2005 Larne Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2005.

Election Name:	2005 Larne Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2001 Larne Borough Council election
Previous Year:	2001
Next Election:	2011 Larne Borough Council election
Next Year:	2011
Seats For Election:	All 15 seats to Larne Borough Council
Majority Seats:	8
Party1:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats1:	5
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	4
Party3:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats3:	2
Party4:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats4:	2
Party5:	Independent (politician)
Seats5:	2

Elections to Larne 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 15 councillors.

There was no change from the prior election.

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="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Coast Road|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|34.2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|20.7|1|11.2|1|15.4|1|18.5|1|5|-|align="left"|Larne Lough|38.8|2|bgcolor="40BFF5"|42.3|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|18.9|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Larne Town|30.3|1|11.7|1|5.0|0|14.7|1|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|38.3|bgcolor="#DDDDDD"|2|5|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|35.0|5|26.5|4|12.4|2|9.2|2|16.9|2|15|-|}

Districts results

Coast Road

2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
2001-2005 Change: No change

Larne Lough

2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2001-2005 Change: No change

Larne Town

2001: 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2005: 2 x Independent, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: No change