2011 North Down Borough Council election
# 2011 North Down Borough Council election

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

North Down Borough Council Election Result 2011 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| DUP | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 44.0 | 36.2 | 9,031 | 4.8 |
| Alliance | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 18.3 | 4,561 | 2.3 |
| Ulster Unionist | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 16.0 | 13.9 | 3,472 | 7.6 |
| Independent | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12.0 | 18.4 | 4,583 | 7.3 |
| Green (NI) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.0 | 7.4 | 1,834 | 1.0 |
| NI Conservatives | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 727 | 1.6 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 427 | New |
| SDLP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 298 | 0.7 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the North Down Borough Council election, 2011 by district :

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | Alliance | Alliance | UUP | UUP | Green | Green | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Abbey | 48.0 | 4 | 14.7 | 1 | 9.7 | 0 | 11.5 | 0 | 16.1 | 0 | 6 |
| Ballyholme and Groomsport | 37.8 | 3 | 13.7 | 1 | 12.8 | 1 | 4.7 | 0 | 31.0 | 2 | 7 |
| Bangor West | 28.9 | 2 | 17.9 | 2 | 14.0 | 2 | 4.3 | 0 | 34.9 | 1 | 7 |
| Holywood | 30.6 | 2 | 31.9 | 2 | 21.2 | 1 | 12.0 | 0 | 4.3 | 0 | 5 |
| 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

