2011 Banbridge District Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2011

Elections to Banbridge District Council were held on 5 May 2011 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 17 councillors.

2011 Banbridge District Council election

5 May 2011 (2011-05-05)
All 17 seats to Banbridge District Council 9 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party UUP DUP SDLP Seats won 7 5 2 Seat change 2 2 1   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Sinn Féin Alliance Seats won 2 1 Seat change 1
Party with the most votes by district.

Election results

Banbridge District Council Election Result 2011

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	UUP	7	2	0	2	41.2	33.8	6,167	1.4
	DUP	5	0	2	2	29.4	32.4	5,904	5.9
	SDLP	2	0	1	1	11.8	13.2	2,409	2.7
	Sinn Féin	2	1	0	1	11.8	11.4	2,071	5.1
	Alliance	1	0	0		5.9	4.9	892	0.4
	TUV	0	0	0		0.0	2.5	458	New
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	1.8	335	0.8

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Banbridge District Council election, 2011
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	UUP		DUP		SDLP		Sinn Féin		Alliance		Others
Banbridge Town	36.3	2	30.8	2	11.6	1	7.4	0	8.2	1	5.7	0	6
Dromore	26.0	2	44.2	2	8.3	0	10.2	1	7.0	0	4.3	0	5
Knockiveagh	38.6	3	23.0	1	19.1	1	16.0	1	0.0	0	3.3	0	6
Total	33.8	7	32.4	5	13.2	2	11.4	2	4.9	1	4.3	0	17

Districts results

Banbridge Town

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

Banbridge Town - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	UUP	Joan Baird*	24.86%	1,466
	DUP	Junior McCrum*	17.60%	1,038
	UUP	Ian Burns*	11.46%	676	1,200.6
	DUP	Jim McElroy*	8.02%	473	518.58	750.57	917.01
	Alliance	Sheila McQuaid	8.19%	483	495.47	544.68	546.39	546.63	588.63	679.03	788.34
	SDLP	Marie Hamilton	6.22%	367	375.17	389.97	391.11	391.27	450.7	655.84	684.07
	Sinn Féin	Vincent McAleenan	7.38%	435	435.86	436.23	436.23	436.23	601.23	645.6	645.68
	DUP	John McKinstry	5.22%	308	324.34	370.59	391.11	457.35	460.35	468.6
	SDLP	Cassie McDermott*	5.36%	316	325.46	339.52	340.66	340.99	383.9
	Independent	Dessie Ward*	5.68%	335	335.43	335.8	335.8	335.8
Electorate: 11,532   Valid: 5,897 (51.14%)   Spoilt: 124   Quota: 843   Turnout: 6,021 (52.21%)

Dromore

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

Dromore - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Paul Rankin*	16.49%	967	1,013
	DUP	Hazel Gamble*	16.08%	943	983
	UUP	Carol Black	13.98%	820	883	976	982.23
	UUP	Olive Mercer	12.05%	707	751	842	850.01	850.86	851.7	923.7
	Sinn Féin	Paul Gribben	10.18%	597	597	604	604	604	604	880
	DUP	Norah Beare*	11.68%	685	705	746	766.47	770.38	773.74	814.74
	SDLP	Louis Boyle	8.32%	488	488	601	601	601.17	601.17
	Alliance	David Griffin	6.97%	409	422
	TUV	Lyle Rea	4.25%	249
Electorate: 10,290   Valid: 5,865 (57.00%)   Spoilt: 59   Quota: 978   Turnout: 5,924 (57.57%)

Knockiveagh

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

Knockiveagh - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SDLP	Seamus Doyle*	19.12%	1,238
	UUP	Elizabeth Ingram	17.53%	1,135
	Sinn Féin	Brendan Curran	16.05%	1,039
	DUP	David Herron*	13.42%	869	922.9	991.9
	UUP	John Hanna*	10.67%	691	803.7	844.4	945.1
	UUP	Glenn Barr	10.38%	672	763.7	815.9	893.61	955.11
	DUP	Ian Wilson	9.59%	621	645.5	690.3	711.96	764.46
	TUV	Stephen Herron*	3.23%	209	234.9
Electorate: 11,012   Valid: 6,474 (58.79%)   Spoilt: 105   Quota: 925   Turnout: 6,579 (59.74%)