2011 Fermanagh District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2011.

Election Name:	2011 Fermanagh District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2005 Fermanagh District Council election
Previous Year:	2005
Next Election:	2014 Fermanagh and Omagh District Council election
Next Year:	2014
Seats For Election:	All 23 seats to Fermanagh District Council
Majority Seats:	12
Party1:	Sinn Féin
Seats1:	9
Seat Change1:	0
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	6
Seat Change2:	1
Party3:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats3:	4
Seat Change3:	0
Party4:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats4:	3
Seat Change4:	2
Party5:	Independent (politician)
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	1

Elections to Fermanagh 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="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Enniskillen|24.9|2|bgcolor="40BFF5"|25.9|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|22.6|1|15.1|1|11.5|0|7|-|align="left"|Erne East|bgcolor="#008800"|55.2|bgcolor="#008800"|4|18.8|1|15.7|1|6.1|0|4.2|2|6|-|align="left"|Erne North|21.5|1|bgcolor="40BFF5"|34.1|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|21.5|1|12.9|1|10.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Erne West|bgcolor="#008800"|40.6|bgcolor="#008800"|2|19.2|1|9.6|0|17.0|1|13.6|1|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|36.6|9|24.0|6|17.3|4|12.5|3|9.6|1|23|-|}

District results

Enniskillen

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

Erne East

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

Erne North

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

Erne West

2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2011: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2005-2011 Change: Independent leaves Sinn Féin