2011 Newtownabbey Borough Council election

Local government election in Northern Ireland

2011 Newtownabbey Borough Council election

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.

Election results[edit]

Note: “Votes” are the first preference votes.

Districts summary[edit]

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

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	DUP		UUP		Alliance		Sinn Féin		SDLP		Others
Antrim Line	33.3	2	13.7	1	16.0	1	23.0	2	14.1	1	0.0	0	7
Ballyclare	55.2	3	29.6	1	15.2	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	5
Macedon	57.6	4	8.7	1	15.8	1	9.7	0	0.0	0	8.3	0	6
University	37.2	3	25.2	2	18.1	2	2.7	0	3.3	0	13.5	0	7
Total	43.5	12	19.7	5	16.4	5	9.6	2	5.3	1	5.5	0	25

Districts results[edit]

Antrim Line[edit]

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]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Alliance	John Blair	15.96%	1,367
	DUP	Paula Bradley*	14.27%	1,222
	SDLP	Noreen McClelland*	14.07%	1,205
	Sinn Féin	Marie MacKessy	12.70%	1,088
	DUP	Audrey Ball	12.41%	1,063	1,104.14
	Ulster Unionist	Mark Cosgrove	6.67%	571	612.14	621.74	719.52	724.92	1,105.92
	Sinn Féin	Gerard O’Reilly	10.27%	880	936.78	937.26	940.26	1,055.82	1,064.88
	DUP	Paul Livingstone	6.57%	563	596.66	713.9	736.52	740.66	827.94
	Ulster Unionist	Ben Coote	5.06%	433	512.56	521.44	583.72	591.46
	Ulster Unionist	Kathy Wolff	2.02%	173	216.18	220.26
Electorate: 17,233   Valid: 8,565 (49.70%)   Spoilt: 138   Quota: 1,071   Turnout: 8,703 (50.50%)

Ballyclare[edit]

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]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	DUP	Paul Girvan*	41.96%	2,545
	DUP	Victoria Girvan	6.30%	382	1,484.27
	Ulster Unionist	James Bingham*	14.79%	897	980.57	1,008.92	1,095.92
	Alliance	Pat McCudden	15.23%	924	977.07	994.08	1,014.96
	DUP	Jackie Mann	6.94%	421	598.51	982.45	998.32
	Ulster Unionist	Vera McWilliam*	11.76%	713	788.64	822.66	895.88
	Ulster Unionist	Gavin Eastwood	3.02%	183	205.57	213.94
Electorate: 12,689   Valid: 6,065 (47.80%)   Spoilt: 109   Quota: 1,011   Turnout: 6,174 (48.66%)

Macedon[edit]

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]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Billy DeCourcy*	23.90%	1,146
	Alliance	Billy Webb*	15.77%	756
	DUP	Thomas Hogg	12.12%	581	864.31
	DUP	Victor Robinson*	14.08%	675	757.41
	DUP	Dineen Walker*	7.53%	361	408.56	563.27	626.82	640.47	840.47
	Ulster Unionist	John Scott*	8.66%	415	432.22	443.29	447.8	476.27	571.67	639.67
	Sinn Féin	Mary Gillen	9.68%	464	468.92	469.46	469.87	485.47	493.93	496.93
	Independent	Tommy Kirkham*	8.26%	396	419.78	426.8	429.67	440.46
Electorate: 10,707   Valid: 4,794 (44.77%)   Spoilt: 122   Quota: 685   Turnout: 4,916 (45.91%)

University[edit]

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]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	DUP	William Ball*	16.54%	1,328
	DUP	Pamela Barr	12.64%	1,015
	Ulster Unionist	Fraser Agnew*	12.02%	965	981.56	994.56	994.56	1,116.56
	Alliance	Tom Campbell*	11.26%	904	909.04	912.04	931.04	944.28	952.04	1,067.04
	DUP	Robert Hill*	8.04%	645	907.56	930.8	933.8	958.92	971.53	978.77	978.77	1,151.77
	Ulster Unionist	Ken Robinson*	9.09%	730	734.08	745.08	746.08	868.04	937.88	950.12	950.69	1,107.69
	Alliance	Lynn Frazer*	6.79%	545	548.6	551.6	571.84	582.08	592.75	736.72	796	836.1	860.1
	Independent	Stephen Ross	5.99%	481	485.08	497.08	501.08	521.8	528.59	576.59	578.3	627.79	662.79
	PUP	Phil Hamilton	6.30%	506	516.8	536.04	536.04	549.76	553.64	562.64	563.21
	SDLP	Dominic Mulligan	3.26%	262	262.48	262.48	409.48	410.48	411.45
	Ulster Unionist	Barbara Gilliland*	4.07%	327	335.64	339.64	339.64
	Sinn Féin	James McKeown	2.68%	215	215.48	218.48
	BNP	Stephen Parkes	1.30%	104	105.68
Electorate: 16,063   Valid: 8,027 (49.97%)   Spoilt: 163   Quota: 1,004   Turnout: 8,190 (50.99%)

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