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2011 Castlereagh Borough Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2011

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.

2011 Castlereagh Borough Council election
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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 Decrease 2 Increase 2 Decrease 1
Percentage 42.6% 25.2% 11.2%
Swing Decrease3.9% Increase9.0% Decrease6.6%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Margaret Ritchie Steven Agnew
Party SDLP Green (NI)
Seats won 2 1
Seat change Steady Increase 1
Percentage 11.0% 2.9%
Swing Decrease1.0% Increase2.9%
2011 Castlereagh City Council Election Results, shaded by First Preference Votes.

Election results

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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

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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

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Castlereagh Central

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b "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.
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