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2005 Limavady Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 2005
2005 Limavady Borough Council election parliamentary no 2001 Limavady Borough Council election 2001 2005 05 5 y 2011 Limavady Borough Council election 2011 All 15 seats to Limavady Borough Council 8 Sinn Féin 6 2 Democratic Unionist Party 3 1 Social Democratic and Labour Party 3 1 Ulster Unionist Party 2 1 United Unionist 1 0 Independent (politician) 0 1 File:Limavady 2005 election.svg Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Limavady Borough 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 15 councillors.
Election results
Limavady Borough Council Election Result 2005https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lglimavady.htm Limavady Council Elections 1993-2011 www.ark.ac.uk
Sinn Féin
6
2
0
2
40.0
31.3
4,130
6.4
Democratic Unionist Party
3
1
0
1
20.0
23.9
3,153
6.1
Social Democratic and Labour Party
3
0
1
1
20.0
23.2
3,054
5.6
Ulster Unionist Party
2
0
1
1
13.3
11.5
1,512
3.9
United Unionist Coalition
1
0
0
0
6.7
10.1
1,328
1.2
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Limavady 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="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"|Bellarena
|25.3
|2
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|30.0
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|1
|29.6
|1
|15.1
|1
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Benbradagh
|bgcolor="#008800"|49.8
|bgcolor="#008800"|3
|0.0
|0
|20.1
|1
|0.0
|0
|30.1
|1
|5
|-
|align="left"|Limavady Town
|17.6
|1
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|44.1
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|18.1
|1
|20.2
|1
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|31.3
|6
|23.9
|3
|23.2
|3
|11.5
|2
|10.1
|1
|15
|-
|}
District results
Bellarena
2001: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Bellarena - 5 seatsLocal Government Results 2005 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/9b9d7e45-e0c5-4495-a284-5900bfd8e88f/Local-Government-Election-Results-2005 EONI 17 July 2021
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Democratic Unionist Party
Leslie Cubitt*
1,189
23.65%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Michael Carten*
630
12.53%
631.8
883.8
Ulster Unionist Party
Edwin Stevenson*
759
15.10%
833.7
839
Sinn Féin
Gerard Butcher
667
13.27%
667
708
770
Sinn Féin
John McElhinney
603
11.99%
603.3
612.3
743.3
Democratic Unionist Party
Arnold Shannon
320
6.36%
586.4
589.7
602.6
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John McKinney
501
9.96%
502.8
541.4
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Deborah Crewe
359
7.14%
360.5
4
8,050
5,028 (62.46%)
77
839
5,105 (63.42%)
Benbradagh
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x United Unionist, 1 x SDLP
2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x United Unionist, 1 x SDLP
2001-2005 Change: No change
Benbradagh - 5 seats
6
United Unionist
Boyd Douglas*
922
20.85%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Michael Coyle*
635
14.36%
635.6
833.6
Sinn Féin
Cathal Hasson
666
15.06%
666
676
699.14
1,038.14
Sinn Féin
Brenda Chivers
611
13.82%
611.2
631.2
657.9
682.79
851.15
Sinn Féin
Marion Donaghy*
484
10.95%
484.2
502.2
530.68
606.02
737.58
United Unionist
Samuel Oliver
406
9.18%
585
585.6
593.61
593.61
593.61
Sinn Féin
Martin McGuigan
442
10.00%
442.2
442.2
451.1
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Evelyn Donaghy
256
5.79%
256.6
6
6,956
4,422 (63.57%)
97
738
4,519 (64.97%)
Limavady Town
2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2001-2005 Change: DUP and Sinn Féin gain from UUP and Independent
Limavady Town - 5 seats
4
Democratic Unionist Party
George Robinson*
876
23.50%
Democratic Unionist Party
Alan Robinson
768
20.61%
Sinn Féin
Anne Brolly*
657
17.63%
Ulster Unionist Party
John Rankin*
472
12.66%
662.35
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Gerry Mullan*
414
11.11%
416.48
418.46
661.46
Ulster Unionist Party
John Dolan*
281
7.54%
374
511.94
513.94
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Gareth Peoples
259
6.95%
260.55
262.97
4
6,322
3,727 (58.95%)
58
622
3,785 (59.87%)
References
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