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2005 Ballymena Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 2005
2005 Ballymena Borough Council election parliamentary no 2001 Ballymena Borough Council election 2001 2005 05 5 y 2011 Ballymena Borough Council election 2011 All 24 seats to Ballymena Borough Council 13 Democratic Unionist Party 14 3 Ulster Unionist Party 5 2 Social Democratic and Labour Party 3 1 Sinn Féin 1 1 Independent (politician) 1 1 File:Ballymena 2005 election.svg Party with the most votes by district.
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.
Election results
Ballymena Borough Council Election Result 2005https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgballymena.htm Ballymena Council Elections 1993-2011 www.ark.ac.uk
Democratic Unionist Party
14
3
0
3
58.3
55.2
14,611
10.3
Ulster Unionist Party
5
0
2
2
20.8
21.6
5,707
5.9
Social Democratic and Labour Party
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 (politician)
1
0
1
1
4.2
3.4
906
3.9
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
0
0
0
0.0
1.5
404
0.4
Progressive Unionist Party
0
0
0
0.0
0.4
94
0.4
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Ballymena Borough Council election, 2005by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
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!Cllrs
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!Cllrs
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!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="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Sinn Féin" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Ballymena North
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|43.7
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
|21.2
|2
|11.0
|1
|5.0
|0
|19.1
|1
|7
|-
|align="left"|Ballymena South
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|61.3
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|5
|19.1
|1
|12.2
|1
|5.9
|0
|1.5
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Bannside
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|62.3
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
|18.9
|1
|8.6
|0
|10.1
|1
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Braid
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|53.8
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
|27.1
|1
|10.0
|1
|9.1
|0
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|55.2
|14
|21.6
|5
|10.4
|3
|7.6
|1
|5.2
|1
|24
|-
|}
Districts results
Ballymena North
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 seatsLocal Government Results 2005 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/9b9d7e45-e0c5-4495-a284-5900bfd8e88f/Local-Government-Election-Results-2005 EONI 7 July 2021
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Democratic Unionist Party
James Alexander*
1,503
21.90%
Democratic Unionist Party
Maurice Mills*
930
13.55%
Independent (politician)
James Henry*
906
13.20%
Democratic Unionist Party
John Carson
566
8.25%
1,125
Ulster Unionist Party
Neil Armstrong*
656
9.56%
693.41
839.56
875.83
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick McAvoy*
755
11.00%
756.29
762.95
764.51
1,025.51
Ulster Unionist Party
Joseph McKernan*
431
6.28%
445.62
499.27
512.66
512.66
520.66
536.86
878.51
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Jayne Dunlop
404
5.89%
413.03
427.09
430.08
449.08
574.08
584.34
631.34
Ulster Unionist Party
Peter Brown
370
5.39%
388.92
432.58
449.22
453.22
456.22
475.9
Sinn Féin
Padraig McShane
341
4.97%
341
341
341.26
8
11,822
6,862 (58.04%)
101
858
6,963 (58.90%)
Ballymena South
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
9
Democratic Unionist Party
Beth Adger*
960
16.25%
Democratic Unionist Party
David Tweed*
792
13.41%
Democratic Unionist Party
Martin Clarke*
777
13.15%
Democratic Unionist Party
Hubert Nicholl*
745
12.61%
Ulster Unionist Party
James Currie*
674
11.41%
699.2
714.68
719.09
721.99
823.99
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Declan O'Loan*
718
12.16%
719.2
721.2
721.34
721.34
723.39
726.21
1,034.21
Democratic Unionist Party
Deirdre Nelson
346
5.86%
519.52
552.16
594.37
624.47
652.13
661.53
661.53
669.53
Ulster Unionist Party
Robin Swann
246
4.16%
250.8
256.8
257.71
258.26
336.93
409.31
410.31
477.31
Sinn Féin
Daniel O'Connell
346
5.86%
346.24
346.24
346.24
346.29
347.29
347.29
Ulster Unionist Party
Colette Gilmour
209
3.54%
218.36
234.32
237.33
240.13
Progressive Unionist Party
William McCaughey
94
1.59%
99.76
9
10,637
5,907 (55.53%)
139
739
6,046 (56.84%)
Bannside
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
4
Democratic Unionist Party
Roy Gillespie*
1,664
22.95%
Ulster Unionist Party
William McNeilly*
1,373
18.93%
Democratic Unionist Party
Samuel Gaston*
978
13.49%
1,147.02
1,187.2
1,195.71
Sinn Féin
Monica Digney
733
11.65%
733.54
733.68
1,152.07
Democratic Unionist Party
Tommy Nicholl*
959
13.22%
1,065.38
1,121.24
1,150.11
Democratic Unionist Party
William Wilkinson
919
12.67%
1,079.38
1,105.98
1,108.8
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seamus Laverty*
626
8.63%
628.7
660.2
4
10,772
7,252 (67.32%)
92
1,209
7,344 (68.18%)
Braid
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
5
Democratic Unionist Party
Paul Frew
1,524
23.61%
Democratic Unionist Party
Samuel Hanna*
1,094
16.95%
Democratic Unionist Party
Robin Stirling*
854
13.23%
1,238.54
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Margaret Gribben*
645
9.99%
647.03
647.87
686.87
1,176.87
Ulster Unionist Party
Robin Cherry
748
11.59%
761.63
808.39
1,045.73
1,047.01
Ulster Unionist Party
Lexie Scott
596
9.23%
619.49
686.13
847.27
849.27
Sinn Féin
Laurence O'Neill
589
9.13%
589.29
589.29
589.57
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Wilson
404
6.26%
418.5
466.38
5
9,694
6,454 (66.58%)
83
1,076
6,537 (67.43%)
References
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