2011 Banbridge District Council election

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2011 Banbridge District Council election
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All 17 seats to Banbridge District Council
9 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party UUP DUP SDLP
Seats won752
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 1
 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Alliance
Seats won21
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg
Banbridge 2011 election.svg
Party with the most votes by district.

Elections to Banbridge 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 17 councillors.

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Election results

Banbridge District Council Election Result 2011 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  UUP 720Increase2.svg241.233.86,167Increase2.svg1.4
  DUP 502Decrease2.svg229.432.45,904Decrease2.svg5.9
  SDLP 201Decrease2.svg111.813.22,409Decrease2.svg2.7
  Sinn Féin 210Increase2.svg111.811.42,071Increase2.svg5.1
  Alliance 100Steady2.svg5.94.9892Increase2.svg0.4
  TUV 000Steady2.svg0.02.5458New
  Independent 000Steady2.svg0.01.8335Decrease2.svg0.8

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Banbridge District Council election, 2011
by district
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
UUP DUP SDLP Sinn Féin Alliance Others
Banbridge Town 36.3230.8211.617.408.215.706
Dromore 26.0244.228.3010.217.004.305
Knockiveagh38.6323.0119.1116.010.003.306
Total33.8732.4513.2211.424.914.3017

Districts results

Banbridge Town

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

Banbridge Town - 6 seats [2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678
UUP Joan Baird*24.86%1,466       
DUP Junior McCrum*17.60%1,038       
UUP Ian Burns*11.46%6761,200.6      
DUP Jim McElroy*8.02%473518.58 750.57 917.01    
Alliance Sheila McQuaid8.19%483495.47 544.68 546.39 546.63 588.63 679.03 788.34
SDLP Marie Hamilton6.22%367375.17 389.97 391.11 391.27 450.7 655.84 684.07
Sinn Féin Vincent McAleenan7.38%435435.86 436.23 436.23 436.23 601.23 645.6 645.68
DUP John McKinstry5.22%308324.34 370.59 391.11 457.35 460.35 468.6  
SDLP Cassie McDermott*5.36%316325.46 339.52 340.66 340.99 383.9   
Independent Dessie Ward*5.68%335335.43 335.8 335.8 335.8    
Electorate: 11,532  Valid: 5,897 (51.14%)  Spoilt: 124  Quota: 843  Turnout: 6,021 (52.21%)  

    Dromore

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

    Dromore - 5 seats [3]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    DUP Paul Rankin *16.49%9671,013     
    DUP Hazel Gamble*16.08%943983     
    UUP Carol Black13.98%820883 976 982.23   
    UUP Olive Mercer12.05%707751 842 850.01 850.86 851.7 923.7
    Sinn Féin Paul Gribben10.18%597597 604 604 604 604 880
    DUP Norah Beare*11.68%685705 746 766.47 770.38 773.74 814.74
    SDLP Louis Boyle8.32%488488 601 601 601.17 601.17  
    Alliance David Griffin6.97%409422      
    TUV Lyle Rea4.25%249      
    Electorate: 10,290  Valid: 5,865 (57.00%)  Spoilt: 59  Quota: 978  Turnout: 5,924 (57.57%)  

      Knockiveagh

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

      Knockiveagh - 6 seats [4]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      SDLP Seamus Doyle*19.12%1,238    
      UUP Elizabeth Ingram17.53%1,135    
      Sinn Féin Brendan Curran16.05%1,039    
      DUP David Herron*13.42%869922.9 991.9  
      UUP John Hanna*10.67%691803.7 844.4 945.1 
      UUP Glenn Barr10.38%672763.7 815.9 893.61 955.11
      DUP Ian Wilson9.59%621645.5 690.3 711.96 764.46
      TUV Stephen Herron*3.23%209234.9    
      Electorate: 11,012  Valid: 6,474 (58.79%)  Spoilt: 105  Quota: 925  Turnout: 6,579 (59.74%)  

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        References

        1. 1 2 "Banbridge District Council, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
        2. ↑ "Banbridge Town Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
        3. ↑ "Dromore Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
        4. ↑ "Knockiveagh Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
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