2011 Moyle District Council election

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2011 Moyle District Council election

5 May 2011 (2011-05-05)
All 15 seats to Moyle District Council 8 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Independent Sinn Féin Ulster Unionist Seats won 4 3 3 Seat change 1 1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party SDLP DUP TUV Seats won 2 2 1 Seat change 1 1

Elections to Moyle 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 15 councillors.

Election results

Moyle District Council Election Result 2011

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	4	2	1	1	26.7	31.0	1,998	16.7
	Sinn Féin	3	0	1	1	20.0	21.4	1,381	9.0
	Ulster Unionist	3	0	0		20.0	14.1	909	1.7
	SDLP	2	0	1	1	13.3	16.1	1,036	4.9
	DUP	2	0	0		13.3	14.8	955	7.1
	TUV	1	1	0	1	6.7	2.5	164	New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Moyle District Council election, 2011
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	Sinn Féin		UUP		SDLP		DUP		TUV		Others
Ballycastle	21.0	0	11.6	1	17.0	1	5.5	0	0.0	0	44.9	2	5
Giant's Causeway	0.0	0	39.6	2	0.0	0	39.7	2	10.2	1	10.5	0	5
The Glens	35.7	2	0.0	0	25.6	1	7.4	0	0.0	0	31.3	2	5
Total	21.4	3	14.1	3	16.1	2	14.8	2	2.5	1	31.1	4	15

Districts results

Ballycastle

2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2011: 2 x Independent, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2005-2011 Change: Independent gain from Sinn Féin

Ballycastle - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Independent	Padraig McShane	23.01%	535
	Sinn Féin	Cara McShane*	17.42%	405
	SDLP	Donal Cunningham	16.99%	395
	Ulster Unionist	Joan Baird	11.61%	270	272.04	290.38	290.62	388.62
	Independent	Seamus Blaney*	8.90%	207	271.26	293.32	296.72	347.84
	Independent	Kevin McAuley	9.89%	230	259.24	279.26	281.38	317.56
	DUP	Christina McFaul	5.55%	129	130.02	140.02	140.1
	Sinn Féin	Paul Hamilton	3.57%	83	124.14	125.48	134
	Independent	Helen Harding*	3.05%	71	79.84
Electorate: 4,282   Valid: 2,325 (54.30%)   Spoilt: 38   Quota: 388   Turnout: 2,363 (55.18%)

Giant's Causeway

2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x TUV
2005-2011 Change: TUV gain from Independent

Giant's Causeway - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Ulster Unionist	Sandra Hunter	16.91%	273
	Ulster Unionist	William Graham*	14.44%	233	315
	DUP	Robert McIlroy*	15.06%	243	258	272
	DUP	David McAllister*	15.30%	247	251	255	371
	TUV	Sharon McKillop	10.16%	164	174	185	214	236
	Independent	Derwyn Brewster	10.53%	170	176	180	182	193
	DUP	George Hartin*	9.36%	151	157	165
	Ulster Unionist	Jacqui McVicker	8.24%	133
Electorate: 3,060   Valid: 1,614 (52.75%)   Spoilt: 41   Quota: 270   Turnout: 1,655 (54.08%)

The Glens

2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2011: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP
2005-2011 Change: Independent gain from SDLP

The Glens - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Independent	Colum Thompson	18.61%	466
	Sinn Féin	Margaret Anne McKillop	13.18%	330	331	349.7	510.7
	Sinn Féin	Noreen McAllister	11.86%	297	304	308.4	338.2	413.8
	SDLP	Catherine McCambridge*	12.78%	320	353	354.9	390.1	400.9
	Independent	Randal McDonnell*	12.74%	319	338	346.3	369.6	371.4
	SDLP	Justin McCamphill	12.82%	321	324	331.7	341.4	345
	Sinn Féin	Kieran Mulholland	10.62%	266	267	269.8
	DUP	Walter Greer	7.39%	185
Electorate: 4,332   Valid: 2,504 (57.80%)   Spoilt: 42   Quota: 418   Turnout: 2,546 (58.77%)