2011 Fermanagh District Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2011

Elections to Fermanagh District 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.

2011 Fermanagh District Council election

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All 23 seats to Fermanagh District Council 12 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Sinn Féin UUP DUP Seats won 9 6 4 Seat change 0 1 0   Fourth party Fifth party   Party SDLP Independent Seats won 3 1 Seat change 2 1
Fermanagh 2011 District Council election results by district

Election results

Fermanagh District Council Election Result 2011^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Sinn Féin	9	1	1	0	39.1	36.6	11,276	0.8
	UUP	6	1	0	1	26.1	24.0	7,396	2.0
	DUP	4	0	0	0	17.4	17.3	5,332	3.3
	SDLP	3	0	1	1	13.0	12.5	3,867	5.5
	Independent	1	1	0	1	4.3	7.2	2,226	6.8
	TUV	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.0	309	New
	Socialist Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.8	248	New
	Alliance	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	119	0.4
	Green (NI)	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	63	0.1

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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Results of the Fermanagh District Council election, 2011
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	Sinn Féin		UUP		DUP		SDLP		Others
Enniskillen	24.9	2	25.9	2	22.6	1	15.1	1	11.5	0	7
Erne East	55.2	4	18.8	1	15.7	1	6.1	0	4.2	2	6
Erne North	21.5	1	34.1	2	21.5	1	12.9	1	10.0	0	5
Erne West	40.6	2	19.2	1	9.6	0	17.0	1	13.6	1	5
Total	36.6	9	24.0	6	17.3	4	12.5	3	9.6	1	23

District results

Enniskillen

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

Enniskillen - 7 seats^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	UUP	Robert Irvine*	13.46%	1,104
	DUP	Alison Brimstone	12.32%	1,011	1,015.34	1,026.34
	Sinn Féin	Seán Lynch	11.93%	979	979.07	992.07	1,023.07	1,147.07
	Sinn Féin	Debbie Coyle	8.42%	691	691	696	726	961	1,071
	UUP	Basil Johnston	6.39%	524	581.75	597.82	605.82	605.82	605.82	605.82	1,019.5	1,025.64
	DUP	Cyril Brownlee	10.32%	847	849.38	851.52	858.52	859.52	859.52	859.52	922.85	928.85
	SDLP	Frank Britton*	8.34%	684	684.28	724.28	766.28	772.28	776.28	786.28	796.42	903.42
	SDLP	Patricia Rodgers*	6.75%	554	554.14	603.21	661.21	667.21	670.21	685.21	693.35	902.35
	Independent	Pat Cox*	5.56%	456	456.13	470.14	513.14	526.14	529.14	545.14	546.14
	UUP	Howard Thornton	6.03%	495	505.85	515.99	520.99	520.99	520.99	521.99
	Sinn Féin	Ciaran May	4.57%	375	375	383	398
	Socialist Party	Donal O'Cofaigh	3.02%	248	248	280
	Alliance	Kevin Chaffey	1.45%	119	119.49
	Green (NI)	Laurence Speight	0.77%	63	63.07
	Independent	Fidelma Leonard	0.66%	54	54.07
Electorate: 13,409   Valid: 8,204 (61.18%)   Spoilt: 167   Quota: 1,026   Turnout: 8,371 (62.32%)

Erne East

2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2011: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Erne East - 6 seats^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Ruth Lynch*	17.88%	1,564
	DUP	Paul Robinson*	15.66%	1,370
	Sinn Féin	Brian McCaffrey*	12.30%	1,076	1,238.2	1,331.2
	Sinn Féin	Tom O'Reilly*	12.75%	1,115	1,167.8	1,275.8
	Sinn Féin	Sheamus Greene	12.28%	1,074	1,127.6	1,184.8	1,184.8	1,230.8
	UUP	Harold Andrews*	12.89%	1,127	1,127.2	1,130.2	1,198.24	1,198.24
	SDLP	Rosemary Flanagan	6.06%	530	550.8	603.4	604.3	613.3
	UUP	Victor Warrington	5.87%	513	513.2	517.2	558.51	559.51
	Independent	Gerry McHugh*	4.31%	377	391.2
Electorate: 11,720   Valid: 8,746 (74.62%)   Spoilt: 181   Quota: 1,250   Turnout: 8,927 (76.17%)

Erne North

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

Erne North - 5 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Sinn Féin	Phil Flanagan*	21.49%	1,388
	UUP	Raymond Farrell	17.17%	1,109
	UUP	Rosemary Barton	12.89%	833	833.34	1,013.68	1,131.68
	SDLP	John O'Kane*	7.18%	464	631.62	634.62	639.62	640.26	641.49	718.59	1,119.77
	DUP	Bert Johnston*	12.43%	803	806.06	842.06	962.06	994.06	1,012.51	1,021.54	1,033.34
	DUP	Ray Carscadden	9.09%	587	588.02	600.02	639.02	660.78	668.10	671.13	677.16
	SDLP	John Coyle	5.73%	370	436.64	437.98	441.32	441.32	441.68	654.65
	Independent	Gerry Ferguson	5.19%	335	405.04	406.04	411.04	411.04	411.25
	TUV	Alex Elliott	4.78%	309	309.68	331.68
	UUP	David Black	4.06%	262	262.68
Electorate: 9,454   Valid: 6,460 (68.33%)   Spoilt: 141   Quota: 1,077   Turnout: 6,601 (69.82%)

Erne West

2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2011: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2005-2011 Change: Independent leaves Sinn Féin

Erne West - 5 seats^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	SDLP	Brendan Gallagher	17.04%	1,265
	UUP	Alex Baird*	16.95%	1,259
	Sinn Féin	Frankie Rice	14.79%	1,098	1,101	1,636
	Sinn Féin	Barry Doherty	15.61%	1,159	1,159	1,274
	Independent	Bernice Swift*	13.52%	1,004	1,010	1,078	1,224
	DUP	Alan Hassard	9.61%	714	846	847	850
	Sinn Féin	Stephen Huggett*	10.19%	757	757
	UUP	Ruth Wilson	2.29%	170
Electorate: 10,250   Valid: 7,426 (72.45%)   Spoilt: 160   Quota: 1,238   Turnout: 7,586 (74.01%)