2011 Moyle District Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2011

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.

2011 Moyle District Council election

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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

Election results

Moyle District Council Election Result 2011^[1]

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^[1]

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^[2]

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^[3]

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^[4]

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%)

References

1. "Moyle Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
2. "Ballycastle Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
3. "Giant's Causeway Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
4. "The Glens Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 11 July 2021.