2011 Craigavon Borough Council election

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5 May 2011 (2011-05-5)

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All 26 seats to Craigavon Borough Council
14 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	DUP	Sinn Féin	UUP
Seats won	9	8	6
Seat change	0	2	0

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	SDLP	Alliance	Independent
Seats won	2	1	0
Seat change	2	1	1

Party with the most votes by district.

Elections to Craigavon 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 26 councillors.

Craigavon Borough Council Election Result 2011^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
DUP	9	1	1	0	34.6	30.0	9,974	0.8
Sinn Féin	8	2	0	2	30.8	27.9	9,304	5.5
UUP	6	0	0	0	23.1	20.6	6,845	2.2
SDLP	2	0	2	2	7.7	12.1	4,026	4.8
Alliance	1	1	0	1	3.8	3.4	1,137	1.0
TUV	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.9	976	New
Independent	0	0	1	1	0.0	2.8	917	1.4
UKIP	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	122	New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Craigavon Borough Council election, 2011
by district
Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
DUP	Sinn Féin	UUP	SDLP	Alliance	Others
Central	28.8	2	24.7	2	24.7	2	4.4	0	6.7	1	10.7	0	7
Loughside	6.5	0	60.0	3	0.0	0	30.5	2	0.0	0	3.0	0	5
Lurgan	37.4	3	9.8	1	35.3	3	5.4	0	5.6	0	6.5	0	7
Portadown	46.2	4	22.6	2	17.1	1	11.1	0	0.0	0	3.0	0	7
Total	30.0	9	27.9	8	20.6	6	12.1	2	3.4	1	6.0	0	26

District results

Central

2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance
2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin and Alliance gain from SDLP and DUP

Central - 7 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Sinn Féin	Mark O'Dowd	16.28%	1,434
	DUP	Robert Smith*	15.95%	1,405
	UUP	Kenneth Twyble*	12.54%	1,104
	Sinn Féin	Tommy O'Connor	8.45%	744	1,025.52	1,025.73	1,038.61	1,038.61	1,123.61
	DUP	William Smith*	7.81%	688	688.24	952.21	953.21	1,053.04	1,057.05	1,057.67	1,455.67
	UUP	Ronald Harkness*	6.97%	614	614.48	619.52	620.52	675.52	679.52	679.52	710.34	862.34	1,266.34
	Alliance	Michael Dixon	6.66%	586	587.68	588.31	591.55	596.79	676.67	687.83	698.7	706.7	769.82	900.82
	Independent	Kieran Corr*	7.86%	692	717.2	717.62	731.58	737.58	837.62	847.54	851.96	856.96	872.41	879.41
	UUP	Andrew Crockett	5.21%	459	459.48	461.58	462.58	496	498	498.62	511.56	596.56
	DUP	Louise Templeton	5.04%	444	444	462.69	462.93	476.14	477.14	477.14
	SDLP	Mary Elliott	3.16%	278	287.12	287.33	355.49	355.73
	TUV	Roy Ferguson	2.85%	251	251.24	253.13	254.37
	SDLP	Anna Ochal-Molenda	1.23%	108	115.44	115.44
Electorate: 16,864 Valid: 8,807 (52.22%) Spoilt: 277 Quota: 1,101 Turnout: 9,084 (53.87%)

Loughside

2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP
2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP
2005-2011 Change: No change

Loughside - 5 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sinn Féin	Johnny McGibbon	32.38%	2,465
	Sinn Féin	Mairéad O'Dowd*	10.67%	812	1,477.42
	SDLP	Declan McAlinden	13.99%	1,065	1,117.43	1,151.43	1,176.63	1,286.63
	SDLP	Joe Nelson	8.82%	671	701.87	776.77	787.21	831.88	1,282.88
	Sinn Féin	Noel McGeown	9.66%	735	978.53	1,007.98	1,107.34	1,108.34	1,157.81
	Sinn Féin	Maurice Magill	7.26%	553	712.25	724.25	781.49	785.85	862.91
	SDLP	Caoimhe Dummigan	7.74%	589	619.87	643.87	657.01	729.01
	DUP	Philip Carson	6.53%	497	497.49	517.49	518.03
	Independent	Mal Nelson	2.96%	225	235.78
Electorate: 13,346 Valid: 7,612 (57.04%) Spoilt: 201 Quota: 1,269 Turnout: 7,813 (58.54%)

Lurgan

2005: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2011: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2005-2011 Change: No change

Lurgan - 7 seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Stephen Moutray*	19.95%	1,952
	UUP	Jo-Anne Dobson	13.40%	1,311
	UUP	Meta Crozier*	12.66%	1,239
	DUP	Carla Lockhart	9.73%	952	1,237
	Sinn Féin	Liam Mackle	9.81%	960	961.14	962.14	962.21	962.22	1,224.3
	UUP	George Savage*	9.25%	905	1,002.28	1,027.66	1,088.56	1,098.14	1,102.43	1,353.43
	DUP	Mark Baxter	7.74%	757	1,047.7	1,066.6	1,078.5	1,079.37	1,089.89	1,204.89
	Alliance	John Cleland	5.63%	551	557.08	583.46	588.85	589.29	727.86	747.86
	TUV	David Calvert	5.19%	508	533.46	559.98	563.62	564.11	564.11
	SDLP	Pat McDade	5.41%	529	532.42	534.8	536.13	536.18
	UUP	Barbara Trotter	1.25%	122	128.46
Electorate: 17,168 Valid: 9,786 (57.00%) Spoilt: 185 Quota: 1,224 Turnout: 9,971 (58.08%)

Portadown

2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2011: 4 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2005-2011 Change: DUP and Sinn Féin gain from SDLP and Independent

Portadown - 7 seats^[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	DUP	Sydney Anderson*	28.59%	2,029
	DUP	Alan Carson*	4.90%	348	1,056.4
	UUP	Arnold Hatch*	12.44%	883	966.44
	DUP	Gladys McCullough	9.37%	665	872.76	915.14
	Sinn Féin	Paul Duffy	11.39%	808	809.12	809.38	809.38	816.38	817.38	858.38	858.47	859.47
	Sinn Féin	Gemma McKenna	11.18%	793	793.56	793.56	793.56	801.56	802.12	823.12	823.12	823.12
	DUP	Darren Causby	3.34%	237	299.72	412.17	426.73	428.73	512.64	514.77	534.21	806.9
	SDLP	John McGoldrick	5.13%	364	366.24	366.37	366.37	402.93	405.62	554.31	554.4	571.4
	UUP	Robert Oliver	4.65%	330	351.84	356.39	400.63	407.19	493.87	497	501.86
	SDLP	Mary McAlinden*	3.64%	258	259.12	259.38	259.38	342.07	345.63
	TUV	Karen Boal	3.06%	217	246.68	248.37	252.85	252.85
	SDLP	Daniel Gouveia	2.31%	164	166.24	166.37	166.93
Electorate: 13,650 Valid: 7,096 (51.99%) Spoilt: 174 Quota: 888 Turnout: 7,270 (53.26%)

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