2005 Lisburn City Council election
Elections to Lisburn City Council were held on 5 May 2005 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.
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Election results
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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DUP | 13 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 43.3 | 40.7 | 17,238 | 20.5 | |
Ulster Unionist | 7 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 23.3 | 22.7 | 9,625 | 12.5 | |
Sinn Féin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 16.6 | 7,092 | 0.6 | ||
Alliance | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 9.2 | 3,907 | 1.8 | ||
SDLP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 8.5 | 3,894 | |||
NI Conservatives | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 333 | 0.6 | ||
Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 284 | 0.7 | ||
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
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DUP | UUP | Sinn Féin | Alliance | SDLP | Others | ||||||||
Downshire | 48.7 | 2 | 36.8 | 2 | 1.3 | 0 | 13.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Dunmurry Cross | 13.6 | 1 | 6.7 | 0 | 58.2 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 21.5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
Killultagh | 48.4 | 3 | 21.5 | 1 | 7.7 | 0 | 6.9 | 0 | 11.6 | 1 | 3.9 | 0 | 5 |
Lisburn Town North | 44.6 | 3 | 31.8 | 3 | 2.3 | 0 | 12.7 | 1 | 5.8 | 0 | 2.8 | 0 | 7 |
Lisburn Town South | 59.8 | 4 | 17.3 | 1 | 2.7 | 0 | 17.7 | 1 | 2.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
Total | 40.7 | 13 | 22.7 | 7 | 16.6 | 4 | 9.2 | 3 | 8.5 | 3 | 2.3 | 0 | 30 |
Districts results
Downshire
2001: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
DUP | Edwin Poots* | 23.43% | 1,929 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | Basil McCrea | 19.45% | 1,601 | ||||||
DUP | Allan Ewart | 18.25% | 1,502 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | William Ward* | 7.73% | 636 | 672.54 | 710.48 | 888.5 | 890.34 | 1,421.13 | |
Alliance | Elizabeth Campbell* | 13.20% | 1,087 | 1,097.44 | 1,123.62 | 1,221.84 | 1,222.8 | 1,325.67 | |
DUP | Joseph Lockhart | 7.01% | 577 | 1,008.52 | 1,017.62 | 1,040.93 | 1,153.81 | 1,247.23 | |
Ulster Unionist | James Baird* | 6.79% | 559 | 603.37 | 674.91 | 780.97 | 783.45 | ||
Ulster Unionist | William Scott | 2.88% | 237 | 257.01 | 330.79 | ||||
Sinn Féin | David Hall | 1.26% | 104 | 105.16 | 105.44 | ||||
Electorate: 12,797 Valid: 8,232 (64.33%) Spoilt: 114 Quota: 1,373 Turnout: 8,346 (65.22%) |
Dunmurry Cross
2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Paul Butler* | 17.12% | 1,823 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Michael Ferguson* | 13.75% | 1,464 | |||||
DUP | Stephen Moore | 13.08% | 1,393 | |||||
SDLP | Patricia Lewsley* | 12.86% | 1,369 | |||||
SDLP | Brian Heading | 7.83% | 834 | 898.12 | 909.82 | 1,268.31 | 1,326.81 | |
Sinn Féin | Angela Nelson | 9.48% | 1,010 | 1,196.2 | 1,220.86 | 1,229.22 | 1,229.97 | |
Sinn Féin | Veronica Willis* | 8.83% | 940 | 1,142.72 | 1,222.01 | 1,222.01 | 1,222.01 | |
Sinn Féin | Máireád Uí Adhmaill | 10.56% | 1,125 | 1,157.48 | 1,167.11 | 1,168.11 | 1,168.11 | |
Ulster Unionist | Kenneth Bishop | 6.49% | 691 | 693.52 | 694.33 | |||
Electorate: 17,676 Valid: 10,649 (60.25%) Spoilt: 309 Quota: 1,332 Turnout: 10,958 (61.99%) |
Killultagh
2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
DUP | Thomas Beckett | 20.77% | 1,751 | |||||||
SDLP | Peter O'Hagan* | 11.59% | 977 | 978.33 | 986.33 | 1,003.33 | 1,531.33 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Jim Dillon* | 12.41% | 1,046 | 1,054.17 | 1,164.17 | 1,243.55 | 1,246.74 | 1,252.34 | 1,560.34 | |
