Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland on 5 May 2005, contesting 582 seats in all, along with the 2005 general election across the entire United Kingdom and local elections in England.
Results PartyLocal Government Elections 2005, Northern Ireland Elections Councillors Votes Change Total % share Total +5118229.6208,278 +1812623.2163,205 -3911518.0126,317 -1610117.4121,991 +2305.035,149 -14204.027,677 +330.85,703 -220.74,591United Unionist020.32,064Newtownabbey Ratepayers010.31,897 000.21,321 000.21,164 000.11,052 000.1828 -100.1738 -200.1734
By council
Council Council Seats by Party TotalAllianceDUPGreenPUPSDLPSFUUP Others Ind. Antrim 2 6 – – 3 3 5 – – 19 Ards 3 12 – – 1 – 7 – – 23 Armagh – 6 – – 6 5 5 – – 22 Ballymena – 14 – – 3 1 5 – 1 24 Ballymoney – 8 – – 2 3 2 – 1 16 Banbridge 1 7 – – 3 1 5 – – 17 Belfast 4 15 – 2 8 14 7 – 1 51 Carrickfergus 3 8 – – – – 4 – 2 17 Castlereagh 4 13 – – 2 – 4 – – 23 Coleraine – 9 – – 3 1 8 – 1 22 Cookstown – 3 – – 5 5 3 – – 16 Craigavon – 9 – – 4 6 6 – 1 26 Derry – 5 – – 14 10 1 – – 30 Down – 3 1 10 5 4 – – 23 Dungannon – 5 – – 4 9 4 – – 22 Fermanagh – 4 – – 5 9 5 – – 23 Larne 2 5 – – 2 – 4 – 2 15 Limavady – 3 – – 3 6 2 1 UUC – 15 Lisburn 3 13 – – 3 4 7 – – 30 Magherafelt – 4 – – 2 8 2 – – 16 Moyle – 2 – – 3 4 3 – 3 15 Newry and Mourne – 2 1 – 9 13 3 – 2 30 Newtownabbey 2 12 – – 1 1 6 2 (1 UUC 1 NR) 1 25 North Down 6 8 1 – – 8 – 2 25 Omagh – 3 – – 3 10 3 – 2 21 Strabane – 3 – – 2 8 2 – – 16 Total3018232101126115320582 Change+2+51+3-2-16+18-39-3-14-2 UKU-1 NIWCElected 200128131–41171081546342 UKU 2 UU 1 NR 1 NIWC
Councils Antrim
Antrim North WestAntrim District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections Party Candidate 1st Pref Robert Loughran1,008 Henry Cushinan875 Stephen Nicholl734 Trevor Clarke696 Anthony Brady621 Wilson Clyde598 Donovan McClelland418 Brian Johnston225Turnout5,315Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Antrim South East Party Candidate 1st Pref Thomas Burns1,435 Samuel Dunlop1,066 Danny Kinahan904 Mervyn Rea793 Mel Lucas603 Alan Lawther598 Roy Thompson513 Annemarie Logue452 William Harkness309 Kenneth Swann271 Bernard McCrory197 Patricia Murray49Turnout7,294Alliance gain from UUP
Antrim Town Party Candidate 1st Pref John Smyth705 Adrian Cochrane-Watson669 David Ford616 Pam Lewis479 Gerard Magee475 Brian Graham465 Oran Keenan427 Drew Ritchie423 Paul Michael371 Brian Duffin345 Darran Smyth136 Kenneth Wilkinson110 James Sands38 Áine Gribbon28Turnout5,410DUP gain from UUPAlliance gain from SDLP
Ards
Ards East Party Candidate 1st Pref Jonathan Bell1,515 Terence Williams994 Ronnie Ferguson993 Hamilton Gregory943 Linda Cleland850 Colville Elliott814 Jeffrey Magill624 Tom Smith560 John McCullough182 Thomas Sheridan132Turnout7,788DUP gain from UUP and Alliance
Ards PeninsulaArds District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections Party Candidate 1st Pref Jim Shannon1,944 Kieran McCarthy990 Joe Boyle913 Angus Carson703 Robin Drysdale663 Colin Kennedy408 Anthony Lacken292 Danny McCarthy270Turnout6,313No change
Ards West Party Candidate 1st Pref Margaret Craig1,227 James McBriar1,070 Robert Gibson984 William Montgomery959 Mervyn Oswald880 James Fletcher796 David Gilmore645 Philip Smith446Turnout7,147No change
Newtownards Party Candidate 1st Pref George Ennis1,296 Alan McDowell823 Tom Hamilton736 David Smyth651 Michelle Mcilveen623 Wilbert Magill604 Hamilton Lawther496 Simon Hamilton490Turnout5,849DUP gain from Independent
Armagh
Armagh CityArmagh District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections Party Candidate 1st Pref Freda Donnelly1,004 Pat Brannigan932 Sylvia McRoberts931 Cathy Rafferty898 Noel Sheridan639 John Nixon591 John Crowley491 Mealla Bratton468 Michael Carson334Turnout6,407No change
Crossmore Party Candidate 1st Pref Noel Donnelly922 Thomas O'Hanlon891 Cathal Boylan864 Pat O'Rawe850 Billy Morton810 Willie Monaghan643 Gerald Mallon605 James Lennon545Turnout6,245DUP gain from UUP
