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2005 Ards Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 2005
2005 Ards Borough Council election parliamentary no 2001 Ards Borough Council election 2001 2005 05 5 y 2011 Ards Borough Council election 2011 All 23 seats to Ards Borough Council 12 Democratic Unionist Party 12 3 Ulster Unionist Party 7 1 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 3 1 Social Democratic and Labour Party 1 Independent (politician) 0 1 File:Ards 2005 election.svg Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Ards 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 23 councillors.
Election results
Ards Borough Council Election Result 2005https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgards.htm Ards Council Elections 1993-2011 www.ark.ac.uk
Democratic Unionist Party
12
3
0
3
52.2
52.4
13,897
15.4
Ulster Unionist Party
7
0
1
1
30.4
24.5
6,493
7.2
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
3
0
1
1
13.0
14.1
3,733
2.6
Social Democratic and Labour Party
1
0
0
4.3
3.4
913
0.5
Independent (politician)
0
0
1
1
0.0
3.8
1,006
6.0
Sinn Féin
0
0
0
0.0
1.1
292
1.1
Green Party of Northern Ireland
0
0
0
0.0
0.7
182
0.7
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Ards Borough 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="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Ards East
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|56.1
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|4
|28.6
|2
|11.2
|0
|0.0
|0
|4.1
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Ards West
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|53.0
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
|31.8
|2
|15.3
|1
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Newtownards
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|50.8
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|24.3
|2
|14.4
|1
|0.0
|0
|10.5
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Peninsula
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|48.8
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|11.4
|1
|16.0
|1
|14.8
|1
|9.0
|0
|5
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|52.4
|12
|24.5
|7
|14.1
|3
|3.4
|1
|5.6
|0
|23
|-
|}
Districts results
Ards East
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
2005: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain (two seats) from UUP and Alliance
Ards East - 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 8 July 2021
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Democratic Unionist Party
Jonathan Bell
1,515
19.92%
Democratic Unionist Party
Terence Williams*
994
13.07%
1,097.6
Democratic Unionist Party
John Elliott*
814
10.70%
1,060.68
1,081.52
1,099.52
Ulster Unionist Party
Ronald Ferguson*
993
13.05%
1,006.72
1,056.56
1,247.56
Democratic Unionist Party
Hamilton Gregory*
943
12.40%
977.16
1,000.44
1,038.52
1,054.36
1,063.96
Ulster Unionist Party
Jeffrey Magill*
624
8.20%
628.2
650.2
942.88
1,062.67
1,063.63
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Linda Cleland*
850
11.17%
858.68
959.96
1,012.08
1,036.83
1,038.75
Ulster Unionist Party
Tom Smith
560
7.36%
566.72
633.28
Green Party of Northern Ireland
John McCullough
182
2.39%
183.4
Independent (politician)
Thomas Sheridan
132
1.74%
134.8
6
15,367
7,607 (49.50%)
181
1,087
7,788 (50.68%)
Ards West
2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2001-2005 Change: No change
Ards West - 6 seats
4
Democratic Unionist Party
Margaret Craig*
1,227
17.51%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Jim McBriar*
1,070
15.27%
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Gibson*
984
14.04%
1,003.26
Ulster Unionist Party
James Fletcher
796
11.36%
804.1
1,154.1
Democratic Unionist Party
William Montgomery*
959
13.69%
994.28
1,021.28
Democratic Unionist Party
Mervyn Oswald
880
12.56%
893.14
915.04
981.04
Democratic Unionist Party
David Gilmore*
645
9.21%
784.14
798.04
851.04
Ulster Unionist Party
Philip Smith*
446
6.37%
449.78
4
12,766
7,007 (54.89%)
140
1,002
7,147 (55.98%)
Newtownards
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Independent
Newtownards - 6 seats
4
Democratic Unionist Party
George Ennis*
1,296
22.66%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Alan McDowell*
823
14.39%
Democratic Unionist Party
Simon Hamilton
490
8.57%
840.76
Democratic Unionist Party
Michelle McIlveen
623
10.89%
652.23
1,005.23
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Hamilton*
736
12.87%
766.34
820.7
Ulster Unionist Party
David Smyth*
651
11.38%
660.62
688.91
774.91
Independent (politician)
Wilbert Magill*
604
10.56%
617.69
668.09
716.09
Democratic Unionist Party
Hamilton Lawther*
496
8.67%
536.33
4
11,945
5,719 (47.88%)
130
818
5,849 (48.97%)
Peninsula
2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: No change
Peninsula - 5 seats
4
Democratic Unionist Party
Jim Shannon*
1,944
31.44%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Kieran McCarthy*
990
16.01%
1,074.13
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Joe Boyle
913
14.77%
918.17
1,303.17
Democratic Unionist Party
Robert Drysdale*
663
10.72%
1,024.43
1,034.43
Ulster Unionist Party
Angus Carson*
703
11.37%
801.7
854.93
937.93
Democratic Unionist Party
Colin Kennedy
408
6.60%
745.93
761.69
774.69
Sinn Féin
Anthony Lacken
292
4.72%
293.88
Independent (politician)
Daniel McCarthy*
270
4.37%
281.28
4
11,725
6,183 (52.73%)
130
1,031
6,313 (53.84%)
References
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