# 2011 Antrim Borough Council election

Elections to Antrim 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 19 councillors.

## Election results

Antrim Borough Council Election Result 2011 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| DUP | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26.3 | 30.6 | 5,210 | 0.1 |
| UUP | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.3 | 19.9 | 3,391 | 3.9 |
| Sinn Féin | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21.1 | 17.2 | 2,931 | 2.4 |
| SDLP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.8 | 16.5 | 2,806 | 4.0 |
| Alliance | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 | 11.3 | 1,919 | 4.4 |
| TUV | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 363 | New |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 321 | 0.8 |
| PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 109 | 0.0 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Antrim Borough Council election, 2011 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | SDLP | SDLP | Alliance | Alliance | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Antrim North West | 30.9 | 1 | 10.4 | 1 | 29.0 | 2 | 24.6 | 1 | 5.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Antrim South East | 28.7 | 2 | 21.7 | 2 | 12.5 | 1 | 11.6 | 1 | 17.5 | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Antrim Town | 32.9 | 2 | 26.4 | 2 | 12.4 | 1 | 16.7 | 1 | 7.2 | 1 | 4.4 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 30.6 | 5 | 19.9 | 5 | 17.2 | 4 | 16.5 | 3 | 11.3 | 2 | 4.5 | 0 | 19 |

## Districts results
### Antrim North West

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
Antrim North West - 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 | Trevor Clarke* | 24.12% | 1,172 | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Robert Loughran* | 13.05% | 634 | 648.57 | 715.19 | 1,150.19 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Anthony Brady* | 15.19% | 738 | 738.93 | 748.93 | 788.24 | 909.24 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Henry Cushinan* | 13.79% | 670 | 671.24 | 675.24 | 751.55 | 895.55 | | |
| | UUP | Roderick Swann | 10.41% | 506 | 545.68 | 628.61 | 643.23 | 654.23 | 668.23 | 681.23 |
| | DUP | Wilson Clyde | 6.77% | 329 | 618.54 | 646.09 | 647.4 | 649.4 | 659.4 | 668.4 |
| | SDLP | Brian Duffin | 11.58% | 563 | 566.41 | 596.72 | | | | |
| | Alliance | Pauline Savage | 5.10% | 248 | 252.65 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,054 Valid: 4,860 (53.68%) Spoilt: 82 Quota: 811 Turnout: 4,942 (54.58%) |||||||||||

### Antrim South East

2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance 2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance 2005-2011 Change: No change
Antrim South East - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | SDLP | Thomas Burns* | 14.04% | 992 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Samuel Dunlop* | 12.36% | 873 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Anne-Marie Logue* | 12.53% | 885 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Mervyn Rea* | 12.08% | 853 | 856.08 | 875.73 | 964.73 | | |
| | Alliance | Alan Lawther* | 11.57% | 817 | 829.32 | 869.07 | 882.18 | 884.18 | |
| | DUP | Roy Thompson | 10.91% | 771 | 772.1 | 784.21 | 847.21 | 876.21 | 883.98 |
| | UUP | Paul Michael | 9.61% | 679 | 680.1 | 684.32 | 788.54 | 823.54 | 847.05 |
| | DUP | John Smyth | 5.39% | 381 | 381.22 | 389.33 | 447.44 | 459.44 | 475.3 |
| | SDLP | Róisín Nugent | 3.50% | 247 | 312.34 | 379.72 | 384.83 | 385.83 | |
| | TUV | Mel Lucas* | 5.14% | 363 | 363.66 | 365.88 | | | |
| | Independent | Martin Nelson | 2.18% | 154 | 166.1 | | | | |
| | Independent | John Fox | 0.69% | 49 | 53.62 | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,628 Valid: 7,064 (51.83%) Spoilt: 101 Quota: 884 Turnout: 7,165 (52.58%) ||||||||||

### Antrim Town

2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP 2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP
Antrim Town - 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 |
| | UUP | Adrian Cochrane-Watson* | 17.25% | 884 | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Pam Lewis* | 14.32% | 734 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Noel Maguire | 12.45% | 638 | 638.56 | 638.56 | 639.56 | 655.56 | | | |
| | UUP | Andrew Ritchie* | 7.80% | 400 | 490.72 | 496.44 | 521.51 | 654.87 | | | |
| | Alliance | Neil Kelly | 9.77% | 501 | 509.4 | 512.65 | 517.65 | 546.18 | 847.18 | | |
| | DUP | Brian Graham* | 9.97% | 511 | 536.48 | 585.1 | 602.2 | 618.62 | 622.9 | 651.9 | |
| | SDLP | Gráinne Teggart | 7.22% | 370 | 371.4 | 372.44 | 372.44 | 418.85 | 455.53 | 580.53 | 591.53 |
| | DUP | John Smyth* | 8.56% | 439 | 459.16 | 486.59 | 523.38 | 530.54 | 536.62 | 561.62 | 562.62 |
| | Alliance | Oran Keenan* | 6.89% | 353 | 356.92 | 357.57 | 360.57 | 381.53 | | | |
| | UUP | Amanda Johnston | 1.35% | 69 | 151.6 | 154.2 | 167.33 | | | | |
| | Independent | Donovan McClelland | 2.30% | 118 | 119.4 | 120.18 | 121.18 | | | | |
| | PUP | Ken Wilkinson | 2.13% | 109 | 113.48 | 115.04 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,925 Valid: 5,126 (42.99%) Spoilt: 102 Quota: 641 Turnout: 5,228 (43.84%) ||||||||||||