2011 Ards Borough Council election

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2011 Ards Borough Council election
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All 23 seats to Ards Borough Council
12 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party DUP UUP Alliance
Seats won1164
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1
 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party SDLP Independent
Seats won11
Seat changeSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg 1
Ards 2011 election.svg
Party with the most votes by district.

Elections to Ards Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 23 councillors.

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Election results

Ards Borough Council Election Result 2011 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  DUP 1101Decrease2.svg147.847.411,732Decrease2.svg5.0
  UUP 601Decrease2.svg126.117.54,337Decrease2.svg7.0
  Alliance 410Increase2.svg117.418.24,512Increase2.svg4.1
  SDLP 100Steady2.svg4.36.81,685Increase2.svg3.4
  Independent 110Increase2.svg14.35.41,328Increase2.svg1.6
  TUV 000Steady2.svg0.03.4830New
  Green (NI) 000Steady2.svg0.00.8191Increase2.svg0.1
  NI Conservatives 000Steady2.svg0.00.5129Increase2.svg0.5

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Ards Borough Council election, 2011
by district
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
DUP UUP Alliance SDLP Others
Ards East57.6417.0116.211.807.406
Ards West52.4320.6219.810.007.206
Newtownards 40.9220.9216.511.7020.016
Peninsula36.4211.8120.2124.217.405
Total47.41117.5618.246.8110.1123

Districts results

Ards East

2005: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP
2011: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2005-2011 Change: Alliance gain from UUP

Ards East - 6 seats [2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678
DUP Colville Elliott*20.05%1,353       
Alliance Linda Cleland16.21%1,094       
DUP Hamilton Gregory*14.11%9521,168.92      
DUP Tom Smith14.26%9621,082.93      
DUP Eddie Thompson9.19%620633.92 818.94 831.12 946.25 953.67 978.67 
UUP Ronald Ferguson*9.23%623632.57 636.34 649.64 649.93 654.91 675.39 765.23
UUP Katherine Ferguson7.78%525540.95 543.85 572.69 572.98 580.36 620.45 694.57
TUV Terence Williams*4.51%304306.61 310.38 318.22 318.8 321.08 347  
Green (NI) Emer Hopkins2.83%191193.03 193.9 236.18 236.18 311.26   
SDLP Moira Ritchie1.82%123123.87 125.61 147.45 147.74    
Electorate: 16,004  Valid: 6,747 (42.16%)  Spoilt: 165  Quota: 965  Turnout: 6,912 (43.19%)  

    Ards West

    2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
    2011: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
    2005-2011 Change: No change

    Ards West - 6 seats [3]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    DUP Robert Gibson*23.10%1,519     
    DUP Trevor Cummings16.13%1,061     
    DUP Mervyn Oswald*13.20%8681,300.12    
    UUP James Fletcher*13.40%881929.75 1,063.31   
    UUP Philip Smith 7.16%471497.91 615.72 663.56 767.51 935.53
    Alliance Deborah Girvan11.60%763775.87 804.22 832.61 833.24 872.75
    Alliance Jim McBriar*8.24%542572.03 600.38 619.77 623.55 661.78
    TUV Jack Allister5.22%343358.21 400.42 412.81 414.07  
    NI Conservatives Bill McKendry1.96%129133.68 138.72    
    Electorate: 13,199  Valid: 6,577 (49.83%)  Spoilt: 115  Quota: 941  Turnout: 6,692 (50.70%)  

      Newtownards

      2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
      2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
      2005-2011 Change: Independent gain from DUP

      Newtownards - 6 seats [4]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234
      DUP Naomi Armstrong18.31%979   
      Alliance Alan McDowell*16.51%883   
      DUP Stephen McIlveen14.72%787   
      Independent Jimmy Menagh14.29%764772.14  
      UUP Thomas Hamilton *10.45%559573.96 671.06 713.78
      UUP David Smyth*10.53%563567.84 654.94 711.1
      DUP Charlie Simmons7.82%418589.16 639.24 657.96
      TUV Hamilton Lawther3.42%183186.96   
      Independent Ken Richardson2.30%123124.54   
      SDLP Gerard Lennon1.66%8990.32   
      Electorate: 12,092  Valid: 5,348 (44.23%)  Spoilt: 119  Quota: 765  Turnout: 5,467 (45.21%)  

        Peninsula

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

        Peninsula - 5 seats [5]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456
        SDLP Joe Boyle*24.24%1,473     
        DUP Robert Adair17.56%1,067     
        Alliance Kieran McCarthy *15.50%9421,271.3    
        DUP Colin Kennedy11.95%726728.59 732.37 770.53 823.53 1,140.53
        UUP Angus Carson*11.83%719731.21 746.33 803.28 879.02 954.44
        Alliance Kellie Armstrong 4.74%288366.44 568.04 587.31 628.05 646.74
        DUP John Prentice6.91%420423.33 429.21 442.58 507.79  
        Independent Joe Hagan4.30%261269.14 280.48 314.22   
        Independent Robert Drysdale*2.96%180197.76 215.4    
        Electorate: 12,879  Valid: 6,076 (47.18%)  Spoilt: 132  Quota: 1,014  Turnout: 6,208 (48.20%)  

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          References

          1. 1 2 "Ards Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
          2. ↑ "Ards East Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
          3. ↑ "Ards West Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
          4. ↑ "Newtownards Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
          5. ↑ "Peninsula Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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