2005 North Down Borough Council election
# 2005 North Down Borough Council election

Elections to North Down 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

North Down Borough Council Election Result 2005 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| DUP | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 32.0 | 31.4 | 8,901 | 17.1 |
| Ulster Unionist | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 21.5 | 6,055 | 5.8 |
| Alliance | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24.0 | 16.0 | 4,533 | 1.6 |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8.0 | 11.1 | 3,114 | 10.9 |
| Green (NI) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 9.1 | 2,548 | New |
| UK Unionist | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 734 | 6.7 |
| NI Women's Coalition | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 738 | 1.0 |
| PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 651 | 1.3 |
| SDLP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 525 | 1.9 |
| NI Conservatives | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 353 | 0.4 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the North Down Borough Council election, 2005 by district :

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | Alliance | Alliance | Green | Green | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Abbey | 42.1 | 3 | 18.5 | 2 | 12.0 | 1 | 6.4 | 0 | 21.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Ballyholme and Groomsport | 32.5 | 2 | 22.5 | 2 | 11.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.9 | 2 | 7 |
| Bangor West | 25.9 | 2 | 18.1 | 1 | 14.9 | 2 | 19.8 | 1 | 21.3 | 0 | 7 |
| Holywood | 25.4 | 1 | 31.8 | 2 | 31.4 | 2 | 11.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 31.4 | 8 | 21.5 | 8 | 16.0 | 6 | 9.1 | 1 | 22.0 | 2 | 25 |

## Districts results

### Abbey

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

### Ballyholme and Groomsport

2001: 2 x Independent, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Women's Coalition 2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Women's Coalition

### Bangor West

2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent 2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Green 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UKUP, Independent joins Greens

### Holywood

2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent 2005: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP 2001-2005 Change: Alliance gain from Independent

