2005 Lisburn City Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2005.

Election Name:	2005 Lisburn City Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2001 Lisburn Borough Council election
Previous Year:	2001
Next Election:	2011 Lisburn City Council election
Next Year:	2011
Seats For Election:	All 30 seats to Lisburn City Council
Majority Seats:	16
Party1:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats1:	13
Seat Change1:	8
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	7
Seat Change2:	6
Party3:	Sinn Féin
Seats3:	4
Seat Change3:	0
Party4:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats4:	3
Seat Change4:	0
Party5:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats5:	3
Seat Change5:	0
Party6:	Independent (politician)
Seats6:	0
Seat Change6:	2

Elections to Lisburn 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

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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Downshire|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|48.7|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|36.8|2|1.3|0|13.2|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Dunmurry Cross|13.6|1|6.7|0|bgcolor="#008800"|58.2|bgcolor="#008800"|4|0.0|0|21.5|2|0.0|0|7|-|align="left"|Killultagh|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|48.4|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|21.5|1|7.7|0|6.9|0|11.6|1|3.9|0|5|-|align="left"|Lisburn Town North|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|44.6|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|31.8|3|2.3|0|12.7|1|5.8|0|2.8|0|7|-|align="left"|Lisburn Town South|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|59.8|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|4|17.3|1|2.7|0|17.7|1|2.6|0|0.0|0|6|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|40.7|13|22.7|7|16.6|4|9.2|3|8.5|3|2.3|0|30|-|}

Districts results

Downshire

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

Dunmurry Cross

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

Killultagh

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

Lisburn Town North

2001: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
2005: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2001-2005 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from UUP and Independent

Lisburn Town South

2001: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
2005: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2001-2005 Change: DUP (three seats) gain from UUP (two seats) and Independent