2011 Newtownabbey Borough Council election

Elections to Newtownabbey 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 25 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="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Antrim Line
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|33.3
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 13.7
 * 1
 * 16.0
 * 1
 * 23.0
 * 2
 * 14.1
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Ballyclare
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|55.2
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
 * 29.6
 * 1
 * 15.2
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Macedon
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|57.6
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|4
 * 8.7
 * 1
 * 15.8
 * 1
 * 9.7
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 8.3
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|University
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|37.2
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
 * 25.2
 * 2
 * 18.1
 * 2
 * 2.7
 * 0
 * 3.3
 * 0
 * 13.5
 * 0
 * 7
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 43.5
 * 12
 * 19.7
 * 5
 * 16.4
 * 5
 * 9.6
 * 2
 * 5.3
 * 1
 * 5.5
 * 0
 * 25
 * }
 * 1
 * 5.5
 * 0
 * 25
 * }
 * }

Antrim Line
2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP

Ballyclare
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP

2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2005-2011 Change: Alliance gain from UUP

Macedon
2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers, 1 x Independent

2011: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2005-2011 Change: DUP gain from Independent, Newtownabbey Ratepayers joins Alliance

University
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x United Unionist

2011: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance

2005-2011 Change: Alliance gain from UUP, United Unionist joins UUP