# 2011 Armagh City and District Council election

Elections to Armagh City and District 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 22 councillors.

## Election results

Armagh City and District Council Election Result 2011 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27.3 | 27.6 | 6,972 | 4.9 |
| Sinn Féin | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27.3 | 24.8 | 6,259 | 1.7 |
| SDLP | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22.7 | 21.3 | 5,379 | 0.1 |
| DUP | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18.2 | 21.1 | 5,326 | 8.5 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1,136 | 1.1 |
| TUV | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 144 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Armagh City and District Council election, 2011 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | SDLP | SDLP | DUP | DUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Armagh City | 16.8 | 1 | 45.1 | 3 | 25.1 | 1 | 13.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Crossmore | 14.4 | 1 | 34.5 | 2 | 38.5 | 2 | 12.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Cusher | 42.5 | 2 | 7.6 | 0 | 10.6 | 1 | 24.5 | 2 | 14.8 | 1 | 6 |
| The Orchard | 31.1 | 2 | 19.6 | 1 | 15.1 | 1 | 31.9 | 1 | 2.3 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 27.6 | 6 | 24.8 | 6 | 21.3 | 5 | 21.1 | 4 | 5.2 | 1 | 22 |

## District results
### Armagh City

2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP 2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP 2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Armagh City - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Sinn Féin | Cathy Rafferty* | 18.62% | 1,001 | | | | |
| | UUP | Sylvia McRoberts* | 16.78% | 902 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Noel Sheridan* | 16.09% | 865 | | | | |
| | DUP | Freda Donnelly* | 12.98% | 698 | 698.72 | 806.56 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Roy McCartney | 10.40% | 559 | 743.08 | 744.36 | 816.74 | |
| | SDLP | Mealla Campbell* | 13.02% | 700 | 724.96 | 732.64 | 743.2 | 757.94 |
| | SDLP | Pat Brannigan* | 12.13% | 652 | 670.72 | 686.08 | 694.55 | 705.88 |
| Electorate: 9,993 Valid: 5,377 (53.81%) Spoilt: 127 Quota: 769 Turnout: 5,504 (55.08%) |||||||||

### Crossmore

2005: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP 2011: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP 2005-2011 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Crossmore - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | SDLP | Thomas O'Hanlon* | 27.55% | 1,620 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Mary Doyle | 19.72% | 1,160 | | | |
| | SDLP | Gerald Mallon* | 10.97% | 645 | 1,141.02 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Darren McNally | 14.76% | 868 | 998.2 | | |
| | UUP | Mavis Eagle | 14.35% | 844 | 849.88 | 907.88 | 935.6 |
| | DUP | Noel Donnelly* | 12.65% | 744 | 746.94 | 796.94 | 821.72 |
| Electorate: 9,268 Valid: 5,881 (63.45%) Spoilt: 129 Quota: 981 Turnout: 6,010 (64.85%) ||||||||

### Cusher

2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2011: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 2005-2011 Change: Independent gain from DUP
Cusher - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | UUP | Gordon Kennedy | 23.05% | 1,785 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Paul Berry* | 14.67% | 1,136 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Robert Turner* | 12.19% | 944 | 1,138.61 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Sharon Haughey* | 10.63% | 823 | 834.7 | 835.3 | 842.69 | 1,271.69 | |
| | DUP | Terry McWilliams | 10.37% | 803 | 903.62 | 906.44 | 1,038.61 | 1,040 | 1,052 |
| | DUP | Gareth Wilson* | 7.68% | 595 | 625.03 | 627.97 | 986.33 | 988.33 | 992.33 |
| | UUP | John Moore | 7.31% | 566 | 847.97 | 867.89 | 903.64 | 903.64 | 925.64 |
| | Sinn Féin | Liam Lappin | 7.63% | 591 | 591.39 | 591.39 | 591.39 | | |
| | DUP | Philip Murdock | 6.47% | 501 | 550.53 | 552.33 | | | |
| Electorate: 12,337 Valid: 7,744 (62.77%) Spoilt: 146 Quota: 1,107 Turnout: 7,890 (63.95%) ||||||||||

### The Orchard

2005: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 2011: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 2005-2011 Change: No change
The Orchard - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | DUP | William Irwin* | 24.46% | 1,520 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Gerard White | 19.55% | 1,215 | | | | |
| | UUP | Jim Speers* | 19.42% | 1,207 | | | | |
| | SDLP | John Campbell* | 15.11% | 939 | 944.12 | 946.76 | 1,115.56 | |
| | UUP | Joy Rollston | 11.65% | 724 | 828.64 | 904.44 | 905.24 | 1,054.19 |
| | DUP | Philip Weir | 7.48% | 465 | 814.12 | 863.32 | 864.72 | 886.47 |
| | TUV | Paul Coleman | 2.32% | 144 | 154.56 | | | |
| Electorate: 9,928 Valid: 6,214 (62.59%) Spoilt: 79 Quota: 1,036 Turnout: 6,293 (63.39%) |||||||||