# 2011 Ballymoney Borough Council election

Elections to Ballymoney 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 16 councillors.

## Election results

Ballymoney Borough Council Election Result 2011 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| DUP | 8 | 0 | 0 | | 50.0 | 45.3 | 5,182 | 3.6 |
| Sinn Féin | 3 | 0 | 0 | | 18.8 | 20.5 | 2,344 | 0.5 |
| UUP | 2 | 1 | 1 | | 12.5 | 13.7 | 1,563 | 1.4 |
| SDLP | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.3 | 9.9 | 1,133 | 2.4 |
| TUV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.3 | 7.6 | 870 | New |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 6.3 | 3.0 | 347 | 0.8 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Ballymoney Borough Council election, 2011 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | TUV | TUV | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Ballymoney Town | 56.5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 15.0 | 1 | 9.9 | 0 | 7.4 | 0 | 11.2 | 1 | 5 |
| Bann Valley | 42.3 | 3 | 34.0 | 2 | 7.1 | 0 | 7.6 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Bushvale | 39.5 | 2 | 19.7 | 1 | 21.9 | 1 | 13.1 | 1 | 5.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 45.3 | 8 | 20.5 | 3 | 13.7 | 2 | 9.9 | 1 | 7.6 | 1 | 3.0 | 1 | 16 |

## Districts results
### Ballymoney Town

2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP 2011: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 2005-2011 Change: Independent gain from UUP
Ballymoney Town - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | DUP | Mervyn Storey* | 35.28% | 1,090 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Ian Stevenson* | 7.70% | 238 | 547.42 | | | | |
| | DUP | Cecil Cousley* | 8.77% | 271 | 360.1 | 370.7 | 382.46 | 558.64 | |
| | UUP | Tom McKeown* | 8.93% | 276 | 310.02 | 312.12 | 471.69 | 488.48 | 577.48 |
| | Independent | Iain McAfee | 11.23% | 347 | 366.98 | 368.58 | 384.73 | 397.3 | 448.47 |
| | SDLP | Daniel Hendrie | 9.90% | 306 | 313.02 | 313.22 | 316.22 | 317.81 | 323.91 |
| | TUV | Billy Kerr | 7.38% | 228 | 235.02 | 235.72 | 242.36 | 249.29 | |
| | DUP | Brian Kelly | 4.79% | 148 | 223.06 | 233.51 | 240.46 | | |
| | UUP | James Simpson* | 6.02% | 186 | 213 | 215.2 | | | |
| Electorate: 6,575 Valid: 3,090 (47.00%) Spoilt: 59 Quota: 516 Turnout: 3,149 (47.89%) ||||||||||

### Bann Valley

2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 2011: 3 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x TUV 2005-2011 Change: TUV gain from SDLP
Bann Valley - 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 |
| | DUP | John Finlay* | 18.50% | 905 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Philip McGuigan* | 17.91% | 876 | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Robert Halliday | 11.72% | 573 | 706.63 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Jason Atkinson | 12.08% | 591 | 633.32 | 633.32 | 638.34 | 779.34 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Cathal McLaughlin | 9.06% | 443 | 443.46 | 580.06 | 580.07 | 580.07 | 580.07 | 876.07 | |
| | TUV | William Blair | 9.00% | 440 | 456.33 | 456.33 | 456.64 | 553.41 | 604.41 | 606.84 | 607.84 |
| | SDLP | Malachy McCamphill* | 7.63% | 373 | 374.15 | 394.95 | 395 | 432.46 | 446.46 | 486.26 | 557.26 |
| | Sinn Féin | Leanne Peacock | 7.05% | 345 | 345.23 | 359.83 | 359.83 | 360.03 | 360.03 | | |
| | UUP | Steven Phillips | 7.05% | 345 | 352.36 | 352.56 | 352.74 | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,473 Valid: 4,891 (57.72%) Spoilt: 123 Quota: 699 Turnout: 5,104 (60.24%) ||||||||||||

### Bushvale

2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 2005-2011 Change: Independent joins UUP
Bushvale - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | DUP | Evelyne Robinson* | 22.18% | 767 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Frank Campbell* | 17.32% | 599 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Bill Kennedy* | 15.38% | 532 | 633.85 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Anita Cavlan* | 14.57% | 504 | 504.7 | 504.94 | 641.94 | | |
| | SDLP | Harry Connolly* | 13.13% | 454 | 457.85 | 458.09 | 492.09 | 495.68 | 558.92 |
| | UUP | William Johnston | 6.48% | 224 | 275.45 | 326.09 | 326.79 | 446.21 | 447.45 |
| | TUV | Peter Deans | 5.84% | 202 | 229.3 | 232.66 | 232.9 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Jimmy Gaston | 5.09% | 176 | 177.05 | 177.53 | | | |
| Electorate: 6,196 Valid: 3,458 (55.81%) Spoilt: 50 Quota: 577 Turnout: 3,508 (56.62%) ||||||||||