# 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

Newtownabbey Borough Council Election Result 2011 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| DUP | 12 | 1 | 1 | | 48.0 | 43.5 | 11,947 | 0.4 |
| UUP | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10.0 | 19.7 | 5,407 | 3.6 |
| Alliance | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10.0 | 16.4 | 4,496 | 8.4 |
| Sinn Féin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 9.6 | 2,647 | 3.7 |
| SDLP | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 2.0 | 5.3 | 1,467 | 0.8 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 877 | 1.0 |
| PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 1.8 | 506 | 0.8 |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.4 | 104 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Newtownabbey Borough Council election, 2011 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | Alliance | Alliance | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | SDLP | SDLP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| 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
### Antrim Line

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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 | | | | |
| | UUP | 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 |
| | UUP | Ben Coote | 5.06% | 433 | 512.56 | 521.44 | 583.72 | 591.46 | |
| | UUP | 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

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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | DUP | Paul Girvan* | 41.96% | 2,545 | | | |
| | DUP | Victoria Girvan | 6.30% | 382 | 1,484.27 | | |
| | UUP | 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 |
| | UUP | Vera McWilliam* | 11.76% | 713 | 788.64 | 822.66 | 895.88 |
| | UUP | 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

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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 | |
| | UUP | 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

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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | DUP | William Ball* | 16.54% | 1,328 | | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Pamela Barr | 12.64% | 1,015 | | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | 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 | |
| | UUP | 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 | | | | |
| | UUP | 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%) ||||||||||||||