2005 Antrim Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2005.

Election Name:	2005 Antrim Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2001 Antrim Borough Council election
Previous Year:	2001
Next Election:	2011 Antrim Borough Council election
Next Year:	2011
Seats For Election:	All 19 seats to Antrim Borough Council
Majority Seats:	10
Party1:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats1:	6
Seat Change1:	1
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	5
Seat Change2:	2
Party3:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	2
Party4:	Sinn Féin
Seats4:	3
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats5:	2
Seat Change5:	2
Leader1:	Ian Paisley
Swing1:	8.2%
Percentage1:	30.7%
Leader2:	David Trimble
Swing2:	9.2%
Percentage2:	23.8%
Leader3:	Mark Durkan
Percentage3:	20.5%
Swing3:	0.5%
Leader4:	Gerry Adams
Percentage4:	14.8%
Swing4:	2.3%
Percentage5:	6.9%
Leader5:	David Ford
Swing5:	1.4%

Elections to Antrim 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 19 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Antrim North West|24.9|1|14.1|1|27.4|1|bgcolor="#008800"|28.7|bgcolor="#008800"|2|0.0|0|4.9|0|5|-|align="left"|Antrim South East|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|34.6|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|27.4|2|20.0|1|9.0|1|8.3|1|0.7|0|7|-|align="left"|Antrim Town|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|31.2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|28.4|2|14.6|1|9.0|0|11.7|1|5.1|0|7|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|30.7|6|23.8|5|20.5|3|14.8|3|6.9|2|3.3|0|19|-|}

Districts results

Antrim North West

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

Antrim South East

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

Antrim Town

2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
2001-2005 Change: DUP and Alliance gain from UUP and SDLP