2011 Ballymena Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2011.

Election Name:	2011 Ballymena Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2005 Ballymena Borough Council election
Previous Year:	2005
Next Election:	2014 Mid and East Antrim District Council election
Next Year:	2014
Seats For Election:	All 24 seats to Ballymena Borough Council
Majority Seats:	13
Party1:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats1:	12
Seat Change1:	2
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	4
Seat Change2:	1
Party3:	Traditional Unionist Voice
Seats3:	2
Seat Change3:	2
Party4:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Sinn Féin
Seats5:	2
Seat Change5:	1
Party6:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats6:	1
Seat Change6:	1
Party7:	Independent (politician)
Seats7:	1

Elections to Ballymena 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 24 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | TUV!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Ballymena North|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|35.7|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|14.2|1|10.1|0|9.9|1|5.9|0|6.9|1|17.3|1|7|-|align="left"|Ballymena South|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|51.2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|4|14.9|1|14.0|1|12.4|1|5.7|0|0.0|0|1.8|0|7|-|align="left"|Bannside|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|44.4|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|15.3|1|22.1|1|6.5|0|11.7|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Braid|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|52.5|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|20.8|1|7.3|0|6.5|0|9.1|1|0.0|0|3.8|0|5|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|45.7|12|16.4|4|13.6|2|8.6|2|8.3|2|1.7|1|5.7|1|24|-|}

Districts results

Ballymena North

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

Ballymena South

2005: 5 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2011: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x SDLP
2005-2011 Change: TUV gain from DUP

Bannside

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

Braid

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