2011 Carrickfergus Borough Council election

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All 17 seats to Carrickfergus Borough Council
9 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	DUP	Ulster Unionist	Alliance
Seats won	8	4	3
Seat change

	Fourth party

Party	Independent
Seats won	2
Seat change

Elections to Carrickfergus Borough Council were held on 5 May 2011 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 17 councillors.

There was no change from the prior election.^[1]

Election results

Carrickfergus Borough Council Election Result 2011^[1]
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
DUP	8	47.1	43.2	5,356	0.1
Ulster Unionist	4	23.5	15.9	1,972	2.1
Alliance	3	17.6	25.1	3,110	1.9
Independent	2	11.8	13.5	1,670	2.0
Green (NI)	0	0.0	2.4	294	2.4

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Carrickfergus Borough Council election, 2011
by district^[1]
Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	DUP		UUP		Alliance		Others		Total Cllrs
Carrick Castle	38.7	2	9.9	1	31.5	1	19.9	1	5
Kilroot	39.1	3	13.3	1	22.3	1	25.3	1	6
Knockagh Monument	50.3	3	22.1	2	24.9	1	2.7	0	6
Total	43.2	8	15.9	4	25.1	3	15.8	2	17

Districts results

Carrick Castle

2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2005-2011 Change: No change

Carrick Castle - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Alliance	Sean Neeson*	26.44%	651
	DUP	David Hilditch*	20.59%	507
	Independent	William Hamilton*	14.87%	366	391.08	400.01	448.01
	DUP	Deborah Emerson	10.56%	260	272.16	308.07	314.97	318.97	455.97
	Ulster Unionist	Elizabeth McKnight	9.87%	243	262	266.37	283.7	286.7	316.52	355.4
	Alliance	Noel Williams	5.04%	124	270.68	273.34	297.84	305.84	321.96	327.63
	DUP	Patricia McKinney*	7.55%	186	198.92	237.68	250.34	260.34
	Independent	Nicholas Wady	5.08%	125	145.14	147.61
Electorate: 5,761 Valid: 2,462 (42.74%) Spoilt: 51 Quota: 411 Turnout: 2,513 (43.62%)

Kilroot

2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2011: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2005-2011 Change: No change

Kilroot - 6 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	James Brown*	22.17%	1,179
	DUP	Billy Ashe*	22.06%	1,173
	DUP	Terence Clements*	9.68%	515	631.4	909.32
	Alliance	Isobel Day*	12.99%	691	753.8	762.08
	DUP	Lynn McClurg*	7.35%	391	456.2	545.84	558.6	688.94	744.77
	Ulster Unionist	Eric Ferguson*	6.75%	359	428.6	443.36	455.64	464.57	726.59
	Alliance	Robert Logan	9.27%	493	521.8	525.04	626.04	628.13	672.21
	Ulster Unionist	Cathy Vizard	6.54%	348	402.4	413.92	425.56	426.51
	Green (NI)	Mark Bailey	3.18%	169	186.2	191.96
Electorate: 11,430 Valid: 5,318 (46.53%) Spoilt: 78 Quota: 760 Turnout: 5,396 (47.21%)

Knockagh Monument

2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2011: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2005-2011 Change: No change

Knockagh Monument - 6 seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	May Beattie*	23.47%	1,085
	Alliance	Stewart Dickson*	18.07%	835
	DUP	Charie Johnston	9.32%	431	677.8
	DUP	James McClurg*	12.12%	560	605.2	611.6	621.68	837.68
	Ulster Unionist	Andrew Wilson	12.29%	568	581.2	586.2	594.81	615.26	651.26	654.71
	Ulster Unionist	John Stewart	9.82%	454	468.8	479.8	490.51	520.76	579.76	591.01
	Alliance	Shireen Bell	6.84%	316	327.6	403.6	535.9	550.95	575.95	577.85
	DUP	Louise Marsden*	5.37%	248	332.4	335.4	340.02
	Green (NI)	Brian Luney	2.70%	125	126.6
Electorate: 10,090 Valid: 4,622 (45.81%) Spoilt: 81 Quota: 661 Turnout: 4,703 (46.61%)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Carrickfergus Council Elections 1993-2001". www.ark.ac.uk.
^ "Carrick Castle Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^ "Kilroot Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^ "Knockagh Monument Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

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