2005 North Down Borough Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2005
2005 North Down Borough Council election
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All 25 seats to North Down Borough Council
13 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party DUP UUP Alliance
Seats won 8 8 6
Seat change Increase 3 Steady 0 Increase 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Independent Green (NI) UK Unionist
Seats won 2 1 0
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 1 Decrease 2
  Seventh party
 
Party NI Women's Coalition
Seats won 0
Seat change Decrease 1
Party with the most votes by district.

Elections to North Down 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 25 councillors.

Election results

North Down Borough Council Election Result 2005[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  DUP 8 3 0 Increase3 32.0 31.4 8,901 Increase17.1
  UUP 8 0 0 Steady0 32.0 21.5 6,055 Decrease5.8
  Alliance 6 1 0 Increase1 24.0 16.0 4,533 Decrease1.6
  Independent 2 0 2 Decrease2 8.0 11.1 3,114 Decrease10.9
  Green (NI) 1 1 0 Increase1 4.0 9.1 2,548 New
  UK Unionist 0 0 2 Decrease2 0.0 2.6 734 Decrease6.7
  NI Women's Coalition 0 0 1 Decrease1 0.0 2.6 738 Decrease1.0
  PUP 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 2.3 651 Decrease1.3
  SDLP 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.9 525 Increase1.9
  NI Conservatives 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.3 353 Decrease0.4

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the North Down Borough Council election, 2005
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
DUP UUP Alliance Green Others
Abbey 42.1 3 18.5 2 12.0 1 6.4 0 21.0 0 6
Ballyholme and Groomsport 32.5 2 22.5 2 11.1 0 0.0 1 33.9 2 7
Bangor West 25.9 2 18.1 1 14.9 2 19.8 1 21.3 0 7
Holywood 25.4 1 31.8 2 31.4 2 11.4 0 0.0 0 5
Total 31.4 8 21.5 8 16.0 6 9.1 1 22.0 2 25

Districts results

Abbey

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

Abbey - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
DUP Ivy Cooling* 16.96% 1,044                  
DUP Wesley Irvine 13.68% 842 964.94                
UUP Harry Dunlop 12.28% 756 766.08 768.48 791.48 818.48 871.48        
DUP William Montgomery* 10.11% 622 653.14 750.42 766.6 804.96 859.96        
Alliance Stephen Farry* 11.59% 713 713.9 714.38 724.38 751.38 781.56 782.88 783.44 822.8 863.8
UUP Roberta Dunlop* 5.64% 347 352.58 353.38 358.38 375.38 458.74 475.02 479.78 593.26 773.28
Green (NI) Kelly Andrews 6.14% 378 378.72 378.88 402.96 425.96 437.14 437.58 438.42 469.42 520.24
Independent Irene Cree* 5.00% 308 312.14 312.94 341.28 353.28 385.68 387.88 389 446.06  
PUP Mark Gordon 5.43% 334 338.86 341.1 347.1 349.28 380.62 380.62 382.3    
UK Unionist Valerie Kinghan* 4.74% 292 294.88 297.6 306.78 328.78          
NI Conservatives Dean Russell 2.83% 174 174.54 175.18 183.18            
Independent Christopher Carter 2.29% 141 142.8 142.96              
Electorate: 12,675   Valid: 6,154 (48.55%)   Spoilt: 203   Quota: 851   Turnout: 5,951 (46.95%)  

Ballyholme and Groomsport

2001: 2 x Independent, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Women's Coalition
2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Women's Coalition

Ballyholme and Groomsport - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
DUP Peter Weir 16.85% 1,571            
Independent Alan Chambers* 16.70% 1,557            
DUP Alex Easton* 15.66% 1,460            
Alliance Marsden Fitzsimons* 11.14% 1,039 1,054.5 1,119.74 1,147.42 1,160.92 1,486.92  
Independent Austen Lennon* 6.65% 620 649.45 733.17 839.67 897.27 1,083.3 1,203.3
UUP Ian Henry* 7.77% 724 804.29 850.49 902.87 967.37 1,056.33 1,094.33
UUP Leslie Cree* 7.52% 701 778.19 843.15 890.15 952.85 1,015.17 1,053.17
UUP Mark Brooks 7.18% 669 742.16 781.64 829.49 897.89 941.17 969.17
NI Women's Coalition Patricia Wallace* 7.92% 738 756.6 792.72 822.64 842.14    
Independent Henry Gordon 1.89% 176 196.15 235.91        
UK Unionist Charles Teggart 0.73% 68 147.05 159.65        
Electorate: 16,218   Valid: 9,323 (57.49%)   Spoilt: 156   Quota: 1,166   Turnout: 9,479 (58.44%)  

Bangor West

2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Green
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UKUP, Independent joins Greens

Bangor West - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Green (NI) Brian Wilson* 19.83% 1,593                
DUP Alan Graham* 18.46% 1,483                
UUP Marion Smith* 12.74% 1,024                
Alliance Anne Wilson* 9.42% 757 1,116.86              
DUP Alan Leslie 7.43% 597 640.32 1,054.08            
Alliance Tony Hill* 5.49% 441 474.82 479.62 533.57 564.37 566.47 583.54 643.54 1,061.91
UUP James McKerrow 5.38% 432 470 478 499.19 572.83 589.83 660.69 759.07 803.16
UK Unionist William Keery* 4.65% 374 397.56 423.8 430.04 454.36 475.36 536.16 635.51 653.03
SDLP William Logan 6.55% 526 564 564.64 576.08 582.74 583.04 590.04 607.68  
Independent Alan Field 3.88% 312 330.62 337.02 343 359.02 362.37 396.14    
PUP James Rea 3.95% 317 323.46 327.94 329.24 335.82 340.92      
NI Conservatives Julian Robertson 2.23% 179 198.76 201.32 207.56          
Electorate: 14,658   Valid: 8,035 (54.82%)   Spoilt: 168   Quota: 1,005   Turnout: 8,203 (55.96%)  

Holywood

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

Holywood - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
DUP Gordon Dunne* 25.42% 1,282        
Alliance David Alderdice 24.58% 1,240        
UUP Ellie McKay* 19.81% 999        
UUP Diana Peacocke* 11.95% 603 954      
Alliance Ian Parsley 6.80% 343 379.45 714.01 830.65 903.55
Green (NI) John Barry 11.44% 577 629.65 691.19 731.75 771.35
Electorate: 9,107   Valid: 5,044 (55.39%)   Spoilt: 83   Quota: 841   Turnout: 5,127 (56.30%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "North Down Council Elections 1997-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.