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Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland on 5 May 2005, contesting 582 seats in all, along with the 2005 general election across the entire United Kingdom and local elections in England.
Results [ ]
Party[1]
Councillors
Votes
Change
Total
% share
Total
DUP
+51
182
29.6
208,278
Sinn Féin
+18
126
23.2
163,205
UUP
-39
115
18.0
126,317
SDLP
-16
101
17.4
121,991
Alliance
+2
30
5.0
35,149
Independent
-14
20
4
27,677
Green (NI)
+3
3
0.8
5,703
PUP
-2
2
0.7
4,591
United Unionist
0
2
0.3
2,064
Newtownabbey Ratepayers
0
1
0.3
1,897
Socialist Environmental
0
0
0.2
1,321
NI Conservatives
0
0
0.2
1,164
Workers' Party
0
0
0.1
1,052
Socialist Party
0
0
0.1
828
NI Women's Coalition
-1
0
0.1
738
UK Unionist
-2
0
0.1
734
Councils [ ]
Antrim [ ]
[2]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
SDLP
Robert Loughran
1,008
Sinn Féin
Henry Cushinan
875
UUP
Stephen Nicholl
734
DUP
Trevor Clarke
696
Sinn Féin
Anthony Brady
621
DUP
Samuel Clyde
598
SDLP
Donovan McClelland
418
Independent
Brian Johnston
225
Turnout
5,315
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
[2]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
SDLP
Thomas Burns
1,435
DUP
Samuel Dunlop
1,066
UUP
Danny Kinahan
904
UUP
Mervyn Rea
793
DUP
Mel Lucas
603
Alliance
Alan Lawther
598
DUP
Roy Thompson
513
Sinn Féin
Annemarie Logue
452
DUP
William Harkness
309
UUP
Kenneth Swann
271
Sinn Féin
Bernard McCrory
197
Independent
Patricia Murray
49
Turnout
7,294
Alliance gain from Ulster Unionist
[2]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
John Smyth
705
UUP
Adrian Cochrane-Watson
669
Alliance
David Ford
616
DUP
Pam Lewis
479
Sinn Féin
Gerard Magee
475
DUP
Brian Graham
465
SDLP
Oran Keenan
427
UUP
Drew Ritchie
423
UUP
Paul Michael
371
SDLP
Brian Duffin
345
Independent
Darran Smyth
136
PUP
Kenneth Wilkinson
110
UUP
James Sands
38
Independent
Áine Gribbon
28
Turnout
5,410
Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
Alliance gain from SDLP
Ards [ ]
[3]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Jonathan Bell
1,515
DUP
Terence Williams
994
UUP
Ronnie Ferguson
993
DUP
Hamilton Gregory
943
Alliance
Linda Cleland
850
DUP
Colville Elliott
814
UUP
Jeffrey Magill
624
UUP
Tom Smith
560
Green (NI)
John McCullough
182
Independent
Thomas Sheridan
132
Turnout
7,788
Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist and Alliance
[3]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Jim Shannon
1,944
Alliance
Kieran McCarthy
990
SDLP
Joe Boyle
913
UUP
Angus Carson
703
DUP
Robin Drysdale
663
DUP
Colin Kennedy
408
Sinn Féin
Anthony Lacken
292
Independent
Danny McCarthy
270
Turnout
6,313
No change
[3]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Margaret Craig
1,227
Alliance
James McBriar
1,070
UUP
Robert Gibson
984
DUP
William Montgomery
959
DUP
Mervyn Oswald
880
UUP
James Fletcher
796
DUP
David Gilmore
645
UUP
Philip Smith
446
Turnout
7,147
No change
[3]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
George Ennis
1,296
Alliance
Alan McDowell
823
UUP
Tom Hamilton
736
UUP
David Smyth
651
DUP
Michelle Mcilveen
623
Independent
Wilbert Magill
604
DUP
Hamilton Lawther
496
DUP
Simon Hamilton
490
Turnout
5,849
Democratic Unionist gain from Independent
Armagh [ ]
[4]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Freda Donnelly
1,004
SDLP
Pat Brannigan
932
UUP
Sylvia McRoberts
931
Sinn Féin
Cathy Rafferty
898
Sinn Féin
Noel Sheridan
639
Independent
John Nixon
591
Sinn Féin
John Crowley
491
SDLP
Mealla Bratton
468
SDLP
Michael Carson
334
Turnout
6,407
No change
[4]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Noel Donnelly
922
SDLP
Thomas O'Hanlon
891
Sinn Féin
Cathal Boylan
864
Sinn Féin
Pat O'Rawe
850
UUP
Billy Morton
810
Sinn Féin
Willie Monaghan
643
SDLP
Gerald Mallon
605
SDLP
James Lennon
545
Turnout
6,245
Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
[4]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Paul Berry
3,263
UUP
Eric Speers
1,296
SDLP
Sharon Haughey
794
UUP
Robert Turner
698
Sinn Féin
Siobhan Vallely
655
UUP
James Clayton
450
DUP
Gareth Wilson
332
Independent
Paul Bowbanks
324
DUP
Margaret Black
249
Turnout
8,186
Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
[4]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
William Irwin
1,809
UUP
Jim Speers
1,219
Sinn Féin
Paul Corrigan
1,194
SDLP
John Campbell
1,136
UUP
Charles Rollston
718
DUP
Robert Steenson
381
Turnout
6,552
No change
Ballymena [ ]
[5]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
James Alexander
1,503
DUP
Maurice Mills
930
Independent
James Henry
906
SDLP
Patrick McAvoy
755
UUP
Neil Armstrong
