2005 Fermanagh District Council election

2005 Fermanagh District Council election

5 May 2005
All 23 council seats 12 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Sinn Féin UUP SDLP Seats won 9 5 5 Seat change New council New council New council   Fourth party   Party DUP Seats won 4 Seat change New council

The 2005 Fermanagh District Council election took place on 5 May 2005 to elect members of Fermanagh District Council in Northern Ireland. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Results by party

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Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
Sinn Féin	9		11,611	37.4%
UUP	5		6,830	22.0%
SDLP	5		5,566	18.0%
DUP	4		6,399	20.6%
Totals		23		31,006	100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Enniskillen

Enniskillen - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Arlene Foster	23.56	2,054
	DUP	Joe Dodds*	4.58	400	1,132.73
	UUP	Robert Irvine*	6.60	576	660.60	694.48	1,097.48
	Sinn Féin	Gerry McHugh*	9.61	838	838.47	855.47	855.47	855.50	1,308.50
	Sinn Féin	Pat Cox*	11.06	964	964.47	1,011.47	1,012.47	1,012.47	1,195.47
	SDLP	Frank Britton*	10.51	916	918.35	1,046.35	1,058.58	1,060.23	1,094.23
	SDLP	Patricia Rodgers	7.66	668	670.35	742.35	751.52	752.96	772.96	973.96
	UUP	Raymond Ferguson*	7.82	682	742.63	770.57	912.35	942.26	943.73	950.73
	Sinn Féin	Paddy Gilgunn*	7.84	684	684.94	717.41	718.41	718.41
	UUP	Basil Johnston	6.04	527	586.69	601.16
	Socialist Party	Paul Dale	4.65	406	412.11
Electorate: 13,101   Valid: 8,715 (66.5%)   Spoilt: 163   Quota: 1,090   Turnout: 8,878 (67.7%)

Erne East

Erne East - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	DUP	Paul Robinson	14.52	1,277
	UUP	Harold Andrews*	11.62	1,022	1,705
	SDLP	Fergus McQuillan*	13.15	1,157	1,169	1,555
	Sinn Féin	Ruth Lynch*	13.61	1,197	1,198	1,198	1,203
	Sinn Féin	Tom O'Reilly*	13.40	1,179	1,179	1,179	1,191
	Sinn Féin	Brian McCaffrey*	12.87	1,132	1,133	1,137	1,141
	Sinn Féin	Seán Lynch	12.62	1,110	1,110	1,110	1,111
	UUP	Jean McVitty	8.17	719
Electorate: 11,003   Valid: 8,793 (79.91%)   Spoilt: 140   Quota: 1,257   Turnout: 8,933 (81.18%)

Erne North

Erne North - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	UUP	Tom Elliott*	26.81	1,686
	Sinn Féin	Breege McSorley	18.54	1,166
	DUP	Bert Johnston*	16.47	1,036	1,149.24
	SDLP	John O'Kane*	11.91	749	756.22	819.53	829.46	1273.46
	UUP	Bertie Kerr*	3.24	204	544.10	545.43	796.67	819.26	904.26	979.86
	DUP	Mandy Mahon	11.45	720	743.94	744.72	825.75	832.94	848.94	872.39
	SDLP	Julie Dervan	8.22	517	521.56	564.98	567.49
	UUP	Gary Wilson	3.33	210	354.40	354.79
Electorate: 8,898   Valid: 6,288 (70.66%)   Spoilt: 111   Quota: 1,049   Turnout: 6,399 (71.91%)

Erne West

Erne West - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	SDLP	Gerry Gallagher*	21.62	1,559
	Sinn Féin	Stephen Hugget*	15.54	1,121	1,240.48
	Sinn Féin	Póilín Uí Catháin	15.72	1,134	1,175.18	1,210.18
	Sinn Féin	Bernice Swift	15.06	1,086	1,153.86	1,207.86
	UUP	Alex Baird	9.55	689	702.92	728.23	1,153.34
	DUP	Cyril Brownlee	12.64	912	916.93	922.80	1,022.99
	UUP	Derrick Nixon	7.14	515	532.69	561.32
	Independent	Kevin Nolan	1.59	115	158.79
	Green (NI)	Laurence Speight	1.09	79	125.69
Electorate: 9,424   Valid: 7,210 (76.5%)   Spoilt: 135   Quota: 1,202   Turnout: 7,345 (77.93%)