DUP | Cecil Calvert* | 12.44% | 1,049 | 1,304.74 | 1,322.69 | 1,373.26 | 1,379.26 | 1,379.61 | 1,436.61 | |
DUP | James Tinsley* | 15.17% | 1,279 | 1,333.15 | 1,343.72 | 1,367.1 | 1,367.1 | 1,370.25 | 1,471.25 | |
Alliance | Owen Gawith | 6.86% | 578 | 579.52 | 600.71 | 678.71 | 714.71 | 824.96 | 928.96 | |
Ulster Unionist | Samuel Johnston* | 5.46% | 460 | 463.8 | 584.56 | 654.56 | 656.56 | 661.11 | ||
Sinn Féin | Chris Donnelly | 7.73% | 652 | 652.38 | 652.38 | 653.38 | ||||
NI Conservatives | Neil Johnston | 3.95% | 333 | 334.71 | 348.71 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | David Greene | 3.63% | 306 | 308.85 | ||||||
Electorate: 14,029 Valid: 8,431 (60.10%) Spoilt: 122 Quota: 1,406 Turnout: 8,553 (60.97%) |
Lisburn Town North
2001: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
2005: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2001-2005 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from UUP and Independent
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
DUP | Jonathan Craig* | 18.33% | 1,794 | ||||||||||
DUP | Paul Givan | 15.39% | 1,506 | ||||||||||
DUP | William Leathem | 10.87% | 1,064 | 1,556.8 | |||||||||
Alliance | Trevor Lunn* | 11.04% | 1,080 | 1,083.84 | 1,099.84 | 1,120.36 | 1,250.36 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | Ronnie Crawford* | 7.76% | 759 | 777.88 | 817.24 | 869.89 | 875.24 | 877.24 | 908.28 | 1,035.81 | 1,039.41 | 1,097.37 | |
Ulster Unionist | David Archer* | 6.58% | 644 | 660.64 | 796.32 | 864.63 | 867.22 | 867.22 | 894.13 | 983.37 | 986.49 | 1,068.57 | |
Ulster Unionist | William Gardiner-Watson* | 6.93% | 678 | 687.6 | 720.88 | 757.06 | 762.7 | 762.7 | 782.47 | 922.54 | 930.94 | 1,006.73 | |
Ulster Unionist | Kenneth Armstrong | 6.61% | 647 | 662.04 | 701.08 | 752.38 | 753.24 | 754.56 | 778.19 | 871.86 | 875.94 | 920.08 | |
SDLP | John Drake | 5.80% | 568 | 569.28 | 573.44 | 575.33 | 580.6 | 763.6 | 852.92 | 866.46 | 873.42 | ||
Ulster Unionist | Ellen Hillen | 3.87% | 379 | 385.08 | 415.48 | 448.42 | 452.69 | 452.69 | 502.98 | ||||
Green (NI) | Michael Rogan | 2.90% | 284 | 286.56 | 300.32 | 314.9 | 323.49 | 343.49 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Jacqui Currie | 2.27% | 222 | 222.32 | 222.96 | 222.96 | 222.96 | ||||||
Alliance | Frazer McCammond | 1.64% | 160 | 160.64 | 162.24 | 165.48 | |||||||
Electorate: 16,325 Valid: 9,785 (59.94%) Spoilt: 199 Quota: 1,224 Turnout: 9,984 (61.16%) |
Lisburn Town South
2001: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
2005: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2001-2005 Change: DUP (three seats) gain from UUP (two seats) and Independent
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
DUP | Jeffrey Donaldson | 37.16% | 2,109 | ||||||
Alliance | Seamus Close* | 17.65% | 1,002 | ||||||
DUP | Andrew Ewing | 5.55% | 315 | 918.54 | |||||
DUP | Paul Porter* | 9.69% | 550 | 813.34 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | Ivan Davis* | 10.34% | 587 | 711.11 | 773.31 | 776.17 | 782.8 | 862.8 | |
DUP | Jenny Palmer | 7.40% | 420 | 629.79 | 642.39 | 736 | 739.94 | 783.24 | |
Ulster Unionist | Thomas Archer* | 4.03% | 229 | 278.14 | 301.74 | 303.06 | 303.06 | 375.53 | |
SDLP | Yvonne Byrne | 2.57% | 146 | 151.67 | 213.27 | 213.27 | 346.47 | 351.07 | |
Ulster Unionist | Denis Troughton | 2.92% | 166 | 198.13 | 216.13 | 218.88 | 220.08 | ||
Sinn Féin | Martin Parker | 2.68% | 152 | 155.78 | 161.18 | 161.51 | |||
Electorate: 10,869 Valid: 5,676 (52.22%) Spoilt: 144 Quota: 811 Turnout: 5,820 (53.55%) |
References
- "Lisburn City Council, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.