2005 Newtownabbey Borough Council election
# 2005 Newtownabbey Borough Council election

Elections to Newtownabbey Borough 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 25 councillors.

## Election results

Newtownabbey Borough Council Election Result 2005 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| DUP | 12 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 48.0 | 43.9 | 13,123 | 17.1 |
| Ulster Unionist | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 24.0 | 23.3 | 6,956 | 5.9 |
| Alliance | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2,384 | |
| [[Newtownabbey Ratepayers|Newtownabbey Ratepayers Association]] | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 4.0 | 6.4 | 1,897 | 3.3 |
| SDLP | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 6.1 | 1,821 | 0.8 |
| Sinn Féin | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 4.0 | 5.9 | 1,771 | 0.9 |
| [[United Unionist|United Unionist Coalition]] | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 4.0 | 2.5 | 736 | 1.2 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 2.2 | 646 | 5.9 |
| PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 1.0 | 291 | 3.1 |
| NI Conservatives | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.8 | 235 | 0.3 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

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

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | Alliance | Alliance | SDLP | SDLP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Antrim Line | 34.7 | 3 | 17.9 | 1 | 9.5 | 1 | 17.9 | 1 | 16.0 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Ballyclare | 56.0 | 3 | 33.8 | 2 | 6.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 5 |
| Macedon | 49.5 | 3 | 10.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.7 | 0 | 5.9 | 0 | 30.8 | 2 | 6 |
| University | 40.8 | 3 | 29.2 | 2 | 12.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 17.6 | 1 | 7 |
| Total | 43.9 | 12 | 23.3 | 6 | 8.0 | 2 | 6.1 | 1 | 5.9 | 1 | 12.8 | 3 | 25 |

## Districts results

### Antrim Line

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

### Ballyclare

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

### Macedon

2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x UUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers 2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers, 1 x Independent 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Independent

### University

2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x United Unionist 2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x United Unionist 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP

