2011 Antrim Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2011.

Election Name:	2011 Antrim Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2005 Antrim Borough Council election
Previous Year:	2005
Next Election:	2014 Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council election
Next Year:	2014
Seats For Election:	All 19 seats to Antrim Borough Council
Majority Seats:	10
Party1:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats1:	5
Seat Change1:	1
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	5
Seat Change2:	0
Party3:	Sinn Féin
Seats3:	4
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats4:	3
Seat Change4:	0
Party5:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats5:	2
Seat Change5:	0
Leader1:	Peter Robinson
Swing1:	0.1%
Percentage1:	30.6%
Leader2:	Tom Elliott
Swing2:	3.9%
Percentage2:	19.9%
Leader3:	Martin McGuinness
Percentage3:	17.2%
Swing3:	2.4%
Leader4:	Margaret Ritchie
Percentage4:	16.5%
Swing4:	4.0%
Leader5:	David Ford
Swing5:	4.4%
Percentage5:	11.3%

Elections to Antrim Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 19 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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Others|-|align="left"|Antrim North West|30.9|1|10.4|1|bgcolor="#008800"|29.0|bgcolor="#008800"|2|24.6|1|5.1|0|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Antrim South East|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|28.7|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|21.7|2|12.5|1|11.6|1|17.5|1|8.0|0|7|-|align="left"|Antrim Town|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|32.9|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|26.4|2|12.4|1|16.7|1|7.2|1|4.4|0|7|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|30.6|5|19.9|5|17.2|4|16.5|3|11.3|2|4.5|0|19|-|}

Districts results

Antrim North West

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

Antrim South East

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

Antrim Town

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