2011 Larne Borough Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2011

Elections to Larne 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 15 councillors.

2011 Larne Borough Council election

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All 15 seats to Larne Borough Council 8 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party DUP UUP Alliance Seats won 4 3 3 Seat change 1 1 1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Independent TUV Sinn Féin Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 1 1   Seventh party   Party SDLP Seats won 1 Seat change 1
Party with the most votes by district.

Election results

Larne Borough Council Election Result 2011^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	DUP	4	0	1	1	26.7	32.0	3,374	3.0
	UUP	3	0	1	1	20.0	18.6	1,961	7.9
	Alliance	3	1	0	1	20.0	15.0	1,576	2.6
	Independent	2	1	1		13.3	9.3	983	2.3
	TUV	1	1	0	1	6.7	7.4	784	New
	Sinn Féin	1	1	0	1	6.7	7.3	766	3.5
	SDLP	1	0	1	1	6.7	6.2	652	3.0
	BNP	0	0	0		0.0	1.7	182	New
	PUP	0	0	0		0.0	1.4	146	0.3
	Green (NI)	0	0	0		0.0	1.0	110	0.6

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

^[1]

Results of the Larne Borough Council election, 2011
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	DUP		UUP		Alliance		TUV		Sinn Féin		SDLP		Others
Coast Road	24.2	1	17.2	1	10.3	1	3.2	0	18.5	1	9.9	0	16.7	1	5
Larne Lough	44.0	2	28.8	2	20.7	1	6.6	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	5
Larne Town	23.1	1	5.0	0	11.8	1	13.6	1	5.3	0	11.2	1	30.0	1	5
Total	32.0	4	18.6	3	15.0	3	7.4	1	7.3	1	6.2	1	13.5	2	15

Districts results

Coast Road

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

Coast Road - 5 seats^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	Oliver McMullan	18.53%	613
	Alliance	Gerardine Mulvenna*	10.28%	340	355.6	355.72	394.04	408.04	644.56
	DUP	Winston Fulton*	13.85%	458	458	474	507.12	550.12	556.36
	UUP	Maureen Morrow	8.92%	295	296.2	307.2	335.32	502.32	525.16	550.57
	Independent	Brian Dunn*	10.61%	351	351.48	358.48	393.84	429.84	473.76	530.46
	DUP	Gordon Lyons	10.40%	344	344.24	355.24	380.24	409.24	416.48	423.2
	SDLP	Danny O'Connor*	9.92%	328	365.92	367.92	399.48	406.48
	UUP	Andrew Wilson	8.31%	275	275	289	312
	Green (NI)	Danny Donnelly	3.33%	110	114.32	116.32
	TUV	Kenneth Johnston	3.17%	105	105	121
	BNP	Steven Moore	2.69%	89	89.12
Electorate: 6,832   Valid: 3,308 (48.42%)   Spoilt: 54   Quota: 552   Turnout: 3,362 (49.21%)

Larne Lough

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

Larne Lough - 5 seats^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Bobby McKee*	24.22%	1,048
	UUP	Roy Beggs*	21.19%	917
	DUP	Gregg McKeen*	11.25%	487	751.96
	Alliance	John Mathews*	14.49%	627	635.32	656.48	869.14
	UUP	Mark McKinty	7.58%	328	338.88	457.56	473.26	563.36	683.19
	DUP	Sharon McKeen	8.48%	367	396.76	425.74	435.07	469.41	576.02
	TUV	Sam McAllister	6.61%	286	292.72	312.27	318.73	340.83
	Alliance	Niamh Spurle	6.17%	267	270.2	275.26
Electorate: 9,312   Valid: 4,327 (46.47%)   Spoilt: 61   Quota: 722   Turnout: 4,388 (47.12%)

Larne Town

2005: 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2011: 1 x DUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2005-2011 Change: TUV and Alliance gain from UUP and Independent

Larne Town - 5 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	TUV	Jack McKee*	13.56%	393	399	413	413	441	493
	Independent	Roy Craig*	13.00%	377	399	409	416	442	461	560
	Alliance	Michael Lynch	11.80%	342	356	359	381	397	404	444	481.81
	DUP	Drew Niblock	12.11%	351	354	364	365	392	422	448	471.37
	SDLP	Martin Wilson*	11.18%	324	331	332	432	434	439	452	456.94
	DUP	Angela Smyth	11.00%	319	326	329	330	337	359	383	392.88
	Independent	Mark Dunn*	6.07%	176	184	194	195	219	236
	PUP	Bill Adamson	5.04%	146	149	166	166	174
	UUP	Darin Ferguson	5.04%	146	149	163	164
	Sinn Féin	Sean Waide	5.28%	153	154	155
	BNP	Robert Bell	3.21%	93	93
	Independent	Andrew Swan	2.73%	79
Electorate: 6,459   Valid: 2,899 (44.88%)   Spoilt: 28   Quota: 484   Turnout: 2,927 (45.32%)

References

1. "Larne Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
2. "Coast Road Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
3. "Larne Lough Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
4. "Larne Town Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.