2005 Craigavon Borough Council election

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5 May 2005 (2005-05-05)

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All 26 seats to Craigavon Borough Council
14 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	DUP	UUP	Sinn Féin
Seats won	9	6	6
Seat change	3	2	2

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	SDLP	Independent
Seats won	4	1
Seat change	3	0

Party with the most votes by district.

Elections to Craigavon 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 26 councillors.

Craigavon Borough Council Election Result 2005^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
DUP	9	3	0	3	34.6	30.8	10,631	8.2
UUP	6	0	2	2	23.1	22.8	7,882	5.3
Sinn Féin	6	2	0	2	23.1	22.4	7,732	1.1
SDLP	4	0	3	3	15.4	16.9	5,849	3.1
Independent	1	0	0	0	3.8	4.2	1,459	0.7
Alliance	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.4	814	0.8
Workers' Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	155	0.1

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Craigavon Borough Council election, 2005
by district
Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
DUP	UUP	Sinn Féin	SDLP	Alliance	Others
Central	33.4	3	26.7	2	20.4	1	13.2	1	6.4	0	0.0	0	7
Loughside	4.0	0	4.1	0	50.5	3	39.3	2	0.0	0	2.1	0	5
Lurgan	39.4	3	40.2	3	7.5	0	6.5	0	0.0	0	6.4	0	7
Portadown	42.5	3	14.5	1	16.5	1	13.2	1	2.7	0	10.6	1	7
Total	30.8	9	22.8	6	22.4	6	16.9	4	2.4	0	4.7	0	26

District results

Central

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

Central - 7 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	DUP	Robert Smith*	16.88%	1,587
	UUP	Kenneth Twyble*	13.91%	1,308
	Sinn Féin	John O'Dowd*	13.07%	1,229
	DUP	William Smith*	9.87%	928	1,280.82
	UUP	Ronald Harkness	5.58%	525	527.08	580.68	710.82	713.48	714.94	1,147.57	1,411.57
	SDLP	Kieran Corr*	8.38%	788	788	788.9	792	792	1,147.1	1,157.2	1,318.2
	DUP	Philip Weir	6.61%	622	666.72	674.82	744.46	830.77	831.87	859.2	912.81	998.81
	Sinn Féin	Francis Murray*	7.37%	693	693	693.1	694.1	694.1	740.1	743.1	772.6	778.6
	Alliance	Alan Castle	6.36%	598	599.3	606.3	615.36	616.34	646.8	666.86
	UUP	Frederick Crowe*	4.48%	421	423.6	452.1	517.92	520.02	522.02
	SDLP	Patricia Mallon*	4.79%	450	450.52	451.12	451.22	451.29
	UUP	Robert Oliver	2.70%	254	259.72	289.72
Electorate: 15,519 Valid: 9,403 (60.59%) Spoilt: 230 Quota: 1,176 Turnout: 9,633 (62.07%)

Loughside

2001: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP
2001–2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Loughside - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Sinn Féin	Mairéad O'Dowd	29.17%	2,183
	SDLP	Dolores Kelly*	21.71%	1,625
	Sinn Féin	Leah Small	8.67%	649	1,263.24
	SDLP	Mary McAlinden*	8.50%	636	736.76	944.36	1,178.72
	Sinn Féin	Michael Tallon	12.67%	948	1,092.32	1,108.88	1,153.6
	SDLP	Anthony Elliott	9.09%	680	719.16	842.52	994
	UUP	Joy Savage	4.09%	306	309.52	313.84
	DUP	Ivan Russell	4.04%	302	302.44	302.92
	Workers' Party	Tom French	2.07%	155	185.36	205.52
Electorate: 12,354 Valid: 7,484 (60.58%) Spoilt: 228 Quota: 1,248 Turnout: 7,712 (62.43%)

Lurgan

2001: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2005: 3 x UUP, 3 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2001–2005 Change: DUP and Sinn Féin gain from UUP and SDLP

Lurgan - 7 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	UUP	Samuel Gardiner*	21.59%	2,109
	DUP	Stephen Moutray*	21.08%	2,059
	DUP	Fergie Dawson	11.27%	1,101	1,149.72	1,359.32
	DUP	Mark Russell	3.21%	314	354.74	707.54	764.22	1,245.46
	UUP	George Savage*	8.22%	803	1,005.86	1,041.46	1,047.18	1,075.52	1,112.1	1,257.1
	Sinn Féin	Maurice Magill	7.51%	734	734	734.4	734.4	734.8	1,105.22	1,111.22
	UUP	Meta Crozier*	4.44%	434	752.36	783.96	786.82	812.88	851.82	1,065.5
	UUP	Sydney Cairns*	5.96%	582	755.88	769.48	770.52	788.94	825.2	953
	Independent	David Calvert	6.41%	626	682.28	713.48	719.98	742.84	761.08
	SDLP	Francis McAlinden	6.48%	633	643.5	645.1	645.1	645.52
	DUP	Anne Harrison	3.82%	373	395.68	536.48	598.36
Electorate: 15,320 Valid: 9,768 (63.76%) Spoilt: 171 Quota: 1,222 Turnout: 9,939 (64.88%)

Portadown

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

Portadown - 7 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	DUP	David Simpson*	29.55%	2,325
	DUP	Sydney Anderson*	10.28%	809	1,346.66
	DUP	Alan Carson*	2.68%	211	730.1	1,052.63
	SDLP	Ignatius Fox*	8.94%	703	705.9	706.29	708.29	708.39	711.39	782.39	1,004.39
	UUP	Arnold Hatch*	9.36%	736	778.34	782.24	798.4	811.1	862.8	888.12	891.7	1,062.7
	Independent	David Jones*	5.33%	419	543.7	554.23	576.55	604.55	614.55	626.81	628.81	700.52	735.94	737.94	995.94
	Sinn Féin	Brian McKeown*	9.93%	781	781.58	781.58	782.58	782.58	782.58	791.58	839.58	842.58	842.58	846.58	850.58
	Sinn Féin	Ciaran Tennyson	6.55%	515	515	515	517	517	517	522	590	590	590.77	594.77	595.77
	Independent	Mervyn Carrick	3.94%	310	358.72	375.88	427.11	444.51	458.52	472.68	474.68	549.95	591.53	593.53
	UUP	Mark Neale	2.71%	213	237.94	239.89	245.89	249.79	380.83	404.58	410.58
	SDLP	Elaine Sterritt	4.25%	334	334.58	334.58	335.58	335.58	336.58	375.58
	Alliance	Sean Hagan	2.75%	216	221.22	222.39	223.39	223.69	225.27
	UUP	David Thompson	2.43%	191	207.24	209.19	215.19	219.89
	Independent	Jim Dickson	1.32%	104	112.12	113.29
Electorate: 13,128 Valid: 7,867 (59.93%) Spoilt: 181 Quota: 984 Turnout: 8,048 (61.30%)

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