Northern Ireland local elections, 2005

5 May 2005

All council seats

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	DUP	Sinn Féin	UUP
Seats won	182	126	115
Seat change	51	18	39
Popular vote	208,278	163,205	126,317
Percentage	29.6%	23.2%	18.0%

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	SDLP	Alliance	Independent
Seats won	101	30	20
Seat change	16	2	14
Popular vote	121,991	35,149
Percentage	17.4%	5.0%

Colours denote the winning party with outright control

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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

Party^[1]		Councillors		Votes
Party^[1]		Change	Total	% share	Total
	DUP	+51	182	29.6	208,278
	Sinn Féin	+18	126	23.2	163,205
	UUP	-39	115	18.0	126,317
	SDLP	-16	101	17.4	121,991
	Alliance	+2	30	5.0	35,149
	Independent	-14	20	4	27,677
	Green (NI)	+3	3	0.8	5,703
	PUP	-2	2	0.7	4,591
	United Unionist	0	2	0.3	2,064
	Newtownabbey Ratepayers	0	1	0.3	1,897
	Socialist Environmental	0	0	0.2	1,321
	NI Conservatives	0	0	0.2	1,164
	Workers' Party	0	0	0.1	1,052
	Socialist Party	0	0	0.1	828
	NI Women's Coalition	-1	0	0.1	738
	UK Unionist	-2	0	0.1	734

Councils

Belfast

Court^[2]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Diane Dodds	4,176
	PUP	Hugh Smyth	799
	Independent	Frank McCoubrey	794
	DUP	William Humphrey	679
	UUP	Chris McGimpsey	575
	Sinn Féin	Francis Hamilton	249
	DUP	Elaine McMillen	221
Turnout			7,726
	Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist

Pottinger^[2]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Sammy Wilson	2,385
	UUP	Reg Empey	1,968
	DUP	May Campbell	1,302
	PUP	David Ervine	1,156
	Sinn Féin	Deborah Devenny	944
	Alliance	Máire Hendron	795
	DUP	Margaret McKenzie	717
	SDLP	Mary Muldoon	670
	UUP	Sonia Copeland	277
	Socialist Party	Thomas Black	163
	Workers' Party	Joseph Bell	105
	UUP	Henry Wallace	72
Turnout			10,935
	Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
	Alliance gain from Sinn Féin

Victoria^[2]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Wallace Browne	2,689
	Alliance	Naomi Long	2,565
	UUP	Jim Rodgers	2,441
	DUP	Robin Newton	2,004
	UUP	Ian Adamson	1,877
	Alliance	Mervyn Jones	811
	DUP	David Rodway	725
	UUP	Alan Crowe	459
	SDLP	John Ó Doherty	340
	PUP	John McQuillan	303
	NI Conservatives	Peter Gray	243
Turnout			14,806
	Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist

Balmoral^[2]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Carmel Hanna	2,030
	Alliance	Tom Ekin	1,508
	DUP	Jim Kirkpatrick	1,473
	Sinn Féin	Stiofán Long	1,202
	UUP	Bob Stoker	1,180
	DUP	Ruth Patterson	1,130
	UUP	Esmond Birnie	1,125
	SDLP	Mary Kennedy	943
	SDLP	Bernie Kelly	906
	Independent	Thomas Wilson	213
Turnout			11,902
	Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist

Castle^[2]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Nigel Dodds	3,161
	SDLP	Pat Convery	1,818
	UUP	David Browne	1,148
	SDLP	Cathal Mullaghan	1,136
	Sinn Féin	Tierna Cunningham	1,029
	Sinn Féin	David Kennedy	1,001
	DUP	Sarah Patterson	618
	DUP	Ian Crozier	438
	Alliance	Marjorie Hawkins	270
	Green (NI)	Shane Ó Heorpa	183
	Workers' Party	John Lavery	112
Turnout			11,167
No change

Oldpark^[2]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Nelson McCausland	2,642
	Sinn Féin	Daniel Lavery	2,093
	Sinn Féin	Margaret McCleneghan	1,829
	SDLP	Alban Maginness	1,411
	Sinn Féin	Carál Ní Chuilín	1,242
	UUP	Fred Cobain	938
	SDLP	Andrew Harding	476
	Sinn Féin	Mary Mackessy	467
	PUP	Billy Hutchinson	455
	Green (NI)	Peter Emerson	249
	Workers' Party	Paul Treanor	60
Turnout			12,191
	Ulster Unionist gain from Progressive Unionist

