- Northern Ireland local government elections, 2011
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The most recent Northern Ireland local government elections took place on Thursday 5 May 2011.
European Union and Commonwealth citizens who were aged 18 or over on election day were entitled to vote. The deadline for voters to register to vote in the 5 May elections was midnight on Thursday 14 April 2011.
All voters had present one piece of photographic ID in order to cast a vote at the polling station – accepted forms of ID are an electoral identity card, a photographic NI or GB driving licence, a European Union member-state passport, a Translink 60+ SmartPass, a Translink Senior SmartPass, a Translink Blind Person’s SmartPass or a Translink War Disabled SmartPass.[1] Voters who didn't have an accepted type of photographic ID had until Friday 22 April 2011 to apply for an electoral identity card from the Electoral Office.
The elections were originally scheduled to take place in 2009. In 2008, Minister of the Environment Arlene Foster requested that they be postponed until 2011 to allow the implementation of a proposed reform of local government in Northern Ireland, which would have reduced the number of local councils from 26 to 11.[2] In February 2009, an order was made, postponing the election, and councillors' terms of office were extended until the fourth day after the election day in 2011.[3]
In June 2010, the proposed reforms were abandoned, and it was confirmed that the 2011 elections would be to the existing 26 councils.[4] There was also an election to the Northern Ireland Assembly and a referendum on voting reform on the same day.[5]
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Results
Party Councillors Votes[6] Change Total % share Total Democratic Unionist -7 175 27.2 Sinn Féin +12 138 24.8 Ulster Unionist -17 98 15.2 SDLP -15 86 15.0 Alliance +14 44 7.4 Independent +7 27 5.1 Traditional Unionist Voice +6 6 2.0 13,079 Green (NI) 0 3 1.0 5,598 Progressive Unionist 0 2 0.6 3,858 UKIP +1 1 0.4 2,550 Irish Republican Socialist 0 0 0.3 2,146 Éirígí 0 1 0.3 2,062 People Before Profit 0 0 0.3 1,628 Conservative 0 0 0.2 1,321 Independent Republican Party 0 0 0.1 850 Community Partnership 0 0 0.1 800 Workers' Party 0 0 0.1 760 Socialist 0 0 0.1 682 BNP 0 0 0.1 491 Procapitalism 0 0 0.0 9 By council
Council Traditional Unionist Voice Democratic Unionist Ulster Unionist Alliance SDLP Sinn Féin Green (NI) Independent Others Total Antrim 0 5 5 2 3 4 0 0 0 19 Ards 0 11 6 4 1 0 0 1 0 23 Armagh 0 4 6 0 5 6 0 1 0 22 Ballymena 2 12 4 1 2 2 0 1 0 24 Ballymoney 1 8 2 0 1 3 0 1 0 16 Banbridge 0 5 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 17 Belfast 0 15 3 6 8 16 0 1 2 PUP 51 Carrickfergus 0 8 4 3 0 0 0 2 0 17 Castlereagh 0 11 3 6 2 0 1 0 0 23 Coleraine 0 9 5 2 3 1 0 2 0 22 Cookstown 0 3 3 0 4 6 0 0 0 16 Craigavon 0 9 6 1 2 8 0 0 0 26 Derry 0 5 1 0 14 10 0 0 0 30 Down 0 3 3 1 9 5 1 1 0 23 Dungannon 0 6 4 0 3 8 0 0 1 Eirigi 22 Fermanagh 0 4 6 0 3 9 0 1 0 23 Larne 1 4 3 3 1 1 0 2 0 15 Limavady 1 2 2 0 3 6 0 0 0 16 Lisburn 0 14 5 3 3 5 0 0 0 30 Magherafelt 0 3 2 0 2 9 0 0 0 16 Moyle 1 2 3 0 2 3 0 4 0 15 Newry and Mourne 0 1 3 0 9 14 0 2 1 UKIP 30 Newtownabbey 0 12 5 5 1 2 0 0 0 25 North Down 0 11 3 7 0 0 1 3 0 25 Omagh 0 3 3 0 3 10 0 2 0 21 Strabane 0 4 1 0 1 8 0 2 0 16 Councils
Belfast
