# 2011 Larne Borough Council election

Elections to Larne Borough 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 15 councillors.

## Election results

Larne Borough Council Election Result 2011 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| DUP | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26.7 | 32.0 | 3,374 | 3.0 |
| UUP | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20.0 | 18.6 | 1,961 | 7.9 |
| Alliance | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20.0 | 15.0 | 1,576 | 2.6 |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 1 | | 13.3 | 9.3 | 983 | 2.3 |
| TUV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.7 | 7.4 | 784 | New |
| Sinn Féin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 766 | 3.5 |
| SDLP | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.7 | 6.2 | 652 | 3.0 |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 1.7 | 182 | New |
| PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 1.4 | 146 | 0.3 |
| Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 1.0 | 110 | 0.6 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Larne Borough Council election, 2011 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | Alliance | Alliance | TUV | TUV | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | SDLP | SDLP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Coast Road | 24.2 | 1 | 17.2 | 1 | 10.3 | 1 | 3.2 | 0 | 18.5 | 1 | 9.9 | 0 | 16.7 | 1 | 5 |
| Larne Lough | 44.0 | 2 | 28.8 | 2 | 20.7 | 1 | 6.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Larne Town | 23.1 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 11.8 | 1 | 13.6 | 1 | 5.3 | 0 | 11.2 | 1 | 30.0 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 32.0 | 4 | 18.6 | 3 | 15.0 | 3 | 7.4 | 1 | 7.3 | 1 | 6.2 | 1 | 13.5 | 2 | 15 |

## Districts results
### Coast Road

2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 2011: 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent 2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin and Independent gain from SDLP and DUP
Coast Road - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Sinn Féin | Oliver McMullan | 18.53% | 613 | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Gerardine Mulvenna* | 10.28% | 340 | 355.6 | 355.72 | 394.04 | 408.04 | 644.56 | |
| | DUP | Winston Fulton* | 13.85% | 458 | 458 | 474 | 507.12 | 550.12 | 556.36 | |
| | UUP | Maureen Morrow | 8.92% | 295 | 296.2 | 307.2 | 335.32 | 502.32 | 525.16 | 550.57 |
| | Independent | Brian Dunn* | 10.61% | 351 | 351.48 | 358.48 | 393.84 | 429.84 | 473.76 | 530.46 |
| | DUP | Gordon Lyons | 10.40% | 344 | 344.24 | 355.24 | 380.24 | 409.24 | 416.48 | 423.2 |
| | SDLP | Danny O'Connor* | 9.92% | 328 | 365.92 | 367.92 | 399.48 | 406.48 | | |
| | UUP | Andrew Wilson | 8.31% | 275 | 275 | 289 | 312 | | | |
| | Green (NI) | Danny Donnelly | 3.33% | 110 | 114.32 | 116.32 | | | | |
| | TUV | Kenneth Johnston | 3.17% | 105 | 105 | 121 | | | | |
| | BNP | Steven Moore | 2.69% | 89 | 89.12 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 6,832 Valid: 3,308 (48.42%) Spoilt: 54 Quota: 552 Turnout: 3,362 (49.21%) |||||||||||

### Larne Lough

2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 2005-2011 Change: No change
Larne Lough - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | DUP | Bobby McKee* | 24.22% | 1,048 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Roy Beggs* | 21.19% | 917 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Gregg McKeen* | 11.25% | 487 | 751.96 | | | | |
| | Alliance | John Mathews* | 14.49% | 627 | 635.32 | 656.48 | 869.14 | | |
| | UUP | Mark McKinty | 7.58% | 328 | 338.88 | 457.56 | 473.26 | 563.36 | 683.19 |
| | DUP | Sharon McKeen | 8.48% | 367 | 396.76 | 425.74 | 435.07 | 469.41 | 576.02 |
| | TUV | Sam McAllister | 6.61% | 286 | 292.72 | 312.27 | 318.73 | 340.83 | |
| | Alliance | Niamh Spurle | 6.17% | 267 | 270.2 | 275.26 | | | |
| Electorate: 9,312 Valid: 4,327 (46.47%) Spoilt: 61 Quota: 722 Turnout: 4,388 (47.12%) ||||||||||

### Larne Town

2005: 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 2011: 1 x DUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 2005-2011 Change: TUV and Alliance gain from UUP and Independent
Larne Town - 5 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 |
| | TUV | Jack McKee* | 13.56% | 393 | 399 | 413 | 413 | 441 | 493 | | |
| | Independent | Roy Craig* | 13.00% | 377 | 399 | 409 | 416 | 442 | 461 | 560 | |
| | Alliance | Michael Lynch | 11.80% | 342 | 356 | 359 | 381 | 397 | 404 | 444 | 481.81 |
| | DUP | Drew Niblock | 12.11% | 351 | 354 | 364 | 365 | 392 | 422 | 448 | 471.37 |
| | SDLP | Martin Wilson* | 11.18% | 324 | 331 | 332 | 432 | 434 | 439 | 452 | 456.94 |
| | DUP | Angela Smyth | 11.00% | 319 | 326 | 329 | 330 | 337 | 359 | 383 | 392.88 |
| | Independent | Mark Dunn* | 6.07% | 176 | 184 | 194 | 195 | 219 | 236 | | |
| | PUP | Bill Adamson | 5.04% | 146 | 149 | 166 | 166 | 174 | | | |
| | UUP | Darin Ferguson | 5.04% | 146 | 149 | 163 | 164 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Sean Waide | 5.28% | 153 | 154 | 155 | | | | | |
| | BNP | Robert Bell | 3.21% | 93 | 93 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Andrew Swan | 2.73% | 79 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 6,459 Valid: 2,899 (44.88%) Spoilt: 28 Quota: 484 Turnout: 2,927 (45.32%) ||||||||||||