# 2005 Castlereagh Borough Council election

Elections to Castlereagh 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 23 councillors.

## Election results

Castlereagh Borough Council Election Result 2005 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| DUP | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 56.5 | 46.5 | 12,136 | 7.1 |
| UUP | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17.4 | 17.8 | 4,633 | 4.3 |
| Alliance | 4 | 0 | 0 | | 17.4 | 16.2 | 4,219 | 1.0 |
| SDLP | 2 | 0 | 0 | | 8.7 | 12.0 | 3,131 | 0.6 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 1,026 | 0.3 |
| PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 537 | 2.1 |
| Sinn Féin | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 1.5 | 395 | 0.3 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Castlereagh Borough Council election, 2005 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | Alliance | Alliance | SDLP | SDLP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Castlereagh Central | 54.4 | 4 | 12.5 | 1 | 16.3 | 1 | 6.5 | 0 | 10.3 | 0 | 6 |
| Castlereagh East | 59.2 | 5 | 18.9 | 1 | 12.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 9.5 | 0 | 7 |
| Castlereagh South | 36.7 | 2 | 18.3 | 1 | 17.1 | 1 | 22.2 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 5 |
| Castlereagh West | 34.1 | 2 | 20.6 | 1 | 19.9 | 1 | 20.9 | 1 | 4.5 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 46.5 | 13 | 17.8 | 4 | 16.2 | 4 | 12.0 | 2 | 7.5 | 0 | 23 |

## Districts results
### Castlereagh Central

2001: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP 2005: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from PUP
Castlereagh Central - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | DUP | Peter Robinson* | 25.81% | 1,431 | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Michael Long* | 16.32% | 905 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Joanne Bunting* | 16.14% | 895 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Michael Copeland* | 9.76% | 541 | 582.86 | 608.21 | 611.62 | 727.3 | 796.3 | |
| | DUP | John Norris* | 7.59% | 421 | 663.42 | 669.27 | 699.08 | 710.82 | 790.83 | 800.83 |
| | DUP | Andrew Ramsey | 4.91% | 272 | 523.16 | 527.97 | 583.85 | 588.42 | 614.39 | 621.65 |
| | PUP | Tommy Sandford* | 6.42% | 356 | 391.88 | 399.03 | 401.34 | 403.99 | 436.39 | 491.01 |
| | SDLP | Sean Mullan | 6.55% | 363 | 363.92 | 397.72 | 397.94 | 407.8 | 429.9 | |
| | Independent | Alan Carson | 3.77% | 209 | 254.08 | 269.55 | 274.72 | 295.81 | | |
| | UUP | Alan Martin | 2.74% | 152 | 165.8 | 181.01 | 181.89 | | | |
| Electorate: 9,735 Valid: 5,545 (56.96%) Spoilt: 155 Quota: 793 Turnout: 5,700 (58.55%) |||||||||||

### Castlereagh East

2001: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent 2005: 5 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Independent
Castlereagh East - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | DUP | Iris Robinson* | 27.08% | 2,090 | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Judith Cochrane | 12.40% | 957 | 977.9 | | | | |
| | DUP | Gareth Robinson* | 10.08% | 778 | 1,251 | | | | |
| | DUP | Tommy Jeffers | 11.10% | 857 | 1,033 | | | | |
| | UUP | David Drysdale* | 8.01% | 618 | 648.25 | 657 | 844.05 | 847.41 | 951.17 |
| | DUP | Jim White* | 5.40% | 417 | 668.35 | 761.1 | 786 | 811.2 | 891.76 |
| | DUP | Charlie Tosh | 5.52% | 426 | 520.05 | 671.6 | 698.5 | 728.02 | 861.08 |
| | UUP | Mervyn Bailie | 7.51% | 580 | 597.05 | 602.3 | 719.85 | 722.49 | 805.28 |
| | Independent | Francis Gallagher* | 7.14% | 551 | 579.05 | 590.6 | 665.65 | 670.69 | |
| | UUP | Hazel Legge | 3.41% | 263 | 287.2 | 294.2 | | | |
| | PUP | Colin Neill | 2.35% | 181 | 190.35 | 195.6 | | | |
| Electorate: 13,902 Valid: 7,718 (55.52%) Spoilt: 179 Quota: 965 Turnout: 7,897 (56.80%) ||||||||||

### Castlereagh South

2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Castlereagh South - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | DUP | James Spratt | 19.06% | 1,317 | | | |
| | DUP | John Beattie* | 17.64% | 1,219 | | | |
| | Alliance | Geraldine Rice* | 17.08% | 1,180 | | | |
| | UUP | Michael Henderson* | 14.14% | 977 | 1,082.75 | 1,125.71 | 1,385.71 |
| | SDLP | Brian Hanvey* | 16.09% | 1,112 | 1,114.85 | 1,116.65 | 1,138.43 |
| | SDLP | Leo Van Es | 6.09% | 421 | 422.8 | 423.1 | 431.31 |
| | Sinn Féin | Dermot Kennedy | 5.72% | 395 | 395.45 | 395.51 | 396.66 |
| | UUP | Barbara McBurney* | 4.17% | 288 | 333.3 | 346.14 | |
| Electorate: 11,421 Valid: 6,909 (60.49%) Spoilt: 99 Quota: 1,152 Turnout: 7,008 (61.36%) ||||||||

### Castlereagh West

2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 2001-2005 Change: No change
Castlereagh West - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | DUP | Ann-Marie Beattie | 24.00% | 1,417 | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Sara Duncan* | 19.93% | 1,177 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Myreve Chambers | 10.09% | 596 | 991.1 | | | | |
| | UUP | Cecil Hall* | 14.14% | 835 | 847.6 | 917.3 | 1,039.3 | | |
| | SDLP | Rosaleen Hughes* | 13.45% | 794 | 794.6 | 850.53 | 862.85 | 862.85 | 1,285.85 |
| | UUP | Bill White | 6.42% | 379 | 384.1 | 410.28 | 467.14 | 519.08 | 525.08 |
| | SDLP | Gary Vaugh | 7.47% | 441 | 441 | 458 | 467.19 | 468.78 | |
| | Independent | Cyril Kernaghan | 4.50% | 266 | 271.4 | 284.66 | | | |
| Electorate: 9,805 Valid: 5,905 (60.22%) Spoilt: 145 Quota: 985 Turnout: 6,050 (61.70%) ||||||||||