2005 Limavady Borough Council election
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Party with the most votes by district. |
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
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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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
[edit]Ward | % |
Cllrs |
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Cllrs |
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Cllrs |
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Total Cllrs |
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Sinn Féin | DUP | SDLP | UUP | Others | |||||||
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
[edit]Bellarena
[edit]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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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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
[edit]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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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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
[edit]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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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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%) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Limavady Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 17 July 2021.