656
DUP
John Carson
566
UUP
Joe McKernan
431
Alliance
Jayne Dunlop
404
UUP
Peter Brown
370
Sinn Féin
Padraig McShane
341
Turnout
6,963
Democratic Unionist gain from Independent
[5]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Beth Adger
960
DUP
Davy Tweed
792
DUP
Martin Clarke
777
DUP
Hubert Nicholl
745
SDLP
Declan O'Loan
718
UUP
James Currie
674
Sinn Féin
Daniel O'Connell
346
DUP
Deirdre Nelson
346
UUP
Robin Swann
246
UUP
Colette Gilmour
209
PUP
William McCaughey
94
Turnout
6,046
Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
[5]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Roy Gillespie
1,664
UUP
William McNeilly
1,373
DUP
Sam Gaston
978
DUP
Tommy Nicholl
959
DUP
William Wilkinson
919
Sinn Féin
Monica Digney
733
SDLP
Seamus Laverty
626
Turnout
7,344
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
[5]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Paul Frew
1,524
DUP
Sam Hanna
1,094
DUP
Robin Stirling
854
UUP
Robin Cherry
748
SDLP
Margaret Gribben
645
UUP
Lexie Scott
596
Sinn Féin
Laurence O'Neill
589
UUP
Robert Wilson
404
Turnout
6,537
Democratic Unionists gain from Ulster Unionist
Ballymoney [ ]
[6]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Robert Storey
888
DUP
Cecil Cousley
824
DUP
Ian Stevenson
662
SDLP
Justin McCamphill
456
UUP
Thomas McKeown
411
UUP
James Simpson
260
Turnout
3,578
No change
[6]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
Sinn Féin
Philip McGuigan
1,062
DUP
John Finlay
795
DUP
Roy Wilson
740
DUP
Audrey Patterson
715
Sinn Féin
Daithí McKay
689
UUP
Joe Gaston
646
SDLP
Malachy McCamphill
392
SDLP
Charley O'Kane
158
Turnout
5,297
Sinn Fein gain from Ulster Unionist
[6]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
Sinn Féin
Anita Cavlan
711
DUP
Frank Campbell
573
DUP
Evelyne Robinson
532
SDLP
Harry Connolly
506
Independent
Bill Kennedy
473
DUP
Robert Holmes
298
UUP
William Johnston
274
UUP
William Logan
269
Turnout
3,696
Sinn Fein gain from Ulster Unionist
Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
Bill Kennedy leaves Democratic Unionist
Banbridge [ ]
[7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UUP
Joan Baird
1,501
SDLP
Patrick McAleenan
1,236
DUP
Jim McElroy
1,089
DUP
Junior McCrum
947
Alliance
Frank McQuaid
556
UUP
Ian Burns
549
UUP
Derick Bell
331
Turnout
6,311
Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
[7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UUP
Tyrone Howe
1,304
DUP
Norah Beare
1,292
DUP
Paul Rankin
870
DUP
David Herron
838
SDLP
Cassie McDermott
712
UUP
William Martin
580
Sinn Féin
Francis Branniff
429
Turnout
6,119
Norah Beare leaves Ulster Unionists
[7]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
SDLP
Seamus Doyle
1,051
DUP
Stephen Herron
1,026
UUP
John Ingram
878
Sinn Féin
Dessie Ward
758
DUP
Wilfred McFadden
740
UUP
John Hanna
593
Independent
Malachy McCartan
498
DUP
Ian Wilson
449
UUP
John McCallister
386
Alliance
David Griffin
300
Turnout
6,796
Sinn Fein gain from Independent
Belfast [ ]
Court [8]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Diane Dodds
4,176
PUP
Hugh Smyth
799
Independent
Frank McCoubrey
794
DUP
William Humphrey
679
UUP
Chris McGimpsey
575
Sinn Féin
Francis Hamilton
249
DUP
Elaine McMillen
221
Turnout
7,726
Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
Pottinger [8]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Sammy Wilson
2,385
UUP
Reg Empey
1,968
DUP
May Campbell
1,302
PUP
David Ervine
1,156
Sinn Féin
Deborah Devenny
944
Alliance
Máire Hendron
795
DUP
Margaret McKenzie
717
SDLP
Mary Muldoon
670
UUP
Sonia Copeland
277
Socialist Party
Thomas Black
163
Workers' Party
Joseph Bell
105
UUP
Henry Wallace
72
Turnout
10,935
Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
Alliance gain from Sinn Féin
Victoria [8]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Wallace Browne
2,689
Alliance
Naomi Long
2,565
UUP
Jim Rodgers
2,441
DUP
Robin Newton
2,004
UUP
Ian Adamson
1,877
Alliance
Mervyn Jones
811
DUP
David Rodway
725
UUP
Alan Crowe
459
SDLP
John Ó Doherty
340
PUP
John McQuillan
303
NI Conservatives
Peter Gray
243
Turnout
14,806
Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
Balmoral [8]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
SDLP
Carmel Hanna
2,030
Alliance
Tom Ekin
1,508
DUP
Jim Kirkpatrick
1,473
Sinn Féin
Stiofán Long
1,202
UUP
Bob Stoker
1,180
DUP
Ruth Patterson
1,130
UUP
Esmond Birnie
1,125
SDLP
Mary Kennedy
943
SDLP
Bernie Kelly
906
Independent
Thomas Wilson
213
Turnout
11,902
Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
Castle [8]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Nigel Dodds
3,161
SDLP
Pat Convery
1,818
UUP
