2005 Antrim Borough Council election

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2005 Antrim Borough Council election

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All 19 seats to Antrim Borough Council 10 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ian Paisley David Trimble Mark Durkan Party DUP UUP SDLP Seats won 6 5 3 Seat change 1 2 2 Percentage 30.7% 23.8% 20.5% Swing 8.2% 9.2% 0.5%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Gerry Adams David Ford Party Sinn Féin Alliance Seats won 3 2 Seat change 1 2 Percentage 14.8% 6.9% Swing 2.3% 1.4%
2005 Antrim Council Election Results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes.

Elections to Antrim Borough Council were held on 5 May 2005 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 19 councillors.

Election results

Antrim Borough Council Election Result 2005 ^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	DUP	6	1	0	1	31.6	30.7	5,434	8.2
	UUP	5	0	2	2	26.3	23.8	4,203	9.2
	SDLP	3	0	2	2	15.8	20.5	3,633	0.5
	Sinn Féin	3	1	0	1	15.8	14.8	2,620	2.3
	Alliance	2	2	0	2	10.5	6.9	1,214	1.4
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.6	468	0.5
	PUP	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.6	110	0.2

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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Results of the Antrim Borough Council election, 2005
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	DUP		UUP		SDLP		Sinn Féin		Alliance		Others
Antrim North West	24.9	1	14.1	1	27.4	1	28.7	2	0.0	0	4.9	0	5
Antrim South East	34.6	2	27.4	2	20.0	1	9.0	1	8.3	1	0.7	0	7
Antrim Town	31.2	3	28.4	2	14.6	1	9.0	0	11.7	1	5.1	0	7
Total	30.7	6	23.8	5	20.5	3	14.8	3	6.9	2	3.3	0	19

Districts results

Antrim North West

2001: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Antrim North West - 5 seats ^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	SDLP	Robert Loughran*	19.37%	1,008
	Sinn Féin	Henry Cushinan	16.81%	875
	UUP	Stephen Nicholl*	14.10%	734	821	876
	Sinn Féin	Anthony Brady	11.93%	621	621	800	925.25
	DUP	Trevor Clarke	13.37%	696	791	795	801.25
	DUP	Wilson Clyde*	11.49%	598	639	645	653.25
	SDLP	Donovan McClelland*	8.03%	418	430
	Independent	Brian Johnston	4.90%	255
Electorate: 8,345  Valid: 5,205 (62.37%)  Spoilt: 110  Quota: 868  Turnout: 5,315 (63.69%)

Antrim South East

2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance
2001-2005 Change: Alliance gain from UUP

Antrim South East - 7 seats ^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SDLP	Thomas Burns *	19.96%	1,435
	DUP	Samuel Dunlop*	14.83%	1,066
	UUP	Danny Kinahan	12.57%	904
	UUP	Mervyn Rea*	11.03%	793	833.4	833.4	841.2	842.2	1,048.2
	DUP	Mel Lucas	8.39%	603	608.6	608.6	630.2	630.2	642.75	671.85	948.4
	Sinn Féin	Anne-Marie Logue	6.29%	452	656.8	674.4	674.85	893.45	893.45	894.42	895.97
	Alliance	Alan Lawther	8.32%	598	789.2	805.4	806.6	822.8	835.3	877.98	890.7
	DUP	Roy Thompson*	7.13%	513	516.2	517.2	529.5	529.5	549.8	584.72	741.04
	DUP	William Harkness*	4.30%	309	320.2	320.2	433.6	433.6	450.85	491.59
	UUP	Roderick Swann	3.77%	271	275.4	275.4	277.35	277.35
	Sinn Féin	Bernard McCrory	2.74%	197	248.2	256.4	256.4
	Independent	Patricia Murray	0.68%	49	62.2
Electorate: 12,005  Valid: 7,190 (59.89%)  Spoilt: 104  Quota: 899  Turnout: 7,294 (60.76%)

Antrim Town

2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
2001-2005 Change: DUP and Alliance gain from UUP and SDLP

Antrim Town - 7 seats ^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	John Smyth*	13.33%	705
	UUP	Adrian Cochrane-Watson *	12.65%	669
	SDLP	Oran Keenan*	8.08%	427	427.06	434.12	684.12
	Alliance	David Ford	11.65%	616	616.66	626.72	680.72
	UUP	Andrew Ritchie	8.00%	423	425.52	485.12	489.12	490.47	791.47
	DUP	Brian Graham*	8.80%	465	484.86	537.28	538.28	538.58	579.36	658.41
	DUP	Pam Lewis	9.06%	479	493.94	539.3	543.3	544.05	574.89	626.04
	Sinn Féin	Gerard Magee	8.98%	475	475	490	518	534.65	539.1	539.1
	UUP	Paul Michael*	7.02%	371	372.8	439.1	441.1	444.1
	SDLP	Brian Duffin	6.53%	345	345.06	356.06
	Independent	Darran Smyth	2.57%	136	136.9
	PUP	Ken Wilkinson	2.08%	110	110.66
	UUP	James Sands	0.72%	38	38.48
	Independent	Aine Gribbon	0.53%	28	28
Electorate: 10,792  Valid: 5,287 (48.99%)  Spoilt: 123  Quota: 661  Turnout: 5,410 (50.13%)

References

1. "Antrim Borough Council, 1993-2001". www.ark.ac.uk.
2. "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.