2005 Castlereagh Borough Council election

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2005 Castlereagh Borough Council election
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All 23 seats to Castlereagh Borough Council
12 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  DrIanPaisley.jpg Official portrait of Lord Trimble crop 2.jpg DavidFordAlliance.jpg
Leader Ian Paisley David Trimble David Ford
Party DUP Ulster Unionist Alliance
Seats won1344
Seat changeIncrease2.svg3Decrease2.svg1Steady2.svg
Percentage46.5%17.8%16.2%
SwingIncrease2.svg7.1%Decrease2.svg4.3%Increase2.svg1.0%
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
  MarkDurkan.jpg
Leader Mark Durkan Dawn Purvis
Party SDLP PUP Independent
Seats won200
Seat changeSteady2.svgDecrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg1
Percentage12.0%2.1%3.9%
SwingIncrease2.svg0.6%Decrease2.svg2.1%Increase2.svg0.3%
Castlereagh - 2005.png
2005 Castlereagh City Council Election Results, shaded by First Preference Votes.

Elections to Castlereagh 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.

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Election results

Castlereagh Borough Council Election Result 2005 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  DUP 1330Increase2.svg356.546.512,136Increase2.svg7.1
  Ulster Unionist 401Decrease2.svg117.417.84,633Decrease2.svg4.3
  Alliance 400Steady2.svg17.416.24,219Increase2.svg1.0
  SDLP 200Steady2.svg8.712.03,131Increase2.svg0.6
  Independent 001Decrease2.svg10.03.91,026Increase2.svg0.3
  PUP 000Decrease2.svg10.02.1537Decrease2.svg2.1
  Sinn Féin 000Steady2.svg0.01.5395Decrease2.svg0.3

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Castlereagh Borough Council election, 2005
by district
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
DUP UUP Alliance SDLP Others
Castlereagh Central54.4412.5116.316.5010.306
Castlereagh East59.2518.9112.410.009.507
Castlereagh South36.7218.3117.1122.205.705
Castlereagh West34.1220.6119.9120.914.505
Total46.51317.8416.2412.027.5023

Districts results

Castlereagh Central

2001: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP
2005: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from PUP

Castlereagh Central - 6 seats [2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567
DUP Peter Robinson *25.81%1,431      
Alliance Michael Long *16.32%905      
DUP Joanne Bunting *16.14%895      
Ulster Unionist Michael Copeland *9.76%541582.86 608.21 611.62 727.3 796.3 
DUP John Norris*7.59%421663.42 669.27 699.08 710.82 790.83 800.83
DUP Andrew Ramsey4.91%272523.16 527.97 583.85 588.42 614.39 621.65
PUP Tommy Sandford*6.42%356391.88 399.03 401.34 403.99 436.39 491.01
SDLP Sean Mullan6.55%363363.92 397.72 397.94 407.8 429.9  
Independent Alan Carson3.77%209254.08 269.55 274.72 295.81   
Ulster Unionist Alan Martin2.74%152165.8 181.01 181.89    
Electorate: 9,735  Valid: 5,545 (56.96%)  Spoilt: 155  Quota: 793  Turnout: 5,700 (58.55%)  

    Castlereagh East

    2001: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
    2005: 5 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
    2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Independent

    Castlereagh East - 7 seats [2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    DUP Iris Robinson *27.08%2,090     
    Alliance Judith Cochrane 12.40%957977.9    
    DUP Gareth Robinson*10.08%7781,251    
    DUP Tommy Jeffers11.10%8571,033    
    Ulster Unionist David Drysdale*8.01%618648.25 657 844.05 847.41 951.17
    DUP Jim White*5.40%417668.35 761.1 786 811.2 891.76
    DUP Charlie Tosh5.52%426520.05 671.6 698.5 728.02 861.08
    Ulster Unionist Mervyn Bailie7.51%580597.05 602.3 719.85 722.49 805.28
    Independent Francis Gallagher*7.14%551579.05 590.6 665.65 670.69  
    Ulster Unionist Hazel Legge3.41%263287.2 294.2    
    PUP Colin Neill2.35%181190.35 195.6    
    Electorate: 13,902  Valid: 7,718 (55.52%)  Spoilt: 179  Quota: 965  Turnout: 7,897 (56.80%)  

      Castlereagh South

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

      Castlereagh South - 5 seats [2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234
      DUP James Spratt 19.06%1,317   
      DUP John Beattie*17.64%1,219   
      Alliance Geraldine Rice*17.08%1,180   
      Ulster Unionist Michael Henderson*14.14%9771,082.75 1,125.71 1,385.71
      SDLP Brian Hanvey*16.09%1,1121,114.85 1,116.65 1,138.43
      SDLP Leo Van Es6.09%421422.8 423.1 431.31
      Sinn Féin Dermot Kennedy5.72%395395.45 395.51 396.66
      Ulster Unionist Barbara McBurney*4.17%288333.3 346.14  
      Electorate: 11,421  Valid: 6,909 (60.49%)  Spoilt: 99  Quota: 1,152  Turnout: 7,008 (61.36%)  

        Castlereagh West

        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

        Castlereagh West - 5 seats [2]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456
        DUP Ann-Marie Beattie24.00%1,417     
        Alliance Sara Duncan*19.93%1,177     
        DUP Myreve Chambers10.09%596991.1    
        Ulster Unionist Cecil Hall*14.14%835847.6 917.3 1,039.3  
        SDLP Rosaleen Hughes*13.45%794794.6 850.53 862.85 862.85 1,285.85
        Ulster Unionist Bill White6.42%379384.1 410.28 467.14 519.08 525.08
        SDLP Gary Vaugh7.47%441441 458 467.19 468.78  
        Independent Cyril Kernaghan4.50%266271.4 284.66    
        Electorate: 9,805  Valid: 5,905 (60.22%)  Spoilt: 145  Quota: 985  Turnout: 6,050 (61.70%)  

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          References

          1. 1 2 "Castlereagh Council Election Results 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
          2. 1 2 3 4 "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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