2011 Craigavon Borough Council election
# 2011 Craigavon Borough Council election

Elections to Craigavon 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 26 councillors.

## Election results

Craigavon Borough Council Election Result 2011 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| DUP | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 34.6 | 30.0 | 9,974 | 0.8 |
| Sinn Féin | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 30.8 | 27.9 | 9,304 | 5.5 |
| Ulster Unionist | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.1 | 20.6 | 6,845 | 2.2 |
| SDLP | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7.7 | 12.1 | 4,026 | 4.8 |
| Alliance | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 1,137 | 1.0 |
| TUV | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 976 | New |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 917 | 1.4 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 122 | New |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

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

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | Alliance | Alliance | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Craigavon Central | 28.8 | 2 | 24.7 | 2 | 24.7 | 2 | 4.4 | 0 | 6.7 | 1 | 10.7 | 0 | 7 |
| Loughside | 6.5 | 0 | 60.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 30.5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Lurgan | 37.4 | 3 | 9.8 | 1 | 35.3 | 3 | 5.4 | 0 | 5.6 | 0 | 6.5 | 0 | 7 |
| Portadown | 46.2 | 4 | 22.6 | 2 | 17.1 | 1 | 11.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 30.0 | 9 | 27.9 | 8 | 20.6 | 6 | 12.1 | 2 | 3.4 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 26 |

## District results

### Craigavon Central

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

### Loughside

2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP 2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP 2005-2011 Change: No change

### Lurgan

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

### Portadown

2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 2011: 4 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP 2005-2011 Change: DUP and Sinn Féin gain from SDLP and Independent

