# 2011 Lisburn City Council election

Elections to Lisburn City Council were held on 5 May 2011 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.

## Election results

Lisburn City Council Election Result 2011 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| DUP | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 46.7 | 41.0 | 16,767 | 0.3 |
| Sinn Féin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.7 | 20.3 | 8,328 | 3.7 |
| UUP | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16.7 | 16.6 | 6,803 | 6.1 |
| Alliance | 3 | 0 | 0 | | 10.0 | 10.4 | 4,243 | 1.2 |
| SDLP | 3 | 1 | 1 | | 10.0 | 8.8 | 3,600 | 0.3 |
| Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.9 | 372 | 0.2 |
| TUV | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.7 | 289 | New |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.7 | 288 | 0.7 |
| NI Conservatives | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.6 | 242 | 0.1 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Lisburn City Council election, 2011 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | UUP | UUP | Alliance | Alliance | SDLP | SDLP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Downshire | 53.2 | 3 | 1.4 | 0 | 24.0 | 1 | 14.3 | 1 | 3.4 | 0 | 3.7 | 0 | 5 |
| Dunmurry Cross | 10.8 | 1 | 65.7 | 5 | 3.3 | 1 | 4.4 | 0 | 15.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Killultagh | 47.7 | 3 | 9.0 | 0 | 16.8 | 1 | 10.4 | 0 | 10.5 | 1 | 5.6 | 0 | 5 |
| Lisburn Town North | 47.8 | 3 | 4.5 | 0 | 25.0 | 2 | 14.0 | 1 | 5.8 | 1 | 2.9 | 0 | 7 |
| Lisburn Town South | 60.9 | 4 | 3.6 | 0 | 17.0 | 1 | 9.7 | 1 | 5.2 | 0 | 3.6 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 41.0 | 14 | 20.3 | 5 | 16.6 | 5 | 10.4 | 3 | 8.8 | 3 | 2.9 | 0 | 30 |

## Districts results
### Downshire

2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 2011: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 2005-2011 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Downshire - 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 | Allan Ewart* | 20.09% | 1,591 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Paul Stewart | 19.64% | 1,555 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Uel Mackin | 12.51% | 1,070 | 1,297.46 | 1,486.91 | | | | |
| | Alliance | Jennifer Coulter* | 14.13% | 1,136 | 1,142.12 | 1,147.82 | 1,156.82 | 1,173.82 | 1,194.59 | 1,393.59 |
| | UUP | James Baird | 13.28% | 1,052 | 1,065.94 | 1,081.99 | 1,143.64 | 1,143.64 | 1,248.96 | 1,266.03 |
| | UUP | Alasdair O'Hara | 5.62% | 445 | 449.59 | 453.64 | 465.49 | 466.49 | 520.82 | 532.12 |
| | UUP | Richard Price | 5.11% | 405 | 411.12 | 418.77 | 440.52 | 441.52 | 490.23 | 499.98 |
| | SDLP | Christine Wilson | 3.40% | 269 | 269.68 | 271.78 | 273.58 | 348.75 | 352.2 | |
| | TUV | Kaye Kilpatrick | 3.65% | 289 | 294.78 | 297.18 | 307.68 | 308.68 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Fionnu McCaughley | 1.35% | 107 | 107.34 | 107.49 | 107.49 | | | |
| Electorate: 13,764 Valid: 7,919 (57.53%) Spoilt: 114 Quota: 1,320 Turnout: 8,033 (58.36%) |||||||||||

### Dunmurry Cross

2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 2011: 5 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Dunmurry Cross - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Sinn Féin | David Bell | 17.19% | 1,796 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Charlene O'Hara | 13.07% | 1,365 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Arder Carson | 12.81% | 1,338 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Stephen Magennis | 11.02% | 1,151 | 1,553.57 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Angela Nelson* | 11.58% | 1,210 | 1,249.96 | 1,479.24 | | | | |
| | DUP | Margaret Tolerton | 10.84% | 1,132 | 1,132.81 | 1,133.45 | 1,134.41 | 1,357.41 | | |
| | SDLP | Brian Heading* | 9.77% | 1,020 | 1,041.6 | 1,043.68 | 1,052.32 | 1,059.32 | 1,079.9 | 1,272.03 |
| | SDLP | Matthew McDermott | 6.02% | 629 | 637.64 | 639.08 | 646.44 | 653.71 | 684.79 | 843.54 |
| | Alliance | Aaron McIntyre | 4.38% | 458 | 459.89 | 460.53 | 462.45 | 533.61 | 539.91 | |
| | UUP | Mark Hill | 3.31% | 346 | 346.81 | 346.81 | 346.97 | | | |
| Electorate: 19,745 Valid: 10,445 (52.90%) Spoilt: 251 Quota: 1,306 Turnout: 10,696 (54.17%) |||||||||||

