2005 Moyle District Council election

2005 Moyle District Council election

May 5, 2005 (2005-05-05)
All 15 seats to Ballymoney Borough Council 8 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Sinn Féin SDLP UUP Seats won 4 3 3 Seat change 3 1   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Independent DUP Seats won 3 2 Seat change 1 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

Moyle District Council Election Result 2005

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Sinn Féin	4	3	0	3	26.7	30.4	2,012	20.9
	SDLP	3	0	1	1	20.0	21.0	1,394	2.2
	Independent	3	0	1	1	20.0	14.3	949	18.2
	UUP	3	0	0		20.0	12.4	821	1.4
	DUP	2	0	1	1	13.3	21.9	1,448	0.9

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

 Results of the Moyle District Council election, 2005
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	colspan=2 bgcolor="Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" | Sinn Féin	colspan=2 bgcolor="Template:Social Democratic and Labour Party/meta/color" | SDLP	colspan=2 bgcolor="Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" | UUP	colspan=2 bgcolor="Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" | DUP	Others
Ballycastle	35.0	2	26.6	1	13.5	1	12.4	0	12.5	1	5
Giant's Causeway	0.0	0	0.0	0	29.4	2	56.2	2	14.4	1	5
The Glens	47.2	2	29.4	2	0.0	0	7.8	0	15.6	1	5
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: Independent gain from Sinn Féin

Ballycastle - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sinn Féin	Cara McShane	22.76%	545
	Sinn Féin	Cathal Newcombe	12.23%	293	405.86
	SDLP	Madeline Black*	15.49%	371	379.1	380.1	381.66	590.66
	Independent	Seamus Blaney*	12.61%	302	321.98	322.98	325.46	357.13	460.13
	UUP	Helen Harding*	13.49%	323	323.81	336.81	337.13	355.46	398.46
	DUP	Ian Chestnutt	7.14%	171	171.27	274.27	274.27	275.27	279.27
	SDLP	Michael Molloy	11.06%	265	267.7	268.7	270.06
	DUP	Christina McFaul	5.22%	125	125
Electorate: 4,142   Valid: 2,395 (57.82%)   Spoilt: 44   Quota: 400   Turnout: 2,439 (58.88%)

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

Giant's Causeway - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	DUP	David McAllister*	28.39%	481
	DUP	George Hartin*	27.74%	470
	UUP	William Graham*	19.24%	326
	UUP	Robert McIlroy*	10.15%	172	295.54
	Independent	Price McConaghy*	13.11%	222	281.74
	Independent	Thomas Palmer	1.36%	23	37.5
Electorate: 3,015   Valid: 1,694 (56.19%)   Spoilt: 49   Quota: 283   Turnout: 1,743 (57.81%)