Elections to Newry and Mourne District Council were held on 5 May 2005 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 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="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Green !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Crotlieve |31.2 |2 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|39.4 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|3 |4.8 |0 |2.8 |0 |8.1 |1 |13.7 |1 |7 |- |align="left"|Newry Town |bgcolor="#008800"|46.5 |bgcolor="#008800"|3 |30.5 |3 |6.4 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |16.6 |1 |7 |- |align="left"|Slieve Gullion |bgcolor="#008800"|76.1 |bgcolor="#008800"|4 |23.9 |1 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|The Fews |bgcolor="#008800"|43.4 |bgcolor="#008800"|3 |26.9 |1 |21.5 |1 |8.3 |1 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|The Mournes |12.2 |1 |23.2 |1 |25.2 |2 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|26.4 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|1 |0.0 |0 |13.0 |0 |5 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |42.1 |13 |29.5 |9 |10.8 |3 |6.7 |2 |2.0 |1 |8.9 |2 |30
District results
Crotlieve
2001: 4 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent 2005: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Green, 1 x Independent 2001-2005 Change: Green gain from SDLP
Newry Town
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 3 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 3 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 2001-2005 Change: No change
Slieve Gullion
2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 2001-2005 Change: No change
The Fews
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
The Mournes
2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 2005: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 2001-2005 Change: No change
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