Cusher Party Candidate 1st Pref Paul Berry3,263 Eric Speers1,296 Sharon Haughey794 Robert Turner698 Siobhan Vallely655 James Clayton450 Gareth Wilson332 Paul Bowbanks324 Margaret Black249Turnout8,186DUP gain from UUP
The Orchard Party Candidate 1st Pref William Irwin1,809 Jim Speers1,219 Paul Corrigan1,194 John Campbell1,136 Charles Rollston718 Robert Steenson381Turnout6,552No change
Ballymena
Ballymena NorthBallymena District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections Party Candidate 1st Pref James Alexander1,503 Maurice Mills930 James Henry906 Patrick McAvoy755 Neil Armstrong656 John Carson566 Joe McKernan431 Jayne Dunlop404 Peter Brown370 Padraig McShane341Turnout6,963DUP gain from Independent
Ballymena South Party Candidate 1st Pref Beth Adger960 Davy Tweed792 Martin Clarke777 Hubert Nicholl745 Declan O'Loan718 James Currie674 Daniel O'Connell346 Deirdre Nelson346 Robin Swann246 Colette Gilmour209 William McCaughey94Turnout6,046DUP gain from UUP
Bannside Party Candidate 1st Pref Roy Gillespie1,664 William McNeilly1,373 Sam Gaston978 Tommy Nicholl959 William Wilkinson919 Monica Digney733 Seamus Laverty626Turnout7,344Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Braid Party Candidate 1st Pref Paul Frew1,524 Sam Hanna1,094 Robin Stirling854 Robin Cherry748 Margaret Gribben645 Lexie Scott596 Laurence O'Neill589 Robert Wilson404Turnout6,537DUP gain from UUP
Ballymoney
Ballymoney TownBallymoney District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections Party Candidate 1st Pref Robert Storey888 Cecil Cousley824 Ian Stevenson662 Justin McCamphill456 Thomas McKeown411 James Simpson260Turnout3,578No change
Bann Valley Party Candidate 1st Pref Philip McGuigan1,062 John Finlay795 Roy Wilson740 Audrey Patterson715 Daithí McKay689 Joe Gaston646 Malachy McCamphill392 Charley O'Kane158Turnout5,297Sinn Féin gain from UUP
Bushvale Party Candidate 1st Pref Anita Cavlan711 Frank Campbell573 Evelyne Robinson532 Harry Connolly506 Bill Kennedy473 Robert Holmes298 William Johnston274 William Logan269Turnout3,696Sinn Féin gain from UUPDUP gain from UUPBill Kennedy leaves DUP
Banbridge
Banbridge TownBanbridge District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections Party Candidate 1st Pref Joan Baird1,501 Patrick McAleenan1,236 Jim McElroy1,089 Junior McCrum947 Frank McQuaid556 Ian Burns549 Derick Bell331Turnout6,311DUP gain from UUP
Dromore Party Candidate 1st Pref Tyrone Howe1,304 Norah Beare1,292 Paul Rankin870 David Herron838 Cassie McDermott712 William Martin580 Francis Branniff429Turnout6,119Norah Beare leaves UUP
Knockiveagh Party Candidate 1st Pref Seamus Doyle1,051 Stephen Herron1,026 John Ingram878 Dessie Ward758 Wilfred McFadden740 John Hanna593 Malachy McCartan498 Ian Wilson449 John McCallister386 David Griffin300Turnout6,796Sinn Féin gain from Independent
Belfast
Balmoral Party Candidate 1st Pref Carmel Hanna2,030 Tom Ekin1,508 Jim Kirkpatrick1,473 Stiofán Long1,202 Bob Stoker1,180 Ruth Patterson1,130 Esmond Birnie1,125 Mary Kennedy943 Bernie Kelly906 Thomas Wilson213Turnout11,902DUP gain from UUP
Castle Party Candidate 1st Pref Nigel Dodds3,161 Pat Convery1,818 David Browne1,148 Cathal Mullaghan1,136 Tierna Cunningham1,029 David Kennedy1,001 Sarah Patterson618 Ian Crozier438 Marjorie Hawkins270 Shane Ó Heorpa183 John Lavery112Turnout11,167No change
CourtBelfast City Council Elections 1993–2005, Northern Ireland Elections Party Candidate 1st Pref Diane Dodds4,176 Hugh Smyth799 Frank McCoubrey794 William Humphrey679 Chris McGimpsey575 Francis Hamilton249 Elaine McMillen221Turnout7,726DUP gain from UUP
Laganbank Party Candidate 1st Pref Alex Maskey1,600 Patrick McCarthy1,459 Peter O'Reilly1,376 Christopher Stalford1,362 Michael McGimpsey1,332 Alan Leonard859 Andrew Frew369 Paula Bradshaw364 James Barbour175 Patrick Lynn107Turnout9,208DUP gain from UUP
