# 2005 Carrickfergus Borough Council election

Elections to Carrickfergus 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 17 councillors.

## Election results

Carrickfergus Borough Council Election Result 2005 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| DUP | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 47.1 | 43.3 | 6,015 | 11.5 |
| UUP | 4 | 0 | 0 | | 23.5 | 18.0 | 2,508 | 6.2 |
| Alliance | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17.6 | 23.2 | 3,218 | 0.3 |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | | 11.8 | 15.5 | 2,159 | 2.2 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Carrickfergus Borough Council election, 2005 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | Alliance | Alliance | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Carrick Castle | 41.1 | 2 | 9.1 | 1 | 26.3 | 1 | 23.5 | 1 | 5 |
| Kilroot | 42.0 | 3 | 14.1 | 1 | 23.5 | 1 | 20.4 | 1 | 6 |
| Knockagh Monument | 45.9 | 3 | 27.5 | 2 | 20.9 | 1 | 5.7 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 43.3 | 8 | 18.0 | 4 | 23.2 | 3 | 15.5 | 2 | 17 |

## Districts results
### Carrick Castle

2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 2001-2005 Change: No change
Carrick Castle - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | DUP | David Hilditch* | 34.96% | 1,052 | | | |
| | Alliance | Sean Neeson* | 26.32% | 792 | | | |
| | DUP | Patricia McKinney* | 6.18% | 186 | 612.12 | | |
| | Independent | William Hamilton* | 13.99% | 421 | 477.18 | 570.46 | |
| | UUP | Darin Ferguson* | 9.14% | 275 | 312.63 | 415.59 | 494.34 |
| | Independent | Philip Mannis | 6.75% | 203 | 214.66 | 230.94 | 243.33 |
| | Independent | Nicholas Wady | 2.66% | 80 | 89.01 | 162.05 | 177.59 |
| Electorate: 5,944 Valid: 3,009 (50.62%) Spoilt: 83 Quota: 502 Turnout: 3,092 (52.02%) ||||||||

### Kilroot

2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Alliance
Kilroot - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | DUP | Billy Ashe* | 31.05% | 1,775 | | | | |
| | Independent | James Brown* | 20.33% | 1,162 | | | | |
| | DUP | Terence Clements* | 6.56% | 375 | 1,178.52 | | | |
| | UUP | Eric Ferguson* | 10.88% | 622 | 650.08 | 673.83 | 820.15 | |
| | Alliance | Isobel Day | 12.40% | 709 | 721.42 | 725.67 | 740.21 | 851.81 |
| | DUP | Lynn McClurg | 4.41% | 252 | 334.62 | 661.37 | 678.9 | 834.1 |
| | Alliance | Robert Logan | 11.12% | 636 | 641.94 | 644.69 | 655.94 | 726.74 |
| | UUP | Carolyn Howarth | 3.25% | 186 | 196.8 | 200.3 | | |
| Electorate: 10,494 Valid: 5,717 (54.48%) Spoilt: 121 Quota: 817 Turnout: 5,838 (55.63%) |||||||||

### Knockagh Monument

2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance 2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Alliance
Knockagh Monument - 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 | May Beattie* | 33.20% | 1,718 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Roy Beggs Jr* | 19.46% | 1,007 | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Stewart Dickson* | 15.17% | 785 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Louise Marsden | 4.14% | 214 | 926.82 | | | | | |
| | DUP | James McClurg* | 8.56% | 443 | 571.18 | 594.7 | 770.05 | | | |
| | UUP | Mark Cosgrove | 4.89% | 253 | 300.56 | 456.24 | 458.49 | 461.19 | 637.85 | 729.17 |
| | Alliance | Shireen Bell | 5.72% | 296 | 330.8 | 352.92 | 353.52 | 390.78 | 406.96 | 453.98 |
| | Independent | Robert Rice | 5.66% | 293 | 311.56 | 317.72 | 318.77 | 320.75 | 330.45 | |
| | UUP | Jackie Glover | 3.19% | 165 | 194 | 249.44 | 250.64 | 252.26 | | |
| Electorate: 9,540 Valid: 5,174 (54.23%) Spoilt: 111 Quota: 740 Turnout: 5,285 (55.40%) |||||||||||