# 2011 Castlereagh Borough Council election

Elections to Castlereagh 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

Castlereagh Borough Council Election Result 2011 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| DUP | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 47.8 | 42.6 | 10,390 | 3.9 |
| Alliance | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 26.1 | 25.2 | 6,142 | 9.0 |
| UUP | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13.0 | 11.2 | 2,717 | 6.6 |
| SDLP | 2 | 0 | 0 | | 8.7 | 11.0 | 2,681 | 1.0 |
| Green (NI) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 716 | 2.9 |
| Sinn Féin | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 3.0 | 735 | 1.5 |
| PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 1.3 | 323 | 0.8 |
| TUV | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 1.0 | 245 | New |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.8 | 205 | New |
| NI Conservatives | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.5 | 120 | 0.5 |
| People Before Profit | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.4 | 93 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Castlereagh Borough Council election, 2011 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | Alliance | Alliance | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | Green | Green | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Castlereagh Central | 41.4 | 3 | 28.8 | 2 | 12.9 | 1 | 5.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 11.2 | 0 | 6 |
| Castlereagh East | 56.0 | 4 | 26.3 | 2 | 5.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 7.7 | 1 | 4.4 | 0 | 7 |
| Castlereagh South | 36.5 | 2 | 19.6 | 1 | 12.0 | 1 | 22.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 9.3 | 0 | 5 |
| Castlereagh West | 32.7 | 2 | 27.0 | 1 | 16.1 | 1 | 17.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6.9 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 42.6 | 11 | 25.2 | 6 | 11.2 | 3 | 11.0 | 2 | 2.9 | 1 | 7.1 | 0 | 23 |

## Districts results
### Castlereagh Central

2005: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP 2011: 3 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP 2005-2011 Change: Alliance gain from DUP
Castlereagh Central - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Alliance | Michael Long* | 18.14% | 919 | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Vivienne McCoy | 14.21% | 720 | 727.35 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Michael Copeland* | 12.91% | 654 | 667.65 | 763.65 | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Carole Howard | 10.64% | 539 | 676.34 | 696.23 | 706.43 | 926.43 | | | |
| | DUP | Tommy Sandford | 12.51% | 634 | 639.46 | 675.88 | 688.12 | 692.75 | 700.75 | 943.75 | |
| | DUP | Denny Vitty | 8.64% | 438 | 439.47 | 453.47 | 457.55 | 457.55 | 457.55 | 508.37 | 723.97 |
| | PUP | Jason Burke | 6.37% | 323 | 326.36 | 353.36 | 362.2 | 369.67 | 394.67 | 401.67 | 405.59 |
| | DUP | Sharon Skillen | 6.08% | 308 | 310.31 | 324.31 | 328.39 | 329.81 | 329.81 | | |
| | SDLP | Rosaleen Hughes | 5.66% | 287 | 300.23 | 303.44 | 303.44 | | | | |
| | TUV | Alan Carson | 4.84% | 245 | 247.94 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,341 Valid: 5,067 (54.24%) Spoilt: 104 Quota: 724 Turnout: 5,171 (55.36%) ||||||||||||

### Castlereagh East

2005: 5 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP 2011: 4 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Green 2005-2011 Change: Alliance and Green gain from DUP and UUP
Castlereagh East - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | DUP | Gareth Robinson* | 24.25% | 1,804 | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Judith Cochrane* | 17.60% | 1,309 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Jim White* | 5.93% | 441 | 939.5 | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Tim Morrow | 8.74% | 650 | 676 | 986.01 | | | | |
| | DUP | Tommy Jeffers* | 10.22% | 760 | 920.5 | 928.62 | 962.62 | | | |
| | DUP | David Drysdale* | 8.72% | 649 | 720.5 | 730.07 | 780.02 | 786.18 | 796.18 | 900.04 |
| | Green (NI) | Martin Gregg | 7.72% | 574 | 599 | 620.46 | 684.99 | 713.34 | 716.34 | 870.15 |
| | DUP | Aileen Graham | 6.86% | 510 | 572 | 575.48 | 588.27 | 591.14 | 598.14 | 687 |
| | UUP | Hazel Legge | 5.61% | 417 | 433 | 444.6 | 553 | 565.04 | 570.04 | |
| | BNP | Ann Cooper | 2.76% | 205 | 216 | 219.19 | | | | |
| | NI Conservatives | Terry Dick | 1.61% | 120 | 122.5 | 129.46 | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,291 Valid: 7,439 (52.05%) Spoilt: 118 Quota: 930 Turnout: 7,557 (52.88%) |||||||||||

### Castlereagh South

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
Castlereagh South - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | DUP | James Spratt* | 23.75% | 1,535 | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Geraldine Rice* | 19.64% | 1,269 | | | | | |
| | DUP | John Beattie* | 12.74% | 823 | 1,229.8 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Brian Hanvey* | 14.67% | 948 | 949.8 | 993.49 | 996.37 | 1,041.66 | 1,289.66 |
| | UUP | Michael Henderson* | 9.15% | 591 | 610.8 | 648.54 | 748.22 | 1,022.29 | 1,024.92 |
| | SDLP | Sean Mullan | 7.89% | 510 | 513 | 542.58 | 543.22 | 584.68 | 759.44 |
| | Sinn Féin | James Irwin | 7.10% | 459 | 460.5 | 464.75 | 464.91 | 478.94 | |
| | UUP | Barbara McBurney | 2.86% | 185 | 201.5 | 229.89 | 268.93 | | |
| | Green (NI) | Rebecca Volley | 2.20% | 142 | 143.8 | 190.04 | 195.8 | | |
| Electorate: 12,061 Valid: 6,462 (53.58%) Spoilt: 90 Quota: 1,078 Turnout: 6,552 (54.32%) ||||||||||

### Castlereagh West

2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 2005-2011 Change: No change
Castlereagh West - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Alliance | Sara Duncan* | 26.97% | 1,456 | | | | |
| | DUP | Ann-Marie Beattie* | 21.08% | 1,138 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Peter O'Reilly | 17.34% | 936 | | | | |
| | DUP | Myreve Chambers* | 11.67% | 630 | 726 | 948.6 | | |
| | UUP | Cecil Hall* | 11.13% | 601 | 768.5 | 777.11 | 811.61 | 850.67 |
| | UUP | Bill White | 4.98% | 269 | 370.5 | 374.07 | 397.78 | 405.22 |
| | Sinn Féin | Laura Keenan | 5.11% | 276 | 340 | 340.21 | 386.71 | 387.13 |
| | People Before Profit | Gordon Hewitt | 1.72% | 93 | 215 | 215.21 | | |
| Electorate: 10,045 Valid: 5,399 (53.75%) Spoilt: 100 Quota: 900 Turnout: 5,499 (54.74%) |||||||||