2005 Northern Ireland local elections
First party
Second party
Third party
Party
DUP
Sinn Féin
UUP
Seats won
182
126
115
Seat change
51
18
39
Popular vote
208,278
163,205
126,317
Percentage
29.6%
23.2%
18.0%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Party
SDLP
Alliance
Independent
Seats won
101
30
20
Seat change
16
2
14
Popular vote
121,991
35,149
Percentage
17.4%
5.0%
Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland on 5 May 2005, contesting 582 seats in all, along with the 2005 general election across the entire United Kingdom and local elections in England.
Results
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style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #8dc63f;" data-sort-value="Green Party in Northern Ireland" |
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #2B45A2;" data-sort-value="Progressive Unionist Party" |
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #BB0000;" data-sort-value="Socialist Environmental Alliance" |
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style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F8F9FA;" data-sort-value="Workers' Party of Ireland" |
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF3300;" data-sort-value="Socialist Party (Ireland)" |
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: aqua;" data-sort-value="Northern Ireland Women's Coalition" |
style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #660066;" data-sort-value="UK Unionist Party" |
Party[1]
Councillors
Votes
Change
Total
% share
Total
DUP
+51
182
29.6
208,278
Sinn Féin
+18
126
23.2
163,205
UUP
-39
115
18.0
126,317
SDLP
-16
101
17.4
121,991
Alliance
+2
30
5.0
35,149
Independent
-14
20
4
27,677
Green (NI)
+3
3
0.8
5,703
PUP
-2
2
0.7
4,591
United Unionist
0
2
0.3
2,064
Newtownabbey Ratepayers
0
1
0.3
1,897
Socialist Environmental
0
0
0.2
1,321
NI Conservatives
0
0
0.2
1,164
Workers' Party of Ireland
0
0
0.1
1,052
Socialist Party
0
0
0.1
828
NI Women's Coalition
-1
0
0.1
738
UK Unionist
-2
0
0.1
734
Councils
Antrim
Ards
Armagh
Ballymena
Banbridge
Belfast
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style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #8dc63f;" data-sort-value="Green Party in Northern Ireland" |
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style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F6CB2F;" data-sort-value="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" |
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Carrickfergus
Castlereagh
Coleraine
Cookstown
Craigavon
Derry
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Down
Dungannon
Fermanagh
Larne
Limavady
Lisburn
Magherafelt
Moyle
Newry and Mourne
Newtownabbey
North Down
Omagh
Strabane
References