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{{Infobox election
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2005 Ards Borough Council election
| election_name = 2011 Ards Borough Council election
| country = Northern Ireland
| country =
| flag_year =
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| previous_year = 2005
| previous_year = 2005
| previous_mps =
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| election_date = {{Start date|2011|05|5}}
| election_date = {{Start date|2011|05|5|df=y}}
| elected_mps =
| elected_mps =
| next_election = 2014 Ards and North Down Borough Council election
| next_election = 2014 North Down and Ards District Council election
| next_year = 2014
| next_year = 2014
| next_mps =
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| seats_for_election= All 23 seats to [[North Down Borough Council]]
| seats_for_election= All 23 seats to [[Ards Borough Council]]
| majority_seats = 12
| majority_seats = 12
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==Election results==
==Election results==
{{Election summary begin|title = Ards Borough Council Election Result 2011<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgards.htm|title=Ards Council Elections 1993-2011|website=www.ark.ac.uk}}</ref>}}
{{Election summary begin|title = Ards Borough Council Election Result 2011<ref name=Ards>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgards.htm|title=Ards Council Elections 1993-2011|website=www.ark.ac.uk}}</ref>}}
{{Election summary party|
{{Election summary party|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
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|gain = 0
|gain = 0
|loss = 1
|loss = 1
|net = <span style="color:red">{{decrease}}1
|net = <span style="color:red">{{decrease}}1</span>
|seats % = 47.8
|seats % = 47.8
|votes % = 47.4
|votes % = '''47.4'''
|votes = 11,732
|votes = '''11,732'''
|plus/minus = <span style="color:red">{{decrease}}5.0
|plus/minus = <span style="color:red">{{decrease}}'''5.0'''</span>
}}
}}
{{Election summary party|
{{Election summary party|
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|gain = 0
|gain = 0
|loss = 1
|loss = 1
|net = <span style="color:red">{{decrease}}1
|net = <span style="color:red">{{decrease}}1</span>
|seats % = 26.1
|seats % = 26.1
|votes % = 17.5
|votes % = 17.5
|votes = 4,337
|votes = 4,337
|plus/minus = <span style="color:red">{{decrease}}7.0
|plus/minus = <span style="color:red">{{decrease}}7.0</span>
}}
}}
{{Election summary party|
{{Election summary party|
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|gain = 1
|gain = 1
|loss = 0
|loss = 0
|net = <span style="color:green">{{increase}}1
|net = <span style="color:green">{{increase}}1</span>
|seats % = 17.4
|seats % = 17.4
|votes % = 18.2
|votes % = 18.2
|votes = 4,512
|votes = 4,512
|plus/minus = <span style="color:green">{{increase}}4.1
|plus/minus = <span style="color:green">{{increase}}4.1</span>
}}
}}
{{Election summary party|
{{Election summary party|
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|votes % = 6.8
|votes % = 6.8
|votes = 1,685
|votes = 1,685
|plus/minus = <span style="color:green">{{increase}}3.4
|plus/minus = <span style="color:green">{{increase}}3.4</span>
}}
}}
{{Election summary party|
{{Election summary party|
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|gain = 1
|gain = 1
|loss = 0
|loss = 0
|net = <span style="color:green">{{increase}}1
|net = <span style="color:green">{{increase}}1</span>
|seats % = 4.3
|seats % = 4.3
|votes % = 5.4
|votes % = 5.4
|votes = 1,328
|votes = 1,328
|plus/minus = <span style="color:green">{{increase}}1.6
|plus/minus = <span style="color:green">{{increase}}1.6</span>
}}
}}
{{Election summary party|
{{Election summary party|
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|gain = 0
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|loss = 0
|net = ''New''
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = 0.0
|seats % = 0.0
|votes % = 3.4
|votes % = 3.4
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|votes % = 0.8
|votes % = 0.8
|votes = 191
|votes = 191
|plus/minus = <span style="color:green">{{increase}}0.1
|plus/minus = <span style="color:green">{{increase}}0.1</span>
}}
}}
{{Election summary party|
{{Election summary party|
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|votes % = 0.5
|votes % = 0.5
|votes = 129
|votes = 129
|plus/minus = <span style="color:green">{{increase}}0.5
|plus/minus = <span style="color:green">{{increase}}0.5</span>
}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box end}}
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==Districts summary==
==Districts summary==
{{electiontable|Ards Borough Council election, 2011 by district|Results of the Ards Borough Council election, 2011<br />by district|sortable=yes}}
{{election table|title=Results of the Ards Borough Council election, 2011<br />by district|sortable=yes}}<ref name=Ards/>
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
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!rowspan=2|Total<br />Cllrs<br />
!rowspan=2|Total<br />Cllrs<br />
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="{{Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color}}" | [[Democratic Unionist Party|<span style="color:black;">DUP</span>]]
!colspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" | [[Democratic Unionist Party|<span style="color:black;">DUP</span>]]
!colspan=2 bgcolor="{{Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color}}" | [[Ulster Unionist Party|<span style="color:black;">UUP</span>]]
!colspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" | [[Ulster Unionist Party|<span style="color:black;">UUP</span>]]
!colspan=2 bgcolor="{{Alliance Party of Northern Ireland/meta/color}}" | [[Alliance Party of Northern Ireland|<span style="color:black;">Alliance</span>]]
!colspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" | [[Alliance Party of Northern Ireland|<span style="color:black;">Alliance</span>]]
!colspan=2 bgcolor="{{Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color}}" | [[Social Democratic and Labour Party|<span style="color:black;">SDLP</span>]]
!colspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" | [[Social Democratic and Labour Party|<span style="color:black;">SDLP</span>]]
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| <span style="black;">Others</span>
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| <span style="black;">Others</span>
|-
|-
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{{STV Election box begin2|
{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=[[Ards East (District Electoral Area)|Ards East]] - 6 seats<ref>{{cite web|title=Ards East Result Sheet|url=https://www.eoni.org.uk/EONI/files/2a/2a0fc03a-5dae-41a2-a725-1c8daad78a1a.pdf|website=EONI|access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref>
|title=Ards East - 6 seats
|numcounts= 8
|numcounts= 8
}}
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = '''Colville Elliott'''
|candidate = '''Colville Elliott'''*
|count1 = '''1,353'''
|count1 = '''1,353'''
|percentage = 20.05%
|percentage = 20.05%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = '''Hamilton Gregory'''
|candidate = '''Hamilton Gregory'''*
|count1 = 952
|count1 = 952
|percentage = 14.11%
|percentage = 14.11%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = '''Ronnie Ferguson'''
|candidate = '''Ronald Ferguson'''*
|count1 = 623
|count1 = 623
|percentage = 9.23%
|percentage = 9.23%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Traditional Unionist Voice
|party = Traditional Unionist Voice
|candidate = Terry Williams
|candidate = Terence Williams*
|count1 = 304
|count1 = 304
|percentage = 4.51%
|percentage = 4.51%
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'''2005:''' 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance<br />
'''2005:''' 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance<br />
'''2011:''' 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance<br />
'''2011:''' 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance<br />
'''2005-2011 Change:''' No change
'''2005-2011 Change:''' No change


