2011 Antrim Borough Council election

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5 May 2011 (2011-05-05)

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All 19 seats to Antrim Borough Council
10 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Peter Robinson	Tom Elliott	Martin McGuinness
Party	DUP	UUP	Sinn Féin
Seats won	5	5	4
Seat change	1	0	1
Percentage	30.6%	19.9%	17.2%
Swing	0.1%	3.9%	2.4%

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Leader	Margaret Ritchie	David Ford
Party	SDLP	Alliance
Seats won	3	2
Seat change	0	0
Percentage	16.5%	11.3%
Swing	4.0%	4.4%

2011 Antrim Council Election Results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes.

Elections to Antrim Borough 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 19 councillors.

Election results

Antrim Borough Council Election Result 2011^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
DUP	5	0	1	1	26.3	30.6	5,210	0.1
UUP	5	0	0	0	26.3	19.9	3,391	3.9
Sinn Féin	4	1	0	1	21.1	17.2	2,931	2.4
SDLP	3	0	0	0	15.8	16.5	2,806	4.0
Alliance	2	0	0	0	10.5	11.3	1,919	4.4
TUV	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.1	363	New
Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.9	321	0.8
PUP	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.6	109	0.0

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Antrim Borough Council election, 2011
by district^[1]
Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	DUP		UUP		Sinn Féin		SDLP		Alliance		Others		Total Cllrs
Antrim North West	30.9	1	10.4	1	29.0	2	24.6	1	5.1	0	0.0	0	5
Antrim South East	28.7	2	21.7	2	12.5	1	11.6	1	17.5	1	8.0	0	7
Antrim Town	32.9	2	26.4	2	12.4	1	16.7	1	7.2	1	4.4	0	7
Total	30.6	5	19.9	5	17.2	4	16.5	3	11.3	2	4.5	0	19

Districts results

Antrim North West

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

Antrim North West - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Trevor Clarke*	24.12%	1,172
	SDLP	Robert Loughran*	13.05%	634	648.57	715.19	1,150.19
	Sinn Féin	Anthony Brady*	15.19%	738	738.93	748.93	788.24	909.24
	Sinn Féin	Henry Cushinan*	13.79%	670	671.24	675.24	751.55	895.55
	UUP	Roderick Swann	10.41%	506	545.68	628.61	643.23	654.23	668.23	681.23
	DUP	Wilson Clyde	6.77%	329	618.54	646.09	647.4	649.4	659.4	668.4
	SDLP	Brian Duffin	11.58%	563	566.41	596.72
	Alliance	Pauline Savage	5.10%	248	252.65
Electorate: 9,054 Valid: 4,860 (53.68%) Spoilt: 82 Quota: 811 Turnout: 4,942 (54.58%)

Antrim South East

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

Antrim South East - 7 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	SDLP	Thomas Burns*	14.04%	992
	DUP	Samuel Dunlop*	12.36%	873
	Sinn Féin	Anne-Marie Logue*	12.53%	885
	UUP	Mervyn Rea*	12.08%	853	856.08	875.73	964.73
	Alliance	Alan Lawther*	11.57%	817	829.32	869.07	882.18	884.18
	DUP	Roy Thompson	10.91%	771	772.1	784.21	847.21	876.21	883.98
	UUP	Paul Michael	9.61%	679	680.1	684.32	788.54	823.54	847.05
	DUP	John Smyth	5.39%	381	381.22	389.33	447.44	459.44	475.3
	SDLP	Róisín Nugent	3.50%	247	312.34	379.72	384.83	385.83
	TUV	Mel Lucas*	5.14%	363	363.66	365.88
	Independent	Martin Nelson	2.18%	154	166.1
	Independent	John Fox	0.69%	49	53.62
Electorate: 13,628 Valid: 7,064 (51.83%) Spoilt: 101 Quota: 884 Turnout: 7,165 (52.58%)

Antrim Town

2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP

Antrim Town - 7 seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	UUP	Adrian Cochrane-Watson*	17.25%	884
	DUP	Pam Lewis*	14.32%	734
	Sinn Féin	Noel Maguire	12.45%	638	638.56	638.56	639.56	655.56
	UUP	Andrew Ritchie*	7.80%	400	490.72	496.44	521.51	654.87
	Alliance	Neil Kelly	9.77%	501	509.4	512.65	517.65	546.18	847.18
	DUP	Brian Graham*	9.97%	511	536.48	585.1	602.2	618.62	622.9	651.9
	SDLP	Gráinne Teggart	7.22%	370	371.4	372.44	372.44	418.85	455.53	580.53	591.53
	DUP	John Smyth*	8.56%	439	459.16	486.59	523.38	530.54	536.62	561.62	562.62
	Alliance	Oran Keenan*	6.89%	353	356.92	357.57	360.57	381.53
	UUP	Amanda Johnston	1.35%	69	151.6	154.2	167.33
	Independent	Donovan McClelland	2.30%	118	119.4	120.18	121.18
	PUP	Ken Wilkinson	2.13%	109	113.48	115.04
Electorate: 11,925 Valid: 5,126 (42.99%) Spoilt: 102 Quota: 641 Turnout: 5,228 (43.84%)

References

^ ^a ^b "Antrim Borough Council, 1993-2001". www.ark.ac.uk.
^ "Antrim North West Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^ "Antrim South East Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^ "Antrim Town Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

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