# 2005 Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council election

Elections to Dungannon and South Tyrone 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 22 councillors.

## Election results

Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council Election Result 2005 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Sinn Féin | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40.9 | 39.6 | 9,992 | 3.6 |
| DUP | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22.7 | 24.3 | 6,132 | 6.7 |
| UUP | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18.2 | 17.6 | 4,436 | 5.2 |
| SDLP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.2 | 14.8 | 3,726 | 2.4 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 923 | 2.7 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council election, 2005 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Blackwater | 24.4 | 1 | 41.6 | 2 | 21.6 | 1 | 12.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Clogher Valley | 32.2 | 2 | 27.9 | 1 | 20.9 | 1 | 18.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Dungannon Town | 35.2 | 2 | 28.1 | 2 | 20.6 | 1 | 16.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Torrent | 60.9 | 4 | 4.8 | 0 | 9.6 | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 12.2 | 1 | 6 |
| Total | 39.6 | 9 | 24.3 | 5 | 17.6 | 4 | 14.8 | 4 | 3.7 | 0 | 22 |

## District results
### Blackwater

2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Blackwater - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | DUP | Roger Burton* | 21.22% | 1,309 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Phelim Gildernew* | 17.75% | 1,095 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Samuel Brush | 16.13% | 995 | 1,202.27 | | | | |
| | UUP | Jim Hamilton* | 14.01% | 864 | 884.79 | 905.13 | 905.55 | 1,040.3 | |
| | SDLP | Patrick Daly* | 12.40% | 765 | 766.05 | 766.59 | 782.61 | 789.87 | 1,039.87 |
| | UUP | Sammy Stewart | 7.62% | 470 | 475.67 | 482.33 | 482.45 | 594.88 | 594.88 |
| | Sinn Féin | Josefa Watters | 6.66% | 411 | 411 | 411.18 | 456.18 | 458.18 | |
| | DUP | Denver Thompson | 4.21% | 260 | 298.22 | 442.94 | 442.94 | | |
| Electorate: 8,116 Valid: 6,169 (76.01%) Spoilt: 97 Quota: 1,029 Turnout: 6,266 (77.21%) ||||||||||

### Clogher Valley

2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2001-2005 Change: No change
Clogher Valley - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | SDLP | Anthony McGonnell* | 18.93% | 1,134 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Sean McGuigan* | 13.46% | 806 | 867.44 | 1,073.44 | | | | |
| | UUP | Robert Mulligan* | 12.91% | 773 | 784.52 | 786 | 1,154 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Colla McMahon | 12.62% | 756 | 775.04 | 934.08 | 939.6 | 940.76 | 1,014.47 | |
| | DUP | Frances Burton | 13.96% | 836 | 836.32 | 836.32 | 881.64 | 959.36 | 959.36 | 960.62 |
| | DUP | William McIlwrath* | 13.98% | 837 | 838.28 | 840.44 | 879.56 | 953.22 | 953.61 | 955.56 |
| | UUP | Ken Maginnis* | 8.00% | 479 | 492.76 | 495.4 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Bronwyn McGahan | 6.14% | 368 | 393.12 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,859 Valid: 5,989 (76.21%) Spoilt: 74 Quota: 999 Turnout: 6,063 (77.15%) |||||||||||

### Dungannon Town

2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Dungannon Town - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | DUP | Maurice Morrow* | 18.98% | 1,029 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Vincent Currie* | 16.06% | 871 | | | | |
| | UUP | Walter Cuddy* | 15.40% | 835 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | John McLarnon* | 15.07% | 817 | | | | |
| | DUP | Gilbert Greenaway | 9.17% | 497 | 727 | 728.02 | 739.15 | 935.15 |
| | Sinn Féin | Barry Monteith* | 13.15% | 713 | 713 | 766.55 | 767.04 | 771.44 |
| | Sinn Féin | Tony Slevin | 6.95% | 377 | 377.5 | 403.85 | 404.06 | 408.54 |
| | UUP | Victor McNickle | 5.22% | 283 | 305.75 | 316.63 | 360.73 | |
| Electorate: 8,281 Valid: 5,422 (65.48%) Spoilt: 80 Quota: 775 Turnout: 5,502 (66.44%) |||||||||

### Torrent

2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Independent
Torrent - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Sinn Féin | Michael Gillespie* | 18.24% | 1,392 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Michelle O'Neill | 16.64% | 1,270 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Francie Molloy* | 15.37% | 1,173 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Desmond Donnelly* | 10.68% | 815 | 1,090.44 | 1,090.66 | 1,247.74 | | |
| | UUP | Norman Badger* | 9.59% | 732 | 732.22 | 1,076.22 | 1,076.5 | 1,076.5 | 1,077.88 |
| | SDLP | Jim Cavanagh* | 12.53% | 956 | 968.32 | 972.32 | 978.2 | 990.1 | 1,025.29 |
| | Independent | Jim Canning* | 12.10% | 923 | 927.84 | 932.84 | 941.94 | 958.88 | 1,002.81 |
| | DUP | Robert McFarland | 4.84% | 369 | 369.44 | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,410 Valid: 7,630 (73.29%) Spoilt: 90 Quota: 1,091 Turnout: 7,720 (74.16%) ||||||||||