2011 Castlereagh Borough Council election

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2011 Castlereagh Borough Council election
  2005 5 May 2011 (2011-05-05) 2014  

All 23 seats to Castlereagh Borough Council
12 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Peter Robinson 2013 (cropped).jpg DavidFordAlliance.jpg Tom Elliott.png
Leader Peter Robinson David Ford Tom Elliott
Party DUP Alliance Ulster Unionist
Seats won1163
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 2Increase2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 1
Percentage42.6%25.2%11.2%
SwingDecrease2.svg3.9%Increase2.svg9.0%Decrease2.svg6.6%

 Fourth partyFifth party
  Margaret ritchie.jpg Steven Agnew MLA 2016.png
Leader Margaret Ritchie Steven Agnew
Party SDLP Green (NI)
Seats won21
Seat changeSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg 1
Percentage11.0%2.9%
SwingDecrease2.svg1.0%Increase2.svg2.9%

Castlereagh - 2011.png
2011 Castlereagh City Council Election Results, shaded by First Preference Votes.

Elections to Castlereagh 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.

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Election results

Castlereagh Borough Council Election Result 2011 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  DUP 1102Decrease2.svg247.842.610,390Decrease2.svg3.9
  Alliance 620Increase2.svg226.125.26,142Increase2.svg9.0
  Ulster Unionist 301Decrease2.svg113.011.22,717Decrease2.svg6.6
  SDLP 200Steady2.svg8.711.02,681Decrease2.svg1.0
  Green (NI) 110Increase2.svg14.32.9716Increase2.svg2.9
  Sinn Féin 000Steady2.svg0.03.0735Increase2.svg1.5
  PUP 000Steady2.svg0.01.3323Decrease2.svg0.8
  TUV 000Steady2.svg0.01.0245New
  BNP 000Steady2.svg0.00.8205New
  NI Conservatives 000Steady2.svg0.00.5120Increase2.svg0.5
  People Before Profit 000Steady2.svg0.00.493New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Castlereagh Borough Council election, 2011
by district
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
DUP Alliance UUP SDLP Green Others
Castlereagh Central41.4328.8212.915.700.0011.206
Castlereagh East56.0426.325.610.007.714.407
Castlereagh South36.5219.6112.0122.600.009.305
Castlereagh West32.7227.0116.1117.310.006.905
Total42.61125.2611.2311.022.917.1023

Districts results

Castlereagh Central

2005: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2011: 3 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2005-2011 Change: Alliance gain from DUP

Castlereagh Central - 6 seats [2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678
Alliance Michael Long *18.14%919       
DUP Vivienne McCoy14.21%720727.35      
Ulster Unionist Michael Copeland *12.91%654667.65 763.65     
Alliance Carole Howard10.64%539676.34 696.23 706.43 926.43   
DUP Tommy Sandford12.51%634639.46 675.88 688.12 692.75 700.75 943.75 
DUP Denny Vitty 8.64%438439.47 453.47 457.55 457.55 457.55 508.37 723.97
PUP Jason Burke6.37%323326.36 353.36 362.2 369.67 394.67 401.67 405.59
DUP Sharon Skillen6.08%308310.31 324.31 328.39 329.81 329.81   
SDLP Rosaleen Hughes5.66%287300.23 303.44 303.44     
TUV Alan Carson4.84%245247.94       
Electorate: 9,341  Valid: 5,067 (54.24%)  Spoilt: 104  Quota: 724  Turnout: 5,171 (55.36%)  

    Castlereagh East

    2005: 5 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
    2011: 4 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Green
    2005-2011 Change: Alliance and Green gain from DUP and UUP

    Castlereagh East - 7 seats [3]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    DUP Gareth Robinson*24.25%1,804      
    Alliance Judith Cochrane *17.60%1,309      
    DUP Jim White*5.93%441939.5     
    Alliance Tim Morrow8.74%650676 986.01    
    DUP Tommy Jeffers*10.22%760920.5 928.62 962.62   
    DUP David Drysdale*8.72%649720.5 730.07 780.02 786.18 796.18 900.04
    Green (NI) Martin Gregg7.72%574599 620.46 684.99 713.34 716.34 870.15
    DUP Aileen Graham6.86%510572 575.48 588.27 591.14 598.14 687
    Ulster Unionist Hazel Legge5.61%417433 444.6 553 565.04 570.04  
    BNP Ann Cooper2.76%205216 219.19     
    NI Conservatives Terry Dick1.61%120122.5 129.46     
    Electorate: 14,291  Valid: 7,439 (52.05%)  Spoilt: 118  Quota: 930  Turnout: 7,557 (52.88%)  

      Castlereagh South

      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

      Castlereagh South - 5 seats [4]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456
      DUP James Spratt *23.75%1,535     
      Alliance Geraldine Rice*19.64%1,269     
      DUP John Beattie*12.74%8231,229.8    
      SDLP Brian Hanvey*14.67%948949.8 993.49 996.37 1,041.66 1,289.66
      Ulster Unionist Michael Henderson*9.15%591610.8 648.54 748.22 1,022.29 1,024.92
      SDLP Sean Mullan7.89%510513 542.58 543.22 584.68 759.44
      Sinn Féin James Irwin7.10%459460.5 464.75 464.91 478.94  
      Ulster Unionist Barbara McBurney2.86%185201.5 229.89 268.93   
      Green (NI) Rebecca Volley2.20%142143.8 190.04 195.8   
      Electorate: 12,061  Valid: 6,462 (53.58%)  Spoilt: 90  Quota: 1,078  Turnout: 6,552 (54.32%)  

        Castlereagh West

        2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
        2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
        2005-2011 Change: No change

        Castlereagh West - 5 seats [5]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345
        Alliance Sara Duncan*26.97%1,456    
        DUP Ann-Marie Beattie*21.08%1,138    
        SDLP Peter O'Reilly17.34%936    
        DUP Myreve Chambers*11.67%630726 948.6  
        Ulster Unionist Cecil Hall*11.13%601768.5 777.11 811.61 850.67
        Ulster Unionist Bill White4.98%269370.5 374.07 397.78 405.22
        Sinn Féin Laura Keenan5.11%276340 340.21 386.71 387.13
        People Before Profit Gordon Hewitt1.72%93215 215.21   
        Electorate: 10,045  Valid: 5,399 (53.75%)  Spoilt: 100  Quota: 900  Turnout: 5,499 (54.74%)  

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          References

          1. 1 2 "Castlereagh Council Election Results 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
          2. "Castlereagh Central Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
          3. "Castlereagh East Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
          4. "Castlereagh South Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
          5. "Castlereagh West Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.