2011 Craigavon Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2011.

Election Name:	2011 Craigavon Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2005 Craigavon Borough Council election
Previous Year:	2005
Next Election:	2014 Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon District Council election
Next Year:	2014
Seats For Election:	All 26 seats to Craigavon Borough Council
Majority Seats:	14
Party1:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats1:	9
Seat Change1:	0
Party2:	Sinn Féin
Seats2:	8
Seat Change2:	2
Party3:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats3:	6
Seat Change3:	0
Party4:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	2
Party5:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	1
Party6:	Independent (politician)
Seats6:	0
Seat Change6:	1

Elections to Craigavon 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 26 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="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Central|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|28.8|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|24.7|2|24.7|2|4.4|0|6.7|1|10.7|0|7|-|align="left"|Loughside|6.5|0|bgcolor="#008800"|60.0|bgcolor="#008800"|3|0.0|0|30.5|2|0.0|0|3.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Lurgan|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|37.4|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|9.8|1|35.3|3|5.4|0|5.6|0|6.5|0|7|-|align="left"|Portadown|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|46.2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|4|22.6|2|17.1|1|11.1|0|0.0|0|3.0|0|7|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|30.0|9|27.9|8|20.6|6|12.1|2|3.4|1|6.0|0|26|-|}

District results

Central

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

Loughside

2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP
2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP
2005-2011 Change: No change

Lurgan

2005: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2011: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2005-2011 Change: No change

Portadown

2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2011: 4 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2005-2011 Change: DUP and Sinn Féin gain from SDLP and Independent