David Browne
1,148
SDLP
Cathal Mullaghan
1,136
Sinn Féin
Tierna Cunningham
1,029
Sinn Féin
David Kennedy
1,001
DUP
Sarah Patterson
618
DUP
Ian Crozier
438
Alliance
Marjorie Hawkins
270
Green (NI)
Shane Ó Heorpa
183
Workers' Party
John Lavery
112
Turnout
11,167
No change
Laganbank [8]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
Sinn Féin
Alex Maskey
1,600
SDLP
Patrick McCarthy
1,459
SDLP
Peter O'Reilly
1,376
DUP
Christopher Stalford
1,362
UUP
Michael McGimpsey
1,332
Alliance
Alan Leonard
859
Green (NI)
Andrew Frew
369
UUP
Paula Bradshaw
364
Socialist Party
James Barbour
175
Workers' Party
Patrick Lynn
107
Turnout
9,208
Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
Carrickfergus [ ]
[9]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
David Hilditch
1,052
Alliance
Sean Neeson
792
Independent
William Hamilton
421
UUP
Albert Ferguson
275
Independent
Philip Mannis
203
DUP
Patricia McKinney
186
Alliance
Nicholas Wady
80
Turnout
3,092
No change
[9]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Billy Ashe
1,775
Independent
Charles Brown
1,162
Alliance
Isobel Day
709
Alliance
Robert Logan
636
UUP
Eric Ferguson
622
DUP
Terence Clements
375
DUP
Lynn McClurg
252
UUP
Carolyn Howarth
186
Turnout
5,838
Democratic Unionist gain from Alliance
[9]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
May Beattie
1,718
UUP
Roy Beggs Jr
1,007
Alliance
Stewart Dickson
785
DUP
James McClurg
443
Alliance
Shireen Bell
296
Independent
Robert Rice
293
UUP
Mark Cosgrove
253
DUP
Louise Marsden
214
UUP
Jackie Glover
165
Turnout
5,285
Democratic Unionist gain from Alliance
Castlereagh [ ]
[10]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Peter Robinson
1,431
Alliance
Michael Long
905
DUP
Joanne Bunting
895
UUP
Michael Copeland
541
DUP
John Norris
421
SDLP
Sean Mullan
363
PUP
Thomas Sandford
356
DUP
Andrew Ramsey
272
Independent
Alan Carson
209
UUP
Alan Martin
152
Turnout
5,700
Democratic Unionist gain from Progressive Unionist
[10]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Iris Robinson
2,090
Alliance
Judith Cochrane
957
DUP
Tommy Jeffers
857
DUP
Gareth Robinson
778
UUP
David Drysdale
618
UUP
Mervyn Bailie
580
Independent
Francis Gallagher
551
DUP
Charlie Tosh
426
DUP
Jim White
417
UUP
Hazel Legge
263
PUP
Colin Neill
181
Turnout
7,897
Democratic Unionist gain from Independent
[10]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Jimmy Spratt
1,317
DUP
Jack Beattie
1,219
Alliance
Geraldine Rice
1,180
SDLP
Brian Hanvey
1,112
UUP
Michael Henderson
977
SDLP
Leo Van Es
421
Sinn Féin
Dermot Kennedy
395
UUP
Barbara McBurney
288
Turnout
7,008
Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
[10]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Ann-Marie Beattie
1,417
Alliance
Sara Duncan
1,177
UUP
Cecil Hall
835
SDLP
Rosaleen Hughes
794
DUP
Myreve Chambers
596
SDLP
Gary Vaugh
441
UUP
Bill White
379
Independent
Cyril Kernaghan
266
Turnout
6,050
No change
Coleraine [ ]
[11]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Adrian McQuillan
986
UUP
Olive Church
918
SDLP
John Dallat
901
Sinn Féin
Billy Leonard
895
UUP
William King
893
DUP
Albert Cole
817
DUP
Jonathan Fielding
573
UUP
Jim Watt
542
SDLP
Eamon Mullan
470
Turnout
7,116
Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
[11]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UUP
David McClarty
1,478
DUP
James McClure
1,064
DUP
Timothy Deans
916
SDLP
Gerald McLaughlin
694
UUP
Elizabeth Johnston
471
UUP
David Barbour
449
Alliance
Eamon O'Hara
386
Independent
William Watton
380
Sinn Féin
Kevin Darragh
366
DUP
Adrian Parke
366
Turnout
6,478
No change
[11]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Maurice Bradley
1,395
DUP
William Creelman
629
UUP
Elizabeth Black
417
UUP
Robert McPherson
416
UUP
David Harding
330
DUP
Ellen Fielding
267
SDLP
John Montgomery
227
Alliance
Yvonne Boyle
185
Sinn Féin
Maria O'Neill
121
Turnout
4,862
No change
[11]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
Independent
Christine Alexander
846
DUP
Robert Stewart
773
UUP
Norman Hillis
697
DUP
Sandy Gilkinson
549
Alliance
Barney Fitzpatrick
455
UUP
Samuel Barr
450
SDLP
Maura Hickey
418
Sinn Féin
Valerie Leonard
352
Independent
Barbara Dempsey
162
Turnout
4,767
Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
Cookstown [ ]
[12] [a]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
Sinn Féin
Patrick McAleer
N/A
Sinn Féin
Michael McIvor
N/A
SDLP
Mary Baker
N/A
SDLP
Patsy McGlone
N/A
DUP
Samuel McCartney
N/A
UUP
Thomas Greer
N/A
Turnout
N/A
No change
^ Because only six candidates had been nominated for the six seats, there was no vote and all six candidates were declared elected.
