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2005 Ballymena Borough Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2005

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.

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 Democratic Unionist Ulster Unionist Social Democratic and Labour
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

Election results edit

Ballymena Borough Council Election Result 2005[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Democratic Unionist 14 3 0  3 58.3 55.2 14,611  10.3
  Ulster Unionist 5 0 2  2 20.8 21.6 5,707  5.9
  Social Democratic and Labour 3 0 1  1 12.5 10.4 2,744  6.1
  Sinn Féin 1 1 0  1 4.2 7.6 2,009  6.3
  Independent 1 0 1  1 4.2 3.4 906  3.9
  Alliance 0 0 0   0.0 1.5 404  0.4
  PUP 0 0 0   0.0 0.4 94  0.4

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary edit

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 edit

Ballymena North edit

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
Democratic Unionist James Alexander* 21.90% 1,503              
Democratic Unionist Maurice Mills* 13.55% 930              
Independent James Henry* 13.20% 906              
Democratic Unionist John Carson 8.25% 566 1,125            
Ulster Unionist Neil Armstrong* 9.56% 656 693.41 839.56 875.83        
Social Democratic and Labour Patrick McAvoy* 11.00% 755 756.29 762.95 764.51 1,025.51      
Ulster Unionist 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
Ulster Unionist 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 edit

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
Democratic Unionist Beth Adger* 16.25% 960                
Democratic Unionist David Tweed* 13.41% 792                
Democratic Unionist Martin Clarke* 13.15% 777                
Democratic Unionist Hubert Nicholl* 12.61% 745                
Ulster Unionist James Currie* 11.41% 674 699.2 714.68 719.09 721.99 823.99      
Social Democratic and Labour Declan O'Loan* 12.16% 718 719.2 721.2 721.34 721.34 723.39 726.21 1,034.21  
Democratic Unionist Deirdre Nelson 5.86% 346 519.52 552.16 594.37 624.47 652.13 661.53 661.53 669.53
Ulster Unionist 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    
Ulster Unionist 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 edit

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
Democratic Unionist Roy Gillespie* 22.95% 1,664      
Ulster Unionist William McNeilly* 18.93% 1,373      
Democratic Unionist 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
Democratic Unionist Tommy Nicholl* 13.22% 959 1,065.38 1,121.24 1,150.11
Democratic Unionist William Wilkinson 12.67% 919 1,079.38 1,105.98 1,108.8
Social Democratic and Labour 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 edit

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
Democratic Unionist Paul Frew 23.61% 1,524        
Democratic Unionist Samuel Hanna* 16.95% 1,094        
Democratic Unionist Robin Stirling* 13.23% 854 1,238.54      
Social Democratic and Labour Margaret Gribben* 9.99% 645 647.03 647.87 686.87 1,176.87
Ulster Unionist Robin Cherry 11.59% 748 761.63 808.39 1,045.73 1,047.01
Ulster Unionist 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  
Ulster Unionist 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 edit

  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.
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