### Killultagh

2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2011: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2005-2011 Change: No change
Killultagh - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | DUP | Thomas Beckett* | 20.54% | 1,756 | | | | | |
| | DUP | James Tinsley* | 18.24% | 1,559 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Pat Catney | 10.50% | 898 | 902.37 | 902.93 | 923.23 | 1,526.23 | |
| | UUP | Jim Dillon* | 8.91% | 762 | 788.03 | 794.91 | 917.97 | 919.97 | 1,425.97 |
| | DUP | John Palmer | 8.94% | 764 | 1,007.01 | 1,108.05 | 1,211.76 | 1,216.49 | 1,342.28 |
| | Alliance | Owen Gawith | 10.42% | 891 | 897.46 | 899.86 | 978.92 | 1,036.27 | 1,102.27 |
| | UUP | Roy Hanna | 7.91% | 676 | 693.1 | 698.3 | 790.95 | 795.22 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Mary-Kate Quinn | 9.03% | 772 | 773.14 | 773.7 | 778.08 | | |
| | Independent | Cecil Calvert* | 2.68% | 229 | 249.33 | 253.17 | | | |
| | NI Conservatives | Steve McIlwrath | 2.83% | 242 | 250.17 | 251.53 | | | |
| Electorate: 16,299 Valid: 8,549 (52.45%) Spoilt: 140 Quota: 1,425 Turnout: 8,689 (53.31%) ||||||||||

### Lisburn Town North

2005: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 2011: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP 2005-2011 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
Lisburn Town North - 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 | Paul Givan* | 16.68% | 1,528 | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Jonathan Craig* | 16.17% | 1,481 | | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Brian Doran | 14.03% | 1,285 | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | William Leathem* | 9.71% | 889 | 1,164 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Ronnie Crawford* | 10.52% | 963 | 986.25 | 1,012.17 | 1,033.77 | 1,119.77 | 1,148.77 | | |
| | UUP | Brian Bloomfield | 6.79% | 622 | 630.75 | 642.27 | 661.47 | 681.68 | 705.96 | 708.96 | 1,150.96 |
| | SDLP | John Drake | 5.78% | 529 | 531 | 533.4 | 566.4 | 567.88 | 667.21 | 1,016.97 | 1,035.53 |
| | DUP | Ben Mallon | 5.25% | 481 | 518.25 | 784.89 | 794.13 | 799.98 | 814.5 | 825.98 | 914.14 |
| | UUP | David Archer | 5.91% | 541 | 555.75 | 571.59 | 583.11 | 629.15 | 656.63 | 660.87 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Terry Quinn | 4.50% | 412 | 412.25 | 413.21 | 416.21 | 416.21 | 443.65 | | |
| | Green (NI) | Connor Quinn | 2.87% | 263 | 265.25 | 267.41 | 302.69 | 306.93 | | | |
| | UUP | Neil McNickle | 1.79% | 164 | 169.5 | 172.38 | 177.54 | | | | |
| Electorate: 17,438 Valid: 9,158 (52.52%) Spoilt: 127 Quota: 1,145 Turnout: 9,285 (53.24%) ||||||||||||

### Lisburn Town South

2005: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 2011: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 2005-2011 Change: No change
Lisburn Town South - 6 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 |
| | DUP | Paul Porter* | 27.57% | 1,340 | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Andrew Ewing* | 14.42% | 701 | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Jenny Palmer* | 13.31% | 647 | 1,018.42 | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Roy Young | 5.62% | 273 | 457.73 | 702.6 | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Stephen Martin | 9.73% | 473 | 483.78 | 488.48 | 496.48 | 496.74 | 551.72 | 587.19 | 663.15 | 756.15 |
| | UUP | Alan Carlisle | 10.70% | 520 | 553.81 | 588.12 | 612.57 | 615.41 | 628.41 | 633.88 | 639.88 | 646.88 |
| | UUP | Tim Mitchell | 6.32% | 307 | 322.19 | 346.16 | 361 | 362.76 | 375.74 | 378.74 | 380.29 | 392.29 |
| | Sinn Féin | Patricia Magennis | 3.64% | 177 | 177.49 | 177.49 | 177.49 | 177.49 | 179.98 | 204.98 | 266.96 | |
| | SDLP | Aisling Twomey | 2.65% | 129 | 133.9 | 135.78 | 137.78 | 137.88 | 141.86 | 189.86 | | |
| | SDLP | Marzena Czarnecka | 2.59% | 126 | 126.49 | 128.37 | 129.37 | 129.37 | 135.37 | | | |
| | Green (NI) | Luke Robinson | 2.24% | 109 | 113.9 | 117.66 | 121.13 | 121.25 | | | | |
| | Independent | Colin Preen | 1.21% | 59 | 65.37 | 67.72 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,107 Valid: 4,861 (43.77%) Spoilt: 106 Quota: 695 Turnout: 4,967 (44.72%) |||||||||||||