2005 Ballymoney Borough Council election

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All 16 seats to Ballymoney Borough Council
9 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	DUP	Sinn Féin	Ulster Unionist
Seats won	8	3	2
Seat change		2	3

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	SDLP	Independent
Seats won	2	1
Seat change		1

Elections to Ballymoney 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 16 councillors.

Election results

Ballymoney Borough Council Election Result 2005^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
DUP	8	0	0		50.0	48.9	6,027	6.6
Sinn Féin	3	2	0	2	18.8	20.0	2,462	8.5
Ulster Unionist	2	0	3	3	12.5	15.1	1,860	8.6
SDLP	2	0	0		12.5	12.3	1,512	5.3
Independent	1	1	1	1	6.3	3.8	473	1.1

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Ballymoney Borough Council election, 2005
by district^[1]
Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	DUP		Sinn Féin		UUP		SDLP		Others		Total Cllrs
Ballymoney Town	67.8	3	0.0	0	19.2	2	13.0	0	0.0	0	5
Bann Valley	43.3	3	33.7	2	12.4	0	10.6	1	0.0	0	6
Bushvale	38.6	2	19.6	1	14.9	0	13.9	1	13.0	1	5
Total	48.9	8	20.0	3	15.1	2	12.3	2	3.7	1	16

Districts results

Ballymoney Town

2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: No change

Ballymoney Town - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	DUP	Mervyn Storey*	25.36%	888
	DUP	Cecil Cousley*	23.54%	824
	DUP	Ian Stevenson*	18.91%	662
	Ulster Unionist	Tom McKeown*	11.74%	411	600.2
	Ulster Unionist	James Simpson*	7.43%	260	367.25	594.65
	SDLP	Justin McCamphill	13.02%	456	459.85	470.65
Electorate: 6,551 Valid: 3,501 (53.44%) Spoilt: 77 Quota: 584 Turnout: 3,578 (54.62%)

Bann Valley

2001: 3 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP

Bann Valley - 6 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Sinn Féin	Philip McGuigan*	20.43%	1,062
	DUP	John Finlay*	15.30%	795
	Sinn Féin	Daithí McKay	13.26%	689	945.5
	DUP	Robert Wilson*	14.24%	740	740	740	740
	DUP	Audrey Patterson	13.76%	715	715	715	715
	SDLP	Malachy McCamphill*	7.54%	392	420.2	484.1	704.9
	Ulster Unionist	Joe Gaston*	12.43%	646	646.3	646.9	649.5
	SDLP	Charley O'Kane	3.04%	158	182.9	275
Electorate: 7,643 Valid: 5,197 (68.00%) Spoilt: 100 Quota: 743 Turnout: 5,297 (69.31%)

Bushvale

2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin and DUP gain from UUP (two seats), Independent leaves DUP

Bushvale - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sinn Féin	Anita Cavlan	19.55%	711
	DUP	Frank Campbell*	15.76%	573
	DUP	Evelyne Robinson	14.63%	532	532	544	582	788.78
	SDLP	Harry Connolly*	13.92%	506	602.48	604.48	606.48	606.48	606.48
	Independent	Bill Kennedy*	13.01%	473	474.92	520.92	533.92	538.82	591.74
	Ulster Unionist	William Johnston	7.54%	274	274.32	447.32	470.32	477.18	540.88
	DUP	Robert Holmes	8.20%	298	298	303
	Ulster Unionist	William Logan*	7.40%	269	269.16
Electorate: 5,692 Valid: 3,636 (63.88%) Spoilt: 60 Quota: 607 Turnout: 3,696 (64.93%)

References

^ ^a ^b "Ballymoney Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 10 July 2021.

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