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
|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !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="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |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
Districts results
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
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