2005 North Down Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2005.

Election Name:	2005 North Down Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2001 North Down Borough Council election
Previous Year:	2001
Next Election:	2011 North Down Borough Council election
Next Year:	2011
Seats For Election:	All 25 seats to North Down Borough Council
Majority Seats:	13
Party1:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats1:	8
Seat Change1:	3
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	8
Seat Change2:	0
Party3:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats3:	6
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Independent (politician)
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	2
Party5:	Green Party of Northern Ireland
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	1
Party6:	UK Unionist Party
Seats6:	0
Seat Change6:	2
Party7:	Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
Seats7:	0
Seat Change7:	1

Elections to North Down 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="" | Green!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Abbey|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|42.1|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|18.5|2|12.0|1|6.4|0|21.0|0|6|-|align="left"| Ballyholme and Groomsport|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|32.5|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|22.5|2|11.1|0|0.0|1|33.9|2|7|-|align="left"|Bangor West|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|25.9|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|18.1|1|14.9|2|19.8|1|21.3|0|7|-|align="left"|Holywood|25.4|1|bgcolor="40BFF5"|31.8|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|31.4|2|11.4|0|0.0|0|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|31.4|8|21.5|8|16.0|6|9.1|1|22.0|2|25|-|}

Districts results

Abbey

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

Ballyholme and Groomsport

2001: 2 x Independent, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Women's Coalition
2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Women's Coalition

Bangor West

2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UKUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x Green
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UKUP, Independent joins Greens

Holywood

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