2005 Down District Council election

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5 May 2005 (2005-05-5)

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All 23 seats to Down District Council
12 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	SDLP	Sinn Féin	UUP
Seats won	10	5	4
Seat change	0	1	2

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	DUP	Green (NI)	Independent
Seats won	3	1	0
Seat change	1	1	1

Party with the most votes by district.

Elections to Down District 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 23 councillors.

Down District Council Election Result 2005^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
SDLP	10	0	0	0	43.5	37.5	10,276	3.7
Sinn Féin	5	1	0	1	21.7	23.1	6,336	5.9
UUP	4	0	2	2	17.4	17.3	4,748	4.5
DUP	3	1	0	1	13.0	16.3	4,471	2.0
Green (NI)	1	1	0	1	4.3	3.3	900	3.3
Alliance	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.1	585	2.1
Workers' Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	97	0.0

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Down District Council election, 2005
by district
Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
SDLP	Sinn Féin	UUP	DUP	Green	Others
Ballynahinch	33.3	2	19.9	1	19.9	1	26.8	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	5
Downpatrick	50.7	4	32.2	2	8.5	0	0.0	0	7.4	1	1.2	0	7
Newcastle	40.4	3	32.3	2	11.3	1	10.4	0	2.1	0	3.5	0	6
Rowallane	22.3	1	4.9	0	32.3	2	32.3	2	2.9	0	5.3	0	5
Total	37.5	10	23.1	5	17.3	4	16.3	3	3.3	1	2.5	0	23

Districts results

Ballynahinch

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

Ballynahinch - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Jim Wells*	20.85%	1,305
	Sinn Féin	Michael Coogan	19.94%	1,248
	UUP	Peter Bowles	12.90%	807	845	847.07	1,211.07
	SDLP	Anne Marie McAleenan*	11.92%	746	748.6	832.55	838.98	854.91	1,188.91
	SDLP	Patrick Toman*	14.01%	877	877.8	934.84	942.5	956.66	1,055.23
	DUP	Samuel Hanna	5.99%	375	554	554	624.8	735.72	749.85
	SDLP	Francis Casement	7.38%	462	463	517.51	524.14	548.92
	UUP	Walter Lyons	7.00%	438	471	472.61
Electorate: 9,963 Valid: 6,258 (62.81%) Spoilt: 106 Quota: 1,044 Turnout: 6,364 (63.88%)

Downpatrick

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

Downpatrick - 7 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Sinn Féin	Éamonn McConvey*	16.43%	1,259
	SDLP	Peter Craig*	13.83%	1,060
	SDLP	Dermot Curran*	12.25%	939	965.64
	SDLP	John Doris*	11.29%	865	876.28	884.52	976.52
	SDLP	Colin McGrath	8.14%	624	633.84	644.84	890.76	964.13
	Sinn Féin	Liam Johnston	9.42%	722	837.68	840.68	855.12	866.56	870.24	1,290.24
	Green (NI)	Bill Corry	7.37%	565	570.28	597	624.48	632.95	643.07	691.34	780.34
	UUP	William Murphy	8.48%	650	651.92	659.16	667.64	670.06	671.44	679.87	686.87
	Sinn Féin	Caitríona Mackel	6.30%	483	596.04	602.52	612.72	615.69	617.99
	SDLP	Daniel McEvoy	5.22%	400	406.72	418.2
	Workers' Party	Desmond O'Hagan	1.27%	97	99.4
Electorate: 12,695 Valid: 7,664 (60.37%) Spoilt: 169 Quota: 959 Turnout: 7,833 (61.70%)

Newcastle

2001: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2005: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: No change

Newcastle - 6 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	SDLP	Eamon O'Neill*	19.28%	1,379
	Sinn Féin	Willie Clarke*	18.19%	1,301
	SDLP	Carmel O'Boyle*	13.09%	936	1,090.18
	Sinn Féin	Hugh McDowell*	6.56%	469	479.66	656.54	679.78	682.42	1,146.42
	SDLP	Peter Fitzpatrick*	8.01%	573	718.08	750.42	903.9	963.42	1,032.6
	UUP	Gerald Douglas*	11.30%	808	816.32	821.82	907.04	909.68	918.76
	DUP	Stanley Priestley	10.40%	744	746.86	747.08	760.56	760.8	762.56
	Sinn Féin	Aíne McEvoy	7.57%	541	555.3	606.34	624.36	626.16
	Alliance	Neil Powell	3.52%	252	260.06	266.22
	Green (NI)	Peter McCarron	2.07%	148	154.76	159.16
Electorate: 11,446 Valid: 7,151 (62.48%) Spoilt: 172 Quota: 1,022 Turnout: 7,323 (63.98%)

Rowallane

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

Rowallane - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	William Dick*	20.91%	1,326
	SDLP	Margaret Ritchie*	17.43%	1,105
	UUP	Robert Burgess*	14.64%	928	961	975	975.72	979.76	1,065.76
	UUP	Edward Rea*	9.15%	580	589	610.2	612.12	621.12	690.6	1,067.6
	DUP	William Walker	11.37%	721	913.8	921.2	921.56	926.6	940.8	1,027.24
	SDLP	Patricia McKay	4.89%	310	310.8	342.8	376.56	592.04	716.04	772
	UUP	Albert Colmer*	8.47%	537	560.4	570.6	572.12	575.2	649.84
	Alliance	Lorna Dunn	5.25%	333	333.8	415	416.64	439.8
	Sinn Féin	Mary Robb	4.94%	313	313	319	322.08
	Green (NI)	Philip Orr	2.95%	187	188
Electorate: 10,330 Valid: 6,340 (61.37%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 1,057 Turnout: 6,429 (62.24%)

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