Lower Falls Party Candidate 1st Pref Janice Austin2,071 Fra McCann2,045 Tom Hartley1,962 Máire Cush1,764 Margaret Walsh1,265 Marie Moore1,245 John Lowry314Turnout11,058Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Oldpark Party Candidate 1st Pref Nelson McCausland2,642 Daniel Lavery2,093 Margaret McCleneghan1,829 Alban Maginness1,411 Carál Ní Chuilín1,242 Fred Cobain938 Andrew Harding476 Mary Mackessy467 Billy Hutchinson455 Peter Emerson249 Paul Treanor60Turnout12,191UUP gain from PUP
Pottinger Party Candidate 1st Pref Sammy Wilson2,385 Reg Empey1,968 May Campbell1,302 David Ervine1,156 Deborah Devenny944 Máire Hendron795 Margaret McKenzie717 Mary Muldoon670 Sonia Copeland277 Thomas Black163 Joseph Bell105 Henry Wallace72Turnout10,935DUP gain from UUPAlliance gain from Sinn Féin
Upper Falls Party Candidate 1st Pref Paul Maskey3,084 Tim Attwood2,815 Gerard O'Neill2,448 Michael Browne2,257 Christine Mhic Giolla Mhín1,428 Caoimhin Mac Giolla Mhín571 Roisin Mulholland413Turnout13,453 No change
Victoria Party Candidate 1st Pref Wallace Browne2,689 Naomi Long2,565 Jim Rodgers2,441 Robin Newton2,004 Ian Adamson1,877 Mervyn Jones811 David Rodway725 Alan Crowe459 John Ó Doherty340 John McQuillan303 Peter Gray243Turnout14,806DUP gain from UUP
Carrickfergus
Carrick CastleCarrickfergus District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections Party Candidate 1st Pref David Hilditch1,052 Sean Neeson792 William Hamilton421 Albert Ferguson275 Philip Mannis203 Patricia McKinney186 Nicholas Wady80Turnout3,092No change
Kilroot Party Candidate 1st Pref Billy Ashe1,775 Charles Brown1,162 Isobel Day709 Robert Logan636 Eric Ferguson622 Terence Clements375 Lynn McClurg252 Carolyn Howarth186Turnout5,838DUP gain from Alliance
Knockagh Monument Party Candidate 1st Pref May Beattie1,718 Roy Beggs Jr1,007 Stewart Dickson785 James McClurg443 Shireen Bell296 Robert Rice293 Mark Cosgrove253 Louise Marsden214 Jackie Glover165Turnout5,285DUP gain from Alliance
Castlereagh
Castlereagh CentralCastlereagh District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections Party Candidate 1st Pref Peter Robinson1,431 Michael Long905 Joanne Bunting895 Michael Copeland541 John Norris421 Sean Mullan363 Tommy Sandford*356 Andrew Ramsey272 Alan Carson209 Alan Martin152Turnout5,700DUP gain from PUP
Castlereagh East Party Candidate 1st Pref Iris Robinson2,090 Judith Cochrane957 Tommy Jeffers857 Gareth Robinson778 David Drysdale618 Mervyn Bailie580 Francis Gallagher551 Charlie Tosh426 Jim White417 Hazel Legge263 Colin Neill181Turnout7,897DUP gain from Independent
Castlereagh South Party Candidate 1st Pref Jimmy Spratt1,317 Jack Beattie1,219 Geraldine Rice1,180 Brian Hanvey1,112 Michael Henderson977 Leo Van Es421 Dermot Kennedy395 Barbara McBurney288Turnout7,008DUP gain from UUP
Castlereagh West Party Candidate 1st Pref Ann-Marie Beattie1,417 Sara Duncan1,177 Cecil Hall835 Rosaleen Hughes794 Myreve Chambers596 Gary Vaugh441 Bill White379 Cyril Kernaghan266Turnout6,050No change
Coleraine
BannColeraine District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections Party Candidate 1st Pref Adrian McQuillan986 Olive Church918 John Dallat901 Billy Leonard895 William King893 Albert Cole817 Jonathan Fielding573 Jim Watt542 Eamon Mullan470Turnout7,116DUP gain from UUPSinn Féin gain from SDLP
Coleraine Central Party Candidate 1st Pref David McClarty1,478 James McClure1,064 Timothy Deans916 Gerald McLaughlin694 Elizabeth Johnston471 David Barbour449 Eamon O'Hara386 Russell Watton380 Kevin Darragh366 Adrian Parke366Turnout6,478No change
Coleraine East Party Candidate 1st Pref Maurice Bradley1,395 William Creelman629 Elizabeth Black417 Robert McPherson416 David Harding330 Ellen Fielding267 John Montgomery227 Yvonne Boyle185 Maria O'Neill121Turnout4,862No change
The Skerries Party Candidate 1st Pref Christine Alexander846 Robert Stewart773 Norman Hillis697 Sandy Gilkinson549 Barney Fitzpatrick455 Samuel Barr450 Maura Hickey418 Valerie Leonard352 Barbara Dempsey162Turnout4,767DUP gain from UUP
Cookstown