2011 Newtownabbey Borough Council election

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2011 Newtownabbey Borough Council election
  2005 5 May 2011 (2011-05-05) 2014  

All 25 seats to Newtownabbey Borough Council
13 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party DUP UUP Alliance
Seats won1255
Seat changeSteady2.svgDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 3

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party Sinn Féin SDLP Independent
Seats won210
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Steady2.svgDecrease2.svg 1

 Seventh partyEighth party
 
Party Newtownabbey Ratepayers United Unionist
Seats won00
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1

Newtownabbey 2011 election.svg
Party with the most votes by district.

Elections to Newtownabbey 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 25 councillors.

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Election results

Newtownabbey Borough Council Election Result 2011 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  DUP 1211Steady2.svg48.043.511,947Decrease2.svg0.4
  UUP 501Decrease2.svg110.019.75,407Decrease2.svg3.6
  Alliance 530Increase2.svg310.016.44,496Increase2.svg8.4
  Sinn Féin 210Increase2.svg14.09.62,647Increase2.svg3.7
  SDLP 100Steady2.svg2.05.31,467Decrease2.svg0.8
  Independent 000Decrease2.svg10.03.2877Increase2.svg1.0
  PUP 000Steady2.svg0.01.8506Increase2.svg0.8
  BNP 000Steady2.svg0.00.4104New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Newtownabbey Borough Council election, 2011
by district
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
DUP UUP Alliance Sinn Féin SDLP Others
Antrim Line33.3213.7116.0123.0214.110.007
Ballyclare 55.2329.6115.210.000.000.005
Macedon57.648.7115.819.700.008.306
University37.2325.2218.122.703.3013.507
Total43.51219.7516.459.625.315.5025

Districts results

Antrim Line

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

Antrim Line - 7 seats [2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
Alliance John Blair 15.96%1,367     
DUP Paula Bradley *14.27%1,222     
SDLP Noreen McClelland*14.07%1,205     
Sinn Féin Marie MacKessy12.70%1,088     
DUP Audrey Ball12.41%1,0631,104.14    
UUP Mark Cosgrove6.67%571612.14 621.74 719.52 724.92 1,105.92
Sinn Féin Gerard O'Reilly10.27%880936.78 937.26 940.26 1,055.82 1,064.88
DUP Paul Livingstone6.57%563596.66 713.9 736.52 740.66 827.94
UUP Ben Coote5.06%433512.56 521.44 583.72 591.46  
UUP Kathy Wolff2.02%173216.18 220.26    
Electorate: 17,233  Valid: 8,565 (49.70%)  Spoilt: 138  Quota: 1,071  Turnout: 8,703 (50.50%)  

    Ballyclare

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

    Ballyclare - 5 seats [3]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234
    DUP Paul Girvan *41.96%2,545   
    DUP Victoria Girvan6.30%3821,484.27  
    UUP James Bingham*14.79%897980.57 1,008.92 1,095.92
    Alliance Pat McCudden15.23%924977.07 994.08 1,014.96
    DUP Jackie Mann6.94%421598.51 982.45 998.32
    UUP Vera McWilliam*11.76%713788.64 822.66 895.88
    UUP Gavin Eastwood3.02%183205.57 213.94  
    Electorate: 12,689  Valid: 6,065 (47.80%)  Spoilt: 109  Quota: 1,011  Turnout: 6,174 (48.66%)  

      Macedon

      2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers, 1 x Independent
      2011: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
      2005-2011 Change: DUP gain from Independent, Newtownabbey Ratepayers joins Alliance

      Macedon - 6 seats [4]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      DUP Billy DeCourcy*23.90%1,146      
      Alliance Billy Webb*15.77%756      
      DUP Thomas Hogg12.12%581864.31     
      DUP Victor Robinson*14.08%675757.41     
      DUP Dineen Walker*7.53%361408.56 563.27 626.82 640.47 840.47 
      UUP John Scott*8.66%415432.22 443.29 447.8 476.27 571.67 639.67
      Sinn Féin Mary Gillen9.68%464468.92 469.46 469.87 485.47 493.93 496.93
      Independent Tommy Kirkham*8.26%396419.78 426.8 429.67 440.46   
      Electorate: 10,707  Valid: 4,794 (44.77%)  Spoilt: 122  Quota: 685  Turnout: 4,916 (45.91%)  

        University

        2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x United Unionist
        2011: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance
        2005-2011 Change: Alliance gain from UUP, United Unionist joins UUP

        University - 7 seats [5]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345678910
        DUP William Ball*16.54%1,328         
        DUP Pamela Barr12.64%1,015         
        UUP Fraser Agnew *12.02%965981.56 994.56 994.56 1,116.56     
        Alliance Tom Campbell*11.26%904909.04 912.04 931.04 944.28 952.04 1,067.04   
        DUP Robert Hill*8.04%645907.56 930.8 933.8 958.92 971.53 978.77 978.77 1,151.77 
        UUP Ken Robinson *9.09%730734.08 745.08 746.08 868.04 937.88 950.12 950.69 1,107.69 
        Alliance Lynn Frazer*6.79%545548.6 551.6 571.84 582.08 592.75 736.72 796 836.1 860.1
        Independent Stephen Ross5.99%481485.08 497.08 501.08 521.8 528.59 576.59 578.3 627.79 662.79
        PUP Phil Hamilton6.30%506516.8 536.04 536.04 549.76 553.64 562.64 563.21   
        SDLP Dominic Mulligan3.26%262262.48 262.48 409.48 410.48 411.45     
        UUP Barbara Gilliland*4.07%327335.64 339.64 339.64       
        Sinn Féin James McKeown2.68%215215.48 218.48        
        BNP Stephen Parkes1.30%104105.68         
        Electorate: 16,063  Valid: 8,027 (49.97%)  Spoilt: 163  Quota: 1,004  Turnout: 8,190 (50.99%)  

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