2011 Ballymoney Borough Council election

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5 May 2011 (2011-05-05)

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All 16 seats to Ballymoney Borough Council
9 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	DUP	Sinn Féin	UUP
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^[1]
	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
UUP	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^[1]
Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	DUP		Sinn Féin		UUP		SDLP		TUV		Others		Total Cllrs
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]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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
	UUP	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
	UUP	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]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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
	UUP	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]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Evelyne Robinson*	22.18%	767
	DUP	Frank Campbell*	17.32%	599
	UUP	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
	UUP	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

^ ^a ^b "Ballymoney Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
^ "Ballymoney Town Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ "Bann Valley Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
^ "Bushvale Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

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