# 2011 Ballymena Borough Council election

Elections to Ballymena 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 24 councillors.

## Election results

Ballymena Borough Council Election Result 2011 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| DUP | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 45.7 | 10,999 | 9.5 |
| UUP | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16.7 | 16.4 | 3,943 | 5.2 |
| TUV | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8.3 | 13.6 | 3,259 | New |
| SDLP | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 2,060 | 1.8 |
| Sinn Féin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 2,003 | 0.7 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 4.2 | 5.7 | 1,365 | 2.3 |
| Alliance | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.2 | 1.7 | 416 | 0.2 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Ballymena Borough Council election, 2011 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | TUV | TUV | SDLP | SDLP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Alliance | Alliance | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Ballymena North | 35.7 | 3 | 14.2 | 1 | 10.1 | 0 | 9.9 | 1 | 5.9 | 0 | 6.9 | 1 | 17.3 | 1 | 7 |
| Ballymena South | 51.2 | 4 | 14.9 | 1 | 14.0 | 1 | 12.4 | 1 | 5.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1.8 | 0 | 7 |
| Bannside | 44.4 | 2 | 15.3 | 1 | 22.1 | 1 | 6.5 | 0 | 11.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Braid | 52.5 | 3 | 20.8 | 1 | 7.3 | 0 | 6.5 | 0 | 9.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.8 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 45.7 | 12 | 16.4 | 4 | 13.6 | 2 | 8.6 | 2 | 8.3 | 2 | 1.7 | 1 | 5.7 | 1 | 24 |

## Districts results
### Ballymena North

2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 2011: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent 2005-2011 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
Ballymena North - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | Independent | James Henry* | 17.13% | 1,026 | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | John Carson* | 15.71% | 941 | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Maurice Mills* | 12.45% | 746 | 787.44 | | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Patrick McAvoy* | 9.95% | 596 | 617.84 | 619.31 | 622.15 | 910.15 | | | | |
| | UUP | James McClean | 7.28% | 436 | 477.72 | 485.7 | 503.9 | 505.18 | 509.18 | 512.96 | 826.96 | |
| | DUP | Audrey Wales | 7.53% | 451 | 479.56 | 643.36 | 664.77 | 666.05 | 674.05 | 700.51 | 745.78 | 780.1 |
| | Alliance | Jayne Dunlop | 6.94% | 416 | 463.88 | 466.61 | 474.45 | 492.01 | 624.01 | 625.63 | 674.96 | 699.05 |
| | TUV | James Alexander* | 6.49% | 389 | 412.52 | 417.98 | 575.88 | 575.88 | 575.88 | 577.23 | 620.8 | 638.95 |
| | UUP | Neil Armstrong* | 6.94% | 416 | 463.32 | 468.57 | 481.25 | 481.25 | 482.25 | 486.3 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Sean Davey | 5.94% | 356 | 357.96 | 357.96 | 357.96 | | | | | |
| | TUV | David Lynn | 3.64% | 218 | 232.56 | 237.81 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,118 Valid: 5,991 (49.44%) Spoilt: 118 Quota: 749 Turnout: 6,109 (50.41%) |||||||||||||

### Ballymena South

2005: 5 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2011: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x SDLP 2005-2011 Change: TUV gain from DUP
Ballymena South - 7 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 | Beth Adger* | 14.98% | 746 | | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Declan O'Loan* | 12.37% | 616 | 627 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Hubert Nicholl* | 10.92% | 544 | 559 | 575.64 | 707.64 | | | | |
| | DUP | Martin Clarke* | 10.26% | 511 | 522 | 583.92 | 627.92 | | | | |
| | DUP | Desmond Robinson | 9.92% | 494 | 499 | 506.04 | 570.92 | 648.64 | | | |
| | TUV | David Tweed* | 8.03% | 400 | 408 | 409.44 | 412.08 | 413.42 | 416.66 | 417.66 | 662.66 |
| | UUP | James Currie* | 8.41% | 419 | 426 | 430 | 443.8 | 448.49 | 463.61 | 506.61 | 518.77 |
| | UUP | Robin Swann | 6.47% | 322 | 330 | 332.4 | 338.04 | 338.04 | 344.52 | 356.52 | 391.68 |
| | TUV | Jeremy Saulters | 5.94% | 296 | 298 | 299.28 | 304.28 | 304.28 | 304.82 | 310.82 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Thomas O'Hara | 5.74% | 286 | 289 | 289 | 289 | 289 | 289 | | |
| | DUP | Gayle Nelson | 5.08% | 253 | 260 | 282.56 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Deirdre Nelson* | 1.87% | 93 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,675 Valid: 4,980 (46.65%) Spoilt: 139 Quota: 623 Turnout: 5,119 (47.95%) ||||||||||||

### Bannside

2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 2005-2011 Change: TUV gain from DUP
Bannside - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | DUP | Tommy Nicholl* | 17.65% | 1,192 | | | | |
| | TUV | Roy Gillespie* | 15.27% | 1,031 | 1,034.05 | 1,040.05 | 1,428.05 | |
| | UUP | William McNeilly* | 15.34% | 1,036 | 1,038.65 | 1,084.7 | 1,109.85 | 1,225.85 |
| | DUP | Billy Henry | 15.04% | 1,016 | 1,046.8 | 1,056.85 | 1,075.45 | 1,155.45 |
| | Sinn Féin | Monica Digney* | 11.65% | 787 | 787.05 | 1,036.1 | 1,039.1 | 1,040.1 |
| | DUP | Philip Moffett | 11.67% | 788 | 808.3 | 814.45 | 832.9 | 891.9 |
| | TUV | Timothy Gaston | 6.88% | 465 | 466.45 | 470.5 | | |
| | SDLP | Eugene Reid | 6.50% | 439 | 439.35 | | | |
| Electorate: 11,284 Valid: 6,754 (59.85%) Spoilt: 118 Quota: 1,126 Turnout: 6,872 (60.90%) |||||||||

### Braid

2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2011: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Braid - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | DUP | Paul Frew* | 23.91% | 1,511 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Beth Clyde | 14.59% | 922 | 1,240.3 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Samuel Hanna* | 13.99% | 884 | 958.7 | 1,118.84 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Paul Maguire | 9.08% | 574 | 574.3 | 574.3 | 632.6 | 633.6 | 962.5 | 963.14 |
| | UUP | Robin Cherry* | 10.95% | 692 | 706.1 | 711.88 | 712.88 | 859.66 | 883.66 | 910.06 |
| | UUP | Lexie Scott | 9.84% | 622 | 646 | 653.99 | 658.99 | 805.93 | 847.4 | 884.84 |
| | SDLP | Cahal Kerr | 6.47% | 409 | 411.7 | 412.21 | 558.51 | 561.51 | | |
| | TUV | Samuel Gaston* | 7.28% | 460 | 467.8 | 470.01 | 477.01 | | | |
| | Independent | Catherine O'Hara | 3.89% | 246 | 246.9 | 247.07 | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,688 Valid: 6,320 (59.13%) Spoilt: 90 Quota: 1,054 Turnout: 6,410 (59.97%) |||||||||||