2005 Lisburn City Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2005

Elections to Lisburn City 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.

2005 Lisburn City Council election

5 May 2005 (2005-05-05)
All 30 seats to Lisburn City Council 16 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party DUP UUP Sinn Féin Seats won 13 7 4 Seat change 8 6 0   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Alliance SDLP Independent Seats won 3 3 0 Seat change 0 0 2
Party with the most votes by district.

Election results

Lisburn City Council Election Result 2005

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	DUP	13	8	0	8	43.3	40.7	17,238	20.5
	UUP	7	0	6	6	23.3	22.7	9,625	12.5
	Sinn Féin	4	0	0	0	13.3	16.6	7,092	0.6
	Alliance	3	0	0	0	10.0	9.2	3,907	1.8
	SDLP	3	0	0	0	10.0	8.5	3,894	0.0
	NI Conservatives	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.8	333	0.6
	Green (NI)	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.7	284	0.7

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Lisburn City Council election, 2005
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	DUP		UUP		Sinn Féin		Alliance		SDLP		Others
Downshire	48.7	2	36.8	2	1.3	0	13.2	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	5
Dunmurry Cross	13.6	1	6.7	0	58.2	4	0.0	0	21.5	2	0.0	0	7
Killultagh	48.4	3	21.5	1	7.7	0	6.9	0	11.6	1	3.9	0	5
Lisburn Town North	44.6	3	31.8	3	2.3	0	12.7	1	5.8	0	2.8	0	7
Lisburn Town South	59.8	4	17.3	1	2.7	0	17.7	1	2.6	0	0.0	0	6
Total	40.7	13	22.7	7	16.6	4	9.2	3	8.5	3	2.3	0	30

Districts results

Downshire

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

Downshire - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Edwin Poots*	23.43%	1,929
	UUP	Basil McCrea	19.45%	1,601
	DUP	Allan Ewart	18.25%	1,502
	UUP	William Ward*	7.73%	636	672.54	710.48	888.5	890.34	1,421.13
	Alliance	Elizabeth Campbell*	13.20%	1,087	1,097.44	1,123.62	1,221.84	1,222.8	1,325.67
	DUP	Joseph Lockhart	7.01%	577	1,008.52	1,017.62	1,040.93	1,153.81	1,247.23
	UUP	James Baird*	6.79%	559	603.37	674.91	780.97	783.45
	UUP	William Scott	2.88%	237	257.01	330.79
	Sinn Féin	David Hall	1.26%	104	105.16	105.44
Electorate: 12,797   Valid: 8,232 (64.33%)   Spoilt: 114   Quota: 1,373   Turnout: 8,346 (65.22%)

Dunmurry Cross

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

Dunmurry Cross - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Paul Butler*	17.12%	1,823
	Sinn Féin	Michael Ferguson*	13.75%	1,464
	DUP	Stephen Moore	13.08%	1,393
	SDLP	Patricia Lewsley*	12.86%	1,369
	SDLP	Brian Heading	7.83%	834	898.12	909.82	1,268.31	1,326.81
	Sinn Féin	Angela Nelson	9.48%	1,010	1,196.2	1,220.86	1,229.22	1,229.97
	Sinn Féin	Veronica Willis*	8.83%	940	1,142.72	1,222.01	1,222.01	1,222.01
	Sinn Féin	Máireád Uí Adhmaill	10.56%	1,125	1,157.48	1,167.11	1,168.11	1,168.11
	UUP	Kenneth Bishop	6.49%	691	693.52	694.33
Electorate: 17,676   Valid: 10,649 (60.25%)   Spoilt: 309   Quota: 1,332   Turnout: 10,958 (61.99%)

Killultagh

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

Killultagh - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Thomas Beckett	20.77%	1,751
	SDLP	Peter O'Hagan*	11.59%	977	978.33	986.33	1,003.33	1,531.33
	UUP	Jim Dillon*	12.41%	1,046	1,054.17	1,164.17	1,243.55	1,246.74	1,252.34	1,560.34
	DUP	Cecil Calvert*	12.44%	1,049	1,304.74	1,322.69	1,373.26	1,379.26	1,379.61	1,436.61
	DUP	James Tinsley*	15.17%	1,279	1,333.15	1,343.72	1,367.1	1,367.1	1,370.25	1,471.25
	Alliance	Owen Gawith	6.86%	578	579.52	600.71	678.71	714.71	824.96	928.96
	UUP	Samuel Johnston*	5.46%	460	463.8	584.56	654.56	656.56	661.11
	Sinn Féin	Chris Donnelly	7.73%	652	652.38	652.38	653.38
	NI Conservatives	Neil Johnston	3.95%	333	334.71	348.71
	UUP	David Greene	3.63%	306	308.85
Electorate: 14,029   Valid: 8,431 (60.10%)   Spoilt: 122   Quota: 1,406   Turnout: 8,553 (60.97%)

Lisburn Town North

2001: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
2005: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2001-2005 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from UUP and Independent

Lisburn Town North - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	DUP	Jonathan Craig*	18.33%	1,794
	DUP	Paul Givan	15.39%	1,506
	DUP	William Leathem	10.87%	1,064	1,556.8
	Alliance	Trevor Lunn*	11.04%	1,080	1,083.84	1,099.84	1,120.36	1,250.36
	UUP	Ronnie Crawford*	7.76%	759	777.88	817.24	869.89	875.24	877.24	908.28	1,035.81	1,039.41	1,097.37
	UUP	David Archer*	6.58%	644	660.64	796.32	864.63	867.22	867.22	894.13	983.37	986.49	1,068.57
	UUP	William Gardiner-Watson*	6.93%	678	687.6	720.88	757.06	762.7	762.7	782.47	922.54	930.94	1,006.73
	UUP	Kenneth Armstrong	6.61%	647	662.04	701.08	752.38	753.24	754.56	778.19	871.86	875.94	920.08
	SDLP	John Drake	5.80%	568	569.28	573.44	575.33	580.6	763.6	852.92	866.46	873.42
	UUP	Ellen Hillen	3.87%	379	385.08	415.48	448.42	452.69	452.69	502.98
	Green (NI)	Michael Rogan	2.90%	284	286.56	300.32	314.9	323.49	343.49
	Sinn Féin	Jacqui Currie	2.27%	222	222.32	222.96	222.96	222.96
	Alliance	Frazer McCammond	1.64%	160	160.64	162.24	165.48
Electorate: 16,325   Valid: 9,785 (59.94%)   Spoilt: 199   Quota: 1,224   Turnout: 9,984 (61.16%)

Lisburn Town South

2001: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
2005: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2001-2005 Change: DUP (three seats) gain from UUP (two seats) and Independent

Lisburn Town South - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Jeffrey Donaldson	37.16%	2,109
	Alliance	Seamus Close*	17.65%	1,002
	DUP	Andrew Ewing	5.55%	315	918.54
	DUP	Paul Porter*	9.69%	550	813.34
	UUP	Ivan Davis*	10.34%	587	711.11	773.31	776.17	782.8	862.8
	DUP	Jenny Palmer	7.40%	420	629.79	642.39	736	739.94	783.24
	UUP	Thomas Archer*	4.03%	229	278.14	301.74	303.06	303.06	375.53
	SDLP	Yvonne Byrne	2.57%	146	151.67	213.27	213.27	346.47	351.07
	UUP	Denis Troughton	2.92%	166	198.13	216.13	218.88	220.08
	Sinn Féin	Martin Parker	2.68%	152	155.78	161.18	161.51
Electorate: 10,869   Valid: 5,676 (52.22%)   Spoilt: 144   Quota: 811   Turnout: 5,820 (53.55%)