[12]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Ian McCrea
1,246
UUP
Trevor Wilson
1,110
Sinn Féin
John McNamee
977
SDLP
Peter Cassidy
514
SDLP
Tony Quinn
493
Sinn Féin
Ciarán McElhone
358
Socialist Party
Harry Hutchinson
84
Turnout
4,854
SDLP gain from Sinn Fein
[12]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
Sinn Féin
Sean Clarke
1,055
DUP
Alice Lees
997
Sinn Féin
Oliver Molloy
952
UUP
Samuel Glasgow
841
SDLP
James McGarvey
723
Independent
Samuel Parke
641
Turnout
5,268
Democratic Unionist gain from Independent
Craigavon [ ]
[13]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Robert Smith
1,587
UUP
Kenneth Twyble
1,308
Sinn Féin
John O'Dowd
1,229
DUP
William Smith
928
SDLP
Kieran Corr
788
Sinn Féin
Francis Murray
693
DUP
Philip Weir
622
Alliance
Alan Castle
598
UUP
Ronald Harkness
525
SDLP
Patricia Mallon
450
UUP
Fred Crowe
421
UUP
Robert Oliver
254
Turnout
9,633
Democratic Unionist gain from SDLP
[13]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UUP
Sam Gardiner
2,109
DUP
Stephen Moutray
2,059
DUP
Fergie Dawson
1,101
UUP
George Savage
803
Sinn Féin
Maurice Magill
734
SDLP
Francis McAlinden
633
Independent
David Calvert
626
UUP
Sydney Cairns
582
UUP
Meta Crozier
434
DUP
Anne Harrison
373
DUP
Mark Russell
314
Turnout
9,939
Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
[13]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
Sinn Féin
Mairead O'Dowd
2,183
SDLP
Dolores Kelly
1,625
Sinn Féin
Michael Tallon
948
SDLP
Bernard Elliott
680
Sinn Féin
Leah Small
649
SDLP
Mary McAlinden
636
UUP
Joy Savage
306
DUP
Ivan Russell
302
Workers' Party
Tom French
155
Turnout
7,712
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
[13]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
David Simpson
2,325
DUP
Sidney Anderson
809
Sinn Féin
Brian McKeown
781
UUP
George Hatch
736
SDLP
Thomas Fox
703
Sinn Féin
Ciaran Tennyson
515
Independent
David Jones
419
SDLP
Elaine Sterritt
334
Independent
Mervyn Carrick
310
Alliance
John Hagan
216
UUP
Mark Neale
213
DUP
Alan Carson
211
UUP
David Thompson
191
Independent
Jim Dickson
104
Turnout
8,048
Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
Derry [ ]
Waterside[14]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Gregory Campbell
1,521
SDLP
Gerard Diver
1,508
DUP
Joe Miller
1,187
Sinn Féin
Lynn Fleming
1,084
UUP
Mary Hamilton
1,017
DUP
Drew Thompson
986
DUP
Mildred Garfield
883
SDLP
Martin Reilly
567
Sinn Féin
Jim Logue
447
Socialist Environmental
David McAuley
194
Turnout
9,602
No change
Rural[14]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
William Hay
1,413
SDLP
Thomas Conway
1,368
DUP
Maurice Devenney
1,275
Sinn Féin
Paul Fleming
1,137
SDLP
Liam Boyle
1,015
SDLP
James McKeever
675
Sinn Féin
Thomas McGlinchey
623
UUP
Ernest Hamilton
533
UUP
Earl Storey
450
SDLP
Thomas Harty
381
Socialist Environmental
Eamonn McCann
371
Independent
Annie Courtney
369
Turnout
9,817
Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
Northland[14]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
SDLP
Mark H. Durkan
2,369
Sinn Féin
Gerry MacLochlainn
1,124
SDLP
Helen Quigley
1,079
Sinn Féin
Billy Page
1,001
Sinn Féin
Maeve McLaughlin
849
SDLP
Seana Hume
788
SDLP
John Kerr
653
SDLP
Sean Carr
637
Sinn Féin
Joanne McDaid
630
Sinn Féin
Sharon Duddy
486
Socialist Environmental
Colm Bryce
353
Socialist Environmental
Oisín Kehoe
221
Turnout
10,470
No change
Shantallow[14]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
SDLP
Mary Bradley
2,180
SDLP
Colum Eastwood
1,311
Sinn Féin
Elisha McLaughlin
1,264
Sinn Féin
Gearóid Ó hEára
1,119
SDLP
Shaun Gallagher
1,119
Sinn Féin
Tony Hassan
925
Sinn Féin
Oliver Green
798
SDLP
Helena Kearney
627
Independent
Tommy Mullan
340
Turnout
9,910
No change
Cityside[14]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
Sinn Féin
Peter Anderson
997
SDLP
Pat Ramsey
980
Sinn Féin
Patricia Logue
801
Sinn Féin
Barney O'Hagan
763
SDLP
Jim Clifford
722
Sinn Féin
Kevin Campbell
696
Independent
Gary Donnelly
493
SDLP
Liam Boyle
488
Socialist Environmental
Liam Friel
182
Turnout
6,344
No change
Down [ ]
[15]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Jim Wells
1,305
Sinn Féin
Michael Coogan
1,248
SDLP
Patrick Toman
877
UUP
Peter Bowles
807
SDLP
Anne McAleenan
746
SDLP
Francis Casement
462
UUP
Walter Lyons
438
DUP
Samuel Hanna
375
Turnout
6,364
No change
[15]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
Sinn Féin
Eamonn McConvey
1,259
SDLP
Peter Craig
1,060
SDLP
Dermot Curran
939
SDLP
John Doris
865
Sinn Féin
Liam Johnston
722
UUP
William Murphy
650
SDLP
Colin McGrath
624
Green (NI)
Bill Corry
565
Sinn Féin
Caitríona Mackel
