2005 Ballymoney Borough Council election

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2005 Ballymoney Borough Council election
  2001 5 May 2005 (2005-05-05) 2011  

All 16 seats to Ballymoney Borough Council
9 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party DUP Sinn Féin Ulster Unionist
Seats won832
Seat changeSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 3

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party SDLP Independent
Seats won21
Seat changeSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg 1

Elections to Ballymoney 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 16 councillors.

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Election results

Ballymoney Borough Council Election Result 2005 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  DUP 800Steady2.svg50.048.96,027Increase2.svg6.6
  Sinn Féin 320Increase2.svg218.820.02,462Increase2.svg8.5
  Ulster Unionist 203Decrease2.svg312.515.11,860Decrease2.svg8.6
  SDLP 200Steady2.svg12.512.31,512Decrease2.svg5.3
  Independent 111Increase2.svg16.33.8473Decrease2.svg1.1

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Ballymoney Borough Council election, 2005
by district
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
DUP Sinn Féin UUP SDLP Others
Ballymoney Town 67.830.0019.2213.000.005
Bann Valley43.3333.7212.4010.610.006
Bushvale38.6219.6114.9013.9113.015
Total48.9820.0315.1212.323.7116

Districts results

Ballymoney Town

2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: No change

Ballymoney Town - 5 seats [2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123
DUP Mervyn Storey *25.36%888  
DUP Cecil Cousley *23.54%824  
DUP Ian Stevenson*18.91%662  
Ulster Unionist Tom McKeown*11.74%411600.2 
Ulster Unionist James Simpson*7.43%260367.25 594.65
SDLP Justin McCamphill13.02%456459.85 470.65
Electorate: 6,551  Valid: 3,501 (53.44%)  Spoilt: 77  Quota: 584  Turnout: 3,578 (54.62%)  

    Bann Valley

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

    Bann Valley - 6 seats [2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234
    Sinn Féin Philip McGuigan *20.43%1,062   
    DUP John Finlay*15.30%795   
    Sinn Féin Daithí McKay 13.26%689945.5  
    DUP Robert Wilson*14.24%740740 740 740
    DUP Audrey Patterson13.76%715715 715 715
    SDLP Malachy McCamphill*7.54%392420.2 484.1 704.9
    Ulster Unionist Joe Gaston*12.43%646646.3 646.9 649.5
    SDLP Charley O'Kane3.04%158182.9 275  
    Electorate: 7,643  Valid: 5,197 (68.00%)  Spoilt: 100  Quota: 743  Turnout: 5,297 (69.31%)  

      Bushvale

      2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
      2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
      2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin and DUP gain from UUP (two seats), Independent leaves DUP

      Bushvale - 5 seats [2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456
      Sinn Féin Anita Cavlan19.55%711     
      DUP Frank Campbell*15.76%573     
      DUP Evelyne Robinson14.63%532532 544 582 788.78 
      SDLP Harry Connolly*13.92%506602.48 604.48 606.48 606.48 606.48
      Independent Bill Kennedy*13.01%473474.92 520.92 533.92 538.82 591.74
      Ulster Unionist William Johnston7.54%274274.32 447.32 470.32 477.18 540.88
      DUP Robert Holmes8.20%298298 303    
      Ulster Unionist William Logan*7.40%269269.16     
      Electorate: 5,692  Valid: 3,636 (63.88%)  Spoilt: 60  Quota: 607  Turnout: 3,696 (64.93%)  

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        References

        1. 1 2 "Ballymoney Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
        2. 1 2 3 "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 10 July 2021.