{{STV Election box begin2|
{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=[[Ards West (District Electoral Area)|Ards West]] - 6 seats<ref>{{cite web|title=Ards West Result Sheet|url=https://www.eoni.org.uk/EONI/files/56/5675128f-630c-49be-be42-977974ae8880.pdf|website=EONI|access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref>
|title=Ards West - 6 seats
|numcounts= 6
|numcounts= 6
}}
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = '''Robert Gibson'''
|candidate = '''Robert Gibson'''*
|count1 = '''1,519'''
|count1 = '''1,519'''
|percentage = 23.10%
|percentage = 23.10%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = '''Melvyn Oswald'''
|candidate = '''Mervyn Oswald'''*
|count1 = 868
|count1 = 868
|percentage = 13.20%
|percentage = 13.20%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = '''Jim Fletcher'''
|candidate = '''James Fletcher'''*
|count1 = 881
|count1 = 881
|percentage = 13.40%
|percentage = 13.40%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = Jim McBriar
|candidate = Jim McBriar*
|count1 = 542
|count1 = 542
|percentage = 8.24%
|percentage = 8.24%
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}}
}}


===Ards West===
===Newtownards===


'''2005:''' 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance<br />
'''2005:''' 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance<br />
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{{STV Election box begin2|
{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=[[Newtownards (District Electoral Area)|Newtownards]] - 6 seats<ref>{{cite web|title=Newtownards Result Sheet|url=https://www.eoni.org.uk/EONI/files/5b/5b1f4232-d9b3-43c4-b4a2-fc3eb5668876.pdf|website=EONI|access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref>
|title=[[Newtownards]] - 6 seats
|numcounts= 4
|numcounts= 4
}}
}}
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = '''Alan McDowell'''
|candidate = '''Alan McDowell'''*
|count1 = '''883'''
|count1 = '''883'''
|percentage = 16.51%
|percentage = 16.51%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = '''Tom Hamilton'''
|candidate = '''[[Tom Hamilton (politician)|Thomas Hamilton]]'''*
|count1 = 559
|count1 = 559
|percentage = 10.45%
|percentage = 10.45%
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{{STV Election box candidate2|
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = '''David Smyth'''
|candidate = '''David Smyth'''*
|count1 = 563
|count1 = 563
|percentage = 10.53%
|percentage = 10.53%
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}}
}}


