2005 Strabane District Council election
# 2005 Strabane District Council election

Elections to Strabane 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 16 councillors.

## Election results

Strabane District Council Election Result 2005 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sinn Féin | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.0 | 41.8 | 7,841 | 1.6 |
| DUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.8 | 22.2 | 4,172 | 3.3 |
| SDLP | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12.5 | 15.9 | 2,991 | 3.5 |
| Ulster Unionist | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 14.1 | 2,646 | 2.6 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 1,062 | 0.9 |
| PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 64 | New |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

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

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | DUP | DUP | SDLP | SDLP | UUP | UUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Derg | 43.5 | 3 | 28.4 | 1 | 8.7 | 0 | 18.3 | 1 | 1.1 | 0 | 5 |
| Glenelly | 28.0 | 1 | 42.4 | 2 | 14.2 | 1 | 15.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Mourne | 50.3 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 23.6 | 1 | 9.4 | 0 | 16.7 | 1 | 6 |
| Total | 41.8 | 8 | 22.2 | 3 | 15.9 | 2 | 14.1 | 2 | 6.0 | 1 | 16 |

## District results

### Derg

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

### Glenelly

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

### Mourne

2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP 2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 2001-2005 Change: Independent gain from SDLP

