# 2005 Armagh City and District Council election

Elections to Armagh City and 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 22 councillors.

## Election results

Armagh City and District Council Election Result 2005 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| DUP | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 27.3 | 29.6 | 7,960 | 4.0 |
| SDLP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.3 | 21.2 | 5,705 | 3.2 |
| Sinn Féin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.7 | 23.1 | 6,234 | 2.5 |
| UUP | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22.7 | 22.7 | 6,122 | 3.2 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 915 | 0.6 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Armagh City and District Council election, 2005 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | SDLP | SDLP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | UUP | UUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Armagh City | 16.0 | 1 | 27.6 | 2 | 32.3 | 2 | 14.8 | 1 | 9.3 | 0 | 6 |
| Crossmore | 15.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 38.5 | 2 | 13.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Cusher | 47.7 | 3 | 9.8 | 1 | 8.1 | 0 | 30.3 | 2 | 4.1 | 0 | 6 |
| The Orchard | 33.9 | 1 | 17.6 | 1 | 18.5 | 1 | 30.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 29.6 | 6 | 21.2 | 6 | 23.1 | 5 | 22.7 | 5 | 3.4 | 0 | 22 |

## District results
### Armagh City

2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP 2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP 2001-2005 Change: No change
Armagh City - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | DUP | Freda Donnelly* | 15.97% | 1,004 | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Pat Brannigan* | 14.82% | 932 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Sylvia McRoberts* | 14.81% | 931 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Cathy Rafferty* | 14.28% | 898 | 898.22 | 932.22 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Noel Sheridan | 10.16% | 639 | 639.22 | 680.66 | 1,103.66 | | | |
| | SDLP | Mealla Bratton | 7.44% | 468 | 511.78 | 734.72 | 754.72 | 814.72 | 828.72 | 854.31 |
| | Independent | John Nixon | 9.40% | 591 | 618.08 | 647.5 | 688.5 | 782.5 | 793.5 | 794.43 |
| | Sinn Féin | John Crowley | 7.81% | 491 | 491.22 | 498.22 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Michael Carson | 5.31% | 334 | 366.78 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,743 Valid: 6,288 (64.54%) Spoilt: 119 Quota: 899 Turnout: 6,407 (65.76%) |||||||||||

### Crossmore

2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Crossmore - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Sinn Féin | Cathal Boylan | 14.09% | 864 | 898 | 1,374 | | |
| | SDLP | Thomas O'Hanlon | 14.54% | 891 | 982 | 1,025 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Pat O'Rawe* | 13.87% | 850 | 876 | 991 | 1,332.11 | |
| | SDLP | Gerald Mallon | 9.87% | 605 | 964 | 974 | 981.7 | 1,031.75 |
| | DUP | Noel Donnelly | 15.04% | 922 | 923 | 924 | 924 | 925.54 |
| | UUP | Billy Morton | 13.21% | 810 | 818 | 819 | 819 | 821.31 |
| | Sinn Féin | Willie Monaghan | 10.49% | 643 | 661 | | | |
| | SDLP | James Lennon | 8.89% | 545 | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,579 Valid: 6,130 (71.45%) Spoilt: 115 Quota: 1,022 Turnout: 6,245 (72.79%) |||||||||

### Cusher

2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Cusher - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | DUP | Paul Berry* | 40.48% | 3,263 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Eric Speers* | 16.08% | 1,296 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Margaret Black* | 3.09% | 249 | 1,591.25 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Sharon Haughey | 9.85% | 794 | 801.8 | 802.85 | 853.5 | 855.7 | 1,300.7 |
| | DUP | Gareth Wilson | 4.12% | 332 | 749.95 | 1,060.96 | 1,131.39 | 1,138.87 | 1,138.87 |
| | UUP | Robert Turner* | 11.14% | 898 | 829.3 | 867.1 | 953.32 | 1,045.17 | 1,048.17 |
| | UUP | James Clayton* | 5.58% | 450 | 570.25 | 625.27 | 764.32 | 801.17 | 807.03 |
| | Sinn Féin | Siobhán Vallely | 8.13% | 655 | 655 | 655.21 | 660.86 | 660.97 | |
| | Independent | Paul Bowbanks | 4.02% | 324 | 393.55 | 408.88 | | | |
| Electorate: 11,376 Valid: 8,061 (70.86%) Spoilt: 125 Quota: 1,152 Turnout: 8,186 (71.96%) ||||||||||

### The Orchard

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
The Orchard - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | DUP | William Irwin | 28.02% | 1,809 | | | | |
| | UUP | Jim Speers* | 18.88% | 1,219 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Paul Corrigan* | 18.49% | 1,194 | | | | |
| | SDLP | John Campbell* | 17.59% | 1,136 | | | | |
| | UUP | Charles Rollston* | 11.12% | 718 | 845.1 | 973.14 | 1,072.34 | 1,123 |
| | DUP | Robert Steenson | 5.90% | 381 | 982.47 | 995.79 | 1,013.39 | 1,018.66 |
| Electorate: 9,140 Valid: 6,457 (70.65%) Spoilt: 95 Quota: 1,077 Turnout: 6,552 (71.68%) |||||||||