2011 Armagh City and District Council election

Local govt election in Northern Ireland

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5 May 2011 (2011-05-05)

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All 22 seats to Armagh City and District Council
12 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Ulster Unionist	Sinn Féin	SDLP
Seats won	6	6	5
Seat change	1	1	1

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	DUP	Independent
Seats won	4	1
Seat change	2	1

Elections to Armagh City and District 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 22 councillors.

Election results

Armagh City and District Council Election Result 2011^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Ulster Unionist	6	1	0	1	27.3	27.6	6,972	4.9
Sinn Féin	6	1	0	1	27.3	24.8	6,259	1.7
SDLP	5	0	1	1	22.7	21.3	5,379	0.1
DUP	4	0	2	2	18.2	21.1	5,326	8.5
Independent	1	1	0	1	4.5	4.5	1,136	1.1
TUV	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.6	144	New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Armagh City and District Council election, 2011
by district^[1]
Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	UUP		Sinn Féin		SDLP		DUP		Others		Total Cllrs
Armagh City	16.8	1	45.1	3	25.1	1	13.0	1	0.0	0	6
Crossmore	14.4	1	34.5	2	38.5	2	12.7	0	0.0	0	5
Cusher	42.5	2	7.6	0	10.6	1	24.5	2	14.8	1	6
The Orchard	31.1	2	19.6	1	15.1	1	31.9	1	2.3	0	5
Total	27.6	6	24.8	6	21.3	5	21.1	4	5.2	1	22

District results

Armagh City

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

Armagh City - 6 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Cathy Rafferty*	18.62%	1,001
	Ulster Unionist	Sylvia McRoberts*	16.78%	902
	Sinn Féin	Noel Sheridan*	16.09%	865
	DUP	Freda Donnelly*	12.98%	698	698.72	806.56
	Sinn Féin	Roy McCartney	10.40%	559	743.08	744.36	816.74
	SDLP	Mealla Campbell*	13.02%	700	724.96	732.64	743.2	757.94
	SDLP	Pat Brannigan*	12.13%	652	670.72	686.08	694.55	705.88
Electorate: 9,993 Valid: 5,377 (53.81%) Spoilt: 127 Quota: 769 Turnout: 5,504 (55.08%)

Crossmore

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

Crossmore - 5 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	SDLP	Thomas O'Hanlon*	27.55%	1,620
	Sinn Féin	Mary Doyle	19.72%	1,160
	SDLP	Gerald Mallon*	10.97%	645	1,141.02
	Sinn Féin	Darren McNally	14.76%	868	998.2
	Ulster Unionist	Mavis Eagle	14.35%	844	849.88	907.88	935.6
	DUP	Noel Donnelly*	12.65%	744	746.94	796.94	821.72
Electorate: 9,268 Valid: 5,881 (63.45%) Spoilt: 129 Quota: 981 Turnout: 6,010 (64.85%)

Cusher

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

Cusher - 6 seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ulster Unionist	Gordon Kennedy	23.05%	1,785
	Independent	Paul Berry*	14.67%	1,136
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Turner*	12.19%	944	1,138.61
	SDLP	Sharon Haughey*	10.63%	823	834.7	835.3	842.69	1,271.69
	DUP	Terry McWilliams	10.37%	803	903.62	906.44	1,038.61	1,040	1,052
	DUP	Gareth Wilson*	7.68%	595	625.03	627.97	986.33	988.33	992.33
	Ulster Unionist	John Moore	7.31%	566	847.97	867.89	903.64	903.64	925.64
	Sinn Féin	Liam Lappin	7.63%	591	591.39	591.39	591.39
	DUP	Philip Murdock	6.47%	501	550.53	552.33
Electorate: 12,337 Valid: 7,744 (62.77%) Spoilt: 146 Quota: 1,107 Turnout: 7,890 (63.95%)

The Orchard

2005: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2011: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2005-2011 Change: No change

The Orchard - 5 seats^[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	William Irwin*	24.46%	1,520
	Sinn Féin	Gerard White	19.55%	1,215
	Ulster Unionist	Jim Speers*	19.42%	1,207
	SDLP	John Campbell*	15.11%	939	944.12	946.76	1,115.56
	Ulster Unionist	Joy Rollston	11.65%	724	828.64	904.44	905.24	1,054.19
	DUP	Philip Weir	7.48%	465	814.12	863.32	864.72	886.47
	TUV	Paul Coleman	2.32%	144	154.56
Electorate: 9,928 Valid: 6,214 (62.59%) Spoilt: 79 Quota: 1,036 Turnout: 6,293 (63.39%)

References

^ ^a ^b "Armagh District Council, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
^ "Armagh City Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
^ "Crossmore Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
^ "Cusher Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
^ "The Orchard Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 23 July 2021.

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