2005 Limavady Borough Council election

2005 Limavady Borough Council election
All 15 seats to Limavady Borough Council; 8 seats needed for a majority
	Party with the most votes by district.

Elections to Limavady Borough Council were held on 5 May 2005 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors.

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Sinn Féin	6	2	0	2	40.0	31.3	4,130	6.4
DUP	3	1	0	1	20.0	23.9	3,153	6.1
SDLP	3	0	1	1	20.0	23.2	3,054	5.6
UUP	2	0	1	1	13.3	11.5	1,512	3.9
United Unionist Coalition	1	0	0	0	6.7	10.1	1,328	1.2

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	Sinn Féin		DUP		SDLP		UUP		Others		Total Cllrs
Bellarena	25.3	2	30.0	1	29.6	1	15.1	1	0.0	0	5
Benbradagh	49.8	3	0.0	0	20.1	1	0.0	0	30.1	1	5
Limavady Town	17.6	1	44.1	2	18.1	1	20.2	1	0.0	0	5
Total	31.3	6	23.9	3	23.2	3	11.5	2	10.1	1	15

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	DUP	Leslie Cubitt*	23.65%	1,189
	SDLP	Michael Carten*	12.53%	630	631.8	883.8
	UUP	Edwin Stevenson*	15.10%	759	833.7	839
	Sinn Féin	Gerard Butcher	13.27%	667	667	708	770
	Sinn Féin	John McElhinney	11.99%	603	603.3	612.3	743.3
	DUP	Arnold Shannon	6.36%	320	586.4	589.7	602.6
	SDLP	John McKinney	9.96%	501	502.8	541.4
	SDLP	Deborah Crewe	7.14%	359	360.5
Electorate: 8,050 Valid: 5,028 (62.46%) Spoilt: 77 Quota: 839 Turnout: 5,105 (63.42%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	United Unionist	Boyd Douglas*	20.85%	922
	SDLP	Michael Coyle*	14.36%	635	635.6	833.6
	Sinn Féin	Cathal Hasson	15.06%	666	666	676	699.14	1,038.14
	Sinn Féin	Brenda Chivers	13.82%	611	611.2	631.2	657.9	682.79	851.15
	Sinn Féin	Marion Donaghy*	10.95%	484	484.2	502.2	530.68	606.02	737.58
	United Unionist	Samuel Oliver	9.18%	406	585	585.6	593.61	593.61	593.61
	Sinn Féin	Martin McGuigan	10.00%	442	442.2	442.2	451.1
	SDLP	Evelyn Donaghy	5.79%	256	256.6
Electorate: 6,956 Valid: 4,422 (63.57%) Spoilt: 97 Quota: 738 Turnout: 4,519 (64.97%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	DUP	George Robinson*	23.50%	876
	DUP	Alan Robinson	20.61%	768
	Sinn Féin	Anne Brolly*	17.63%	657
	UUP	John Rankin*	12.66%	472	662.35
	SDLP	Gerry Mullan*	11.11%	414	416.48	418.46	661.46
	UUP	John Dolan*	7.54%	281	374	511.94	513.94
	SDLP	Gareth Peoples	6.95%	259	260.55	262.97
Electorate: 6,322 Valid: 3,727 (58.95%) Spoilt: 58 Quota: 622 Turnout: 3,785 (59.87%)

Districts summary

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