Balmoral[7] Party Candidate 1st Pref Alliance Tom Ekin 1,762 Democratic Unionist Ruth Patterson 1,553 Sinn Féin Máirtín Ó Muilleoir 1,465 SDLP Claire Hanna 1,443 Ulster Unionist Bob Stoker 922 SDLP Niall Kelly 743 SDLP Bernie Kelly 706 Ulster Unionist Jim Kirkpatrick 578 Democratic Unionist Sharon Simpson 396 Green (NI) Mark Simpson 282 People Before Profit Andrew King 107 Turnout 9,957 Sinn Féin gain from Democratic Unionist Castle[8] Party Candidate 1st Pref Democratic Unionist Lydia Patterson 1,489 Sinn Féin Tierna Cunningham 1,377 SDLP Pat Convery 1,367 Sinn Féin Mary Campbell 1,293 Ulster Unionist David Browne 1,181 Democratic Unionist Guy Spence 946 SDLP Cathal Mullaghan 883 Alliance David McKechnie 689 Democratic Unionist Lee Reynolds 629 Workers' Party John Lavery 170 Turnout 10,024 Sinn Féin gain from Social Democratic and Labour Court[9] Party Candidate 1st Pref Democratic Unionist William Humphrey 2,643 Democratic Unionist Brian Kingston 1,371 Independent Frank McCoubrey 754 Progressive Unionist Hugh Smyth 640 Ulster Unionist Bobby McConnell 395 Democratic Unionist Naomi Thompson 237 Independent Raymond McCord 199 Sinn Féin Karol McKee 184 SDLP Conor McNeill 99 Alliance Mark Long 78 Turnout 6,600 No change Laganbank[10] Party Candidate 1st Pref Alliance Catherine Curran 1,518 Sinn Féin Deirdre Hargey 1,383 SDLP Patrick McCarthy 1,361 Democratic Unionist Christopher Stalford 1,126 Ulster Unionist Michelle Bostock 921 SDLP Kate Mullan 833 Green (NI) Claire Bailey 500 People Before Profit Mark Hewitt 144 Socialist Party Paddy Meehan 136 Workers' Party Patrick Lynn 88 Turnout 8,010 Alliance gain from Ulster Unionist Lower Falls[11] Party Candidate 1st Pref Sinn Féin Janice Austin 1,920 Sinn Féin Steven Corr 1,572 Sinn Féin Tom Hartley 1,561 Sinn Féin Jim McVeigh 1,497 SDLP Colin Keenan 1,000 Sinn Féin Breige Brownlee 813 Éirígí John McCusker 647 Workers' Party John Lowry 398 Irish Republican Socialist Jim Gorman 209 Socialist Party Pat Lawlor 148 Turnout 9,765 Social Democratic and Labour gain from Sinn Féin Oldpark[12] Party Candidate 1st Pref Democratic Unionist Ian Crozier 1,770 Sinn Féin Conor Maskey 1,573 Sinn Féin Gerard McCabe 1,492 Sinn Féin Daniel Lavery 1,370 SDLP Nichola Mallon 1,184 Sinn Féin Mary Clarke 1,180 Democratic Unionist Gareth McKee 917 Ulster Unionist Fred Rodgers 540 Irish Republican Socialist Paul Little 379 Alliance James McClure 303 Independent Martin McAuley 146 Turnout 10,584 Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist Pottinger[13] Party Candidate 1st Pref Alliance Máire Hendron 1,895 Democratic Unionist Gavin Robinson 1,523 Sinn Féin Niall Ó Donnghaile 1,077 Democratic Unionist May Campbell 1,051 Progressive Unionist John Kyle 1,022 Democratic Unionist Adam Newton 936 Ulster Unionist Philip Robinson 786 SDLP Séamas de Faoite 456 Green (NI) David Newman 223 Traditional Unionist Voice John Hiddleston 191 Socialist Party Thomas Black 150 Workers' Party Kevin McNally 104 People Before Profit Donna McCusker 70 Independent Karl Hedley 33 Procapitalism Samuel Smyth 9 Turnout 9,526 Sinn Féin gain from Ulster Unionist Upper Falls[14] Party Candidate 1st Pref Sinn Féin Matt Garrett 2,250 Sinn Féin Gerard O'Neill 2,184 Sinn Féin Emma Groves 2,133 SDLP Tim Attwood 2,015 Sinn Féin Caoimhin Mac Giolla Mhín 1,910 Éirígí Pádraic Mac Coitir 1,415 SDLP Helen Walsh 250 Democratic Unionist Eileen Kingston 179 Alliance Dan McGuinness 162 Turnout 12,498 No change Victoria[15] Party Candidate 1st Pref Democratic Unionist Robin Newton 2,338 Alliance Mervyn Jones 2,319 Alliance Laura McNamee 1,677 Democratic Unionist Tom Haire 1,437 Ulster Unionist Jim Rodgers 1,355 Alliance Andrew Webb 1,137 Ulster Unionist Ian Adamson 942 Progressive Unionist Robert McCartney 908 Democratic Unionist John Hussey 812 Green (NI) Ross Campbell 315 Ulster Unionist Stephen Warke 216 SDLP Magdalena Wolska 207 Traditional Unionist Voice Sammy Morrison 158 Independent Roy Hobson 142 Conservative Garry Crosbie 103 Turnout 14,066 Alliance gain from Ulster Unionist Derry
