2005 Antrim Borough Council election
# 2005 Antrim Borough Council election

Elections to Antrim 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 19 councillors.

## Election results

Antrim Borough Council Election Result 2005 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| DUP | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31.6 | 30.7 | 5,434 | 8.2 |
| Ulster Unionist | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26.3 | 23.8 | 4,203 | 9.2 |
| SDLP | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15.8 | 20.5 | 3,633 | 0.5 |
| Sinn Féin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15.8 | 14.8 | 2,620 | 2.3 |
| Alliance | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10.5 | 6.9 | 1,214 | 1.4 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 468 | 0.5 |
| PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 110 | 0.2 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Antrim Borough Council election, 2005 by district :

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Alliance | Alliance | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Antrim North West | 24.9 | 1 | 14.1 | 1 | 27.4 | 1 | 28.7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.9 | 0 | 5 |
| Antrim South East | 34.6 | 2 | 27.4 | 2 | 20.0 | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 8.3 | 1 | 0.7 | 0 | 7 |
| Antrim Town | 31.2 | 3 | 28.4 | 2 | 14.6 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 11.7 | 1 | 5.1 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 30.7 | 6 | 23.8 | 5 | 20.5 | 3 | 14.8 | 3 | 6.9 | 2 | 3.3 | 0 | 19 |

## Districts results

### Antrim North West

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

### Antrim South East

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

### Antrim Town

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

