2011 Ballymoney Borough Council election

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2011 Ballymoney Borough Council election

5 May 2011 (2011-05-05)
All 16 seats to Ballymoney Borough Council 9 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party DUP Sinn Féin Ulster Unionist Seats won 8 3 2 Seat change   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party SDLP TUV Independent Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 1 1

Elections to Ballymoney 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 16 councillors.

Election results

Ballymoney Borough Council Election Result 2011

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	DUP	8	0	0		50.0	45.3	5,182	3.6
	Sinn Féin	3	0	0		18.8	20.5	2,344	0.5
	Ulster Unionist	2	1	1		12.5	13.7	1,563	1.4
	SDLP	1	0	1	1	6.3	9.9	1,133	2.4
	TUV	1	1	0	1	6.3	7.6	870	New
	Independent	1	1	1		6.3	3.0	347	0.8

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Ballymoney Borough Council election, 2011
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	DUP		Sinn Féin		UUP		SDLP		TUV		Others
Ballymoney Town	56.5	3	0.0	0	15.0	1	9.9	0	7.4	0	11.2	1	5
Bann Valley	42.3	3	34.0	2	7.1	0	7.6	0	9.0	1	0.0	0	6
Bushvale	39.5	2	19.7	1	21.9	1	13.1	1	5.8	0	0.0	0	5
Total	45.3	8	20.5	3	13.7	2	9.9	1	7.6	1	3.0	1	16

Districts results

Ballymoney Town

2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
2011: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2005-2011 Change: Independent gain from UUP

Ballymoney Town - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Mervyn Storey*	35.28%	1,090
	DUP	Ian Stevenson*	7.70%	238	547.42
	DUP	Cecil Cousley*	8.77%	271	360.1	370.7	382.46	558.64
	Ulster Unionist	Tom McKeown*	8.93%	276	310.02	312.12	471.69	488.48	577.48
	Independent	Iain McAfee	11.23%	347	366.98	368.58	384.73	397.3	448.47
	SDLP	Daniel Hendrie	9.90%	306	313.02	313.22	316.22	317.81	323.91
	TUV	Billy Kerr	7.38%	228	235.02	235.72	242.36	249.29
	DUP	Brian Kelly	4.79%	148	223.06	233.51	240.46
	Ulster Unionist	James Simpson*	6.02%	186	213	215.2
Electorate: 6,575   Valid: 3,090 (47.00%)   Spoilt: 59   Quota: 516   Turnout: 3,149 (47.89%)

Bann Valley

2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2011: 3 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x TUV
2005-2011 Change: TUV gain from SDLP

Bann Valley - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	DUP	John Finlay*	18.50%	905
	Sinn Féin	Philip McGuigan*	17.91%	876
	DUP	Robert Halliday	11.72%	573	706.63
	DUP	Jason Atkinson	12.08%	591	633.32	633.32	638.34	779.34
	Sinn Féin	Cathal McLaughlin	9.06%	443	443.46	580.06	580.07	580.07	580.07	876.07
	TUV	William Blair	9.00%	440	456.33	456.33	456.64	553.41	604.41	606.84	607.84
	SDLP	Malachy McCamphill*	7.63%	373	374.15	394.95	395	432.46	446.46	486.26	557.26
	Sinn Féin	Leanne Peacock	7.05%	345	345.23	359.83	359.83	360.03	360.03
	Ulster Unionist	Steven Phillips	7.05%	345	352.36	352.56	352.74
Electorate: 8,473   Valid: 4,891 (57.72%)   Spoilt: 123   Quota: 699   Turnout: 5,104 (60.24%)

Bushvale

2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2005-2011 Change: Independent joins UUP

Bushvale - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Evelyne Robinson*	22.18%	767
	DUP	Frank Campbell*	17.32%	599
	Ulster Unionist	Bill Kennedy*	15.38%	532	633.85
	Sinn Féin	Anita Cavlan*	14.57%	504	504.7	504.94	641.94
	SDLP	Harry Connolly*	13.13%	454	457.85	458.09	492.09	495.68	558.92
	Ulster Unionist	William Johnston	6.48%	224	275.45	326.09	326.79	446.21	447.45
	TUV	Peter Deans	5.84%	202	229.3	232.66	232.9
	Sinn Féin	Jimmy Gaston	5.09%	176	177.05	177.53
Electorate: 6,196   Valid: 3,458 (55.81%)   Spoilt: 50   Quota: 577   Turnout: 3,508 (56.62%)