2011 Lisburn City Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2011.

Election Name:	2011 Lisburn City Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2005 Lisburn City Council election
Previous Year:	2005
Next Election:	2014 Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council election
Next Year:	2014
Seats For Election:	All 30 seats to Lisburn City Council
Majority Seats:	16
Party1:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats1:	14
Seat Change1:	1
Party2:	Sinn Féin
Seats2:	5
Seat Change2:	1
Party3:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats3:	5
Seat Change3:	2
Party4:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats4:	3
Party5:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats5:	3

Elections to Lisburn City Council were held on 5 May 2011 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 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="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Downshire|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|53.2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|1.4|0|24.0|1|14.3|1|3.4|0|3.7|0|5|-|align="left"|Dunmurry Cross|10.8|1|bgcolor="#008800"|65.7|bgcolor="#008800"|5|3.3|1|4.4|0|15.8|1|0.0|0|7|-|align="left"|Killultagh|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|47.7|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|9.0|0|16.8|1|10.4|0|10.5|1|5.6|0|5|-|align="left"|Lisburn Town North|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|47.8|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|4.5|0|25.0|2|14.0|1|5.8|1|2.9|0|7|-|align="left"|Lisburn Town South|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|60.9|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|4|3.6|0|17.0|1|9.7|1|5.2|0|3.6|0|6|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|41.0|14|20.3|5|16.6|5|10.4|3|8.8|3|2.9|0|30|-|}

Districts results

Downshire

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

Dunmurry Cross

2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2011: 5 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Killultagh

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

Lisburn Town North

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

Lisburn Town South

2005: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2011: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2005-2011 Change: No change