See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2005.
Election Name: | 2005 Castlereagh Borough Council election |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2001 Castlereagh Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 2001 |
Next Election: | 2011 Castlereagh Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 2011 |
Seats For Election: | All 23 seats to Castlereagh Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 12 |
Party1: | Democratic Unionist Party |
Seats1: | 13 |
Seat Change1: | 3 |
Party2: | Ulster Unionist Party |
Seats2: | 4 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Party3: | Alliance Party of Northern Ireland |
Seats3: | 4 |
Party4: | Social Democratic and Labour Party |
Seats4: | 2 |
Party5: | Progressive Unionist Party |
Seats5: | 0 |
Seat Change5: | 1 |
Party6: | Independent (politician) |
Seats6: | 0 |
Seat Change6: | 1 |
Leader1: | Ian Paisley |
Swing1: | 7.1% |
Percentage1: | 46.5% |
Leader2: | David Trimble |
Percentage2: | 17.8% |
Swing2: | 4.3% |
Leader3: | David Ford |
Swing3: | 1.0% |
Percentage3: | 16.2% |
Leader4: | Mark Durkan |
Percentage4: | 12.0% |
Swing4: | 0.6% |
Leader5: | Dawn Purvis |
Percentage5: | 2.1% |
Image5 Size: | x160px |
Swing5: | 2.1% |
Percentage6: | 3.9% |
Swing6: | 0.3% |
Elections to Castlereagh 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 23 councillors.
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|
2001: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP
2005: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from PUP
2001: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
2005: 5 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Independent
2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: No change