Northern Ireland local government elections, 2011

Northern Ireland local elections, 2011

2005 ← 5 May 2011 → 2014

All 583 council seats   First party Second party Third party   Leader Peter Robinson Gerry Adams Tom Elliott Party DUP Sinn Féin UUP Seats won 175 138 99 Seat change 3 9 16 Popular vote 179,436 163,712 100,643 Percentage 27.2% 24.8% 15.2% Swing 2.4% 1.6% 2.8%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Margaret Ritchie David Ford None Party SDLP Alliance Independent Seats won 87 44 27 Seat change 14 14 6 Popular vote 99,325 48,859 Percentage 15.0% 7.4% Swing 2.4% 2.4%

Colours denote the winning party with outright control

Colours denote the party with the most seats

Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland on Thursday 5 May 2011, contesting 582 seats in all.

European Union and Commonwealth citizens who were aged 18 or over on election day were entitled to vote. The deadline for voters to register to vote in the elections was midnight on Thursday 14 April 2011.

All voters were required to present one piece of photographic ID in order to cast a vote at the polling station – accepted forms of ID are an electoral identity card, a photographic NI or GB driving licence, a European Union member-state passport, a Translink 60+ SmartPass, a Translink Senior SmartPass, a Translink Blind Person’s SmartPass or a Translink War Disabled SmartPass. Voters who didn't have an accepted type of photographic ID had until Friday 22 April 2011 to apply for an electoral identity card from the Electoral Office.

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