2005 Moyle District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2005.

Election Name:2005 Moyle District Council election
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2001 Moyle District Council election
Previous Year:2001
Next Election:2011 Moyle District Council election
Next Year:2011
Seats For Election:All 15 seats to Moyle District Council
Majority Seats:8
Party1:Sinn Féin
Seats1:4
Seat Change1: 3
Party2:Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:3
Seat Change2: 1
Party3:Ulster Unionist Party
Seats3:3
Party4:Independent (politician)
Seats4:3
Seat Change4: 1
Party5:Democratic Unionist Party
Seats5:2
Seat Change5: 1

Elections to Moyle District 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

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

Others|-|align="left"|Ballycastle|bgcolor="#008800"|35.0|bgcolor="#008800"|2|26.6|1|13.5|1|12.4|0|12.5|1|5|-|align="left"|Giant's Causeway|0.0|0|0.0|0|29.4|2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|56.2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|14.4|1|5|-|align="left"|The Glens|bgcolor="#008800"|47.2|bgcolor="#008800"|2|29.4|2|0.0|0|7.8|0|15.6|1|5|-'|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|30.4|4|21.0|3|12.4|3|21.9|2|14.3|3|15|-|}

Districts results

Ballycastle

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

Giant's Causeway

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

The Glens

2001: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent, 1 x Sinn Féin
2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2001-2005 Change: Independent joins Sinn Féin