2011 Ards Borough Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2011
2011 Ards Borough Council election
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All 23 seats to Ards Borough Council
12 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party DUP UUP Alliance
Seats won 11 6 4
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 1 Increase 1
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party SDLP Independent
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Steady Increase 1
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.

Election results

Ards Borough Council Election Result 2011[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  DUP 11 0 1 Decrease1 47.8 47.4 11,732 Decrease5.0
  UUP 6 0 1 Decrease1 26.1 17.5 4,337 Decrease7.0
  Alliance 4 1 0 Increase1 17.4 18.2 4,512 Increase4.1
  SDLP 1 0 0 Steady 4.3 6.8 1,685 Increase3.4
  Independent 1 1 0 Increase1 4.3 5.4 1,328 Increase1.6
  TUV 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 3.4 830 New
  Green (NI) 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.8 191 Increase0.1
  NI Conservatives 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.5 129 Increase0.5

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Ards Borough Council election, 2011
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
DUP UUP Alliance SDLP Others
Ards East 57.6 4 17.0 1 16.2 1 1.8 0 7.4 0 6
Ards West 52.4 3 20.6 2 19.8 1 0.0 0 7.2 0 6
Newtownards 40.9 2 20.9 2 16.5 1 1.7 0 20.0 1 6
Peninsula 36.4 2 11.8 1 20.2 1 24.2 1 7.4 0 5
Total 47.4 11 17.5 6 18.2 4 6.8 1 10.1 1 23

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]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
DUP Colville Elliott* 20.05% 1,353              
Alliance Linda Cleland 16.21% 1,094              
DUP Hamilton Gregory* 14.11% 952 1,168.92            
DUP Tom Smith 14.26% 962 1,082.93            
DUP Eddie Thompson 9.19% 620 633.92 818.94 831.12 946.25 953.67 978.67  
UUP Ronald Ferguson* 9.23% 623 632.57 636.34 649.64 649.93 654.91 675.39 765.23
UUP Katherine Ferguson 7.78% 525 540.95 543.85 572.69 572.98 580.36 620.45 694.57
TUV Terence Williams* 4.51% 304 306.61 310.38 318.22 318.8 321.08 347  
Green (NI) Emer Hopkins 2.83% 191 193.03 193.9 236.18 236.18 311.26    
SDLP Moira Ritchie 1.82% 123 123.87 125.61 147.45 147.74      
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]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
DUP Robert Gibson* 23.10% 1,519          
DUP Trevor Cummings 16.13% 1,061          
DUP Mervyn Oswald* 13.20% 868 1,300.12        
UUP James Fletcher* 13.40% 881 929.75 1,063.31      
UUP Philip Smith 7.16% 471 497.91 615.72 663.56 767.51 935.53
Alliance Deborah Girvan 11.60% 763 775.87 804.22 832.61 833.24 872.75
Alliance Jim McBriar* 8.24% 542 572.03 600.38 619.77 623.55 661.78
TUV Jack Allister 5.22% 343 358.21 400.42 412.81 414.07  
NI Conservatives Bill McKendry 1.96% 129 133.68 138.72      
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]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
DUP Naomi Armstrong 18.31% 979      
Alliance Alan McDowell* 16.51% 883      
DUP Stephen McIlveen 14.72% 787      
Independent Jimmy Menagh 14.29% 764 772.14    
UUP Thomas Hamilton* 10.45% 559 573.96 671.06 713.78
UUP David Smyth* 10.53% 563 567.84 654.94 711.1
DUP Charlie Simmons 7.82% 418 589.16 639.24 657.96
TUV Hamilton Lawther 3.42% 183 186.96    
Independent Ken Richardson 2.30% 123 124.54    
SDLP Gerard Lennon 1.66% 89 90.32    
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]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SDLP Joe Boyle* 24.24% 1,473          
DUP Robert Adair 17.56% 1,067          
Alliance Kieran McCarthy* 15.50% 942 1,271.3        
DUP Colin Kennedy 11.95% 726 728.59 732.37 770.53 823.53 1,140.53
UUP Angus Carson* 11.83% 719 731.21 746.33 803.28 879.02 954.44
Alliance Kellie Armstrong 4.74% 288 366.44 568.04 587.31 628.05 646.74
DUP John Prentice 6.91% 420 423.33 429.21 442.58 507.79  
Independent Joe Hagan 4.30% 261 269.14 280.48 314.22    
Independent Robert Drysdale* 2.96% 180 197.76 215.4      
Electorate: 12,879   Valid: 6,076 (47.18%)   Spoilt: 132   Quota: 1,014   Turnout: 6,208 (48.20%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "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.