2005 Newry and Mourne District Council election
# 2005 Newry and Mourne District Council election

Elections to Newry and Mourne District Council were held on 5 May 2005 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.

## Election results

Newry and Mourne District Council Election Result 2005 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sinn Féin | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.3 | 42.1 | 17,999 | 2.9 |
| SDLP | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30.0 | 29.5 | 12,615 | 6.0 |
| Ulster Unionist | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10.0 | 10.8 | 4,612 | 1.8 |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 8.9 | 3,796 | 2.6 |
| DUP | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 2,849 | 0.3 |
| Green (NI) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 863 | 2.0 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Newry and Mourne District Council election, 2005 by district :

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | SDLP | SDLP | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | Green | Green | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Crotlieve | 31.2 | 2 | 39.4 | 3 | 4.8 | 0 | 2.8 | 0 | 8.1 | 1 | 13.7 | 1 | 7 |
| Newry Town | 46.5 | 3 | 30.5 | 3 | 6.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 16.6 | 1 | 7 |
| Slieve Gullion | 76.1 | 4 | 23.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| The Fews | 43.4 | 3 | 26.9 | 1 | 21.5 | 1 | 8.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
| The Mournes | 12.2 | 1 | 23.2 | 1 | 25.2 | 2 | 26.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 13.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 42.1 | 13 | 29.5 | 9 | 10.8 | 3 | 6.7 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 8.9 | 2 | 30 |

## District results

### Crotlieve

2001: 4 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent 2005: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Green, 1 x Independent 2001-2005 Change: Green gain from SDLP

### Newry Town

2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 3 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 3 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 2001-2005 Change: No change

### Slieve Gullion

2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 2001-2005 Change: No change

### The Fews

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

### The Mournes

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

