2011 Ballymoney Borough Council election

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.

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 Steady Steady Steady

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party SDLP TUV Independent
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1 Steady

Election results

Ballymoney Borough Council Election Result 2011[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  DUP 8 0 0 Steady 50.0 45.3 5,182 Decrease3.6
  Sinn Féin 3 0 0 Steady 18.8 20.5 2,344 Increase0.5
  Ulster Unionist 2 1 1 Steady 12.5 13.7 1,563 Decrease1.4
  SDLP 1 0 1 Decrease1 6.3 9.9 1,133 Decrease2.4
  TUV 1 1 0 Increase1 6.3 7.6 870 New
  Independent 1 1 1 Steady 6.3 3.0 347 Decrease0.8

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

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[2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
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[3]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    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[4]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456
      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%)  

        References

        1. "Ballymoney Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
        2. "Ballymoney Town Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
        3. "Bann Valley Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
        4. "Bushvale Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
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