# 2005 Moyle District Council election

Elections to Moyle 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 15 councillors.

## Election results

Moyle District Council Election Result 2005 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Sinn Féin | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 26.7 | 30.4 | 2,012 | 20.9 |
| SDLP | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 1,394 | 2.2 |
| Independent | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20.0 | 14.3 | 949 | 18.2 |
| UUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | | 20.0 | 12.4 | 821 | 1.4 |
| DUP | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13.3 | 21.9 | 1,448 | 0.9 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Moyle District Council election, 2005 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | SDLP | SDLP | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Ballycastle | 35.0 | 2 | 26.6 | 1 | 13.5 | 1 | 12.4 | 0 | 12.5 | 1 | 5 |
| Giant's Causeway | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 29.4 | 2 | 56.2 | 2 | 14.4 | 1 | 5 |
| The Glens | 47.2 | 2 | 29.4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 7.8 | 0 | 15.6 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 30.4 | 4 | 21.0 | 3 | 12.4 | 3 | 21.9 | 2 | 14.3 | 3 | 15 |

## Districts results
### Ballycastle

2001: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent 2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin (two seats) gain from SDLP and DUP
Ballycastle - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Sinn Féin | Cara McShane | 22.76% | 545 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Cathal Newcombe | 12.23% | 293 | 405.86 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Madeline Black* | 15.49% | 371 | 379.1 | 380.1 | 381.66 | 590.66 | |
| | Independent | Seamus Blaney* | 12.61% | 302 | 321.98 | 322.98 | 325.46 | 357.13 | 460.13 |
| | UUP | Helen Harding* | 13.49% | 323 | 323.81 | 336.81 | 337.13 | 355.46 | 398.46 |
| | DUP | Ian Chestnutt | 7.14% | 171 | 171.27 | 274.27 | 274.27 | 275.27 | 279.27 |
| | SDLP | Michael Molloy* | 11.06% | 265 | 267.7 | 268.7 | 270.06 | | |
| | DUP | Christina McFaul | 5.22% | 125 | 125 | | | | |
| Electorate: 4,142 Valid: 2,395 (57.82%) Spoilt: 44 Quota: 400 Turnout: 2,439 (58.88%) ||||||||||

### Giant's Causeway

2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent 2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent 2001-2005 Change: No change
Giant's Causeway - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | DUP | David McAllister* | 28.39% | 481 | |
| | DUP | George Hartin* | 27.74% | 470 | |
| | UUP | William Graham* | 19.24% | 326 | |
| | UUP | Robert McIlroy* | 10.15% | 172 | 295.54 |
| | Independent | Price McConaghy* | 13.11% | 222 | 281.74 |
| | Independent | Thomas Palmer | 1.36% | 23 | 37.5 |
| Electorate: 3,015 Valid: 1,694 (56.19%) Spoilt: 49 Quota: 283 Turnout: 1,743 (57.81%) ||||||

### The Glens

2001: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent, 1 x Sinn Féin 2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 2001-2005 Change: Independent joins Sinn Féin
The Glens - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Sinn Féin | Oliver McMullan* | 26.43% | 682 | | |
| | SDLP | Orla Black | 16.94% | 437 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Marie McKeegan | 12.21% | 315 | 441.17 | |
| | Independent | Randal McDonnell* | 15.62% | 403 | 432.23 | |
| | SDLP | Catherine McCambridge* | 12.44% | 321 | 342.46 | 405.83 |
| | Sinn Féin | Maria O'Hara | 8.57% | 221 | 289.82 | 290.82 |
| | DUP | Walter Greer | 7.79% | 201 | 201.37 | |
| Electorate: 4,069 Valid: 2,580 (63.41%) Spoilt: 43 Quota: 431 Turnout: 2,623 (64.46%) |||||||