Elections to Newtownabbey 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 ! % !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="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Antrim Line |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|34.7 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |17.9 |1 |9.5 |1 |17.9 |1 |16.0 |1 |4.0 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Ballyclare |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|56.0 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |33.8 |2 |6.7 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |3.5 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Macedon |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|49.5 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |10.1 |1 |0.0 |0 |3.7 |0 |5.9 |0 |30.8 |2 |6 |- |align="left"|University |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|40.8 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |29.2 |2 |12.4 |1 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |17.6 |1 |7 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |43.9 |12 |23.3 |6 |8.0 |2 |6.1 |1 |5.9 |1 |12.8 |3 |25
Districts results
Antrim Line
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance 2001-2005 Change: DUP and Alliance gain from UUP and SDLP
Ballyclare
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP 2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Macedon
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x UUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers 2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers, 1 x Independent 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Independent
University
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x United Unionist 2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x United Unionist 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
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