2011 Down District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2011.

Election Name:	2011 Down District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2005 Down District Council election
Previous Year:	2005
Next Election:	2014 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council election
Next Year:	2014
Seats For Election:	All 23 seats to Down District Council
Majority Seats:	12
Party1:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats1:	9
Seat Change1:	1
Party2:	Sinn Féin
Seats2:	5
Party3:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats3:	3
Party4:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats4:	3
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	1
Party6:	Green Party of Northern Ireland
Seats6:	1
Party7:	Independent (politician)
Seats7:	1
Seat Change7:	1

Elections to Down District 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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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Green!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Ballynahinch|bgcolor="#99FF66"|26.5|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2|20.4|1|26.0|1|14.3|1|3.6|0|3.0|0|6.2|0|5|-|align="left"|Downpatrick|bgcolor="#99FF66"|57.4|bgcolor="#99FF66"|4|27.4|2|2.4|0|4.8|0|0.0|0|8.0|1|0.0|0|7|-|align="left"|Newcastle|33.3|2|bgcolor="#008800"|36.3|bgcolor="#008800"|2|7.8|0|9.5|1|8.4|1|4.6|0|0.0|0|6|-|align="left"|Rowallane|15.8|1|4.9|0|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|32.9|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|26.3|1|8.1|0|0.0|0|12.0|1|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|34.2|9|22.9|5|16.4|3|13.2|3|4.9|1|4.1|1|4.3|1|23|-|}

Districts results

Ballynahinch

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

Downpatrick

2005: 4 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Green
2011: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Green
2005-2011 Change: No change

Newcastle

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

Rowallane

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