Elections to Cookstown 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

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Ballinderry |bgcolor="#008800"|39.3 |bgcolor="#008800"|2 |22.2 |2 |19.3 |1 |12.1 |1 |7.1 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Cookstown Central |bgcolor="#008800"|32.4 |bgcolor="#008800"|2 |19.9 |1 |17.6 |1 |21.7 |1 |8.4 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Drum Manor |bgcolor="#008800"|44.3 |bgcolor="#008800"|2 |11.2 |1 |16.8 |1 |19.0 |1 |8.7 |0 |5 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |39.1 |6 |18.0 |4 |18.1 |3 |16.9 |3 |7.9 |0 |16

District results

Ballinderry

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

Cookstown Central

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

Drum Manor

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

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