483
SDLP
Daniel McEvoy
400
Workers' Party
Desmond O'Hagan
97
Turnout
7,833
Sinn Fein gain from Ulster Unionist
Green gain from Independent
[15]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
SDLP
Eamon O'Neill
1,379
Sinn Féin
William Clarke
1,301
SDLP
Carmel O'Boyle
936
UUP
Gerald Douglas
808
DUP
Stanley Priestly
744
SDLP
Peter Fitzpatrick
573
Sinn Féin
Aíne McEvoy
541
Sinn Féin
Hugh McDowell
469
Alliance
Charles McGrath
252
Green (NI)
Peter McCarron
148
Turnout
7,323
No change
[15]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
William Dick
1,326
SDLP
Margaret Ritchie
1,105
UUP
Robert Burgess
928
DUP
William Walker
721
UUP
Edward Rea
580
UUP
Albert Colmer
537
Alliance
Lorna Dunn
333
Sinn Féin
Mary Robb
313
SDLP
Patricia McKay
310
Green (NI)
Philip Orr
187
Turnout
6,429
Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
Dungannon [ ]
[16]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Roger Burton
1,309
Sinn Féin
Phelim Gildernew
1,095
DUP
Samuel Brush
995
UUP
Jim Hamilton
864
SDLP
Patrick Daly
765
UUP
Sammy Stewart
470
Sinn Féin
Josefa Watters
411
DUP
Denver Thompson
260
Turnout
6,266
Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
[16]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
SDLP
Anthony McGonnell
1,134
DUP
William McIlwrath
837
DUP
Frances Burton
836
Sinn Féin
Sean McGuigan
806
UUP
Robert Mulligan
773
Sinn Féin
Colla McMahon
756
UUP
Ken Maginnis
479
Sinn Féin
Bronwyn McGahan
368
Turnout
6,063
No change
[16]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Maurice Morrow
1,029
SDLP
Vincent Currie
871
UUP
Walter Cuddy
835
Sinn Féin
John McLarnon
817
Sinn Féin
Barry Monteith
713
DUP
Gilbert Greenaway
497
Sinn Féin
Tony Slevin
377
UUP
Victor McNickle
283
Turnout
5,502
Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
[16]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
Sinn Féin
Michael Gillespie
1,392
Sinn Féin
O'Neill Michelle
1,270
Sinn Féin
Francie Molloy
1,173
SDLP
Jim Cavanagh
956
Independent
Jim Canning
923
Sinn Féin
Desmond Donnelly
815
UUP
Norman Badger
732
DUP
Robert McFarland
369
Turnout
7,720
Sinn Fein gain from Independent
Fermanagh [ ]
[17]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Arlene Foster
2,054
Sinn Féin
Pat Cox
964
SDLP
Frank Britton
916
Sinn Féin
Gerry McHugh
838
Sinn Féin
Paddy Gilgunn
684
UUP
Raymond Ferguson
682
SDLP
Patricia Rodgers
668
UUP
Robert Irvine
576
UUP
Basil Johnston
527
Socialist Party
Samuel Dunne
406
DUP
Joe Dodds
400
Turnout
8,878
Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
SDLP gain from Independent
[17]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Paul Robinson
1,277
Sinn Féin
Ruth Lynch
1,197
Sinn Féin
Thomas O'Reilly
1,179
SDLP
Fergus McQuillan
1,157
Sinn Féin
Brian McCaffrey
1,132
Sinn Féin
Sean Lynch
1,110
UUP
Harold Andrews
1,022
UUP
Jean McVitty
719
Turnout
8,933
Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
[17]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UUP
Thomas Elliott
1,686
Sinn Féin
Breege McSorley
1,166
DUP
Bert Johnston
1,036
SDLP
John O'Kane
749
DUP
Mandy Mahon
720
SDLP
Julie Dervan
517
UUP
Gary Wilson
210
UUP
Bertie Kerr
204
Turnout
6,399
No change
[17]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
SDLP
Gerard Gallagher
1,559
Sinn Féin
Poilin Ui Cathain
1,134
Sinn Féin
Stephen Huggett
1,121
Sinn Féin
Bernice Swift
1,086
DUP
Cyril Brownlee
912
UUP
Alex Baird
689
UUP
Derrick Nixon
515
Independent
Kevin Nolan
115
Green (NI)
Laurence Speight
79
Turnout
7,345
No change
Larne [ ]
[18]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Winston Fulton
770
SDLP
Daniel O'Connor
564
DUP
Rachel Rea
507
UUP
Brian Dunn
501
Sinn Féin
James McKeown
441
Alliance
Gerardine Mulvenna
411
UUP
Joan Drummond
259
Independent
William Cunning
212
Turnout
3,665
No change
[18]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Bobby McKee
1,589
UUP
Roy Beggs
931
Alliance
John Mathews
862
UUP
Andrew Wilson
585
UUP
Jonathan Moore
418
DUP
Gregg McKeen
182
Turnout
4,567
No change
[18]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Jack McKee
939
SDLP
Gerard Wilson
511
Independent
Roy Craig
435
UUP
Martin Dunn
307
Independent
John Anderson
246
Independent
Lindsay Mason
244
Alliance
Elena Aceves-Cully
175
PUP
Billy Adamson
131
Independent
Robert Shaw
122
DUP
Sharon McKeen
114
UUP
Maxi Burns
101
Independent
Thomas Robinson
57
Independent
David Todd
47
Green (NI)
Mary Ringland
46
Turnout
3,475
No change
Limavady [ ]
[19]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Joseph Cubitt
1,189
UUP
Edwin Stevenson
759
Sinn Féin
Gerard Butcher
667
SDLP
Michael Carten
630
Sinn Féin
John McElhinney
603
SDLP