Cityside Party Candidate 1st Pref SDLP Jim Clifford 1,243 Sinn Féin Kevin Campbell 1,199 Sinn Féin Patricia Logue 937 Sinn Féin Colin Kelly 631 Independent (32 County Sovereignty) Gary Donnelly 612 Sinn Féin Liam Friel 391 SDLP Ann Donnelly 311 People Before Profit Conor Kelly 265 SDLP Dermott Henderson 214 Turnout 5,798 No change Northland Party Candidate 1st Pref SDLP John Tierney 1,736 Sinn Féin Maeve McLaughlin 1,260 SDLP John Boyle 1,099 Sinn Féin Gerry MacLochlainn 936 SDLP John Carr 824 Sinn Féin Michael Cooper 783 SDLP Eamon McAuley 429 SDLP Fiona Hamilton 366 Alliance Colm Cavanagh 217 Sinn Féin Patrick McGinley 704 People Before Profit Colm Bryce 564 Irish Republican Socialist Lucy Callaghan 340 Turnout No change Rural Party Candidate 1st Pref Sinn Féin Paul Fleming 1,693 SDLP Thomas Conway 1,616 Democratic Unionist Maurice Devenney 1,433 Democratic Unionist Gary Middleton 1,219 Ulster Unionist Ronald McKeegan 698 SDLP Hugh Hastings 624 SDLP Brenda Stevenson 615 People Before Profit Diane Greer 256 Sinn Féin Catherine Nelis 631 SDLP Ashleen Schenning 423 Turnout No change Shantallow Party Candidate 1st Pref SDLP Colum Eastwood 2,109 Sinn Féin Tony Hassan 1,405 SDLP Shaun Gallagher 1,151 Sinn Féin Elisha McLaughlin 1,117 Sinn Féin Sandra Duffy 833 SDLP James Carr 766 SDLP Angela Dobbins 603 Irish Republican Socialist Martin McGonagle 539 Independent Pauline Mellon 477 Turnout No change Waterside[16] Party Candidate 1st Pref Democratic Unionist Joe Miller 1,564 SDLP Gerard Diver 1,198 Sinn Féin Lynn Fleming 1,137 Democratic Unionist April Garfield-Kidd 1,006 Ulster Unionist Mary Hamilton 944 Democratic Unionist Robert Thompson 859 SDLP Martin Reilly 478 Sinn Féin Geraldine O'Donnell 354 People Before Profit David McAuley 222 Progressive Unionist Nigel Gardiner 204 Alliance Karen Scrivens 142 Turnout 8,108 No change References
- ^ "Electoral Office for Northern Ireland: Electoral Identity Card" (PDF). http://www.eoni.org.uk/information_leaflet_-_electoral_identity_card-13.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
- ^ "Northern Ireland next Local Government Elections will be held in 2011", Northern Ireland Office
- ^ "The Postponement of Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2009". Opsi.gov.uk. 2010-07-16. http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2009/uksi_20090225_en_1. Retrieved 2011-05-12.
- ^ Local Elections in 2011 will be held to existing 26 Councils", Northern Ireland Office
- ^ "Referendum on same day as NI Assembly election". BBC News. 2011-02-17. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12491781. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
- ^ Vote 2011: Northern Ireland Council Elections, BBC News, 11 May 2011
- ^ Elections 2011: Balmoral, Belfast City Council
- ^ Elections 2011: Castle, Belfast City Council
- ^ Elections 2011: Court, Belfast City Council
- ^ Elections 2011: Laganbank, Belfast City Council
- ^ Elections 2011: Lower Falls, Belfast City Council
- ^ Elections 2011: Oldpark, Belfast City Council
- ^ Elections 2011: Pottinger, Belfast City Council
- ^ Elections 2011: Upper Falls, Belfast City Council
- ^ Elections 2011: Victoria, Belfast City Council
- ^ "No change in Waterside as count continues in Derry's Guildhall ", Derry Journal, 10 May 2011
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