2005 Strabane District Council election

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2005 Strabane District Council election
  2001 5 May 2005 (2005-05-05) 2011  

All 16 seats to Strabane District Council
9 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Sinn Féin DUP SDLP
Seats won832
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg 0Decrease2.svg 2

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party Ulster Unionist Independent
Seats won21
Seat changeSteady2.svg 0Increase2.svg 1

Elections to Strabane District 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

Strabane District Council Election Result 2005 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Sinn Féin 810Increase2.svg150.041.87,841Increase2.svg1.6
  DUP 300Steady2.svg018.822.24,172Increase2.svg3.3
  SDLP 202Decrease2.svg212.515.92,991Decrease2.svg3.5
  Ulster Unionist 200Steady2.svg012.514.12,646Decrease2.svg2.6
  Independent 110Increase2.svg16.35.71,062Increase2.svg0.9
  PUP 000Steady2.svg00.00.364New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Strabane District Council election, 2005
by district
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
Sinn Féin DUP SDLP UUP Others
Derg43.5328.418.7018.311.105
Glenelly28.0142.4214.2115.310.005
Mourne50.340.0023.619.4016.716
Total41.8822.2315.9214.126.0116

District results

Derg

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

Derg - 5 seats [2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
DUP Thomas Kerrigan*18.63%1,125     
Ulster Unionist Derek Hussey *18.32%1,106     
Sinn Féin Charles McHugh*17.87%1,079     
Sinn Féin Kieran McGuire13.60%821822 822.1 962.2 962.4 979.92
Sinn Féin Gerard Foley12.07%729730 730.2 835.2 835.5 879.72
DUP Kathleen Craig9.74%588631 737.7 755.1 845.5 845.5
SDLP Bernadette McNamee8.71%526528 529    
PUP Roy Reid1.06%64     
Electorate: 8,282  Valid: 6,038 (72.91%)  Spoilt: 113  Quota: 1,007  Turnout: 6,151 (74.27%)  

    Glenelly

    2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
    2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
    2001-2005 Change: No change

    Glenelly - 5 seats [2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234
    DUP Allan Bresland *26.57%1,539   
    Sinn Féin Claire McGill *20.47%1,186   
    DUP John Donnell*15.88%9201,457.24  
    Ulster Unionist James Emery*15.28%885908.68 1,359.71 
    SDLP Tom McBride*14.24%825826.11 833.51 1,017.77
    Sinn Féin Thomas O'Neill7.56%438438.37 438.74 438.74
    Electorate: 7,882  Valid: 5,793 (73.50%)  Spoilt: 83  Quota: 966  Turnout: 5,876 (74.55%)  

      Mourne

      2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP
      2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
      2001-2005 Change: Independent gain from SDLP

      Mourne - 6 seats [2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      SDLP Eugene McMenamin *17.80%1,236      
      Sinn Féin Brian McMahon*15.36%1,067      
      Sinn Féin Jarlath McNulty*15.08%1,047      
      Sinn Féin Ivan Barr*13.07%908926.2 945.03 954.98 969.63 1,019.63 
      Independent James O'Kane10.61%737778.8 783.56 785.71 827.18 901.89 1,007.89
      Sinn Féin Daniel Breslin*8.15%566572.2 616.09 651.99 663.08 723.44 793.24
      Ulster Unionist Alastair Patterson 9.43%655657 657.6 657.65 662.05 664.05 686.25
      SDLP Ann Bell*3.41%237308.8 309.85 310.6 478.97 508.67  
      Independent Paul Gallagher4.68%325329.8 331.55 333.5 339.06   
      SDLP Arthur McGarrigle2.40%167258 260.24 260.99    
      Electorate: 10,459  Valid: 6,945 (66.40%)  Spoilt: 132  Quota: 993  Turnout: 7,077 (67.66%)  

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        References

        1. 1 2 "Strabane Council Elections, 1997-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
        2. 1 2 3 "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 9 August 2021.