2005 Armagh City and District Council election
# 2005 Armagh City and District Council election

Elections to Armagh City and District Council were held on 5 May 2005 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 22 councillors.

## Election results

Armagh City and District Council Election Result 2005 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| DUP | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 27.3 | 29.6 | 7,960 | 4.0 |
| SDLP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.3 | 21.2 | 5,705 | 3.2 |
| Sinn Féin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.7 | 23.1 | 6,234 | 2.5 |
| Ulster Unionist | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22.7 | 22.7 | 6,122 | 3.2 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 915 | 0.6 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Armagh City and District Council election, 2005 by district :

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | SDLP | SDLP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | UUP | UUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Armagh City | 16.0 | 1 | 27.6 | 2 | 32.3 | 2 | 14.8 | 1 | 9.3 | 0 | 6 |
| Crossmore | 15.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 38.5 | 2 | 13.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Cusher | 47.7 | 3 | 9.8 | 1 | 8.1 | 0 | 30.3 | 2 | 4.1 | 0 | 6 |
| The Orchard | 33.9 | 1 | 17.6 | 1 | 18.5 | 1 | 30.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 29.6 | 6 | 21.2 | 6 | 23.1 | 5 | 22.7 | 5 | 3.4 | 0 | 22 |

## District results

### Armagh City

2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP 2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP 2001-2005 Change: No change

### Crossmore

2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP

### Cusher

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

### The Orchard

2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 2005: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 2001-2005 Change: No change

