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All 23 seats to Ards Borough Council 12 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Party with the most votes by district. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elections to Ards 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 23 councillors.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUP | 12 | 3 | 0 |  3 | 52.2 | 52.4 | 13,897 | 15.4 | |
| UUP | 7 | 0 | 1 |  1 | 30.4 | 24.5 | 6,493 | 7.2 | |
| Alliance | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13.0 | 14.1 | 3,733 | 2.6 | |
| SDLP | 1 | 0 | 0 |  | 4.3 | 3.4 | 913 | 0.5 | |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 1,006 | 6.0 | |
| Sinn Féin | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 1.1 | 292 | 1.1 | |
| Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.7 | 182 | 0.7 | |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUP | UUP | Alliance | SDLP | Others | |||||||
| Ards East | 56.1 | 4 | 28.6 | 2 | 11.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 6 |
| Ards West | 53.0 | 3 | 31.8 | 2 | 15.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Newtownards | 50.8 | 2 | 24.3 | 2 | 14.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 10.5 | 0 | 6 |
| Peninsula | 48.8 | 2 | 11.4 | 1 | 16.0 | 1 | 14.8 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 52.4 | 12 | 24.5 | 7 | 14.1 | 3 | 3.4 | 1 | 5.6 | 0 | 23 |
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
2005: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain (two seats) from UUP and Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| DUP | Jonathan Bell | 19.92% | 1,515 | ||||||
| DUP | Terence Williams* | 13.07% | 994 | 1,097.6 | |||||
| DUP | John Elliott* | 10.70% | 814 | 1,060.68 | 1,081.52 | 1,099.52 | |||
| UUP | Ronald Ferguson* | 13.05% | 993 | 1,006.72 | 1,056.56 | 1,247.56 | |||
| DUP | Hamilton Gregory* | 12.40% | 943 | 977.16 | 1,000.44 | 1,038.52 | 1,054.36 | 1,063.96 | |
| UUP | Jeffrey Magill* | 8.20% | 624 | 628.2 | 650.2 | 942.88 | 1,062.67 | 1,063.63 | |
| Alliance | Linda Cleland* | 11.17% | 850 | 858.68 | 959.96 | 1,012.08 | 1,036.83 | 1,038.75 | |
| UUP | Tom Smith | 7.36% | 560 | 566.72 | 633.28 | ||||
| Green (NI) | John McCullough | 2.39% | 182 | 183.4 | |||||
| Independent | Thomas Sheridan | 1.74% | 132 | 134.8 | |||||
| Electorate: 15,367 Valid: 7,607 (49.50%) Spoilt: 181 Quota: 1,087 Turnout: 7,788 (50.68%) | |||||||||
2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2001-2005 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| DUP | Margaret Craig* | 17.51% | 1,227 | ||||
| Alliance | Jim McBriar* | 15.27% | 1,070 | ||||
| UUP | Robert Gibson* | 14.04% | 984 | 1,003.26 | |||
| UUP | James Fletcher | 11.36% | 796 | 804.1 | 1,154.1 | ||
| DUP | William Montgomery* | 13.69% | 959 | 994.28 | 1,021.28 | ||
| DUP | Mervyn Oswald | 12.56% | 880 | 893.14 | 915.04 | 981.04 | |
| DUP | David Gilmore* | 9.21% | 645 | 784.14 | 798.04 | 851.04 | |
| UUP | Philip Smith* | 6.37% | 446 | 449.78 | |||
| Electorate: 12,766 Valid: 7,007 (54.89%) Spoilt: 140 Quota: 1,002 Turnout: 7,147 (55.98%) | |||||||
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Independent
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| DUP | George Ennis * | 22.66% | 1,296 | ||||
| Alliance | Alan McDowell* | 14.39% | 823 | ||||
| DUP | Simon Hamilton | 8.57% | 490 | 840.76 | |||
| DUP | Michelle McIlveen | 10.89% | 623 | 652.23 | 1,005.23 | ||
| UUP | Thomas Hamilton * | 12.87% | 736 | 766.34 | 820.7 | ||
| UUP | David Smyth* | 11.38% | 651 | 660.62 | 688.91 | 774.91 | |
| Independent | Wilbert Magill* | 10.56% | 604 | 617.69 | 668.09 | 716.09 | |
| DUP | Hamilton Lawther* | 8.67% | 496 | 536.33 | |||
| Electorate: 11,945 Valid: 5,719 (47.88%) Spoilt: 130 Quota: 818 Turnout: 5,849 (48.97%) | |||||||
2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| DUP | Jim Shannon * | 31.44% | 1,944 | ||||
| Alliance | Kieran McCarthy * | 16.01% | 990 | 1,074.13 | |||
| SDLP | Joe Boyle | 14.77% | 913 | 918.17 | 1,303.17 | ||
| DUP | Robert Drysdale* | 10.72% | 663 | 1,024.43 | 1,034.43 | ||
| UUP | Angus Carson* | 11.37% | 703 | 801.7 | 854.93 | 937.93 | |
| DUP | Colin Kennedy | 6.60% | 408 | 745.93 | 761.69 | 774.69 | |
| Sinn Féin | Anthony Lacken | 4.72% | 292 | 293.88 | |||
| Independent | Daniel McCarthy* | 4.37% | 270 | 281.28 | |||
| Electorate: 11,725 Valid: 6,183 (52.73%) Spoilt: 130 Quota: 1,031 Turnout: 6,313 (53.84%) | |||||||
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