# 2005 Ballymoney Borough Council election

Elections to Ballymoney 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 16 councillors.

## Election results

Ballymoney Borough Council Election Result 2005 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| DUP | 8 | 0 | 0 | | 50.0 | 48.9 | 6,027 | 6.6 |
| Sinn Féin | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18.8 | 20.0 | 2,462 | 8.5 |
| UUP | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12.5 | 15.1 | 1,860 | 8.6 |
| SDLP | 2 | 0 | 0 | | 12.5 | 12.3 | 1,512 | 5.3 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.3 | 3.8 | 473 | 1.1 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Ballymoney Borough Council election, 2005 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Ballymoney Town | 67.8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 19.2 | 2 | 13.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Bann Valley | 43.3 | 3 | 33.7 | 2 | 12.4 | 0 | 10.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Bushvale | 38.6 | 2 | 19.6 | 1 | 14.9 | 0 | 13.9 | 1 | 13.0 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 48.9 | 8 | 20.0 | 3 | 15.1 | 2 | 12.3 | 2 | 3.7 | 1 | 16 |

## Districts results
### Ballymoney Town

2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP 2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP 2001-2005 Change: No change
Ballymoney Town - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | DUP | Mervyn Storey* | 25.36% | 888 | | |
| | DUP | Cecil Cousley* | 23.54% | 824 | | |
| | DUP | Ian Stevenson* | 18.91% | 662 | | |
| | UUP | Tom McKeown* | 11.74% | 411 | 600.2 | |
| | UUP | James Simpson* | 7.43% | 260 | 367.25 | 594.65 |
| | SDLP | Justin McCamphill | 13.02% | 456 | 459.85 | 470.65 |
| Electorate: 6,551 Valid: 3,501 (53.44%) Spoilt: 77 Quota: 584 Turnout: 3,578 (54.62%) |||||||

### Bann Valley

2001: 3 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
Bann Valley - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Sinn Féin | Philip McGuigan* | 20.43% | 1,062 | | | |
| | DUP | John Finlay* | 15.30% | 795 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Daithí McKay | 13.26% | 689 | 945.5 | | |
| | DUP | Robert Wilson* | 14.24% | 740 | 740 | 740 | 740 |
| | DUP | Audrey Patterson | 13.76% | 715 | 715 | 715 | 715 |
| | SDLP | Malachy McCamphill* | 7.54% | 392 | 420.2 | 484.1 | 704.9 |
| | UUP | Joe Gaston* | 12.43% | 646 | 646.3 | 646.9 | 649.5 |
| | SDLP | Charley O'Kane | 3.04% | 158 | 182.9 | 275 | |
| Electorate: 7,643 Valid: 5,197 (68.00%) Spoilt: 100 Quota: 743 Turnout: 5,297 (69.31%) ||||||||

### Bushvale

2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin and DUP gain from UUP (two seats), Independent leaves DUP
Bushvale - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Sinn Féin | Anita Cavlan | 19.55% | 711 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Frank Campbell* | 15.76% | 573 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Evelyne Robinson | 14.63% | 532 | 532 | 544 | 582 | 788.78 | |
| | SDLP | Harry Connolly* | 13.92% | 506 | 602.48 | 604.48 | 606.48 | 606.48 | 606.48 |
| | Independent | Bill Kennedy* | 13.01% | 473 | 474.92 | 520.92 | 533.92 | 538.82 | 591.74 |
| | UUP | William Johnston | 7.54% | 274 | 274.32 | 447.32 | 470.32 | 477.18 | 540.88 |
| | DUP | Robert Holmes | 8.20% | 298 | 298 | 303 | | | |
| | UUP | William Logan* | 7.40% | 269 | 269.16 | | | | |
| Electorate: 5,692 Valid: 3,636 (63.88%) Spoilt: 60 Quota: 607 Turnout: 3,696 (64.93%) ||||||||||