# 2011 Banbridge District Council election

Elections to Banbridge District 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.

## Election results

Banbridge District Council Election Result 2011 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 41.2 | 33.8 | 6,167 | 1.4 |
| DUP | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 29.4 | 32.4 | 5,904 | 5.9 |
| SDLP | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11.8 | 13.2 | 2,409 | 2.7 |
| Sinn Féin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11.8 | 11.4 | 2,071 | 5.1 |
| Alliance | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 5.9 | 4.9 | 892 | 0.4 |
| TUV | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 2.5 | 458 | New |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 1.8 | 335 | 0.8 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Banbridge District Council election, 2011 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | SDLP | SDLP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Alliance | Alliance | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Banbridge Town | 36.3 | 2 | 30.8 | 2 | 11.6 | 1 | 7.4 | 0 | 8.2 | 1 | 5.7 | 0 | 6 |
| Dromore | 26.0 | 2 | 44.2 | 2 | 8.3 | 0 | 10.2 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 4.3 | 0 | 5 |
| Knockiveagh | 38.6 | 3 | 23.0 | 1 | 19.1 | 1 | 16.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 33.8 | 7 | 32.4 | 5 | 13.2 | 2 | 11.4 | 2 | 4.9 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 17 |

## Districts results
### Banbridge Town

2005: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 2011: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 2005-2011 Change: No change
Banbridge Town - 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 |
| | UUP | Joan Baird* | 24.86% | 1,466 | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Junior McCrum* | 17.60% | 1,038 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Ian Burns* | 11.46% | 676 | 1,200.6 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Jim McElroy* | 8.02% | 473 | 518.58 | 750.57 | 917.01 | | | | |
| | Alliance | Sheila McQuaid | 8.19% | 483 | 495.47 | 544.68 | 546.39 | 546.63 | 588.63 | 679.03 | 788.34 |
| | SDLP | Marie Hamilton | 6.22% | 367 | 375.17 | 389.97 | 391.11 | 391.27 | 450.7 | 655.84 | 684.07 |
| | Sinn Féin | Vincent McAleenan | 7.38% | 435 | 435.86 | 436.23 | 436.23 | 436.23 | 601.23 | 645.6 | 645.68 |
| | DUP | John McKinstry | 5.22% | 308 | 324.34 | 370.59 | 391.11 | 457.35 | 460.35 | 468.6 | |
| | SDLP | Cassie McDermott* | 5.36% | 316 | 325.46 | 339.52 | 340.66 | 340.99 | 383.9 | | |
| | Independent | Dessie Ward* | 5.68% | 335 | 335.43 | 335.8 | 335.8 | 335.8 | | | |
| Electorate: 11,532 Valid: 5,897 (51.14%) Spoilt: 124 Quota: 843 Turnout: 6,021 (52.21%) ||||||||||||

### Dromore

2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 2005-2011 Change: UUP and Sinn Féin gain from DUP and SDLP
Dromore - 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 Rankin* | 16.49% | 967 | 1,013 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Hazel Gamble* | 16.08% | 943 | 983 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Carol Black | 13.98% | 820 | 883 | 976 | 982.23 | | | |
| | UUP | Olive Mercer | 12.05% | 707 | 751 | 842 | 850.01 | 850.86 | 851.7 | 923.7 |
| | Sinn Féin | Paul Gribben | 10.18% | 597 | 597 | 604 | 604 | 604 | 604 | 880 |
| | DUP | Norah Beare* | 11.68% | 685 | 705 | 746 | 766.47 | 770.38 | 773.74 | 814.74 |
| | SDLP | Louis Boyle | 8.32% | 488 | 488 | 601 | 601 | 601.17 | 601.17 | |
| | Alliance | David Griffin | 6.97% | 409 | 422 | | | | | |
| | TUV | Lyle Rea | 4.25% | 249 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,290 Valid: 5,865 (57.00%) Spoilt: 59 Quota: 978 Turnout: 5,924 (57.57%) |||||||||||

### Knockiveagh

2005: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 2011: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 2005-2011 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Knockiveagh - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | SDLP | Seamus Doyle* | 19.12% | 1,238 | | | | |
| | UUP | Elizabeth Ingram | 17.53% | 1,135 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Brendan Curran | 16.05% | 1,039 | | | | |
| | DUP | David Herron* | 13.42% | 869 | 922.9 | 991.9 | | |
| | UUP | John Hanna* | 10.67% | 691 | 803.7 | 844.4 | 945.1 | |
| | UUP | Glenn Barr | 10.38% | 672 | 763.7 | 815.9 | 893.61 | 955.11 |
| | DUP | Ian Wilson | 9.59% | 621 | 645.5 | 690.3 | 711.96 | 764.46 |
| | TUV | Stephen Herron* | 3.23% | 209 | 234.9 | | | |
| Electorate: 11,012 Valid: 6,474 (58.79%) Spoilt: 105 Quota: 925 Turnout: 6,579 (59.74%) |||||||||