2011 Larne Borough Council election

Local government election in Northern Ireland

2011 Larne Borough Council election
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All 15 seats to Larne Borough Council
8 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party DUP UUP Alliance
Seats won 4 3 2
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 1 Increase 1

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Independent TUV Sinn Féin
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change Steady Increase 1 Increase 1

  Seventh party
 
Party SDLP
Seats won 1
Seat change Decrease 1

Elections to Larne 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 15 councillors.

Election results

Larne Borough Council Election Result 2011[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  DUP 4 0 1 Decrease1 26.7 32.0 3,374 Decrease3.0
  UUP 3 0 1 Decrease1 20.0 18.6 1,961 Decrease7.9
  Alliance 3 1 0 Increase1 20.0 15.0 1,576 Increase2.6
  Independent 2 1 1 Steady 13.3 9.3 983 Decrease2.3
  TUV 1 1 0 Increase1 6.7 7.4 784 New
  Sinn Féin 1 1 0 Increase1 6.7 7.3 766 Increase3.5
  SDLP 1 0 1 Decrease1 6.7 6.2 652 Decrease3.0
  BNP 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 1.7 182 New
  PUP 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 1.4 146 Increase0.3
  Green (NI) 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 1.0 110 Decrease0.6

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Larne Borough Council election, 2011
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
DUP UUP Alliance TUV Sinn Féin SDLP Others
Coast Road 24.2 1 17.2 1 10.3 1 3.2 0 18.5 1 9.9 0 16.7 1 5
Larne Lough 44.0 2 28.8 2 20.7 1 6.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 5
Larne Town 23.1 1 5.0 0 11.8 1 13.6 1 5.3 0 11.2 1 30.0 1 5
Total 32.0 4 18.6 3 15.0 3 7.4 1 7.3 1 6.2 1 13.5 2 15

Districts results

Coast Road

2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
2011: 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin and Independent gain from SDLP and DUP

Coast Road - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Sinn Féin Oliver McMullan 18.53% 613            
Alliance Gerardine Mulvenna* 10.28% 340 355.6 355.72 394.04 408.04 644.56  
DUP Winston Fulton* 13.85% 458 458 474 507.12 550.12 556.36  
UUP Maureen Morrow 8.92% 295 296.2 307.2 335.32 502.32 525.16 550.57
Independent Brian Dunn* 10.61% 351 351.48 358.48 393.84 429.84 473.76 530.46
DUP Gordon Lyons 10.40% 344 344.24 355.24 380.24 409.24 416.48 423.2
SDLP Danny O'Connor* 9.92% 328 365.92 367.92 399.48 406.48    
UUP Andrew Wilson 8.31% 275 275 289 312      
Green (NI) Danny Donnelly 3.33% 110 114.32 116.32        
TUV Kenneth Johnston 3.17% 105 105 121        
BNP Steven Moore 2.69% 89 89.12          
Electorate: 6,832   Valid: 3,308 (48.42%)   Spoilt: 54   Quota: 552   Turnout: 3,362 (49.21%)  

Larne Lough

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

Larne Lough - 5 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
DUP Bobby McKee* 24.22% 1,048          
UUP Roy Beggs* 21.19% 917          
DUP Gregg McKeen* 11.25% 487 751.96        
Alliance John Mathews* 14.49% 627 635.32 656.48 869.14    
UUP Mark McKinty 7.58% 328 338.88 457.56 473.26 563.36 683.19
DUP Sharon McKeen 8.48% 367 396.76 425.74 435.07 469.41 576.02
TUV Sam McAllister 6.61% 286 292.72 312.27 318.73 340.83  
Alliance Niamh Spurle 6.17% 267 270.2 275.26      
Electorate: 9,312   Valid: 4,327 (46.47%)   Spoilt: 61   Quota: 722   Turnout: 4,388 (47.12%)  

Larne Town

2005: 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2011: 1 x DUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2005-2011 Change: TUV and Alliance gain from UUP and Independent

Larne Town - 5 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
TUV Jack McKee* 13.56% 393 399 413 413 441 493    
Independent Roy Craig* 13.00% 377 399 409 416 442 461 560  
Alliance Michael Lynch 11.80% 342 356 359 381 397 404 444 481.81
DUP Drew Niblock 12.11% 351 354 364 365 392 422 448 471.37
SDLP Martin Wilson* 11.18% 324 331 332 432 434 439 452 456.94
DUP Angela Smyth 11.00% 319 326 329 330 337 359 383 392.88
Independent Mark Dunn* 6.07% 176 184 194 195 219 236    
PUP Bill Adamson 5.04% 146 149 166 166 174      
UUP Darin Ferguson 5.04% 146 149 163 164        
Sinn Féin Sean Waide 5.28% 153 154 155          
BNP Robert Bell 3.21% 93 93            
Independent Andrew Swan 2.73% 79              
Electorate: 6,459   Valid: 2,899 (44.88%)   Spoilt: 28   Quota: 484   Turnout: 2,927 (45.32%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Larne Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ "Coast Road Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Larne Lough Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Larne Town Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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