2005 Derry City Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2005.

Election Name:	2005 Derry City Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2001 Derry City Council election
Previous Year:	2001
Next Election:	2011 Derry City Council election
Next Year:	2011
Seats For Election:	All 30 seats to Derry City Council
Majority Seats:	16
Party1:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats1:	14
Seat Change1:	0
Party2:	Sinn Féin
Seats2:	10
Seat Change2:	0
Party3:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats3:	5
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats4:	1
Seat Change4:	1

Elections to Derry City Council were held on 5 May 2005 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

|- class="unsortable" align="centre"!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward! %
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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Cityside|35.8|2|bgcolor="#008800"|53.2|bgcolor="#008800"|3|0.0|0|0.0|0|11.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Northland|bgcolor="#99FF66"|54.2|bgcolor="#99FF66"|4|40.1|3|0.0|0|0.0|0|5.7|0|7|-|align="left"|Rural|bgcolor="#99FF66"|35.8|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3|18.3|1|28.0|2|10.2|0|7.7|0|6|-|align="left"|Shantallow|bgcolor="#99FF66"|54.1|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3|42.4|2|0.0|0|0.0|0|3.5|0|5|-|align="left"|Waterside|22.1|2|16.3|1|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|48.7|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|10.8|1|2.1|0|7|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|41.0|14|32.8|10|16.1|5|4.4|1|5.7|0|30|-|}

District results

Cityside

2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP
2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP
2001-2005 Change: No change

Northland

2001: 4 x SDLP, 3 x Sinn Féin
2005: 4 x SDLP, 3 x Sinn Féin
2001-2005 Change: No change

Rural

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

Shantallow

2001: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
2005: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
2001-2005 Change: No change

Waterside

2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: No change