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
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Ards East |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|57.6 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|4 |17.0 |1 |16.2 |1 |1.8 |0 |7.4 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Ards West |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|52.4 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |20.6 |2 |19.8 |1 |0.0 |0 |7.2 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Newtownards |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|40.9 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |20.9 |2 |16.5 |1 |1.7 |0 |20.0 |1 |6 |- |align="left"|Peninsula |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|36.4 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |11.8 |1 |20.2 |1 |24.2 |1 |7.4 |0 |5 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |47.4 |11 |17.5 |6 |18.2 |4 |6.8 |1 |10.1 |1 |23
Districts results
Ards East
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 West
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
Newtownards
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
Peninsula
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
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