# 2005 Antrim Borough Council election

Elections to Antrim 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 19 councillors.

## Election results

Antrim Borough Council Election Result 2005 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| DUP | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31.6 | 30.7 | 5,434 | 8.2 |
| UUP | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26.3 | 23.8 | 4,203 | 9.2 |
| SDLP | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15.8 | 20.5 | 3,633 | 0.5 |
| Sinn Féin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15.8 | 14.8 | 2,620 | 2.3 |
| Alliance | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10.5 | 6.9 | 1,214 | 1.4 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 468 | 0.5 |
| PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 110 | 0.2 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Antrim Borough Council election, 2005 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Alliance | Alliance | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Antrim North West | 24.9 | 1 | 14.1 | 1 | 27.4 | 1 | 28.7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.9 | 0 | 5 |
| Antrim South East | 34.6 | 2 | 27.4 | 2 | 20.0 | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 8.3 | 1 | 0.7 | 0 | 7 |
| Antrim Town | 31.2 | 3 | 28.4 | 2 | 14.6 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 11.7 | 1 | 5.1 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 30.7 | 6 | 23.8 | 5 | 20.5 | 3 | 14.8 | 3 | 6.9 | 2 | 3.3 | 0 | 19 |

## Districts results
### Antrim North West

2001: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP 2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP 2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Antrim North West - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | SDLP | Robert Loughran* | 19.37% | 1,008 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Henry Cushinan | 16.81% | 875 | | | |
| | UUP | Stephen Nicholl* | 14.10% | 734 | 821 | 876 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Anthony Brady | 11.93% | 621 | 621 | 800 | 925.25 |
| | DUP | Trevor Clarke | 13.37% | 696 | 791 | 795 | 801.25 |
| | DUP | Wilson Clyde* | 11.49% | 598 | 639 | 645 | 653.25 |
| | SDLP | Donovan McClelland* | 8.03% | 418 | 430 | | |
| | Independent | Brian Johnston | 4.90% | 255 | | | |
| Electorate: 8,345 Valid: 5,205 (62.37%) Spoilt: 110 Quota: 868 Turnout: 5,315 (63.69%) ||||||||

### Antrim South East

2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance 2001-2005 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
Antrim South East - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | SDLP | Thomas Burns* | 19.96% | 1,435 | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Samuel Dunlop* | 14.83% | 1,066 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Danny Kinahan | 12.57% | 904 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Mervyn Rea* | 11.03% | 793 | 833.4 | 833.4 | 841.2 | 842.2 | 1,048.2 | | |
| | DUP | Mel Lucas | 8.39% | 603 | 608.6 | 608.6 | 630.2 | 630.2 | 642.75 | 671.85 | 948.4 |
| | Sinn Féin | Anne-Marie Logue | 6.29% | 452 | 656.8 | 674.4 | 674.85 | 893.45 | 893.45 | 894.42 | 895.97 |
| | Alliance | Alan Lawther | 8.32% | 598 | 789.2 | 805.4 | 806.6 | 822.8 | 835.3 | 877.98 | 890.7 |
| | DUP | Roy Thompson* | 7.13% | 513 | 516.2 | 517.2 | 529.5 | 529.5 | 549.8 | 584.72 | 741.04 |
| | DUP | William Harkness* | 4.30% | 309 | 320.2 | 320.2 | 433.6 | 433.6 | 450.85 | 491.59 | |
| | UUP | Roderick Swann | 3.77% | 271 | 275.4 | 275.4 | 277.35 | 277.35 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Bernard McCrory | 2.74% | 197 | 248.2 | 256.4 | 256.4 | | | | |
| | Independent | Patricia Murray | 0.68% | 49 | 62.2 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,005 Valid: 7,190 (59.89%) Spoilt: 104 Quota: 899 Turnout: 7,294 (60.76%) ||||||||||||

### Antrim Town

2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP 2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 2001-2005 Change: DUP and Alliance gain from UUP and SDLP
Antrim Town - 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 | John Smyth* | 13.33% | 705 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Adrian Cochrane-Watson* | 12.65% | 669 | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Oran Keenan* | 8.08% | 427 | 427.06 | 434.12 | 684.12 | | | |
| | Alliance | David Ford | 11.65% | 616 | 616.66 | 626.72 | 680.72 | | | |
| | UUP | Andrew Ritchie | 8.00% | 423 | 425.52 | 485.12 | 489.12 | 490.47 | 791.47 | |
| | DUP | Brian Graham* | 8.80% | 465 | 484.86 | 537.28 | 538.28 | 538.58 | 579.36 | 658.41 |
| | DUP | Pam Lewis | 9.06% | 479 | 493.94 | 539.3 | 543.3 | 544.05 | 574.89 | 626.04 |
| | Sinn Féin | Gerard Magee | 8.98% | 475 | 475 | 490 | 518 | 534.65 | 539.1 | 539.1 |
| | UUP | Paul Michael* | 7.02% | 371 | 372.8 | 439.1 | 441.1 | 444.1 | | |
| | SDLP | Brian Duffin | 6.53% | 345 | 345.06 | 356.06 | | | | |
| | Independent | Darran Smyth | 2.57% | 136 | 136.9 | | | | | |
| | PUP | Ken Wilkinson | 2.08% | 110 | 110.66 | | | | | |
| | UUP | James Sands | 0.72% | 38 | 38.48 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Aine Gribbon | 0.53% | 28 | 28 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,792 Valid: 5,287 (48.99%) Spoilt: 123 Quota: 661 Turnout: 5,410 (50.13%) |||||||||||