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2005 Magherafelt District Council election
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Local govt election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 2005
2005 Magherafelt District Council election parliamentary no 2001 Magherafelt District Council election 2001 2005 05 5 y 2011 Magherafelt District Council election 2011 All 16 seats to Magherafelt District Council 9 Sinn Féin 8 1 Democratic Unionist Party 4 1 Social Democratic and Labour Party 2 1 Ulster Unionist Party 2 0 Independent (politician) 0 1 File:Magherafelt 2005 election.svg Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Magherafelt District Council were held on 5 May 2005 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 16 councillors.
Election results
Magherafelt District Council Election Result 2005https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgmagherafelt.htm Magherafelt Council Elections, 1993-2011 www.ark.ac.uk
Sinn Féin
8
1
0
1
50.0
46.7
9,836
2.5
Democratic Unionist Party
4
1
0
1
25.0
23.2
4,883
2.6
Social Democratic and Labour Party
2
0
1
1
12.5
18.5
3,895
1.4
Ulster Unionist Party
2
0
0
0
12.5
6.2
1,308
4.2
Independent (politician)
0
0
1
1
0.0
4.9
1,035
0.5
Workers' Party (Ireland)
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.5
102
0.0
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Magherafelt District Council election, 2005by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
!rowspan=2|TotalCllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Sinn Féin" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Magherafelt Town
|35.0
|2
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|35.2
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|20.3
|1
|9.6
|1
|0.0
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Moyola
|bgcolor="#008800"|48.6
|bgcolor="#008800"|3
|23.8
|1
|11.6
|0
|9.4
|1
|6.6
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Sperrin
|bgcolor="#008800"|56.6
|bgcolor="#008800"|3
|10.8
|1
|22.9
|1
|0.0
|0
|9.7
|0
|5
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|46.7
|8
|23.2
|4
|18.5
|2
|6.2
|2
|5.4
|0
|16
|-
|}
District results
Magherafelt Town
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: No change
Magherafelt Town - 6 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 3 August 2021
6
Democratic Unionist Party
William McCrea*
2,286
31.69%
Sinn Féin
Peter Bateson
1,270
17.61%
Democratic Unionist Party
Paul McLean*
250
3.47%
1,395.76
Ulster Unionist Party
George Shiels*
691
9.58%
773.88
1,124.12
Sinn Féin
Sean McPeake
846
11.73%
846.56
846.78
927.15
927.15
1,300.15
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Jim Campbell
937
12.99%
941.48
949.84
959.34
1,009.5
1,034.37
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Brendan Scott
524
7.26%
525.12
528.42
532.79
574.97
604.03
Sinn Féin
Seamus O'Brien*
409
5.67%
409
409.44
553.84
554.03
6
10,439
7,213 (69.10%)
129
1,031
7,342 (70.33%)
Moyola
2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Moyola - 5 seats
6
Democratic Unionist Party
Thomas Catherwood*
1,557
23.84%
Sinn Féin
James O'Neill*
1,202
18.40%
Sinn Féin
Oliver Hughes*
1,139
17.44%
Ulster Unionist Party
John Crawford
617
9.45%
889.49
889.49
1,229.49
Sinn Féin
Ian Milne
831
12.72%
831.31
933.19
938.37
938.37
980.21
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Elizabeth Foster
760
11.64%
764.03
767.18
803.06
934.06
936.78
Independent (politician)
John Junkin*
426
6.52%
603.94
604.84
6
8,754
6,532 (74.62%)
87
1,089
6,619 (75.61%)
Sperrin
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Independent
Sperrin - 5 seats
6
Sinn Féin
Patrick Groogan*
1,396
19.09%
Sinn Féin
Kathleen McEldowney
1,135
15.52%
1,139
1,233.2
Sinn Féin
John Kerr*
1,117
15.27%
1,123
1,159.48
1,607.48
Democratic Unionist Party
Anne Forde
790
10.80%
795
795.12
795.12
795.12
1,257.12
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Kathleen Lagan*
999
13.66%
1,036
1,043.08
1,044.88
1,136.88
1,203.88
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Hugh Kelly
675
9.23%
697
709.72
727.28
741.28
762.28
Independent (politician)
Robert Montgomery*
609
8.33%
615
616.2
618.2
623.2
Sinn Féin
Hugh Mullan*
491
6.71%
496
509.2
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Francis Donnelly
102
1.39%
6
9,314
7,314 (78.53%)
107
1,220
7,421 (79.68%)
References
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