2011 Castlereagh Borough Council election explained

Election Name:	2011 Castlereagh Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2005 Castlereagh Borough Council election
Previous Year:	2005
Next Election:	2014 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election
Next Year:	2014
Seats For Election:	All 23 seats to Castlereagh Borough Council
Majority Seats:	12
Party1:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats1:	11
Seat Change1:	2
Party2:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats2:	6
Seat Change2:	2
Party3:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats4:	2
Party5:	Green Party of Northern Ireland
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	1
Percentage1:	42.6%
Percentage2:	25.2%
Percentage3:	11.2%
Percentage4:	11.0%
Percentage5:	2.9%
Swing5:	2.9%
Swing1:	3.9%
Swing2:	9.0%
Swing3:	6.6%
Swing4:	1.0%
Leader1:	Peter Robinson
Leader2:	David Ford
Leader3:	Tom Elliott
Leader4:	Margaret Ritchie
Leader5:	Steven Agnew

Elections to Castlereagh 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 23 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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Others|-|align="left"|Castlereagh Central|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|41.4|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|28.8|2|12.9|1|5.7|0|0.0|0|11.2|0|6|-|align="left"|Castlereagh East|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|56.0|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|4|26.3|2|5.6|1|0.0|0|7.7|1|4.4|0|7|-|align="left"|Castlereagh South|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|36.5|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|19.6|1|12.0|1|22.6|0|0.0|0|9.3|0|5|-|align="left"|Castlereagh West|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|32.7|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|27.0|1|16.1|1|17.3|1|0.0|0|6.9|0|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|42.6|11|25.2|6|11.2|3|11.0|2|2.9|1|7.1|0|23|-|}

Districts results

Castlereagh Central

2005: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2011: 3 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2005-2011 Change: Alliance gain from DUP

Castlereagh East

2005: 5 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2011: 4 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Green
2005-2011 Change: Alliance and Green gain from DUP and UUP

Castlereagh South

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

Castlereagh West

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