2011 Newtownabbey Borough Council election
# 2011 Newtownabbey Borough Council election

Elections to Newtownabbey 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

Newtownabbey Borough Council Election Result 2011 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| DUP | 12 | 1 | 1 | | 48.0 | 43.5 | 11,947 | 0.4 |
| Ulster Unionist | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10.0 | 19.7 | 5,407 | 3.6 |
| Alliance | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10.0 | 16.4 | 4,496 | 8.4 |
| Sinn Féin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 9.6 | 2,647 | 3.7 |
| SDLP | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 2.0 | 5.3 | 1,467 | 0.8 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 3.2 | 877 | 1.0 |
| PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 1.8 | 506 | 0.8 |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | 0.0 | 0.4 | 104 | New |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Newtownabbey Borough Council election, 2011 by district :

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | Alliance | Alliance | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | SDLP | SDLP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Antrim Line | 33.3 | 2 | 13.7 | 1 | 16.0 | 1 | 23.0 | 2 | 14.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Ballyclare | 55.2 | 3 | 29.6 | 1 | 15.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Macedon | 57.6 | 4 | 8.7 | 1 | 15.8 | 1 | 9.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 8.3 | 0 | 6 |
| University | 37.2 | 3 | 25.2 | 2 | 18.1 | 2 | 2.7 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 13.5 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 43.5 | 12 | 19.7 | 5 | 16.4 | 5 | 9.6 | 2 | 5.3 | 1 | 5.5 | 0 | 25 |

## Districts results

### Antrim Line

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

### Ballyclare

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

### Macedon

2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers, 1 x Independent 2011: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 2005-2011 Change: DUP gain from Independent, Newtownabbey Ratepayers joins Alliance

### University

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