John McKinney
501
SDLP
Deborah Crewe
359
DUP
Arnold Shannon
320
Turnout
5,105
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
[19]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
UUC
Boyd Douglas
922
Sinn Féin
Cathal Hassan
666
SDLP
Michael Coyle
635
Sinn Féin
Brenda Chivers
611
Sinn Féin
Marion Donaghy
484
Sinn Féin
Martin McGuigan
442
UUC
Samuel Oliver
406
SDLP
Evelyn Donaghy
256
Turnout
4,519
No change
[19]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
George Robinson
876
DUP
Alan Robinson
768
Sinn Féin
Anne Brolly
657
UUP
John Rankin
472
SDLP
Gerard Mullan
414
UUP
John Dolan
281
SDLP
Gareth Peoples
259
Turnout
3,785
Sinn Fein gain from Independent
Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
Lisburn [ ]
[20]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Edwin Poots
1,929
UUP
Basil McCrea
1,601
DUP
Allan Ewart
1,502
Alliance
Elizabeth Campbell
1,087
UUP
William Ward
636
DUP
Joseph Lockhart
577
UUP
James Baird
559
UUP
William Scott
237
Sinn Féin
David Hall
104
Turnout
8,346
Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
[20]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
Sinn Féin
Paul Butler
1,823
Sinn Féin
Michael Ferguson
1,464
DUP
Stephen Moore
1,393
SDLP
Patricia Lewsley
1,369
Sinn Féin
Máireád Uí Adhmaill
1,464
Sinn Féin
Angela Nelson
1,010
Sinn Féin
Veronica Willis
940
SDLP
Brian Heading
834
UUP
Kenneth Bishop
691
Turnout
10,958
Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
[20]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Robert Beckett
1,751
DUP
James Tinsley
1,279
DUP
Cecil Calvert
1,049
UUP
William Dillon
1,046
SDLP
Peter O'Hagan
977
Sinn Féin
Chris Donnelly
652
Alliance
Owen Gawith
578
UUP
Samuel Johnston
460
NI Conservatives
Neil Johnston
333
UUP
David Green
306
Turnout
8,553
Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
[20]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
David Craig
1,794
DUP
Paul Givan
1,506
Alliance
Trevor Lunn
1,080
DUP
William Leathem
1,064
UUP
Ronnie Crawford
759
UUP
William Gardiner-Watson
678
UUP
Kenneth Armstrong
647
UUP
David Archer
644
SDLP
John Drake
568
UUP
Ellen Hillen
379
Green (NI)
Michael Rogan
284
Sinn Féin
Jacqui Currie
222
Alliance
Frazer McCammond
160
Turnout
9,984
Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
Ronnie Crawford joins Ulster Unionists
[20]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Jeffrey Donaldson
2,109
Alliance
Seamus Close
1,002
UUP
Ivan Davis
587
DUP
Paul Porter
550
DUP
Jennifer Palmer
420
DUP
Andrew Ewing
315
UUP
Thomas Archer
229
UUP
Denis Troughton
166
Sinn Féin
Martin Parker
152
SDLP
Yvonne Byrne
146
Turnout
5,820
Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist and Independent
Magherafelt [ ]
[21]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
William McCrea
2,286
Sinn Féin
Peter Bateson
1,270
SDLP
Jim Campbell
937
Sinn Féin
Sean McPeake
846
UUP
George Shiels
691
SDLP
Brendan Scott
524
Sinn Féin
Seamus O'Brien
409
DUP
Paul McLean
250
Turnout
7,213
No change
[21]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Thomas Catherwood
1,557
Sinn Féin
James O'Neill
1,202
Sinn Féin
Oliver Hughes
1,139
Sinn Féin
Ian Milne
831
SDLP
Elizabeth Foster
760
UUP
John Crawford
617
Independent
John Junkin
426
Turnout
6,532
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
[21]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
Sinn Féin
Patrick Groogan
1,396
Sinn Féin
Kathleen McEldowney
1,135
Sinn Féin
John Kerr
1,117
SDLP
Kathleen Lagan
999
DUP
Elizabeth Forde
790
SDLP
Hugh Kelly
675
Independent
Robert Montgomery
609
Sinn Féin
Hugh Mullan
491
Workers' Party
Francis Donnelly
102
Turnout
7,314
Democratic Unionist gain from Independent
Moyle [ ]
[22]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
Sinn Féin
Cara McShane
545
SDLP
Madeline Black
371
UUP
Helen Harding
323
Independent
Seamus Blaney
302
Sinn Féin
Cathal Newcombe
293
SDLP
Michael Molloy
265
DUP
Ian Chestnutt
171
DUP
Christine McFaul
125
Turnout
2,439
Sinn Fein gain from Democratic Unionist and SDLP
[22]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
David McAllister
481
DUP
George Hartin
470
UUP
William Graham
326
Independent
Price McConaghy
222
UUP
Robert McIlroy
172
Independent
Thomas Palmer
22
Turnout
1,743
No change
[22]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
Sinn Féin
Oliver McMullan
682
SDLP
Orla Black
437
Independent
Randal McDonnell
403
SDLP
Catherine McCambridge
321
Sinn Féin
Marie McKeegan
315
Sinn Féin
Maria O'Hara
221
DUP
Walter Greer
201
Turnout
2,623
Oliver McMullan joins Sinn Fein
Newry and Mourne [ ]
[23]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
SDLP
