2011 Coleraine Borough Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2011

2011 Coleraine Borough Council election

5 May 2011 (2011-05-05)
All 22 seats to Coleraine Borough Council 12 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party DUP UUP SDLP Seats won 9 5 3 Seat change 0 3 0   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Alliance Independent Sinn Féin Seats won 2 2 1 Seat change 2 1 0
Party with the most votes by district.

Elections to Coleraine 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 22 councillors.

Election results

Coleraine Borough Council Election Result 2011[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	DUP	9	1	1	0	40.9	35.6	6,984	1.3
	UUP	5	0	3	3	22.7	20.6	4,047	11.4
	SDLP	3	0	0	0	13.6	10.5	2,066	1.8
	Independent	2	1	0	1	9.1	13.5	2,642	7.2
	Alliance	2	2	0	2	9.1	8.8	1,723	4.1
	Sinn Féin	1	0	0	0	4.5	9.0	1,759	1.1
	TUV	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.7	324	New
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.5	91	New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Coleraine Borough Council election, 2011
by district[1]

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	DUP		UUP		SDLP		Alliance		Sinn Féin		Others
Bann	35.0	2	25.5	2	15.3	1	4.1	0	16.5	1	3.6	0	6
Coleraine Central	31.9	3	16.0	1	8.6	1	7.2	0	8.3	0	28.0	1	6
Coleraine East	59.9	3	23.1	1	6.8	0	10.2	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	5
The Skerries	20.8	1	17.1	1	8.6	1	16.0	1	6.9	0	30.6	1	5
Total	35.6	9	20.6	5	10.5	3	8.8	2	9.0	1	15.5	2	22

District results

Bann

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

Bann - 6 seats[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	DUP	Adrian McQuillan*	22.04%	1,440
	Sinn Féin	Ciaran Archibald	16.47%	1,076
	UUP	William King*	14.35%	938
	DUP	Sam Cole*	9.53%	623	860.96	861.68	940.68
	SDLP	Roisin Loftus	8.91%	582	583.44	656.7	658.7	701.42	701.42	711.86	1,070.86
	UUP	Richard Holmes	5.55%	363	379.2	379.38	440.26	480.62	481.72	838.48	846.38
	DUP	Angela Torrens	3.41%	223	429.64	429.82	465.78	491.78	496.08	542	554.98
	SDLP	Eamon Mullan	6.41%	419	421.16	483.26	484.26	525.06	525.26	526.26
	UUP	Rosemary Torrens	5.60%	366	395.52	395.52	434.24	470.6	471.4
	Alliance	Charlie McConaghy	4.07%	266	267.44	271.04	272.4
	TUV	Elizabeth Collins	3.66%	239	248	248.18
Electorate: 10,978   Valid: 6,535 (59.53%)   Spoilt: 110   Quota: 934   Turnout: 6,645 (60.53%)

Coleraine Central

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

Coleraine Central - 6 seats[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	David McClarty*	22.09%	1,260
	DUP	George Duddy	12.53%	715	746.16	746.16	836.16
	SDLP	Gerry McLaughlin*	7.08%	404	437.06	502.82	506.96	506.96	815.38
	UUP	David Barbour*	9.76%	557	650.48	652.48	699.46	702.22	704.22	939.22
	DUP	James McClure*	10.20%	582	646.98	646.98	734.3	735.68	738.68	783.21	815.03
	DUP	William McCandless	9.20%	525	570.6	570.6	643.88	657.68	661.06	712.38	774.54
	Alliance	Graham Scobie	8.27%	472	545.72	551.72	560.62	560.85	586.85	621.35	649.47
	UUP	Nigel MacAuley	6.19%	353	411.52	412.9	438.32	439.93	444.69
	Sinn Féin	Susan Kelly	7.15%	408	412.94	419.32	419.32	419.32
	Independent	Russell Watton	5.99%	342	368.98	368.98
	SDLP	Sebastian Pierzchalski	1.52%	87	89.66
Electorate: 11,313   Valid: 5,705 (50.43%)   Spoilt: 108   Quota: 816   Turnout: 5,813 (51.38%)

Coleraine East

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

Coleraine East - 5 seats[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Maurice Bradley*	44.01%	1,507
	DUP	William Creelman*	10.98%	376	1,120.25
	DUP	Phyllis Fielding*	4.88%	167	251.5	768.46
	UUP	David Harding	15.10%	517	568.35	579.39
	Alliance	Yvonne Boyle	10.22%	350	261.7	362.66	370.86	539.06
	UUP	Robert McPherson*	8.03%	275	308.8	318.88	505.43	518.9
	SDLP	Teresa Young	6.78%	232	241.1	243.02	245.48
Electorate: 7,678   Valid: 3,424 (44.59%)   Spoilt: 95   Quota: 571   Turnout: 3,519 (45.83%)

The Skerries

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

The Skerries - 5 seats[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Alliance	Barney Fitzpatrick	15.99%	635	636	649	676
	Independent	Christine Alexander*	14.85%	590	594	651	670
	DUP	Mark Fielding	14.15%	562	572	593	594	594.61	618.61	823.61
	UUP	Norman Hillis*	10.45%	415	424	447	448	448	624	688
	SDLP	Maura Hickey*	8.61%	342	342	348	534	544.98	552.98	560.98	571.98
	Independent	Noel Kennedy	8.41%	334	352	391	398	399.22	423.22	431.22	466.22
	DUP	Sandy Gilkinson*	6.65%	264	281	299	299	299	324
	UUP	Lesley MacAuley	6.62%	263	267	291	291	291
	Sinn Féin	Christopher O'Neill	6.92%	275	275	280
	Independent	James Davies	2.92%	116	117
	UKIP	Adrian Parke	2.29%	91	105
	TUV	Michael Wiggins	2.14%	85
Electorate: 8,167   Valid: 3,972 (48.63%)   Spoilt: 62   Quota: 663   Turnout: 4,034 (49.39%)

References

1. "Coleraine Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
2. "Bann Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
3. "Coleraine Central Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
4. "Coleraine East Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
5. "The Skerries Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 13 July 2021.