2011 Armagh City and District Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2011
2011 Armagh City and District Council election
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All 22 seats to Armagh City and District Council
12 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party UUP Sinn Féin SDLP
Seats won 6 6 5
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 1 Decrease 1
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party DUP Independent
Seats won 4 1
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 1
Party with the most votes by district.

Elections to Armagh City and 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 22 councillors.

Election results

Armagh City and District Council Election Result 2011[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  UUP 6 1 0 Increase1 27.3 27.6 6,972 Increase4.9
  Sinn Féin 6 1 0 Increase1 27.3 24.8 6,259 Increase1.7
  SDLP 5 0 1 Decrease1 22.7 21.3 5,379 Increase0.1
  DUP 4 0 2 Decrease2 18.2 21.1 5,326 Decrease8.5
  Independent 1 1 0 Increase1 4.5 4.5 1,136 Increase1.1
  TUV 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.6 144 New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Armagh City and District Council election, 2011
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
UUP Sinn Féin SDLP DUP Others
Armagh City 16.8 1 45.1 3 25.1 1 13.0 1 0.0 0 6
Crossmore 14.4 1 34.5 2 38.5 2 12.7 0 0.0 0 5
Cusher 42.5 2 7.6 0 10.6 1 24.5 2 14.8 1 6
The Orchard 31.1 2 19.6 1 15.1 1 31.9 1 2.3 0 5
Total 27.6 6 24.8 6 21.3 5 21.1 4 5.2 1 22

District results

Armagh City

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

Armagh City - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Sinn Féin Cathy Rafferty* 18.62% 1,001        
UUP Sylvia McRoberts* 16.78% 902        
Sinn Féin Noel Sheridan* 16.09% 865        
DUP Freda Donnelly* 12.98% 698 698.72 806.56    
Sinn Féin Roy McCartney 10.40% 559 743.08 744.36 816.74  
SDLP Mealla Campbell* 13.02% 700 724.96 732.64 743.2 757.94
SDLP Pat Brannigan* 12.13% 652 670.72 686.08 694.55 705.88
Electorate: 9,993   Valid: 5,377 (53.81%)   Spoilt: 127   Quota: 769   Turnout: 5,504 (55.08%)  

Crossmore

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

Crossmore - 5 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
SDLP Thomas O'Hanlon* 27.55% 1,620      
Sinn Féin Mary Doyle 19.72% 1,160      
SDLP Gerald Mallon* 10.97% 645 1,141.02    
Sinn Féin Darren McNally 14.76% 868 998.2    
UUP Mavis Eagle 14.35% 844 849.88 907.88 935.6
DUP Noel Donnelly* 12.65% 744 746.94 796.94 821.72
Electorate: 9,268   Valid: 5,881 (63.45%)   Spoilt: 129   Quota: 981   Turnout: 6,010 (64.85%)  

Cusher

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

Cusher - 6 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
UUP Gordon Kennedy 23.05% 1,785          
Independent Paul Berry* 14.67% 1,136          
UUP Robert Turner* 12.19% 944 1,138.61        
SDLP Sharon Haughey* 10.63% 823 834.7 835.3 842.69 1,271.69  
DUP Terry McWilliams 10.37% 803 903.62 906.44 1,038.61 1,040 1,052
DUP Gareth Wilson* 7.68% 595 625.03 627.97 986.33 988.33 992.33
UUP John Moore 7.31% 566 847.97 867.89 903.64 903.64 925.64
Sinn Féin Liam Lappin 7.63% 591 591.39 591.39 591.39    
DUP Philip Murdock 6.47% 501 550.53 552.33      
Electorate: 12,337   Valid: 7,744 (62.77%)   Spoilt: 146   Quota: 1,107   Turnout: 7,890 (63.95%)  

The Orchard

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

The Orchard - 5 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
DUP William Irwin* 24.46% 1,520        
Sinn Féin Gerard White 19.55% 1,215        
UUP Jim Speers* 19.42% 1,207        
SDLP John Campbell* 15.11% 939 944.12 946.76 1,115.56  
UUP Joy Rollston 11.65% 724 828.64 904.44 905.24 1,054.19
DUP Philip Weir 7.48% 465 814.12 863.32 864.72 886.47
TUV Paul Coleman 2.32% 144 154.56      
Electorate: 9,928   Valid: 6,214 (62.59%)   Spoilt: 79   Quota: 1,036   Turnout: 6,293 (63.39%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Armagh District Council, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ "Armagh City Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Crossmore Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Cusher Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  5. ^ "The Orchard Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 23 July 2021.