2005 Ballymena Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2005.

Election Name:	2005 Ballymena Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2001 Ballymena Borough Council election
Previous Year:	2001
Next Election:	2011 Ballymena Borough Council election
Next Year:	2011
Seats For Election:	All 24 seats to Ballymena Borough Council
Majority Seats:	13
Party1:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats1:	14
Seat Change1:	3
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	5
Seat Change2:	2
Party3:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Sinn Féin
Seats4:	1
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Independent (politician)
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	1

Elections to Ballymena 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 24 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="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Ballymena North|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|43.7|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|21.2|2|11.0|1|5.0|0|19.1|1|7|-|align="left"|Ballymena South|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|61.3|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|5|19.1|1|12.2|1|5.9|0|1.5|0|7|-|align="left"|Bannside|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|62.3|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|18.9|1|8.6|0|10.1|1|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Braid|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|53.8|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|27.1|1|10.0|1|9.1|0|0.0|0|5|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|55.2|14|21.6|5|10.4|3|7.6|1|5.2|1|24|-|}

Districts results

Ballymena North

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

Ballymena South

2001: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2005: 5 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Bannside

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

Braid

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