2011 North Down Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2011.

Election Name:	2011 North Down Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2005 North Down Borough Council election
Previous Year:	2005
Next Election:	2014 North Down and Ards District Council election
Next Year:	2014
Seats For Election:	All 25 seats to North Down Borough Council
Majority Seats:	13
Party1:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats1:	11
Seat Change1:	3
Party2:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats2:	6
Seat Change2:	0
Party3:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats3:	4
Seat Change3:	4
Party4:	Independent (politician)
Seats4:	3
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Green Party of Northern Ireland
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	0

Elections to North Down 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 25 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="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Green!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Abbey|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|48.0|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|4|14.7|1|9.7|0|11.5|1|16.1|0|6|-|align="left"| Ballyholme and Groomsport|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|37.8|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|13.7|1|12.8|1|4.7|0|31.0|2|7|-|align="left"|Bangor West|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|28.9|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|17.9|2|14.0|2|4.3|0|34.9|1|7|-|align="left"|Holywood|30.6|2|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|31.9|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2|21.2|1|12.0|0|4.3|0|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|36.2|8|18.3|6|13.9|4|7.4|1|24.2|3|25|-|}

Districts results

Abbey

2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2011: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Green
2005-2011 Change: DUP and Green gain from UUP (two seats)

Ballyholme and Groomsport

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

Bangor West

2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Green
2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
2005-2011 Change: Green becomes Independent

Holywood

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