2005 Newtownabbey Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2005.

Election Name:	2005 Newtownabbey Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2001 Newtownabbey Borough Council election
Previous Year:	2001
Next Election:	2011 Newtownabbey Borough Council election
Next Year:	2011
Seats For Election:	All 25 seats to Newtownabbey Borough Council
Majority Seats:	13
Party1:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats1:	12
Seat Change1:	4
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	6
Seat Change2:	3
Party3:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats3:	2
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Newtownabbey Ratepayers
Seats4:	1
Seat Change4:	0
Party5:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	1
Party6:	Sinn Féin
Seats6:	1
Seat Change6:	0
Party7:	United Unionist
Seats7:	1
Seat Change7:	0
Party8:	Independent (politician)
Seats8:	1
Seat Change8:	1

Elections to Newtownabbey Borough Council were held on 5 May 2005 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 25 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="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Antrim Line|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|34.7|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|17.9|1|9.5|1|17.9|1|16.0|1|4.0|0|7|-|align="left"|Ballyclare|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|56.0|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|33.8|2|6.7|0|0.0|0|0.0|0|3.5|0|5|-|align="left"|Macedon|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|49.5|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|10.1|1|0.0|0|3.7|0|5.9|0|30.8|2|6|-|align="left"|University|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|40.8|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|29.2|2|12.4|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|17.6|1|7|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|43.9|12|23.3|6|8.0|2|6.1|1|5.9|1|12.8|3|25|-|}

Districts results

Antrim Line

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

Ballyclare

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

Macedon

2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x UUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers
2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers, 1 x Independent
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Independent

University

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