2011 Coleraine Borough Council election

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5 May 2011 (2011-05-5)

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All 22 seats to Coleraine Borough Council
12 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	DUP	UUP	SDLP
Seats won	9	5	3
Seat change	0	3	0

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	Alliance	Independent	Sinn Féin
Seats won	2	2	1
Seat change	2	1	0

Party with the most votes by district.

Elections to Coleraine 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 22 councillors.

Coleraine Borough Council Election Result 2011^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
DUP	9	1	1	0	40.9	35.6	6,984	1.3
UUP	5	0	3	3	22.7	20.6	4,047	11.4
SDLP	3	0	0	0	13.6	10.5	2,066	1.8
Independent	2	1	0	1	9.1	13.5	2,642	7.2
Alliance	2	2	0	2	9.1	8.8	1,723	4.1
Sinn Féin	1	0	0	0	4.5	9.0	1,759	1.1
TUV	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.7	324	New
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.5	91	New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Coleraine Borough Council election, 2011
by district
Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
DUP	UUP	SDLP	Alliance	Sinn Féin	Others
Bann	35.0	2	25.5	2	15.3	1	4.1	0	16.5	1	3.6	0	6
Coleraine Central	31.9	3	16.0	1	8.6	1	7.2	0	8.3	0	28.0	1	6
Coleraine East	59.9	3	23.1	1	6.8	0	10.2	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	5
The Skerries	20.8	1	17.1	1	8.6	1	16.0	1	6.9	0	30.6	1	5
Total	35.6	9	20.6	5	10.5	3	8.8	2	9.0	1	15.5	2	22

District results

Bann

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

Bann - 6 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	DUP	Adrian McQuillan*	22.04%	1,440
	Sinn Féin	Ciaran Archibald	16.47%	1,076
	UUP	William King*	14.35%	938
	DUP	Sam Cole*	9.53%	623	860.96	861.68	940.68
	SDLP	Roisin Loftus	8.91%	582	583.44	656.7	658.7	701.42	701.42	711.86	1,070.86
	UUP	Richard Holmes	5.55%	363	379.2	379.38	440.26	480.62	481.72	838.48	846.38
	DUP	Angela Torrens	3.41%	223	429.64	429.82	465.78	491.78	496.08	542	554.98
	SDLP	Eamon Mullan	6.41%	419	421.16	483.26	484.26	525.06	525.26	526.26
	UUP	Rosemary Torrens	5.60%	366	395.52	395.52	434.24	470.6	471.4
	Alliance	Charlie McConaghy	4.07%	266	267.44	271.04	272.4
	TUV	Elizabeth Collins	3.66%	239	248	248.18
Electorate: 10,978 Valid: 6,535 (59.53%) Spoilt: 110 Quota: 934 Turnout: 6,645 (60.53%)

Coleraine Central

2005: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2011: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2005-2011 Change: DUP gain from UUP, Independent leaves UUP

Coleraine Central - 6 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	David McClarty*	22.09%	1,260
	DUP	George Duddy	12.53%	715	746.16	746.16	836.16
	SDLP	Gerry McLaughlin*	7.08%	404	437.06	502.82	506.96	506.96	815.38
	UUP	David Barbour*	9.76%	557	650.48	652.48	699.46	702.22	704.22	939.22
	DUP	James McClure*	10.20%	582	646.98	646.98	734.3	735.68	738.68	783.21	815.03
	DUP	William McCandless	9.20%	525	570.6	570.6	643.88	657.68	661.06	712.38	774.54
	Alliance	Graham Scobie	8.27%	472	545.72	551.72	560.62	560.85	586.85	621.35	649.47
	UUP	Nigel MacAuley	6.19%	353	411.52	412.9	438.32	439.93	444.69
	Sinn Féin	Susan Kelly	7.15%	408	412.94	419.32	419.32	419.32
	Independent	Russell Watton	5.99%	342	368.98	368.98
	SDLP	Sebastian Pierzchalski	1.52%	87	89.66
Electorate: 11,313 Valid: 5,705 (50.43%) Spoilt: 108 Quota: 816 Turnout: 5,813 (51.38%)

Coleraine East

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

Coleraine East - 5 seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Maurice Bradley*	44.01%	1,507
	DUP	William Creelman*	10.98%	376	1,120.25
	DUP	Phyllis Fielding*	4.88%	167	251.5	768.46
	UUP	David Harding	15.10%	517	568.35	579.39
	Alliance	Yvonne Boyle	10.22%	350	261.7	362.66	370.86	539.06
	UUP	Robert McPherson*	8.03%	275	308.8	318.88	505.43	518.9
	SDLP	Teresa Young	6.78%	232	241.1	243.02	245.48
Electorate: 7,678 Valid: 3,424 (44.59%) Spoilt: 95 Quota: 571 Turnout: 3,519 (45.83%)

The Skerries

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

The Skerries - 5 seats^[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Alliance	Barney Fitzpatrick	15.99%	635	636	649	676
	Independent	Christine Alexander*	14.85%	590	594	651	670
	DUP	Mark Fielding	14.15%	562	572	593	594	594.61	618.61	823.61
	UUP	Norman Hillis*	10.45%	415	424	447	448	448	624	688
	SDLP	Maura Hickey*	8.61%	342	342	348	534	544.98	552.98	560.98	571.98
	Independent	Noel Kennedy	8.41%	334	352	391	398	399.22	423.22	431.22	466.22
	DUP	Sandy Gilkinson*	6.65%	264	281	299	299	299	324
	UUP	Lesley MacAuley	6.62%	263	267	291	291	291
	Sinn Féin	Christopher O'Neill	6.92%	275	275	280
	Independent	James Davies	2.92%	116	117
	UKIP	Adrian Parke	2.29%	91	105
	TUV	Michael Wiggins	2.14%	85
Electorate: 8,167 Valid: 3,972 (48.63%) Spoilt: 62 Quota: 663 Turnout: 4,034 (49.39%)

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