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2011 Ards Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 2011
2011 Ards Borough Council election parliamentary no 2005 Ards Borough Council election 2005 2011 05 5 y 2014 North Down and Ards District Council election 2014 All 23 seats to Ards Borough Council 12 Democratic Unionist Party 11 1 Ulster Unionist Party 6 1 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 4 1 Social Democratic and Labour Party 1 Independent (politician) 1 1 File:Ards 2011 election.svg Party with the most votes by district.
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 2011https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgards.htm Ards Council Elections 1993-2011 www.ark.ac.uk
Democratic Unionist Party
11
0
1
1
47.8
47.4
11,732
5.0
Ulster Unionist Party
6
0
1
1
26.1
17.5
4,337
7.0
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
4
1
0
1
17.4
18.2
4,512
4.1
Social Democratic and Labour Party
1
0
0
4.3
6.8
1,685
3.4
Independent (politician)
1
1
0
1
4.3
5.4
1,328
1.6
Traditional Unionist Voice
0
0
0
0.0
3.4
830
New
Green Party of Northern Ireland
0
0
0
0.0
0.8
191
0.1
Northern Ireland 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, 2011by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
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!Cllrs
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!Cllrs
!rowspan=2|TotalCllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Ards East
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|57.6
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|4
|17.0
|1
|16.2
|1
|1.8
|0
|7.4
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Ards West
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|52.4
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
|20.6
|2
|19.8
|1
|0.0
|0
|7.2
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Newtownards
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|40.9
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|20.9
|2
|16.5
|1
|1.7
|0
|20.0
|1
|6
|-
|align="left"|Peninsula
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|36.4
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|11.8
|1
|20.2
|1
|24.2
|1
|7.4
|0
|5
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| 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 seatsArds East Result Sheet https://www.eoni.org.uk/EONI/files/2a/2a0fc03a-5dae-41a2-a725-1c8daad78a1a.pdf EONI 8 July 2021
8
Democratic Unionist Party
Colville Elliott*
1,353
20.05%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Linda Cleland
1,094
16.21%
Democratic Unionist Party
Hamilton Gregory*
952
14.11%
1,168.92
Democratic Unionist Party
Tom Smith
962
14.26%
1,082.93
Democratic Unionist Party
Eddie Thompson
620
9.19%
633.92
818.94
831.12
946.25
953.67
978.67
Ulster Unionist Party
Ronald Ferguson*
623
9.23%
632.57
636.34
649.64
649.93
654.91
675.39
765.23
Ulster Unionist Party
Katherine Ferguson
525
7.78%
540.95
543.85
572.69
572.98
580.36
620.45
694.57
Traditional Unionist Voice
Terence Williams*
304
4.51%
306.61
310.38
318.22
318.8
321.08
347
Green Party of Northern Ireland
Emer Hopkins
191
2.83%
193.03
193.9
236.18
236.18
311.26
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Moira Ritchie
123
1.82%
123.87
125.61
147.45
147.74
8
16,004
6,747 (42.16%)
165
965
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 seatsArds West Result Sheet https://www.eoni.org.uk/EONI/files/56/5675128f-630c-49be-be42-977974ae8880.pdf EONI 8 July 2021
6
Democratic Unionist Party
Robert Gibson*
1,519
23.10%
Democratic Unionist Party
Trevor Cummings
1,061
16.13%
Democratic Unionist Party
Mervyn Oswald*
868
13.20%
1,300.12
Ulster Unionist Party
James Fletcher*
881
13.40%
929.75
1,063.31
Ulster Unionist Party
Philip Smith
471
7.16%
497.91
615.72
663.56
767.51
935.53
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Deborah Girvan
763
11.60%
775.87
804.22
832.61
833.24
872.75
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Jim McBriar*
542
8.24%
572.03
600.38
619.77
623.55
661.78
Traditional Unionist Voice
Jack Allister
343
5.22%
358.21
400.42
412.81
414.07
Northern Ireland Conservatives
Bill McKendry
129
1.96%
133.68
138.72
6
13,199
6,577 (49.83%)
115
941
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 seatsNewtownards Result Sheet https://www.eoni.org.uk/EONI/files/5b/5b1f4232-d9b3-43c4-b4a2-fc3eb5668876.pdf EONI 8 July 2021
4
Democratic Unionist Party
Naomi Armstrong
979
18.31%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Alan McDowell*
883
16.51%
Democratic Unionist Party
Stephen McIlveen
787
14.72%
Independent (politician)
Jimmy Menagh
764
14.29%
772.14
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Hamilton*
559
10.45%
573.96
671.06
713.78
Ulster Unionist Party
David Smyth*
563
10.53%
567.84
654.94
711.1
Democratic Unionist Party
Charlie Simmons
418
7.82%
589.16
639.24
657.96
Traditional Unionist Voice
Hamilton Lawther
183
3.42%
186.96
Independent (politician)
Ken Richardson
123
2.30%
124.54
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Gerard Lennon
89
1.66%
90.32
4
12,092
5,348 (44.23%)
119
765
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 seatsPeninsula Result Sheet https://www.eoni.org.uk/EONI/files/4a/4a4a24fe-7827-4560-90e9-875d688f1247.pdf EONI 8 July 2021
6
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Joe Boyle*
1,473
24.24%
Democratic Unionist Party
Robert Adair
1,067
17.56%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Kieran McCarthy*
942
15.50%
1,271.3
Democratic Unionist Party
Colin Kennedy
726
11.95%
728.59
732.37
770.53
823.53
1,140.53
Ulster Unionist Party
Angus Carson*
719
11.83%
731.21
746.33
803.28
879.02
954.44
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Kellie Armstrong
288
4.74%
366.44
568.04
587.31
628.05
646.74
Democratic Unionist Party
John Prentice
420
6.91%
423.33
429.21
442.58
507.79
Independent (politician)
Joe Hagan
261
4.30%
269.14
280.48
314.22
Independent (politician)
Robert Drysdale*
180
2.96%
197.76
215.4
6
12,879
6,076 (47.18%)
132
1,014
6,208 (48.20%)
References
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