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All 23 seats to Down District Council 12 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Party with the most votes by district. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elections to Down District 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.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDLP | 9 | 0 | 1 |  1 | 39.1 | 34.2 | 8,666 | 3.3 | |
| Sinn Féin | 5 | 0 | 0 |  | 21.7 | 22.9 | 5,806 | 0.2 | |
| DUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | | 13.0 | 16.4 | 4,152 |  0.1 | |
| UUP | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13.0 | 13.2 | 3,346 | 4.1 | |
| Alliance | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 1,252 | 2.8 | |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 1,073 | 4.2 | |
| Green (NI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 4.3 | 4.1 | 1,035 | 0.8 | |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDLP | Sinn Féin | DUP | UUP | Alliance | Green | Others | |||||||||
| Ballynahinch | 26.5 | 2 | 20.4 | 1 | 26.0 | 1 | 14.3 | 1 | 3.6 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 5 |
| Downpatrick | 57.4 | 4 | 27.4 | 2 | 2.4 | 0 | 4.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 8.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Newcastle | 33.3 | 2 | 36.3 | 2 | 7.8 | 0 | 9.5 | 1 | 8.4 | 1 | 4.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Rowallane | 15.8 | 1 | 4.9 | 0 | 32.9 | 2 | 26.3 | 1 | 8.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 12.0 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 34.2 | 9 | 22.9 | 5 | 16.4 | 3 | 13.2 | 3 | 4.9 | 1 | 4.1 | 1 | 4.3 | 1 | 23 |
2005: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2011: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2005-2011 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| DUP | Garth Craig | 21.32% | 1,260 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | Michael Coogan* | 20.41% | 1,206 | ||||||
| UUP | Walter Lyons | 14.26% | 843 | 898.88 | 899.57 | 908.02 | 971.91 | 1,145.91 | |
| SDLP | Anne Marie McAleenan* | 12.52% | 740 | 742.42 | 833.27 | 878.49 | 944.17 | 979.17 | |
| SDLP | Patrick Toman* | 14.01% | 828 | 830.42 | 883.09 | 913.38 | 943.13 | 967.67 | |
| Independent | Mark Murnin | 6.24% | 369 | 372.74 | 415.75 | 451.12 | 507.09 | 549.01 | |
| DUP | Yvonne Moore | 4.65% | 275 | 478.28 | 478.97 | 485.97 | 504.19 | ||
| Alliance | Andy Corkhill | 3.60% | 213 | 215.2 | 225.55 | 269.16 | |||
| Green (NI) | Mark McCormick | 2.98% | 176 | 176.88 | 195.74 | ||||
| Electorate: 10,680 Valid: 5,910 (55.34%) Spoilt: 116 Quota: 986 Turnout: 6,026 (56.42%) | |||||||||
2005: 4 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Green
2011: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Green
2005-2011 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SDLP | Colin McGrath * | 16.64% | 1,144 | ||||||||
| SDLP | Dermot Curran* | 14.53% | 999 | ||||||||
| SDLP | Peter Craig* | 12.74% | 876 | ||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Éamonn McConvey* | 12.10% | 832 | 850.25 | 850.5 | 859.95 | 1,019.95 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Liam Johnston* | 9.81% | 674 | 688.75 | 690.75 | 697.05 | 817.6 | 955.6 | |||
| SDLP | John Doris* | 8.82% | 606 | 718.75 | 724 | 799.15 | 812.5 | 814.5 | 830.5 | 900.5 | |
| Green (NI) | Cadogan Enright | 7.99% | 549 | 577.25 | 589.25 | 601.55 | 627.15 | 632.15 | 647.15 | 821.1 | |
| SDLP | Gareth Sharvin | 4.66% | 320 | 407.25 | 418.5 | 440.4 | 484.65 | 492.65 | 506.65 | 552.05 | |
| UUP | Annette Holden | 4.80% | 330 | 331.25 | 463.25 | 465.35 | 465.35 | 465.35 | 465.35 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Martin Rice | 5.47% | 376 | 379.75 | 380.75 | 390.65 | |||||
| DUP | Andrew Steenson | 2.44% | 168 | 175 | |||||||
| Electorate: 13,640 Valid: 6,874 (50.40%) Spoilt: 163 Quota: 860 Turnout: 7,037 (51.59%) | |||||||||||
2005: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2011: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2005-2011 Change: Alliance gain from SDLP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Willie Clarke * | 17.49% | 1,171 | ||||||||
| SDLP | Eamon O'Neill * | 15.81% | 1,058 | ||||||||
| SDLP | Carmel O'Boyle* | 11.47% | 768 | 787.08 | 831.63 | 917.34 | 1,181.34 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Stephen Burns | 11.89% | 796 | 892.84 | 898.42 | 931.95 | 958.95 | ||||
| UUP | Desmond Patterson | 9.50% | 636 | 636.54 | 637.8 | 655.98 | 663.7 | 676.7 | 1,124.7 | ||
| Alliance | Patrick Clarke | 8.44% | 565 | 570.58 | 575.26 | 665.8 | 702.72 | 746.72 | 773.35 | 936.55 | |
| Sinn Féin | Brian Morgan | 6.95% | 465 | 531.06 | 532.95 | 542.03 | 615.75 | 668.75 | 670.02 | 672.9 | |
| DUP | Stanley Priestley | 7.80% | 522 | 522.54 | 523.98 | 526.16 | 528.34 | 528.34 | |||
| SDLP | Peter Fitzpatrick* | 6.02% | 403 | 412.72 | 442.69 | 470.59 | |||||
| Green (NI) | John Hardy | 4.63% | 310 | 315.76 | 318.55 | ||||||
| Electorate: 12,216 Valid: 6,694 (54.80%) Spoilt: 132 Quota: 957 Turnout: 6,826 (55.88%) | |||||||||||
2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2005-2011 Change: Independent gain from UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| DUP | William Dick* | 17.21% | 1,007 | ||||
| SDLP | Maria McCarthy | 13.82% | 809 | 1,092 | |||
| UUP | Robert Burgess* | 14.30% | 837 | 840 | 969 | 982.26 | |
| DUP | William Walker* | 15.72% | 920 | 927 | 971 | 976.46 | |
| Independent | Terry Andrews | 12.03% | 704 | 763 | 884 | 976.04 | |
| UUP | Graham Furey | 11.96% | 700 | 705 | 761 | 764.9 | |
| Alliance | Patrick Brown | 8.10% | 474 | 491 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Catriona Mackel | 4.89% | 286 | ||||
| SDLP | Patricia McKay | 1.97% | 115 | ||||
| Electorate: 11,090 Valid: 5,852 (52.77%) Spoilt: 83 Quota: 976 Turnout: 5,935 (53.52%) | |||||||
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