Karen McKevitt
1,150
Sinn Féin
Michael Ruane
1,071
SDLP
Michael Carr
1,041
SDLP
Josephine O'Hare
966
Sinn Féin
Peter Kearney
921
Green (NI)
Ciaran Mussen
863
Sinn Féin
Mick Murphy
852
Independent
Thomas McCann
745
Independent
Anthony Williamson
707
SDLP
Brendan Murney
529
UUP
Kenneth Donaldson
510
SDLP
Paul McKibben
498
Sinn Féin
Geraldine McAteer
477
DUP
Wilma McCulllough
300
Turnout
10,828
Green gain from SDLP
[23]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
Independent
Jackie Patterson
1,186
Sinn Féin
Charlie Casey
1,128
SDLP
John McCardle
899
Sinn Féin
Marian Mathers
831
Sinn Féin
Brendan Curran
723
Sinn Féin
Ewan Morgan
712
SDLP
Frank Feely
655
Sinn Féin
Catherine McMahon
581
SDLP
Gary Stokes
558
UUP
David Taylor
550
SDLP
Terry Ruddy
494
Independent
Gerry Markey
190
Independent
Vincent Markey
47
Turnout
8,756
No change
[23]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
Sinn Féin
Colman Burns
1,399
Sinn Féin
Terry Hearty
1,295
Sinn Féin
Anthony Flynn
1,243
Sinn Féin
Mary Campbell
1,223
SDLP
Geraldine Donnelly
1,151
Sinn Féin
Packie McDonald
1,105
SDLP
Peter McEvoy
822
Turnout
8,405
No change
[23]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
Sinn Féin
Pat McGinn
1,246
Sinn Féin
Jimmy McCreesh
1,190
UUP
Danny Kennedy
1,169
Sinn Féin
Aodh Lewis
1,135
SDLP
John Feehan
957
SDLP
Susan Mackin
718
DUP
Glenn Oliver
681
UUP
Andy Moffett
596
SDLP
Noelle McGarvey
534
Turnout
8,394
Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
[23]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
William Burns
1,793
UUP
Henry Reilly
1,238
SDLP
Michael Cole
950
Sinn Féin
Martin Connolly
867
SDLP
Marian Fitzpatrick
693
Independent
Martin Cunningham
559
UUP
Isaac Hanna
549
Independent
Arthur Coulter
362
DUP
Linda Burns
75
Turnout
7,225
No change
Newtownabbey [ ]
[24]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Nigel Hamilton
1,901
SDLP
Noreen McClelland
1,106
UUP
Janet Crilly
1,101
Alliance
Tom Campbell
859
DUP
Paula Bradley
810
Sinn Féin
Briege Meehan
780
Sinn Féin
Martin Meehan
670
UUP
Ivan Hunter
516
SDLP
Tommy McTeague
515
DUP
Mandy Girvan
425
Newtownabbey Ratepayers' Association
Jennifer Irvine
298
Independent
Arthur Templeton
64
Turnout
9,235
Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
Alliance gain from SDLP
[24]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Paul Girvan
3,402
UUP
Jim Bingham
925
UUP
Vera McWilliams
735
UUP
Ted Turkington
603
Alliance
Patrick Sweeney
451
NI Conservatives
Alan Greer
235
DUP
Pamela Hunter
180
DUP
Etta Mann
174
Turnout
6,860
Democratic Unionist gain from Ulster Unionist
[24]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
William DeCourcy
1,670
Newtownabbey Ratepayers' Association
Billy Webb
821
DUP
Victor Robinson
748
Independent
Tommy Kirkham
582
UUP
John Scott
551
Sinn Féin
Sean Oliver
321
DUP
Dineen Walker
292
PUP
Catherine Robinson
291
SDLP
Michael McBrien
200
Turnout
5,629
Democratic Unionist gain from Independent
North Down [ ]
[25]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Ruby Cooling
1,044
DUP
Wesley Irvine
842
UUP
Harry Dunlop
756
Alliance
Stephen Farry
713
DUP
William Montgomery
622
Green (NI)
Kelly Andrews
378
UUP
Roberta Dunlop
347
PUP
Mark Gordon
334
Independent
Irene Cree
308
UK Unionist
Valerie Kinghan
292
NI Conservatives
Dean Russell
174
Independent
Christopher Carter
141
Turnout
6,154
Democratic Unionist gain from UK Unionist
[25]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Peter Weir
1,571
Independent
Alan Chambers
1,557
DUP
Alexander Easton
1,460
Alliance
Thomas Fitzsimons
1,039
NI Women's Coalition
Patricia Wallace
738
UUP
Ian Henry
724
UUP
Leslie Cree
701
UUP
Mark Brooks
669
Independent
Austin Lennon
620
Independent
Henry Gordon
176
UK Unionist
Joseph Teggart
68
Turnout
9,479
Democratic Unionist gain from Women's Coalition
[25]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
Green (NI)
Brian Wilson
1,593
DUP
Robert Graham
1,483
UUP
Marion Smith
1,024
Alliance
Anne Wilson
757
DUP
Alan Leslie
597
SDLP
William Logan
526
Alliance
Tony Hill
441
UUP
James McKerrow
432
UK Unionist
William Keery
374
PUP
James Rea
317
Independent
Alan Field
312
NI Conservatives
Julian Robertson
179
Turnout
8,203
Brian Wilson joins Greens
Democratic Unionist gain from UK Unionist
[25]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Gordon Dunne
1,282
Alliance
David Alderdice
1,240
UUP
Ellie McKay
999
UUP
Diana Peacocke
603
Green (NI)
John Barry
577
Alliance
Ian Parsley
343
Turnout
5,127
Alliance gain from Independent
Omagh [ ]
[26]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
Sinn Féin
John Clarke
1,480
Sinn Féin
Michael McAnespie
