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Local govt election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 2005
2005 Down District Council election parliamentary no 2001 Down District Council election 2001 2005 05 5 y 2011 Down District Council election 2011 All 23 seats to Down District Council 12 Social Democratic and Labour Party 10 0 Sinn Féin 5 1 Ulster Unionist Party 4 2 Democratic Unionist Party 3 1 Green Party of Northern Ireland 1 1 Independent (politician) 0 1 File:Down 2005 election.svg Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Down District 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 23 councillors.
Election results
Down District Council Election Result 2005https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgdown.htm Down Council Elections, 1993-2011 www.ark.ac.uk
Social Democratic and Labour Party
10
0
0
0
43.5
37.5
10,276
3.7
Sinn Féin
5
1
0
1
21.7
23.1
6,336
5.9
Ulster Unionist Party
4
0
2
2
17.4
17.3
4,748
4.5
Democratic Unionist Party
3
1
0
1
13.0
16.3
4,471
2.0
Green Party of Northern Ireland
1
1
0
1
4.3
3.3
900
3.3
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
0
0
0
0
0.0
2.1
585
2.1
Workers' Party (Ireland)
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.4
97
0.0
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Down District Council election, 2005by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
!rowspan=2|TotalCllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Sinn Féin" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Green Party of Northern Ireland" | Green
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Ballynahinch
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|33.3
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
|19.9
|1
|19.9
|1
|26.8
|1
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Downpatrick
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|50.7
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|4
|32.2
|2
|8.5
|0
|0.0
|0
|7.4
|1
|1.2
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Newcastle
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|40.4
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
|32.3
|2
|11.3
|1
|10.4
|0
|2.1
|0
|3.5
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Rowallane
|22.3
|1
|4.9
|0
|32.3
|2
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|32.3
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|2.9
|0
|5.3
|0
|5
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|37.5
|10
|23.1
|5
|17.3
|4
|16.3
|3
|3.3
|1
|2.5
|0
|23
|-
|}
Districts results
Ballynahinch
2001: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2005: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: No change
Ballynahinch - 5 seatsLocal Government Results 2005 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/9b9d7e45-e0c5-4495-a284-5900bfd8e88f/Local-Government-Election-Results-2005/Local-Government-Election-Results-2005 EONI 26 July 2021
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Democratic Unionist Party
Jim Wells*
1,305
20.85%
Sinn Féin
Michael Coogan
1,248
19.94%
Ulster Unionist Party
Peter Bowles
807
12.90%
845
847.07
1,211.07
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Anne Marie McAleenan*
746
11.92%
748.6
832.55
838.98
854.91
1,188.91
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick Toman*
877
14.01%
877.8
934.84
942.5
956.66
1,055.23
Democratic Unionist Party
Samuel Hanna
375
5.99%
554
554
624.8
735.72
749.85
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Francis Casement
462
7.38%
463
517.51
524.14
548.92
Ulster Unionist Party
Walter Lyons
438
7.00%
471
472.61
6
9,963
6,258 (62.81%)
106
1,044
6,364 (63.88%)
Downpatrick
2001: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2005: 4 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Green
2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin and Green gain from UUP and Independent
Downpatrick - 7 seats
8
Sinn Féin
Éamonn McConvey*
1,259
16.43%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Peter Craig*
1,060
13.83%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Dermot Curran*
939
12.25%
965.64
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Doris*
865
11.29%
876.28
884.52
976.52
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Colin McGrath
624
8.14%
633.84
644.84
890.76
964.13
Sinn Féin
Liam Johnston
722
9.42%
837.68
840.68
855.12
866.56
870.24
1,290.24
Green Party of Northern Ireland
Bill Corry
565
7.37%
570.28
597
624.48
632.95
643.07
691.34
780.34
Ulster Unionist Party
William Murphy
650
8.48%
651.92
659.16
667.64
670.06
671.44
679.87
686.87
Sinn Féin
Caitríona Mackel
483
6.30%
596.04
602.52
612.72
615.69
617.99
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Daniel McEvoy
400
5.22%
406.72
418.2
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Desmond O'Hagan
97
1.27%
99.4
8
12,695
7,664 (60.37%)
169
959
7,833 (61.70%)
Newcastle
2001: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2005: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: No change
Newcastle - 6 seats
6
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Eamon O'Neill*
1,379
19.28%
Sinn Féin
Willie Clarke*
1,301
18.19%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Carmel O'Boyle*
936
13.09%
1,090.18
Sinn Féin
Hugh McDowell*
469
6.56%
479.66
656.54
679.78
682.42
1,146.42
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Peter Fitzpatrick*
573
8.01%
718.08
750.42
903.9
963.42
1,032.6
Ulster Unionist Party
Gerald Douglas*
808
11.30%
816.32
821.82
907.04
909.68
918.76
Democratic Unionist Party
Stanley Priestley
744
10.40%
746.86
747.08
760.56
760.8
762.56
Sinn Féin
Aíne McEvoy
541
7.57%
555.3
606.34
624.36
626.16
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Neil Powell
252
3.52%
260.06
266.22
Green Party of Northern Ireland
Peter McCarron
148
2.07%
154.76
159.16
6
11,446
7,151 (62.48%)
172
1,022
7,323 (63.98%)
Rowallane
2001: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2005: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Rowallane - 5 seats
7
Democratic Unionist Party
William Dick*
1,326
20.91%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Margaret Ritchie*
1,105
17.43%
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Burgess*
928
14.64%
961
975
975.72
979.76
1,065.76
Ulster Unionist Party
Edward Rea*
580
9.15%
589
610.2
612.12
621.12
690.6
1,067.6
Democratic Unionist Party
William Walker
721
11.37%
913.8
921.2
921.56
926.6
940.8
1,027.24
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patricia McKay
310
4.89%
310.8
342.8
376.56
592.04
716.04
772
Ulster Unionist Party
Albert Colmer*
537
8.47%
560.4
570.6
572.12
575.2
649.84
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Lorna Dunn
333
5.25%
333.8
415
416.64
439.8
Sinn Féin
Mary Robb
313
4.94%
313
319
322.08
Green Party of Northern Ireland
Philip Orr
187
2.95%
188
7
10,330
6,340 (61.37%)
89
1,057
6,429 (62.24%)
References
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