===Peninsula===
[[Category:Ards Borough Council]]

[[Category:Elections in Northern Ireland]]
'''2005:''' 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP<br />
'''2011:''' 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP<br />
'''2005-2011 Change:''' No change

{{STV Election box begin2|
|title=[[Ards Peninsula (District Electoral Area)|Peninsula]] - 5 seats<ref>{{cite web|title=Peninsula Result Sheet|url=https://www.eoni.org.uk/EONI/files/4a/4a4a24fe-7827-4560-90e9-875d688f1247.pdf|website=EONI|access-date=8 July 2021}}</ref>
|numcounts= 6
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Social Democratic and Labour Party
|candidate = '''Joe Boyle'''*
|count1 = '''1,473'''
|percentage = 24.24%
|count2 = &nbsp;
|count3 = &nbsp;
|count4 = &nbsp;
|count5 = &nbsp;
|count6 = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = '''Robert Adair'''
|count1 = '''1,067'''
|percentage = 17.56%
|count2 = &nbsp;
|count3 = &nbsp;
|count4 = &nbsp;
|count5 = &nbsp;
|count6 = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = '''[[Kieran McCarthy]]'''*
|count1 = 942
|percentage = 15.50%
|count2 = '''1,271.3'''
|count3 = &nbsp;
|count4 = &nbsp;
|count5 = &nbsp;
|count6 = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = '''Colin Kennedy'''
|count1 = 726
|percentage = 11.95%
|count2 = 728.59
|count3 = 732.37
|count4 = 770.53
|count5 = 823.53
|count6 = '''1,140.53'''
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Ulster Unionist Party
|candidate = '''Angus Carson'''*
|count1 = 719
|percentage = 11.83%
|count2 = 731.21
|count3 = 746.33
|count4 = 803.28
|count5 = 879.02
|count6 = '''954.44'''
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
|candidate = [[Kellie Armstrong]]
|count1 = 288
|percentage = 4.74%
|count2 = 366.44
|count3 = 568.04
|count4 = 587.31
|count5 = 628.05
|count6 = 646.74
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Democratic Unionist Party
|candidate = John Prentice
|count1 = 420
|percentage = 6.91%
|count2 = 423.33
|count3 = 429.21
|count4 = 442.58
|count5 = 507.79
|count6 = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Joe Hagan
|count1 = 261
|percentage = 4.30%
|count2 = 269.14
|count3 = 280.48
|count4 = 314.22
|count5 = &nbsp;
|count6 = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Robert Drysdale*
|count1 = 180
|percentage = 2.96%
|count2 = 197.76
|count3 = 215.4
|count4 = &nbsp;
|count5 = &nbsp;
|count6 = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 6
|electorate = 12,879
|valid = 6,076 (47.18%)
|spoilt = 132
|quota = 1,014
|turnout = 6,208 (48.20%)
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{County Down elections}}
{{2011 United Kingdom local elections}}

[[Category:Ards Borough Council elections]]
[[Category:2011 Northern Ireland local elections|Ards]]

Latest revision as of 19:35, 7 February 2024

2011 Ards Borough Council election
← 2005 5 May 2011 (2011-05-05) 2014 →

All 23 seats to Ards Borough Council
12 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party DUP UUP Alliance
Seats won 11 6 4
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 1 Increase 1

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party SDLP Independent
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Steady Increase 1

Elections to Ards 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 23 councillors.

