2005 Ballymena Borough Council election
# 2005 Ballymena Borough Council election

Elections to Ballymena 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 24 councillors.

## Election results

Ballymena Borough Council Election Result 2005 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| DUP | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 58.3 | 55.2 | 14,611 | 10.3 |
| Ulster Unionist | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20.8 | 21.6 | 5,707 | 5.9 |
| SDLP | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12.5 | 10.4 | 2,744 | 6.1 |
| Sinn Féin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.2 | 7.6 | 2,009 | 6.3 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 906 | 3.9 |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 1.5 | 404 | 0.4 |
| PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.4 | 94 | 0.4 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

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

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Ballymena North | 43.7 | 3 | 21.2 | 2 | 11.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 19.1 | 1 | 7 |
| Ballymena South | 61.3 | 5 | 19.1 | 1 | 12.2 | 1 | 5.9 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 7 |
| Bannside | 62.3 | 3 | 18.9 | 1 | 8.6 | 0 | 10.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Braid | 53.8 | 3 | 27.1 | 1 | 10.0 | 1 | 9.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 55.2 | 14 | 21.6 | 5 | 10.4 | 3 | 7.6 | 1 | 5.2 | 1 | 24 |

## Districts results

### Ballymena North

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

### Ballymena South

2001: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2005: 5 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP

### Bannside

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

### Braid

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

