.68% 615 628.34 685.34 709.76 1,110.67 1,179.23 1,285.23 1,352.19  
SDLP Gus Hastings 6.78% 624 652.98 771.16 827.44 889.84 920.22 975.22 1,022.03 1,049.31
Sinn Féin Catherine Nelis 6.85% 631 938.51 972.33 1,009.51 1,039.17 1,040.36 1,042.36 1,045.15 1,047.01
UUP Ronald McKeegan 7.58% 698 698.46 702.83 725.83 730.83        
SDLP Ashleen Schenning 4.59% 423 432.43 498.93 544.29          
People Before Profit Diane Greer 2.78% 256 262.44 267.76            
Electorate: 16,892   Valid: 9,208 (54.51%)   Spoilt: 202   Quota: 1,316   Turnout: 9,410 (55.71%)  

Shantallow

2005: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
2011: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
2005-2011 Change: No change

Shantallow - 5 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SDLP Colum Eastwood* 23.43% 2,109          
Sinn Féin Tony Hassan* 15.61% 1,405 1,443.1 1,493.3 1,584.3    
SDLP Shaun Gallagher* 12.79% 1,151 1,397 1,484.1 1,552.1    
SDLP Jimmy Carr 8.51% 766 844.6 885.3 952.2 955.2 1,398.2
Sinn Féin Elisha McLaughlin* 12.41% 1,117 1,140.1 1,179.7 1,253.6 1,288.6 1,307.6
Sinn Féin Sandra Duffy 9.26% 833 848.3 871.3 893.3 911.3 943.3
SDLP Angela Dobbins 6.70% 603 775.8 826.8 848.3 849.3  
Irish Republican Socialist Martin McMonagle 5.99% 539 544.4 609.7      
Independent Pauline Mellon 5.30% 477 493.5        
Electorate: 15,935   Valid: 9,000 (56.48%)   Spoilt: 201   Quota: 1,501   Turnout: 9,201 (57.74%)  

Waterside

2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2011: 3 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2005-2011 Change: No change

Waterside - 7 seats[6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
DUP Joe Miller* 19.29% 1,564                  
SDLP Gerard Diver* 14.78% 1,198                  
Sinn Féin Lynn Fleming* 14.02% 1,137                  
DUP April Garfield-Kidd 12.41% 1,006 1,312.6                
DUP Drew Thompson* 10.59% 859 1,010.9 1,277.12              
UUP Mary Hamilton* 11.64% 944 997.55 1,012.51 1,110.09            
SDLP Martin Reilly* 5.90% 478 483.95 485.31 492.45 645.73 656.77 663.57 729.21 823.28 858.28
Sinn Féin Geraldine O'Donnell 4.37% 354 355.05 355.05 355.05 366.57 473.73 473.73 478.17 503.03 507.03
PUP Nigel Gardiner 2.52% 204 216.25 226.11 253.31 254.91 254.91 296.39 304.28 325.47  
People Before Profit David McAuley 2.74% 222 223.75 224.77 226.47 230.63 232.91 234.27 253.57    
Alliance Karen Scrivens 1.75% 142 144.45 144.79 148.19 154.11 155.31 161.77      
Electorate: 15,252   Valid: 8,108 (53.16%)   Spoilt: 251   Quota: 1,014   Turnout: 8,359 (54.81%)  

References

  1. ^ a b c "Derry City Council, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ "Cityside Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Northland Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Rural Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Shantallow Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Waterside Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 9 August 2021.