# 2011 Limavady Borough Council election

Elections to Limavady 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 15 councillors.

## Election results

Limavady Borough Council Election Result 2011 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Sinn Féin | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 38.0 | 4,626 | 6.7 |
| DUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 26.2 | 3,191 | 2.3 |
| SDLP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 14.5 | 1,770 | 8.7 |
| UUP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 9.6 | 1,169 | 1.9 |
| TUV | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 669 | New |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 508 | 4.2 |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 240 | 2.0 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Limavady Borough Council election, 2011 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | DUP | DUP | SDLP | SDLP | UUP | UUP | TUV | TUV | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Bellarena | 34.1 | 2 | 29.2 | 1 | 18.1 | 1 | 12.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6.5 | 0 | 5 |
| Benbradagh | 56.4 | 3 | 12.8 | 0 | 13.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 15.4 | 1 | 2.4 | 1 | 5 |
| Limavady Town | 18.1 | 1 | 40.7 | 2 | 11.2 | 1 | 19.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 10.7 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 38.0 | 6 | 26.2 | 3 | 14.5 | 3 | 9.6 | 2 | 5.5 | 1 | 6.2 | 0 | 15 |

## District results
### Bellarena

2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 2011: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 2005-2011 Change: No change
Bellarena - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | DUP | George Robinson* | 22.04% | 1,016 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Dermot Nicholl | 19.87% | 944 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Orla Beattie | 11.85% | 563 | 565.2 | 584.56 | 816.56 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Cathal McLaughlin | 14.19% | 674 | 674.44 | 786.44 | 814.44 | |
| | UUP | Edwin Stevenson* | 12.12% | 576 | 615.6 | 615.6 | 620.14 | 793.14 |
| | DUP | Jonathan Holmes | 7.81% | 371 | 529.4 | 529.72 | 531.94 | 612.94 |
| | Independent | Leslie Cubitt* | 6.55% | 311 | 326.84 | 326.84 | 333 | |
| | SDLP | Oonagh McNickle | 6.23% | 296 | 296.44 | 308.92 | | |
| Electorate: 8,808 Valid: 4,751 (53.94%) Spoilt: 99 Quota: 792 Turnout: 4,850 (55.06%) |||||||||

### Benbradagh

2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x United Unionist, 1 x SDLP 2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x TUV, 1 x SDLP 2005-2011 Change: United Unionist joins TUV
Benbradagh - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Sinn Féin | Sean McGlinchey | 19.80% | 862 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Brenda Chivers* | 17.83% | 776 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Tony McCaul | 9.65% | 420 | 425 | 491.72 | 514.16 | 819.16 |
| | SDLP | Michael Coyle* | 13.03% | 567 | 624 | 633.92 | 641.42 | 696.36 |
| | TUV | Boyd Douglas* | 15.37% | 669 | 679 | 679.16 | 679.4 | 683.94 |
| | DUP | Edgar Scott | 12.77% | 556 | 568 | 568.48 | 568.66 | 568.66 |
| | Sinn Féin | Rory Donaghy | 9.10% | 396 | 401 | 453.16 | 467.68 | |
| | Alliance | Siobhan Carr | 2.46% | 107 | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,418 Valid: 4,353 (58.68%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 726 Turnout: 4,442 (59.88%) |||||||||

### Limavady Town

2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 2005-2011 Change: No change
Limavady Town - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | DUP | Alan Robinson* | 29.42% | 903 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Anne Brolly* | 18.05% | 554 | | | | | |
| | DUP | James McCorkell | 6.16% | 189 | 349.16 | 353.48 | 353.66 | 367.42 | 617.98 |
| | UUP | John Rankin* | 11.27% | 346 | 414.2 | 429.64 | 429.73 | 486.7 | 503.86 |
| | SDLP | Gerry Mullan* | 11.21% | 344 | 347.08 | 386.52 | 420.99 | 498.38 | 503.82 |
| | UUP | Aaron Callan | 8.05% | 247 | 269.44 | 286.44 | 286.62 | 322.59 | 331.35 |
| | DUP | Jim Quigg | 5.08% | 156 | 276.56 | 281.56 | 281.92 | 295.36 | |
| | Independent | Brian Brown | 6.42% | 197 | 203.6 | 240.04 | 245.35 | | |
| | Alliance | Damien Corr | 4.33% | 133 | 136.08 | | | | |
| Electorate: 6,058 Valid: 3,069 (50.66%) Spoilt: 47 Quota: 512 Turnout: 3,116 (51.44%) ||||||||||