Elections to North Down Borough Council were held on 5 May 2005 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 !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Green !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Abbey |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|42.1 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |18.5 |2 |12.0 |1 |6.4 |0 |21.0 |0 |6 |- |align="left"| Ballyholme and Groomsport |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|32.5 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |22.5 |2 |11.1 |0 |0.0 |1 |33.9 |2 |7 |- |align="left"|Bangor West |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|25.9 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |18.1 |1 |14.9 |2 |19.8 |1 |21.3 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Holywood |25.4 |1 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|31.8 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |31.4 |2 |11.4 |0 |0.0 |0 |5 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |31.4 |8 |21.5 |8 |16.0 |6 |9.1 |1 |22.0 |2 |25
Districts results
Abbey
2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP 2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UKUP
Ballyholme and Groomsport
2001: 2 x Independent, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Women's Coalition 2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Women's Coalition
Bangor West
2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent 2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Green 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UKUP, Independent joins Greens
Holywood
2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent 2005: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP 2001-2005 Change: Alliance gain from Independent
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