# 2005 Strabane District Council election

Elections to Strabane District 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 16 councillors.

## Election results

Strabane District Council Election Result 2005 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Sinn Féin | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.0 | 41.8 | 7,841 | 1.6 |
| DUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.8 | 22.2 | 4,172 | 3.3 |
| SDLP | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12.5 | 15.9 | 2,991 | 3.5 |
| UUP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 14.1 | 2,646 | 2.6 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 1,062 | 0.9 |
| PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 64 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Strabane District Council election, 2005 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | DUP | DUP | SDLP | SDLP | UUP | UUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Derg | 43.5 | 3 | 28.4 | 1 | 8.7 | 0 | 18.3 | 1 | 1.1 | 0 | 5 |
| Glenelly | 28.0 | 1 | 42.4 | 2 | 14.2 | 1 | 15.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Mourne | 50.3 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 23.6 | 1 | 9.4 | 0 | 16.7 | 1 | 6 |
| Total | 41.8 | 8 | 22.2 | 3 | 15.9 | 2 | 14.1 | 2 | 6.0 | 1 | 16 |

## District results
### Derg

2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP 2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Derg - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | DUP | Thomas Kerrigan* | 18.63% | 1,125 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Derek Hussey* | 18.32% | 1,106 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Charles McHugh* | 17.87% | 1,079 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Kieran McGuire | 13.60% | 821 | 822 | 822.1 | 962.2 | 962.4 | 979.92 |
| | Sinn Féin | Gerard Foley | 12.07% | 729 | 730 | 730.2 | 835.2 | 835.5 | 879.72 |
| | DUP | Kathleen Craig | 9.74% | 588 | 631 | 737.7 | 755.1 | 845.5 | 845.5 |
| | SDLP | Bernadette McNamee | 8.71% | 526 | 528 | 529 | | | |
| | PUP | Roy Reid | 1.06% | 64 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,282 Valid: 6,038 (72.91%) Spoilt: 113 Quota: 1,007 Turnout: 6,151 (74.27%) ||||||||||

### Glenelly

2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2001-2005 Change: No change
Glenelly - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | DUP | Allan Bresland* | 26.57% | 1,539 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Claire McGill* | 20.47% | 1,186 | | | |
| | DUP | John Donnell* | 15.88% | 920 | 1,457.24 | | |
| | UUP | James Emery* | 15.28% | 885 | 908.68 | 1,359.71 | |
| | SDLP | Tom McBride* | 14.24% | 825 | 826.11 | 833.51 | 1,017.77 |
| | Sinn Féin | Thomas O'Neill | 7.56% | 438 | 438.37 | 438.74 | 438.74 |
| Electorate: 7,882 Valid: 5,793 (73.50%) Spoilt: 83 Quota: 966 Turnout: 5,876 (74.55%) ||||||||

### Mourne

2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP 2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 2001-2005 Change: Independent gain from SDLP
Mourne - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | SDLP | Eugene McMenamin* | 17.80% | 1,236 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Brian McMahon* | 15.36% | 1,067 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Jarlath McNulty* | 15.08% | 1,047 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Ivan Barr* | 13.07% | 908 | 926.2 | 945.03 | 954.98 | 969.63 | 1,019.63 | |
| | Independent | James O'Kane | 10.61% | 737 | 778.8 | 783.56 | 785.71 | 827.18 | 901.89 | 1,007.89 |
| | Sinn Féin | Daniel Breslin* | 8.15% | 566 | 572.2 | 616.09 | 651.99 | 663.08 | 723.44 | 793.24 |
| | UUP | Alastair Patterson | 9.43% | 655 | 657 | 657.6 | 657.65 | 662.05 | 664.05 | 686.25 |
| | SDLP | Ann Bell* | 3.41% | 237 | 308.8 | 309.85 | 310.6 | 478.97 | 508.67 | |
| | Independent | Paul Gallagher | 4.68% | 325 | 329.8 | 331.55 | 333.5 | 339.06 | | |
| | SDLP | Arthur McGarrigle | 2.40% | 167 | 258 | 260.24 | 260.99 | | | |
| Electorate: 10,459 Valid: 6,945 (66.40%) Spoilt: 132 Quota: 993 Turnout: 7,077 (67.66%) |||||||||||