# 2005 Ballymena Borough Council election

Elections to Ballymena Borough 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 24 councillors.

## Election results

Ballymena Borough Council Election Result 2005 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| DUP | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 58.3 | 55.2 | 14,611 | 10.3 |
| UUP | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20.8 | 21.6 | 5,707 | 5.9 |
| SDLP | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12.5 | 10.4 | 2,744 | 6.1 |
| Sinn Féin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.2 | 7.6 | 2,009 | 6.3 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 906 | 3.9 |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 1.5 | 404 | 0.4 |
| PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.4 | 94 | 0.4 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Ballymena Borough Council election, 2005 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Ballymena North | 43.7 | 3 | 21.2 | 2 | 11.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 19.1 | 1 | 7 |
| Ballymena South | 61.3 | 5 | 19.1 | 1 | 12.2 | 1 | 5.9 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 7 |
| Bannside | 62.3 | 3 | 18.9 | 1 | 8.6 | 0 | 10.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Braid | 53.8 | 3 | 27.1 | 1 | 10.0 | 1 | 9.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 55.2 | 14 | 21.6 | 5 | 10.4 | 3 | 7.6 | 1 | 5.2 | 1 | 24 |

## Districts results
### Ballymena North

2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP 2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Independent
Ballymena North - 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 |
| | DUP | James Alexander* | 21.90% | 1,503 | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Maurice Mills* | 13.55% | 930 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | James Henry* | 13.20% | 906 | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | John Carson | 8.25% | 566 | 1,125 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Neil Armstrong* | 9.56% | 656 | 693.41 | 839.56 | 875.83 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Patrick McAvoy* | 11.00% | 755 | 756.29 | 762.95 | 764.51 | 1,025.51 | | | |
| | UUP | Joseph McKernan* | 6.28% | 431 | 445.62 | 499.27 | 512.66 | 512.66 | 520.66 | 536.86 | 878.51 |
| | Alliance | Jayne Dunlop | 5.89% | 404 | 413.03 | 427.09 | 430.08 | 449.08 | 574.08 | 584.34 | 631.34 |
| | UUP | Peter Brown | 5.39% | 370 | 388.92 | 432.58 | 449.22 | 453.22 | 456.22 | 475.9 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Padraig McShane | 4.97% | 341 | 341 | 341 | 341.26 | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,822 Valid: 6,862 (58.04%) Spoilt: 101 Quota: 858 Turnout: 6,963 (58.90%) ||||||||||||

### Ballymena South

2001: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2005: 5 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Ballymena South - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | DUP | Beth Adger* | 16.25% | 960 | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | David Tweed* | 13.41% | 792 | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Martin Clarke* | 13.15% | 777 | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Hubert Nicholl* | 12.61% | 745 | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | James Currie* | 11.41% | 674 | 699.2 | 714.68 | 719.09 | 721.99 | 823.99 | | | |
| | SDLP | Declan O'Loan* | 12.16% | 718 | 719.2 | 721.2 | 721.34 | 721.34 | 723.39 | 726.21 | 1,034.21 | |
| | DUP | Deirdre Nelson | 5.86% | 346 | 519.52 | 552.16 | 594.37 | 624.47 | 652.13 | 661.53 | 661.53 | 669.53 |
| | UUP | Robin Swann | 4.16% | 246 | 250.8 | 256.8 | 257.71 | 258.26 | 336.93 | 409.31 | 410.31 | 477.31 |
| | Sinn Féin | Daniel O'Connell | 5.86% | 346 | 346.24 | 346.24 | 346.24 | 346.29 | 347.29 | 347.29 | | |
| | UUP | Colette Gilmour | 3.54% | 209 | 218.36 | 234.32 | 237.33 | 240.13 | | | | |
| | PUP | William McCaughey | 1.59% | 94 | 99.76 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,637 Valid: 5,907 (55.53%) Spoilt: 139 Quota: 739 Turnout: 6,046 (56.84%) |||||||||||||

### Bannside

2001: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Bannside - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | DUP | Roy Gillespie* | 22.95% | 1,664 | | | |
| | UUP | William McNeilly* | 18.93% | 1,373 | | | |
| | DUP | Samuel Gaston* | 13.49% | 978 | 1,147.02 | 1,187.2 | 1,195.71 |
| | Sinn Féin | Monica Digney | 11.65% | 733 | 733.54 | 733.68 | 1,152.07 |
| | DUP | Tommy Nicholl* | 13.22% | 959 | 1,065.38 | 1,121.24 | 1,150.11 |
| | DUP | William Wilkinson | 12.67% | 919 | 1,079.38 | 1,105.98 | 1,108.8 |
| | SDLP | Seamus Laverty* | 8.63% | 626 | 628.7 | 660.2 | |
| Electorate: 10,772 Valid: 7,252 (67.32%) Spoilt: 92 Quota: 1,209 Turnout: 7,344 (68.18%) ||||||||

### Braid

2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Braid - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | DUP | Paul Frew | 23.61% | 1,524 | | | | |
| | DUP | Samuel Hanna* | 16.95% | 1,094 | | | | |
| | DUP | Robin Stirling* | 13.23% | 854 | 1,238.54 | | | |
| | SDLP | Margaret Gribben* | 9.99% | 645 | 647.03 | 647.87 | 686.87 | 1,176.87 |
| | UUP | Robin Cherry | 11.59% | 748 | 761.63 | 808.39 | 1,045.73 | 1,047.01 |
| | UUP | Lexie Scott | 9.23% | 596 | 619.49 | 686.13 | 847.27 | 849.27 |
| | Sinn Féin | Laurence O'Neill | 9.13% | 589 | 589.29 | 589.29 | 589.57 | |
| | UUP | Robert Wilson | 6.26% | 404 | 418.5 | 466.38 | | |
| Electorate: 9,694 Valid: 6,454 (66.58%) Spoilt: 83 Quota: 1,076 Turnout: 6,537 (67.43%) |||||||||