# 2005 Fermanagh District Council election

Elections to Fermanagh 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.

## Election results

Fermanagh District Council Election Result 2005 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Sinn Féin | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.1 | 37.4 | 11,611 | 3.9 |
| UUP | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 21.7 | 22.0 | 6,830 | 8.8 |
| SDLP | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13.0 | 18.0 | 5,566 | 0.7 |
| DUP | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17.4 | 20.6 | 6,399 | 8.5 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 115 | 3.9 |
| Socialist Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 406 | New |
| Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 79 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Fermanagh District Council election, 2005 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | DUP | DUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Enniskillen | 28.5 | 2 | 20.5 | 1 | 18.2 | 2 | 28.2 | 2 | 4.6 | 0 | 7 |
| Erne East | 52.5 | 3 | 19.8 | 1 | 13.2 | 1 | 14.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Erne North | 18.5 | 1 | 33.4 | 2 | 20.1 | 1 | 27.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Erne West | 46.3 | 3 | 16.7 | 1 | 21.6 | 1 | 12.6 | 0 | 2.8 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 37.4 | 9 | 22.0 | 5 | 18.0 | 5 | 20.6 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 23 |

## District results
### Enniskillen

2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent 2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 2001-2005 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from UUP and Independent
Enniskillen - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | DUP | Arlene Foster | 23.57% | 2,054 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Joseph Dodds* | 4.59% | 400 | 1,132.73 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Robert Irvine* | 6.61% | 576 | 660.6 | 694.48 | 1,097.48 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Gerry McHugh* | 9.62% | 838 | 838.47 | 855.47 | 855.47 | 855.5 | 1,308.5 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Pat Cox* | 11.06% | 964 | 964.47 | 1,011.47 | 1,012.47 | 1,012.47 | 1,195.47 | |
| | SDLP | Frank Britton* | 10.51% | 916 | 918.35 | 1,046.35 | 1,058.58 | 1,060.23 | 1,094.23 | |
| | SDLP | Patricia Rodgers | 7.66% | 668 | 670.35 | 742.35 | 751.52 | 752.96 | 772.96 | 973.96 |
| | UUP | Raymond Ferguson* | 7.83% | 682 | 742.63 | 770.57 | 912.35 | 942.26 | 943.73 | 950.73 |
| | Sinn Féin | Paddy Gilgunn* | 7.85% | 684 | 684.94 | 717.41 | 718.41 | 718.41 | | |
| | UUP | Basil Johnston | 6.05% | 527 | 586.69 | 601.16 | | | | |
| | Socialist Party | Paul Dale | 4.66% | 406 | 412.11 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,101 Valid: 8,715 (66.52%) Spoilt: 163 Quota: 1,090 Turnout: 8,878 (67.77%) |||||||||||

### Erne East

2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Erne East - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | DUP | Paul Robinson | 14.52% | 1,277 | | | |
| | UUP | Harold Andrews* | 11.62% | 1,022 | 1,705 | | |
| | SDLP | Fergus McQuillan* | 13.16% | 1,157 | 1,169 | 1,555 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Ruth Lynch* | 13.61% | 1,197 | 1,198 | 1,198 | 1,203 |
| | Sinn Féin | Tom O'Reilly* | 13.41% | 1,179 | 1,179 | 1,179 | 1,191 |
| | Sinn Féin | Brian McCaffrey* | 12.87% | 1,132 | 1,133 | 1,137 | 1,141 |
| | Sinn Féin | Seán Lynch | 12.62% | 1,110 | 1,110 | 1,110 | 1,111 |
| | UUP | Jean McVitty | 8.18% | 719 | | | |
| Electorate: 11,003 Valid: 8,793 (79.91%) Spoilt: 140 Quota: 1,257 Turnout: 8,933 (81.19%) ||||||||

### Erne North

2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 2005: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 2001-2005 Change: No change
Erne North - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | UUP | Tom Elliott* | 26.81% | 1,686 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Breege McSorley | 18.54% | 1,166 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Bert Johnston* | 16.48% | 1,036 | 1,149.24 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | John O'Kane* | 11.91% | 749 | 756.22 | 819.53 | 829.46 | 1,273.46 | | |
| | UUP | Bertie Kerr* | 3.24% | 204 | 544.1 | 545.43 | 796.67 | 819.26 | 904.26 | 979.86 |
| | DUP | Mandy Mahon | 11.45% | 720 | 743.94 | 744.72 | 825.75 | 832.94 | 848.94 | 872.39 |
| | SDLP | Julie Dervan | 8.22% | 517 | 521.56 | 564.98 | 567.49 | | | |
| | UUP | Gary Wilson | 3.34% | 210 | 354.4 | 354.79 | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,898 Valid: 6,288 (70.67%) Spoilt: 111 Quota: 1,049 Turnout: 6,399 (71.92%) |||||||||||

### Erne West

2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2001-2005 Change: No change
Erne West - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | SDLP | Gerry Gallagher* | 21.62% | 1,559 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Stephen Huggett* | 15.55% | 1,121 | 1,240.48 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Póilín Uí Catháin | 15.73% | 1,134 | 1,175.18 | 1,210.18 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Bernice Swift | 15.06% | 1,086 | 1,153.86 | 1,207.86 | |
| | UUP | Alex Baird | 9.56% | 689 | 702.92 | 728.23 | 1,153.34 |
| | DUP | Cyril Brownlee | 12.65% | 912 | 916.93 | 922.80 | 1,022.99 |
| | UUP | Derrick Nixon | 7.14% | 515 | 532.69 | 561.32 | |
| | Independent | Kevin Nolan | 1.60% | 115 | 158.79 | | |
| | Green (NI) | Laurence Speight | 1.10% | 79 | 125.69 | | |
| Electorate: 9,424 Valid: 7,210 (76.51%) Spoilt: 135 Quota: 1,202 Turnout: 7,345 (77.94%) ||||||||