# 2005 North Down Borough Council election

Elections to North Down 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 25 councillors.

## Election results

North Down Borough Council Election Result 2005 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| DUP | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 32.0 | 31.4 | 8,901 | 17.1 |
| UUP | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 21.5 | 6,055 | 5.8 |
| Alliance | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24.0 | 16.0 | 4,533 | 1.6 |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8.0 | 11.1 | 3,114 | 10.9 |
| Green (NI) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 9.1 | 2,548 | New |
| UK Unionist | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 734 | 6.7 |
| NI Women's Coalition | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 738 | 1.0 |
| PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 651 | 1.3 |
| SDLP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 525 | 1.9 |
| NI Conservatives | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 353 | 0.4 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the North Down Borough Council election, 2005 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | Alliance | Alliance | Green | Green | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Abbey | 42.1 | 3 | 18.5 | 2 | 12.0 | 1 | 6.4 | 0 | 21.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Ballyholme and Groomsport | 32.5 | 2 | 22.5 | 2 | 11.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.9 | 2 | 7 |
| Bangor West | 25.9 | 2 | 18.1 | 1 | 14.9 | 2 | 19.8 | 1 | 21.3 | 0 | 7 |
| Holywood | 25.4 | 1 | 31.8 | 2 | 31.4 | 2 | 11.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 31.4 | 8 | 21.5 | 8 | 16.0 | 6 | 9.1 | 1 | 22.0 | 2 | 25 |

## Districts results
### Abbey

2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP 2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UKUP
Abbey - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | DUP | Ivy Cooling* | 16.96% | 1,044 | | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Wesley Irvine | 13.68% | 842 | 964.94 | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Harry Dunlop | 12.28% | 756 | 766.08 | 768.48 | 791.48 | 818.48 | 871.48 | | | | |
| | DUP | William Montgomery* | 10.11% | 622 | 653.14 | 750.42 | 766.6 | 804.96 | 859.96 | | | | |
| | Alliance | Stephen Farry* | 11.59% | 713 | 713.9 | 714.38 | 724.38 | 751.38 | 781.56 | 782.88 | 783.44 | 822.8 | 863.8 |
| | UUP | Roberta Dunlop* | 5.64% | 347 | 352.58 | 353.38 | 358.38 | 375.38 | 458.74 | 475.02 | 479.78 | 593.26 | 773.28 |
| | Green (NI) | Kelly Andrews | 6.14% | 378 | 378.72 | 378.88 | 402.96 | 425.96 | 437.14 | 437.58 | 438.42 | 469.42 | 520.24 |
| | Independent | Irene Cree* | 5.00% | 308 | 312.14 | 312.94 | 341.28 | 353.28 | 385.68 | 387.88 | 389 | 446.06 | |
| | PUP | Mark Gordon | 5.43% | 334 | 338.86 | 341.1 | 347.1 | 349.28 | 380.62 | 380.62 | 382.3 | | |
| | UK Unionist | Valerie Kinghan* | 4.74% | 292 | 294.88 | 297.6 | 306.78 | 328.78 | | | | | |
| | NI Conservatives | Dean Russell | 2.83% | 174 | 174.54 | 175.18 | 183.18 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Christopher Carter | 2.29% | 141 | 142.8 | 142.96 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,675 Valid: 6,154 (48.55%) Spoilt: 203 Quota: 851 Turnout: 5,951 (46.95%) ||||||||||||||

### Ballyholme and Groomsport

2001: 2 x Independent, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Women's Coalition 2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Women's Coalition
Ballyholme and Groomsport - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | DUP | Peter Weir | 16.85% | 1,571 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Alan Chambers* | 16.70% | 1,557 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Alex Easton* | 15.66% | 1,460 | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Marsden Fitzsimons* | 11.14% | 1,039 | 1,054.5 | 1,119.74 | 1,147.42 | 1,160.92 | 1,486.92 | |
| | Independent | Austen Lennon* | 6.65% | 620 | 649.45 | 733.17 | 839.67 | 897.27 | 1,083.3 | 1,203.3 |
| | UUP | Ian Henry* | 7.77% | 724 | 804.29 | 850.49 | 902.87 | 967.37 | 1,056.33 | 1,094.33 |
| | UUP | Leslie Cree* | 7.52% | 701 | 778.19 | 843.15 | 890.15 | 952.85 | 1,015.17 | 1,053.17 |
| | UUP | Mark Brooks | 7.18% | 669 | 742.16 | 781.64 | 829.49 | 897.89 | 941.17 | 969.17 |
| | NI Women's Coalition | Patricia Wallace* | 7.92% | 738 | 756.6 | 792.72 | 822.64 | 842.14 | | |
| | Independent | Henry Gordon | 1.89% | 176 | 196.15 | 235.91 | | | | |
| | UK Unionist | Charles Teggart | 0.73% | 68 | 147.05 | 159.65 | | | | |
| Electorate: 16,218 Valid: 9,323 (57.49%) Spoilt: 156 Quota: 1,166 Turnout: 9,479 (58.44%) |||||||||||

### Bangor West

2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent 2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Green 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UKUP, Independent joins Greens
Bangor West - 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 |
| | Green (NI) | Brian Wilson* | 19.83% | 1,593 | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Alan Graham* | 18.46% | 1,483 | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Marion Smith* | 12.74% | 1,024 | | | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Anne Wilson* | 9.42% | 757 | 1,116.86 | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Alan Leslie | 7.43% | 597 | 640.32 | 1,054.08 | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Tony Hill* | 5.49% | 441 | 474.82 | 479.62 | 533.57 | 564.37 | 566.47 | 583.54 | 643.54 | 1,061.91 |
| | UUP | James McKerrow | 5.38% | 432 | 470 | 478 | 499.19 | 572.83 | 589.83 | 660.69 | 759.07 | 803.16 |
| | UK Unionist | William Keery* | 4.65% | 374 | 397.56 | 423.8 | 430.04 | 454.36 | 475.36 | 536.16 | 635.51 | 653.03 |
| | SDLP | William Logan | 6.55% | 526 | 564 | 564.64 | 576.08 | 582.74 | 583.04 | 590.04 | 607.68 | |
| | Independent | Alan Field | 3.88% | 312 | 330.62 | 337.02 | 343 | 359.02 | 362.37 | 396.14 | | |
| | PUP | James Rea | 3.95% | 317 | 323.46 | 327.94 | 329.24 | 335.82 | 340.92 | | | |
| | NI Conservatives | Julian Robertson | 2.23% | 179 | 198.76 | 201.32 | 207.56 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,658 Valid: 8,035 (54.82%) Spoilt: 168 Quota: 1,005 Turnout: 8,203 (55.96%) |||||||||||||

### Holywood

2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent 2005: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP 2001-2005 Change: Alliance gain from Independent
Holywood - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | DUP | Gordon Dunne* | 25.42% | 1,282 | | | | |
| | Alliance | David Alderdice | 24.58% | 1,240 | | | | |
| | UUP | Ellie McKay* | 19.81% | 999 | | | | |
| | UUP | Diana Peacocke* | 11.95% | 603 | 954 | | | |
| | Alliance | Ian Parsley | 6.80% | 343 | 379.45 | 714.01 | 830.65 | 903.55 |
| | Green (NI) | John Barry | 11.44% | 577 | 629.65 | 691.19 | 731.75 | 771.35 |
| Electorate: 9,107 Valid: 5,044 (55.39%) Spoilt: 83 Quota: 841 Turnout: 5,127 (56.30%) |||||||||