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All 23 seats to Down District Council 12 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Down District 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 | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDLP | 10 | 0 | 0 |  0 | 43.5 | 37.5 | 10,276 |  3.7 | |
| Sinn Féin | 5 | 1 | 0 |  1 | 21.7 | 23.1 | 6,336 | 5.9 | |
| Ulster Unionist | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17.4 | 17.3 | 4,748 | 4.5 | |
| DUP | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13.0 | 16.3 | 4,471 | 2.0 | |
| Green (NI) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 900 | 3.3 | |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 585 | 2.1 | |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 97 | 0.0 | |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDLP | Sinn Féin | UUP | DUP | Green | Others | ||||||||
| Ballynahinch | 33.3 | 2 | 19.9 | 1 | 19.9 | 1 | 26.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Downpatrick | 50.7 | 4 | 32.2 | 2 | 8.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7.4 | 1 | 1.2 | 0 | 7 |
| Newcastle | 40.4 | 3 | 32.3 | 2 | 11.3 | 1 | 10.4 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 6 |
| Rowallane | 22.3 | 1 | 4.9 | 0 | 32.3 | 2 | 32.3 | 2 | 2.9 | 0 | 5.3 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 37.5 | 10 | 23.1 | 5 | 17.3 | 4 | 16.3 | 3 | 3.3 | 1 | 2.5 | 0 | 23 |
2001: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2005: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| DUP | Jim Wells * | 20.85% | 1,305 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | Michael Coogan | 19.94% | 1,248 | ||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Peter Bowles | 12.90% | 807 | 845 | 847.07 | 1,211.07 | |||
| SDLP | Anne Marie McAleenan* | 11.92% | 746 | 748.6 | 832.55 | 838.98 | 854.91 | 1,188.91 | |
| SDLP | Patrick Toman* | 14.01% | 877 | 877.8 | 934.84 | 942.5 | 956.66 | 1,055.23 | |
| DUP | Samuel Hanna | 5.99% | 375 | 554 | 554 | 624.8 | 735.72 | 749.85 | |
| SDLP | Francis Casement | 7.38% | 462 | 463 | 517.51 | 524.14 | 548.92 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Walter Lyons | 7.00% | 438 | 471 | 472.61 | ||||
| Electorate: 9,963 Valid: 6,258 (62.81%) Spoilt: 106 Quota: 1,044 Turnout: 6,364 (63.88%) | |||||||||
2001: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2005: 4 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Green
2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin and Green gain from UUP and Independent
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Éamonn McConvey* | 16.43% | 1,259 | ||||||||
| SDLP | Peter Craig* | 13.83% | 1,060 | ||||||||
| SDLP | Dermot Curran* | 12.25% | 939 | 965.64 | |||||||
| SDLP | John Doris* | 11.29% | 865 | 876.28 | 884.52 | 976.52 | |||||
| SDLP | Colin McGrath | 8.14% | 624 | 633.84 | 644.84 | 890.76 | 964.13 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Liam Johnston | 9.42% | 722 | 837.68 | 840.68 | 855.12 | 866.56 | 870.24 | 1,290.24 | ||
| Green (NI) | Bill Corry | 7.37% | 565 | 570.28 | 597 | 624.48 | 632.95 | 643.07 | 691.34 | 780.34 | |
| Ulster Unionist | William Murphy | 8.48% | 650 | 651.92 | 659.16 | 667.64 | 670.06 | 671.44 | 679.87 | 686.87 | |
| Sinn Féin | Caitríona Mackel | 6.30% | 483 | 596.04 | 602.52 | 612.72 | 615.69 | 617.99 | |||
| SDLP | Daniel McEvoy | 5.22% | 400 | 406.72 | 418.2 | ||||||
| Workers' Party | Desmond O'Hagan | 1.27% | 97 | 99.4 | |||||||
| Electorate: 12,695 Valid: 7,664 (60.37%) Spoilt: 169 Quota: 959 Turnout: 7,833 (61.70%) | |||||||||||
2001: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2005: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SDLP | Eamon O'Neill * | 19.28% | 1,379 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | Willie Clarke * | 18.19% | 1,301 | ||||||
| SDLP | Carmel O'Boyle* | 13.09% | 936 | 1,090.18 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | Hugh McDowell* | 6.56% | 469 | 479.66 | 656.54 | 679.78 | 682.42 | 1,146.42 | |
| SDLP | Peter Fitzpatrick* | 8.01% | 573 | 718.08 | 750.42 | 903.9 | 963.42 | 1,032.6 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Gerald Douglas* | 11.30% | 808 | 816.32 | 821.82 | 907.04 | 909.68 | 918.76 | |
| DUP | Stanley Priestley | 10.40% | 744 | 746.86 | 747.08 | 760.56 | 760.8 | 762.56 | |
| Sinn Féin | Aíne McEvoy | 7.57% | 541 | 555.3 | 606.34 | 624.36 | 626.16 | ||
| Alliance | Neil Powell | 3.52% | 252 | 260.06 | 266.22 | ||||
| Green (NI) | Peter McCarron | 2.07% | 148 | 154.76 | 159.16 | ||||
| Electorate: 11,446 Valid: 7,151 (62.48%) Spoilt: 172 Quota: 1,022 Turnout: 7,323 (63.98%) | |||||||||
2001: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2005: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| DUP | William Dick* | 20.91% | 1,326 | |||||||
| SDLP | Margaret Ritchie * | 17.43% | 1,105 | |||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Robert Burgess* | 14.64% | 928 | 961 | 975 | 975.72 | 979.76 | 1,065.76 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Edward Rea* | 9.15% | 580 | 589 | 610.2 | 612.12 | 621.12 | 690.6 | 1,067.6 | |
| DUP | William Walker | 11.37% | 721 | 913.8 | 921.2 | 921.56 | 926.6 | 940.8 | 1,027.24 | |
| SDLP | Patricia McKay | 4.89% | 310 | 310.8 | 342.8 | 376.56 | 592.04 | 716.04 | 772 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Albert Colmer* | 8.47% | 537 | 560.4 | 570.6 | 572.12 | 575.2 | 649.84 | ||
| Alliance | Lorna Dunn | 5.25% | 333 | 333.8 | 415 | 416.64 | 439.8 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Mary Robb | 4.94% | 313 | 313 | 319 | 322.08 | ||||
| Green (NI) | Philip Orr | 2.95% | 187 | 188 | ||||||
| Electorate: 10,330 Valid: 6,340 (61.37%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 1,057 Turnout: 6,429 (62.24%) | ||||||||||
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