2011 Castlereagh Borough Council election

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2011 Castlereagh Borough Council election

5 May 2011 (2011-05-05)
All 23 seats to Castlereagh Borough Council 12 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Peter Robinson David Ford Tom Elliott Party DUP Alliance UUP Seats won 11 6 3 Seat change 2 2 1 Percentage 42.6% 25.2% 11.2% Swing 3.9% 9.0% 6.6%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Margaret Ritchie Steven Agnew Party SDLP Green (NI) Seats won 2 1 Seat change 1 Percentage 11.0% 2.9% Swing 1.0% 2.9%
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.

Election results

Castlereagh Borough Council Election Result 2011^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	DUP	11	0	2	2	47.8	42.6	10,390	3.9
	Alliance	6	2	0	2	26.1	25.2	6,142	9.0
	UUP	3	0	1	1	13.0	11.2	2,717	6.6
	SDLP	2	0	0		8.7	11.0	2,681	1.0
	Green (NI)	1	1	0	1	4.3	2.9	716	2.9
	Sinn Féin	0	0	0		0.0	3.0	735	1.5
	PUP	0	0	0		0.0	1.3	323	0.8
	TUV	0	0	0		0.0	1.0	245	New
	BNP	0	0	0		0.0	0.8	205	New
	NI Conservatives	0	0	0		0.0	0.5	120	0.5
	People Before Profit	0	0	0		0.0	0.4	93	New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Castlereagh Borough Council election, 2011
by district^[1]

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	DUP		Alliance		UUP		SDLP		Green		Others
Castlereagh Central	41.4	3	28.8	2	12.9	1	5.7	0	0.0	0	11.2	0	6
Castlereagh East	56.0	4	26.3	2	5.6	1	0.0	0	7.7	1	4.4	0	7
Castlereagh South	36.5	2	19.6	1	12.0	1	22.6	0	0.0	0	9.3	0	5
Castlereagh West	32.7	2	27.0	1	16.1	1	17.3	1	0.0	0	6.9	0	5
Total	42.6	11	25.2	6	11.2	3	11.0	2	2.9	1	7.1	0	23

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]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Alliance	Michael Long*	18.14%	919
	DUP	Vivienne McCoy	14.21%	720	727.35
	UUP	Michael Copeland*	12.91%	654	667.65	763.65
	Alliance	Carole Howard	10.64%	539	676.34	696.23	706.43	926.43
	DUP	Tommy Sandford	12.51%	634	639.46	675.88	688.12	692.75	700.75	943.75
	DUP	Denny Vitty	8.64%	438	439.47	453.47	457.55	457.55	457.55	508.37	723.97
	PUP	Jason Burke	6.37%	323	326.36	353.36	362.2	369.67	394.67	401.67	405.59
	DUP	Sharon Skillen	6.08%	308	310.31	324.31	328.39	329.81	329.81
	SDLP	Rosaleen Hughes	5.66%	287	300.23	303.44	303.44
	TUV	Alan Carson	4.84%	245	247.94
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]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Gareth Robinson*	24.25%	1,804
	Alliance	Judith Cochrane*	17.60%	1,309
	DUP	Jim White*	5.93%	441	939.5
	Alliance	Tim Morrow	8.74%	650	676	986.01
	DUP	Tommy Jeffers*	10.22%	760	920.5	928.62	962.62
	DUP	David Drysdale*	8.72%	649	720.5	730.07	780.02	786.18	796.18	900.04
	Green (NI)	Martin Gregg	7.72%	574	599	620.46	684.99	713.34	716.34	870.15
	DUP	Aileen Graham	6.86%	510	572	575.48	588.27	591.14	598.14	687
	UUP	Hazel Legge	5.61%	417	433	444.6	553	565.04	570.04
	BNP	Ann Cooper	2.76%	205	216	219.19
	NI Conservatives	Terry Dick	1.61%	120	122.5	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]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	James Spratt*	23.75%	1,535
	Alliance	Geraldine Rice*	19.64%	1,269
	DUP	John Beattie*	12.74%	823	1,229.8
	SDLP	Brian Hanvey*	14.67%	948	949.8	993.49	996.37	1,041.66	1,289.66
	UUP	Michael Henderson*	9.15%	591	610.8	648.54	748.22	1,022.29	1,024.92
	SDLP	Sean Mullan	7.89%	510	513	542.58	543.22	584.68	759.44
	Sinn Féin	James Irwin	7.10%	459	460.5	464.75	464.91	478.94
	UUP	Barbara McBurney	2.86%	185	201.5	229.89	268.93
	Green (NI)	Rebecca Volley	2.20%	142	143.8	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]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Alliance	Sara Duncan*	26.97%	1,456
	DUP	Ann-Marie Beattie*	21.08%	1,138
	SDLP	Peter O'Reilly	17.34%	936
	DUP	Myreve Chambers*	11.67%	630	726	948.6
	UUP	Cecil Hall*	11.13%	601	768.5	777.11	811.61	850.67
	UUP	Bill White	4.98%	269	370.5	374.07	397.78	405.22
	Sinn Féin	Laura Keenan	5.11%	276	340	340.21	386.71	387.13
	People Before Profit	Gordon Hewitt	1.72%	93	215	215.21
Electorate: 10,045   Valid: 5,399 (53.75%)   Spoilt: 100   Quota: 900   Turnout: 5,499 (54.74%)

References

1. "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.