Laganbank^[2]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Alex Maskey	1,600
	SDLP	Patrick McCarthy	1,459
	SDLP	Peter O'Reilly	1,376
	DUP	Christopher Stalford	1,362
	UUP	Michael McGimpsey	1,332
	Alliance	Alan Leonard	859
	Green (NI)	Andrew Frew	369
	UUP	Paula Bradshaw	364
	Socialist Party	James Barbour	175
	Workers' Party	Patrick Lynn	107
Turnout			9,208
	Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist

Upper Falls^[2]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Paul Maskey	3,084
	SDLP	Tim Attwood	2,815
	Sinn Féin	Gerard O'Neill	2,448
	Sinn Féin	Michael Browne	2,257
	Sinn Féin	Christine Mhic Giolla Mhín	1,428
	Sinn Féin	Caoimhin Mac Giolla Mhín	571
	SDLP	Roisin Mulholland	413
Turnout			13,453
	No change

Lower Falls^[2]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Janice Austin	2,071
	Sinn Féin	Fra McCann	2,045
	Sinn Féin	Tom Hartley	1,962
	Sinn Féin	Máire Cush	1,764
	SDLP	Margaret Walsh	1,265
	Sinn Féin	Marie Moore	1,245
	Workers' Party	John Lowry	314
Turnout			11,058
	Sinn Féin gain from Social Democratic and Labour

Derry

Waterside^[3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	Gregory Campbell	1,521
	SDLP	Gerard Diver	1,508
	DUP	Joe Miller	1,187
	Sinn Féin	Lynn Fleming	1,084
	UUP	Mary Hamilton	1,017
	DUP	Drew Thompson	986
	DUP	Mildred Garfield	883
	SDLP	Martin Reilly	567
	Sinn Féin	Jim Logue	447
	Socialist Environmental	David McAuley	194
Turnout			9,602
No change

Rural^[3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	DUP	William Hay	1,413
	SDLP	Thomas Conway	1,368
	DUP	Maurice Devenney	1,275
	Sinn Féin	Paul Fleming	1,137
	SDLP	Liam Boyle	1,015
	SDLP	James McKeever	675
	Sinn Féin	Thomas McGlinchey	623
	UUP	Ernest Hamilton	533
	UUP	Earl Storey	450
	SDLP	Thomas Harty	381
	Socialist Environmental	Eamonn McCann	371
	Independent	Annie Courtney	369
Turnout			9,817
	Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist

Northland^[3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Mark H. Durkan	2,369
	Sinn Féin	Gerry MacLochlainn	1,124
	SDLP	Helen Quigley	1,079
	Sinn Féin	Billy Page	1,001
	Sinn Féin	Maeve McLaughlin	849
	SDLP	Seana Hume	788
	SDLP	John Kerr	653
	SDLP	Sean Carr	637
	Sinn Féin	Joanne McDaid	630
	Sinn Féin	Sharon Duddy	486
	Socialist Environmental	Colm Bryce	353
	Socialist Environmental	Oisín Kehoe	221
Turnout			10,470
No change

Shantallow^[3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	SDLP	Mary Bradley	2,180
	SDLP	Colum Eastwood	1,311
	Sinn Féin	Elisha McLaughlin	1,264
	Sinn Féin	Gearóid Ó hEára	1,119
	SDLP	Shaun Gallagher	1,119
	Sinn Féin	Tony Hassan	925
	Sinn Féin	Oliver Green	798
	SDLP	Helena Kearney	627
	Independent	Tommy Mullan	340
Turnout			9,910
No change

Cityside^[3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref
	Sinn Féin	Peter Anderson	997
	SDLP	Pat Ramsey	980
	Sinn Féin	Patricia Logue	801
	Sinn Féin	Barney O'Hagan	763
	SDLP	Jim Clifford	722
	Sinn Féin	Kevin Campbell	696
	Independent	Gary Donnelly	493
	SDLP	Liam Boyle	488
	Socialist Environmental	Liam Friel	182
Turnout			6,344
No change

References

↑ Local Government Elections 2005, Northern Ireland Elections
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Belfast City Council Elections 1993–2005, Northern Ireland Elections
1 2 3 4 5 Derry City Council 1993–2005, Northern Ireland Elections

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