2011 Ballymena Borough Council election

Elections to Ballymena 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 24 councillors.

Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! %
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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | TUV !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Ballymena North
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|35.7
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
 * 14.2
 * 1
 * 10.1
 * 0
 * 9.9
 * 1
 * 5.9
 * 0
 * 6.9
 * 1
 * 17.3
 * 1
 * 7
 * align="left"|Ballymena South
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|51.2
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|4
 * 14.9
 * 1
 * 14.0
 * 1
 * 12.4
 * 1
 * 5.7
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 1.8
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Bannside
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|44.4
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 15.3
 * 1
 * 22.1
 * 1
 * 6.5
 * 0
 * 11.7
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Braid
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|52.5
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
 * 20.8
 * 1
 * 7.3
 * 0
 * 6.5
 * 0
 * 9.1
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 3.8
 * 0
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 45.7
 * 12
 * 16.4
 * 4
 * 13.6
 * 2
 * 8.6
 * 2
 * 8.3
 * 2
 * 1.7
 * 1
 * 5.7
 * 1
 * 24
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 * 1
 * 5.7
 * 1
 * 24
 * }
 * }

Ballymena North
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

2011: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

2005-2011 Change: Alliance gain from UUP

Ballymena South
2005: 5 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2011: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x SDLP

2005-2011 Change: TUV gain from DUP

Bannside
2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x TUV, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2005-2011 Change: TUV gain from DUP

Braid
2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2011: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP