2005 Moyle District Council election
# 2005 Moyle District Council election

Elections to Moyle District 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 15 councillors.

## Election results

Moyle District Council Election Result 2005 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sinn Féin | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 26.7 | 30.4 | 2,012 | 20.9 |
| SDLP | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 1,394 | 2.2 |
| Independent | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20.0 | 14.3 | 949 | 18.2 |
| Ulster Unionist | 3 | 0 | 0 | | 20.0 | 12.4 | 821 | 1.4 |
| DUP | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13.3 | 21.9 | 1,448 | 0.9 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Moyle District Council election, 2005 by district :

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | SDLP | SDLP | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Ballycastle | 35.0 | 2 | 26.6 | 1 | 13.5 | 1 | 12.4 | 0 | 12.5 | 1 | 5 |
| Giant's Causeway | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 29.4 | 2 | 56.2 | 2 | 14.4 | 1 | 5 |
| The Glens | 47.2 | 2 | 29.4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 7.8 | 0 | 15.6 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 30.4 | 4 | 21.0 | 3 | 12.4 | 3 | 21.9 | 2 | 14.3 | 3 | 15 |

## Districts results

### Ballycastle

2001: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent 2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin (two seats) gain from SDLP and DUP

### Giant's Causeway

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

### The Glens

2001: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent, 1 x Sinn Féin 2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 2001-2005 Change: Independent joins Sinn Féin

