2005 Limavady Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2005.

Election Name:2005 Limavady Borough Council election
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2001 Limavady Borough Council election
Previous Year:2001
Next Election:2011 Limavady Borough Council election
Next Year:2011
Seats For Election:All 15 seats to Limavady Borough Council
Majority Seats:8
Party1:Sinn Féin
Seats1:6
Seat Change1: 2
Party2:Democratic Unionist Party
Seats2:3
Seat Change2: 1
Party3:Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats3:3
Seat Change3: 1
Party4:Ulster Unionist Party
Seats4:2
Seat Change4: 1
Party5:United Unionist
Seats5:1
Seat Change5: 0
Party6:Independent (politician)
Seats6:0
Seat Change6: 1

Elections to Limavady 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.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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

Others|-|align="left"|Bellarena|25.3|2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|30.0|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|1|29.6|1|15.1|1|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Benbradagh|bgcolor="#008800"|49.8|bgcolor="#008800"|3|0.0|0|20.1|1|0.0|0|30.1|1|5|-|align="left"|Limavady Town|17.6|1|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|44.1|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|18.1|1|20.2|1|0.0|0|5|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|31.3|6|23.9|3|23.2|3|11.5|2|10.1|1|15|-|}

District results

Bellarena

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

Benbradagh

2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x United Unionist, 1 x SDLP
2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x United Unionist, 1 x SDLP
2001-2005 Change: No change

Limavady Town

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