2011 Coleraine Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2011.

Election Name:	2011 Coleraine Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2005 Coleraine Borough Council election
Previous Year:	2005
Next Election:	2014 Causeway Coast and Glens District Council election
Next Year:	2014
Seats For Election:	All 22 seats to Coleraine Borough Council
Majority Seats:	12
Party1:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats1:	9
Seat Change1:	0
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	5
Seat Change2:	3
Party3:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	0
Party4:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	2
Party5:	Independent (politician)
Seats5:	2
Seat Change5:	1
Party6:	Sinn Féin
Seats6:	1
Seat Change6:	0

Elections to Coleraine 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 22 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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Others|-|align="left"|Bann|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|35.0|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|25.5|2|15.3|1|4.1|0|16.5|1|3.6|0|6|-|align="left"|Coleraine Central|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|31.9|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|16.0|1|8.6|1|7.2|0|8.3|0|28.0|1|6|-|align="left"|Coleraine East|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|59.9|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|23.1|1|6.8|0|10.2|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|The Skerries|20.8|1|17.1|1|8.6|1|16.0|1|6.9|0|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|30.6|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|1|5|-'|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|35.6|9|20.6|5|10.5|3|8.8|2|9.0|1|15.5|2|22|-|}

District results

Bann

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

Coleraine Central

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

Coleraine East

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

The Skerries

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