# 2011 Carrickfergus Borough Council election

Elections to Carrickfergus 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 17 councillors.
There was no change from the prior election.

## Election results

Carrickfergus Borough Council Election Result 2011 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| DUP | 8 | 0 | 0 | 47.1 | 43.2 | 5,356 | 0.1 |
| UUP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23.5 | 15.9 | 1,972 | 2.1 |
| Alliance | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17.6 | 25.1 | 3,110 | 1.9 |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 1,670 | 2.0 |
| Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 294 | 2.4 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Carrickfergus Borough Council election, 2011 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | Alliance | Alliance | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Carrick Castle | 38.7 | 2 | 9.9 | 1 | 31.5 | 1 | 19.9 | 1 | 5 |
| Kilroot | 39.1 | 3 | 13.3 | 1 | 22.3 | 1 | 25.3 | 1 | 6 |
| Knockagh Monument | 50.3 | 3 | 22.1 | 2 | 24.9 | 1 | 2.7 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 43.2 | 8 | 15.9 | 4 | 25.1 | 3 | 15.8 | 2 | 17 |

## Districts results
### Carrick Castle

2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 2005-2011 Change: No change
Carrick Castle - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Alliance | Sean Neeson* | 26.44% | 651 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | David Hilditch* | 20.59% | 507 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | William Hamilton* | 14.87% | 366 | 391.08 | 400.01 | 448.01 | | | |
| | DUP | Deborah Emerson | 10.56% | 260 | 272.16 | 308.07 | 314.97 | 318.97 | 455.97 | |
| | UUP | Elizabeth McKnight | 9.87% | 243 | 262 | 266.37 | 283.7 | 286.7 | 316.52 | 355.4 |
| | Alliance | Noel Williams | 5.04% | 124 | 270.68 | 273.34 | 297.84 | 305.84 | 321.96 | 327.63 |
| | DUP | Patricia McKinney* | 7.55% | 186 | 198.92 | 237.68 | 250.34 | 260.34 | | |
| | Independent | Nicholas Wady | 5.08% | 125 | 145.14 | 147.61 | | | | |
| Electorate: 5,761 Valid: 2,462 (42.74%) Spoilt: 51 Quota: 411 Turnout: 2,513 (43.62%) |||||||||||

### Kilroot

2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 2011: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 2005-2011 Change: No change
Kilroot - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Independent | James Brown* | 22.17% | 1,179 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Billy Ashe* | 22.06% | 1,173 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Terence Clements* | 9.68% | 515 | 631.4 | 909.32 | | | |
| | Alliance | Isobel Day* | 12.99% | 691 | 753.8 | 762.08 | | | |
| | DUP | Lynn McClurg* | 7.35% | 391 | 456.2 | 545.84 | 558.6 | 688.94 | 744.77 |
| | UUP | Eric Ferguson* | 6.75% | 359 | 428.6 | 443.36 | 455.64 | 464.57 | 726.59 |
| | Alliance | Robert Logan | 9.27% | 493 | 521.8 | 525.04 | 626.04 | 628.13 | 672.21 |
| | UUP | Cathy Vizard | 6.54% | 348 | 402.4 | 413.92 | 425.56 | 426.51 | |
| | Green (NI) | Mark Bailey | 3.18% | 169 | 186.2 | 191.96 | | | |
| Electorate: 11,430 Valid: 5,318 (46.53%) Spoilt: 78 Quota: 760 Turnout: 5,396 (47.21%) ||||||||||

### Knockagh Monument

2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 2011: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 2005-2011 Change: No change
Knockagh Monument - 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 | May Beattie* | 23.47% | 1,085 | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Stewart Dickson* | 18.07% | 835 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Charie Johnston | 9.32% | 431 | 677.8 | | | | | |
| | DUP | James McClurg* | 12.12% | 560 | 605.2 | 611.6 | 621.68 | 837.68 | | |
| | UUP | Andrew Wilson | 12.29% | 568 | 581.2 | 586.2 | 594.81 | 615.26 | 651.26 | 654.71 |
| | UUP | John Stewart | 9.82% | 454 | 468.8 | 479.8 | 490.51 | 520.76 | 579.76 | 591.01 |
| | Alliance | Shireen Bell | 6.84% | 316 | 327.6 | 403.6 | 535.9 | 550.95 | 575.95 | 577.85 |
| | DUP | Louise Marsden* | 5.37% | 248 | 332.4 | 335.4 | 340.02 | | | |
| | Green (NI) | Brian Luney | 2.70% | 125 | 126.6 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,090 Valid: 4,622 (45.81%) Spoilt: 81 Quota: 661 Turnout: 4,703 (46.61%) |||||||||||