2011 Banbridge District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2011.

Election Name:	2011 Banbridge District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2005 Banbridge District Council election
Previous Year:	2005
Next Election:	2014 Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon District Council election
Next Year:	2014
Seats For Election:	All 17 seats to Banbridge District Council
Majority Seats:	9
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	7
Seat Change1:	2
Party2:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats2:	5
Seat Change2:	2
Party3:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats3:	2
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Sinn Féin
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats5:	1

Elections to Banbridge District 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 17 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Others|-|align="left"|Banbridge Town|bgcolor="40BFF5"|36.3|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|30.8|2|11.6|1|7.4|0|8.2|1|5.7|0|6|-|align="left"|Dromore|26.0|2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|44.2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|8.3|0|10.2|1|7.0|0|4.3|0|5|-|align="left"|Knockiveagh|bgcolor="40BFF5"|38.6|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|23.0|1|19.1|1|16.0|1|0.0|0|3.3|0|6|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|33.8|7|32.4|5|13.2|2|11.4|2|4.9|1|4.3|0|17|-|}

Districts results

Banbridge Town

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

Dromore

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

Knockiveagh

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