# 2005 Limavady Borough Council election

Elections to Limavady 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 15 councillors.

## Election results

Limavady Borough Council Election Result 2005 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Sinn Féin | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 40.0 | 31.3 | 4,130 | 6.4 |
| DUP | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20.0 | 23.9 | 3,153 | 6.1 |
| SDLP | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20.0 | 23.2 | 3,054 | 5.6 |
| UUP | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13.3 | 11.5 | 1,512 | 3.9 |
| United Unionist Coalition | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 10.1 | 1,328 | 1.2 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Limavady Borough Council election, 2005 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | DUP | DUP | SDLP | SDLP | UUP | UUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Bellarena | 25.3 | 2 | 30.0 | 1 | 29.6 | 1 | 15.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Benbradagh | 49.8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 20.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 30.1 | 1 | 5 |
| Limavady Town | 17.6 | 1 | 44.1 | 2 | 18.1 | 1 | 20.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 31.3 | 6 | 23.9 | 3 | 23.2 | 3 | 11.5 | 2 | 10.1 | 1 | 15 |

## District results
### Bellarena

2001: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Bellarena - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | DUP | Leslie Cubitt* | 23.65% | 1,189 | | | |
| | SDLP | Michael Carten* | 12.53% | 630 | 631.8 | 883.8 | |
| | UUP | Edwin Stevenson* | 15.10% | 759 | 833.7 | 839 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Gerard Butcher | 13.27% | 667 | 667 | 708 | 770 |
| | Sinn Féin | John McElhinney | 11.99% | 603 | 603.3 | 612.3 | 743.3 |
| | DUP | Arnold Shannon | 6.36% | 320 | 586.4 | 589.7 | 602.6 |
| | SDLP | John McKinney | 9.96% | 501 | 502.8 | 541.4 | |
| | SDLP | Deborah Crewe | 7.14% | 359 | 360.5 | | |
| Electorate: 8,050 Valid: 5,028 (62.46%) Spoilt: 77 Quota: 839 Turnout: 5,105 (63.42%) ||||||||

### Benbradagh

2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x United Unionist, 1 x SDLP 2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x United Unionist, 1 x SDLP 2001-2005 Change: No change
Benbradagh - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | United Unionist | Boyd Douglas* | 20.85% | 922 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Michael Coyle* | 14.36% | 635 | 635.6 | 833.6 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Cathal Hasson | 15.06% | 666 | 666 | 676 | 699.14 | 1,038.14 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Brenda Chivers | 13.82% | 611 | 611.2 | 631.2 | 657.9 | 682.79 | 851.15 |
| | Sinn Féin | Marion Donaghy* | 10.95% | 484 | 484.2 | 502.2 | 530.68 | 606.02 | 737.58 |
| | United Unionist | Samuel Oliver | 9.18% | 406 | 585 | 585.6 | 593.61 | 593.61 | 593.61 |
| | Sinn Féin | Martin McGuigan | 10.00% | 442 | 442.2 | 442.2 | 451.1 | | |
| | SDLP | Evelyn Donaghy | 5.79% | 256 | 256.6 | | | | |
| Electorate: 6,956 Valid: 4,422 (63.57%) Spoilt: 97 Quota: 738 Turnout: 4,519 (64.97%) ||||||||||

### Limavady Town

2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 2001-2005 Change: DUP and Sinn Féin gain from UUP and Independent
Limavady Town - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | DUP | George Robinson* | 23.50% | 876 | | | |
| | DUP | Alan Robinson | 20.61% | 768 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Anne Brolly* | 17.63% | 657 | | | |
| | UUP | John Rankin* | 12.66% | 472 | 662.35 | | |
| | SDLP | Gerry Mullan* | 11.11% | 414 | 416.48 | 418.46 | 661.46 |
| | UUP | John Dolan* | 7.54% | 281 | 374 | 511.94 | 513.94 |
| | SDLP | Gareth Peoples | 6.95% | 259 | 260.55 | 262.97 | |
| Electorate: 6,322 Valid: 3,727 (58.95%) Spoilt: 58 Quota: 622 Turnout: 3,785 (59.87%) ||||||||