# 2011 Ards Borough Council election

Elections to Ards 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 23 councillors.

## Election results

Ards Borough Council Election Result 2011 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| DUP | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 47.8 | 47.4 | 11,732 | 5.0 |
| UUP | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26.1 | 17.5 | 4,337 | 7.0 |
| Alliance | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17.4 | 18.2 | 4,512 | 4.1 |
| SDLP | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 4.3 | 6.8 | 1,685 | 3.4 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 1,328 | 1.6 |
| TUV | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 3.4 | 830 | New |
| Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.8 | 191 | 0.1 |
| NI Conservatives | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.5 | 129 | 0.5 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Ards Borough Council election, 2011 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | Alliance | Alliance | SDLP | SDLP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Ards East | 57.6 | 4 | 17.0 | 1 | 16.2 | 1 | 1.8 | 0 | 7.4 | 0 | 6 |
| Ards West | 52.4 | 3 | 20.6 | 2 | 19.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 7.2 | 0 | 6 |
| Newtownards | 40.9 | 2 | 20.9 | 2 | 16.5 | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | 20.0 | 1 | 6 |
| Peninsula | 36.4 | 2 | 11.8 | 1 | 20.2 | 1 | 24.2 | 1 | 7.4 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 47.4 | 11 | 17.5 | 6 | 18.2 | 4 | 6.8 | 1 | 10.1 | 1 | 23 |

## Districts results
### Ards East

2005: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP 2011: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 2005-2011 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
Ards East - 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 |
| | DUP | Colville Elliott* | 20.05% | 1,353 | | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Linda Cleland | 16.21% | 1,094 | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Hamilton Gregory* | 14.11% | 952 | 1,168.92 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Tom Smith | 14.26% | 962 | 1,082.93 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Eddie Thompson | 9.19% | 620 | 633.92 | 818.94 | 831.12 | 946.25 | 953.67 | 978.67 | |
| | UUP | Ronald Ferguson* | 9.23% | 623 | 632.57 | 636.34 | 649.64 | 649.93 | 654.91 | 675.39 | 765.23 |
| | UUP | Katherine Ferguson | 7.78% | 525 | 540.95 | 543.85 | 572.69 | 572.98 | 580.36 | 620.45 | 694.57 |
| | TUV | Terence Williams* | 4.51% | 304 | 306.61 | 310.38 | 318.22 | 318.8 | 321.08 | 347 | |
| | Green (NI) | Emer Hopkins | 2.83% | 191 | 193.03 | 193.9 | 236.18 | 236.18 | 311.26 | | |
| | SDLP | Moira Ritchie | 1.82% | 123 | 123.87 | 125.61 | 147.45 | 147.74 | | | |
| Electorate: 16,004 Valid: 6,747 (42.16%) Spoilt: 165 Quota: 965 Turnout: 6,912 (43.19%) ||||||||||||

### Ards West

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
Ards West - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | DUP | Robert Gibson* | 23.10% | 1,519 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Trevor Cummings | 16.13% | 1,061 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Mervyn Oswald* | 13.20% | 868 | 1,300.12 | | | | |
| | UUP | James Fletcher* | 13.40% | 881 | 929.75 | 1,063.31 | | | |
| | UUP | Philip Smith | 7.16% | 471 | 497.91 | 615.72 | 663.56 | 767.51 | 935.53 |
| | Alliance | Deborah Girvan | 11.60% | 763 | 775.87 | 804.22 | 832.61 | 833.24 | 872.75 |
| | Alliance | Jim McBriar* | 8.24% | 542 | 572.03 | 600.38 | 619.77 | 623.55 | 661.78 |
| | TUV | Jack Allister | 5.22% | 343 | 358.21 | 400.42 | 412.81 | 414.07 | |
| | NI Conservatives | Bill McKendry | 1.96% | 129 | 133.68 | 138.72 | | | |
| Electorate: 13,199 Valid: 6,577 (49.83%) Spoilt: 115 Quota: 941 Turnout: 6,692 (50.70%) ||||||||||

### Newtownards

2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent 2005-2011 Change: Independent gain from DUP
Newtownards - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | DUP | Naomi Armstrong | 18.31% | 979 | | | |
| | Alliance | Alan McDowell* | 16.51% | 883 | | | |
| | DUP | Stephen McIlveen | 14.72% | 787 | | | |
| | Independent | Jimmy Menagh | 14.29% | 764 | 772.14 | | |
| | UUP | Thomas Hamilton* | 10.45% | 559 | 573.96 | 671.06 | 713.78 |
| | UUP | David Smyth* | 10.53% | 563 | 567.84 | 654.94 | 711.1 |
| | DUP | Charlie Simmons | 7.82% | 418 | 589.16 | 639.24 | 657.96 |
| | TUV | Hamilton Lawther | 3.42% | 183 | 186.96 | | |
| | Independent | Ken Richardson | 2.30% | 123 | 124.54 | | |
| | SDLP | Gerard Lennon | 1.66% | 89 | 90.32 | | |
| Electorate: 12,092 Valid: 5,348 (44.23%) Spoilt: 119 Quota: 765 Turnout: 5,467 (45.21%) ||||||||

### Peninsula

2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP 2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP 2005-2011 Change: No change
Peninsula - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | SDLP | Joe Boyle* | 24.24% | 1,473 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Robert Adair | 17.56% | 1,067 | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Kieran McCarthy* | 15.50% | 942 | 1,271.3 | | | | |
| | DUP | Colin Kennedy | 11.95% | 726 | 728.59 | 732.37 | 770.53 | 823.53 | 1,140.53 |
| | UUP | Angus Carson* | 11.83% | 719 | 731.21 | 746.33 | 803.28 | 879.02 | 954.44 |
| | Alliance | Kellie Armstrong | 4.74% | 288 | 366.44 | 568.04 | 587.31 | 628.05 | 646.74 |
| | DUP | John Prentice | 6.91% | 420 | 423.33 | 429.21 | 442.58 | 507.79 | |
| | Independent | Joe Hagan | 4.30% | 261 | 269.14 | 280.48 | 314.22 | | |
| | Independent | Robert Drysdale* | 2.96% | 180 | 197.76 | 215.4 | | | |
| Electorate: 12,879 Valid: 6,076 (47.18%) Spoilt: 132 Quota: 1,014 Turnout: 6,208 (48.20%) ||||||||||