2005 Ballymena Borough Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2005
2005 Ballymena Borough Council election
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All 24 seats to Ballymena Borough Council
13 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party DUP UUP SDLP
Seats won 14 5 3
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 2 Decrease 1
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Independent
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1
Party with the most votes by district.

Elections to Ballymena 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 24 councillors.

Election results

Ballymena Borough Council Election Result 2005[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  DUP 14 3 0 Increase3 58.3 55.2 14,611 Increase10.3
  UUP 5 0 2 Decrease2 20.8 21.6 5,707 Decrease5.9
  SDLP 3 0 1 Decrease1 12.5 10.4 2,744 Decrease6.1
  Sinn Féin 1 1 0 Increase1 4.2 7.6 2,009 Increase6.3
  Independent 1 0 1 Decrease1 4.2 3.4 906 Decrease3.9
  Alliance 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 1.5 404 Increase0.4
  PUP 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.4 94 Decrease0.4

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Ballymena Borough Council election, 2005
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
DUP UUP SDLP Sinn Féin Others
Ballymena North 43.7 3 21.2 2 11.0 1 5.0 0 19.1 1 7
Ballymena South 61.3 5 19.1 1 12.2 1 5.9 0 1.5 0 7
Bannside 62.3 3 18.9 1 8.6 0 10.1 1 0.0 0 5
Braid 53.8 3 27.1 1 10.0 1 9.1 0 0.0 0 5
Total 55.2 14 21.6 5 10.4 3 7.6 1 5.2 1 24

Districts results

Ballymena North

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

Ballymena North - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
DUP James Alexander* 21.90% 1,503              
DUP Maurice Mills* 13.55% 930              
Independent James Henry* 13.20% 906              
DUP John Carson 8.25% 566 1,125            
UUP Neil Armstrong* 9.56% 656 693.41 839.56 875.83        
SDLP Patrick McAvoy* 11.00% 755 756.29 762.95 764.51 1,025.51      
UUP Joseph McKernan* 6.28% 431 445.62 499.27 512.66 512.66 520.66 536.86 878.51
Alliance Jayne Dunlop 5.89% 404 413.03 427.09 430.08 449.08 574.08 584.34 631.34
UUP Peter Brown 5.39% 370 388.92 432.58 449.22 453.22 456.22 475.9  
Sinn Féin Padraig McShane 4.97% 341 341 341 341.26        
Electorate: 11,822   Valid: 6,862 (58.04%)   Spoilt: 101   Quota: 858   Turnout: 6,963 (58.90%)  

Ballymena South

2001: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2005: 5 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Ballymena South - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
DUP Beth Adger* 16.25% 960                
DUP David Tweed* 13.41% 792                
DUP Martin Clarke* 13.15% 777                
DUP Hubert Nicholl* 12.61% 745                
UUP James Currie* 11.41% 674 699.2 714.68 719.09 721.99 823.99      
SDLP Declan O'Loan* 12.16% 718 719.2 721.2 721.34 721.34 723.39 726.21 1,034.21  
DUP Deirdre Nelson 5.86% 346 519.52 552.16 594.37 624.47 652.13 661.53 661.53 669.53
UUP Robin Swann 4.16% 246 250.8 256.8 257.71 258.26 336.93 409.31 410.31 477.31
Sinn Féin Daniel O'Connell 5.86% 346 346.24 346.24 346.24 346.29 347.29 347.29    
UUP Colette Gilmour 3.54% 209 218.36 234.32 237.33 240.13        
PUP William McCaughey 1.59% 94 99.76              
Electorate: 10,637   Valid: 5,907 (55.53%)   Spoilt: 139   Quota: 739   Turnout: 6,046 (56.84%)  

Bannside

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

Bannside - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
DUP Roy Gillespie* 22.95% 1,664      
UUP William McNeilly* 18.93% 1,373      
DUP Samuel Gaston* 13.49% 978 1,147.02 1,187.2 1,195.71
Sinn Féin Monica Digney 11.65% 733 733.54 733.68 1,152.07
DUP Tommy Nicholl* 13.22% 959 1,065.38 1,121.24 1,150.11
DUP William Wilkinson 12.67% 919 1,079.38 1,105.98 1,108.8
SDLP Seamus Laverty* 8.63% 626 628.7 660.2  
Electorate: 10,772   Valid: 7,252 (67.32%)   Spoilt: 92   Quota: 1,209   Turnout: 7,344 (68.18%)  

Braid

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

Braid - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
DUP Paul Frew 23.61% 1,524        
DUP Samuel Hanna* 16.95% 1,094        
DUP Robin Stirling* 13.23% 854 1,238.54      
SDLP Margaret Gribben* 9.99% 645 647.03 647.87 686.87 1,176.87
UUP Robin Cherry 11.59% 748 761.63 808.39 1,045.73 1,047.01
UUP Lexie Scott 9.23% 596 619.49 686.13 847.27 849.27
Sinn Féin Laurence O'Neill 9.13% 589 589.29 589.29 589.57  
UUP Robert Wilson 6.26% 404 418.5 466.38    
Electorate: 9,694   Valid: 6,454 (66.58%)   Spoilt: 83   Quota: 1,076   Turnout: 6,537 (67.43%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Ballymena Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 7 July 2021.