1,203
UUP
Bert Wilson
1,084
SDLP
Seamus Shields
1,008
DUP
Charles Chittick
1,000
Sinn Féin
Sharon O'Brien
900
Sinn Féin
Declan McAleer
855
Sinn Féin
Cathal McCrory
741
SDLP
Gerry O'Doherty
692
Turnout
9,150
Democratic Unionist gain from SDLP
[26]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Clive McFarland
1,264
Sinn Féin
Sean Begley
1,153
Independent
Paddy McGowan
885
SDLP
Josephine Deehan
862
UUP
Ross Hussey
831
Independent
Johnny McLaughlin
641
Sinn Féin
Martin McColgan
568
SDLP
Joe Byrne
551
Turnout
6,923
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
[26]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Thomas Buchanan
1,810
Sinn Féin
Barry McElduff
1,471
SDLP
Patrick McDonnell
1,060
Sinn Féin
Ann Quinn
983
Sinn Féin
Frankie Donnelly
790
UUP
Allan Rainey
735
Sinn Féin
Peter Kelly
718
SDLP
Liam McQuaid
534
UUP
William Bleakley
518
Turnout
8,792
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
Strabane [ ]
[27]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Thomas Kerrigan
1,125
UUP
Derek Hussey
1,106
Sinn Féin
Charles McHugh
1,079
Sinn Féin
Kieran McGuire
821
Sinn Féin
Gerard Foley
729
DUP
Kathleen Craig
588
SDLP
Bernadette McNamee
526
PUP
Roy Reid
64
Turnout
6,151
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
[27]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
DUP
Allan Bresland
1,539
Sinn Féin
Claire McGill
1,186
DUP
John Donnell
920
UUP
James Emery
885
SDLP
Thomas McBride
825
Sinn Féin
Thomas O'Neill
438
Turnout
5,876
No change
[27]
Party
Candidate
1st Pref
SDLP
Eugene McMenamin
1,236
Sinn Féin
Brian McMahon
1,067
Sinn Féin
Jarlath McNulty
1,047
Sinn Féin
Ivan Barr
908
Independent
James O'Kane
737
UUP
Alistair Patterson
655
Sinn Féin
Daniel Breslin
566
Independent
Paul Gallagher
325
SDLP
Ann Bell
237
SDLP
Arthur McGarrigle
167
Turnout
7,077
Independent gain from SDLP
References [ ]
^ Local Government Elections 2005 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c Antrim District Council Elections 1993-2011 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c d Ards District Council Elections 1993-2011 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c d Armagh District Council Elections 1993-2011 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c d Ballymena District Council Elections 1993-2011 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c Ballymoney District Council Elections 1993-2011 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c Banbridge District Council Elections 1993-2011 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c d e f g h i Belfast City Council Elections 1993–2005 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c Carrickfergus District Council Elections 1993-2011 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c d Castlereagh District Council Elections 1993-2011 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c d Coleraine District Council Elections 1993-2011 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c Cookstown District Council Elections 1993-2011 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c d Craigavon District Council Elections 1993-2011 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c d e Derry City Council 1993–2005 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c d Down District Council Elections 1993-2011 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c d Dungannon District Council Elections 1993-2011 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c d Fermanagh District Council Elections 1993-2011 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c Larne District Council Elections 1993-2011 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c Limavady District Council Elections 1993-2011 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c d e Lisburn District Council Elections 1993-2011 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c Magherafelt District Council Elections 1993-2011 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c Moyle District Council Elections 1993-2011 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c d e Newry & Mourne District Council Elections 1993-2011 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c d Newtownabbey District Council Elections 1993-2011 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c d North Down District Council Elections 1993-2011 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c Omagh District Council Elections 1993-2011 , Northern Ireland Elections
^ a b c Strabane District Council Elections 1993-2011 , Northern Ireland Elections
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