2005 Carrickfergus Borough Council election

Local government election in Northern Ireland

2005 Carrickfergus Borough Council election
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All 17 seats to Carrickfergus Borough Council
9 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party DUP UUP Alliance
Seats won 8 4 3
Seat change Increase 2 Steady Decrease 2
  Fourth party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 2
Seat change Steady

Elections to Carrickfergus 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 17 councillors.

Election results

Carrickfergus Borough Council Election Result 2005[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  DUP 8 2 0 Increase2 47.1 43.3 6,015 Increase11.5
  UUP 4 0 0 Steady 23.5 18.0 2,508 Decrease6.2
  Alliance 3 0 2 Decrease2 17.6 23.2 3,218 Decrease0.3
  Independent 2 0 0 Steady 11.8 15.5 2,159 Decrease2.2

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Carrickfergus Borough Council election, 2005
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
DUP UUP Alliance Others
Carrick Castle 41.1 2 9.1 1 26.3 1 23.5 1 5
Kilroot 42.0 3 14.1 1 23.5 1 20.4 1 6
Knockagh Monument 45.9 3 27.5 2 20.9 1 5.7 0 6
Total 43.3 8 18.0 4 23.2 3 15.5 2 17

Districts results

Carrick Castle

2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2001-2005 Change: No change

Carrick Castle - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
DUP David Hilditch* 34.96% 1,052      
Alliance Sean Neeson* 26.32% 792      
DUP Patricia McKinney* 6.18% 186 612.12    
Independent William Hamilton* 13.99% 421 477.18 570.46  
UUP Darin Ferguson* 9.14% 275 312.63 415.59 494.34
Independent Philip Mannis 6.75% 203 214.66 230.94 243.33
Independent Nicholas Wady 2.66% 80 89.01 162.05 177.59
Electorate: 5,944   Valid: 3,009 (50.62%)   Spoilt: 83   Quota: 502   Turnout: 3,092 (52.02%)  

Kilroot

2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Alliance

Kilroot - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
DUP Billy Ashe* 31.05% 1,775        
Independent James Brown* 20.33% 1,162        
DUP Terence Clements* 6.56% 375 1,178.52      
UUP Eric Ferguson* 10.88% 622 650.08 673.83 820.15  
Alliance Isobel Day 12.40% 709 721.42 725.67 740.21 851.81
DUP Lynn McClurg 4.41% 252 334.62 661.37 678.9 834.1
Alliance Robert Logan 11.12% 636 641.94 644.69 655.94 726.74
UUP Carolyn Howarth 3.25% 186 196.8 200.3    
Electorate: 10,494   Valid: 5,717 (54.48%)   Spoilt: 121   Quota: 817   Turnout: 5,838 (55.63%)  

Knockagh Monument

2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Alliance

Knockagh Monument - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
DUP May Beattie* 33.20% 1,718            
UUP Roy Beggs Jr* 19.46% 1,007            
Alliance Stewart Dickson* 15.17% 785            
DUP Louise Marsden 4.14% 214 926.82          
DUP James McClurg* 8.56% 443 571.18 594.7 770.05      
UUP Mark Cosgrove 4.89% 253 300.56 456.24 458.49 461.19 637.85 729.17
Alliance Shireen Bell 5.72% 296 330.8 352.92 353.52 390.78 406.96 453.98
Independent Robert Rice 5.66% 293 311.56 317.72 318.77 320.75 330.45  
UUP Jackie Glover 3.19% 165 194 249.44 250.64 252.26    
Electorate: 9,540   Valid: 5,174 (54.23%)   Spoilt: 111   Quota: 740   Turnout: 5,285 (55.40%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Carrickfergus Council Elections 1993-2001". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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