Election results

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Ards Borough Council Election Result 2011[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  DUP 11 0 1 Decrease1 47.8 47.4 11,732 Decrease5.0
  UUP 6 0 1 Decrease1 26.1 17.5 4,337 Decrease7.0
  Alliance 4 1 0 Increase1 17.4 18.2 4,512 Increase4.1
  SDLP 1 0 0 Steady 4.3 6.8 1,685 Increase3.4
  Independent 1 1 0 Increase1 4.3 5.4 1,328 Increase1.6
  TUV 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 3.4 830 New
  Green (NI) 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.8 191 Increase0.1
  NI Conservatives 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.5 129 Increase0.5

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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Results of the Ards Borough Council election, 2011
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
DUP UUP Alliance SDLP Others
Ards East 57.6 4 17.0 1 16.2 1 1.8 0 7.4 0 6
Ards West 52.4 3 20.6 2 19.8 1 0.0 0 7.2 0 6
Newtownards 40.9 2 20.9 2 16.5 1 1.7 0 20.0 1 6
Peninsula 36.4 2 11.8 1 20.2 1 24.2 1 7.4 0 5
Total 47.4 11 17.5 6 18.2 4 6.8 1 10.1 1 23

Districts results

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Ards East

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2005: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP
2011: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2005-2011 Change: Alliance gain from UUP

Ards East - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
DUP Colville Elliott* 20.05% 1,353              
Alliance Linda Cleland 16.21% 1,094              
DUP Hamilton Gregory* 14.11% 952 1,168.92            
DUP Tom Smith 14.26% 962 1,082.93            
DUP Eddie Thompson 9.19% 620 633.92 818.94 831.12 946.25 953.67 978.67  
UUP Ronald Ferguson* 9.23% 623 632.57 636.34 649.64 649.93 654.91 675.39 765.23
UUP Katherine Ferguson 7.78% 525 540.95 543.85 572.69 572.98 580.36 620.45 694.57
TUV Terence Williams* 4.51% 304 306.61 310.38 318.22 318.8 321.08 347  
Green (NI) Emer Hopkins 2.83% 191 193.03 193.9 236.18 236.18 311.26    
SDLP Moira Ritchie 1.82% 123 123.87 125.61 147.45 147.74      
Electorate: 16,004   Valid: 6,747 (42.16%)   Spoilt: 165   Quota: 965   Turnout: 6,912 (43.19%)  

Ards West

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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

Ards West - 6 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
DUP Robert Gibson* 23.10% 1,519          
DUP Trevor Cummings 16.13% 1,061          
DUP Mervyn Oswald* 13.20% 868 1,300.12        
UUP James Fletcher* 13.40% 881 929.75 1,063.31      
UUP Philip Smith 7.16% 471 497.91 615.72 663.56 767.51 935.53
Alliance Deborah Girvan 11.60% 763 775.87 804.22 832.61 833.24 872.75
Alliance Jim McBriar* 8.24% 542 572.03 600.38 619.77 623.55 661.78
TUV Jack Allister 5.22% 343 358.21 400.42 412.81 414.07  
NI Conservatives Bill McKendry 1.96% 129 133.68 138.72      
Electorate: 13,199   Valid: 6,577 (49.83%)   Spoilt: 115   Quota: 941   Turnout: 6,692 (50.70%)  

Newtownards

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

Newtownards - 6 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
DUP Naomi Armstrong 18.31% 979      
Alliance Alan McDowell* 16.51% 883      
DUP Stephen McIlveen 14.72% 787      
Independent Jimmy Menagh 14.29% 764 772.14    
UUP Thomas Hamilton* 10.45% 559 573.96 671.06 713.78
UUP David Smyth* 10.53% 563 567.84 654.94 711.1
DUP Charlie Simmons 7.82% 418 589.16 639.24 657.96
TUV Hamilton Lawther 3.42% 183 186.96    
Independent Ken Richardson 2.30% 123 124.54    
SDLP Gerard Lennon 1.66% 89 90.32    
Electorate: 12,092   Valid: 5,348 (44.23%)   Spoilt: 119   Quota: 765   Turnout: 5,467 (45.21%)  

Peninsula

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

Peninsula - 5 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SDLP Joe Boyle* 24.24% 1,473          
DUP Robert Adair 17.56% 1,067          
Alliance Kieran McCarthy* 15.50% 942 1,271.3        
DUP Colin Kennedy 11.95% 726 728.59 732.37 770.53 823.53 1,140.53
UUP Angus Carson* 11.83% 719 731.21 746.33 803.28 879.02 954.44
Alliance Kellie Armstrong 4.74% 288 366.44 568.04 587.31 628.05 646.74
DUP John Prentice 6.91% 420 423.33 429.21 442.58 507.79  
Independent Joe Hagan 4.30% 261 269.14 280.48 314.22    
Independent Robert Drysdale* 2.96% 180 197.76 215.4      
Electorate: 12,879   Valid: 6,076 (47.18%)   Spoilt: 132   Quota: 1,014   Turnout: 6,208 (48.20%)  

References

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  1. ^ a b "Ards Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ "Ards East Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Ards West Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Newtownards Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Peninsula Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.