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2005 Ballymena Borough Council election

Elections to Ballymena 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 24 councillors.

Elections to Ballymena 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 24 councillors.

Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
14	3	0	3	58.3	55.2	14,611	10.3
5	0	2	2	20.8	21.6	5,707	5.9
3	0	1	1	12.5	10.4	2,744	6.1
1	1	0	1	4.2	7.6	2,009	6.3
1	0	1	1	4.2	3.4	906	3.9
0	0	0		0.0	1.5	404	0.4
0	0	0		0.0	0.4	94	0.4

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP

2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Independent

2001: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2005: 5 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP

2001: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	DUP	Roy Gillespie*	22.95%	1,664
	UUP	William McNeilly*	18.93%	1,373
	DUP	Samuel Gaston*	13.49%	978	1,147.02	1,187.2	1,195.71
	Sinn Féin	Monica Digney	11.65%	733	733.54	733.68	1,152.07
	DUP	Tommy Nicholl*	13.22%	959	1,065.38	1,121.24	1,150.11
	DUP	William Wilkinson	12.67%	919	1,079.38	1,105.98	1,108.8
	SDLP	Seamus Laverty*	8.63%	626	628.7	660.2
Electorate: 10,772 Valid: 7,252 (67.32%) Spoilt: 92 Quota: 1,209 Turnout: 7,344 (68.18%)

2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	DUP	Paul Frew	23.61%	1,524
	DUP	Samuel Hanna*	16.95%	1,094
	DUP	Robin Stirling*	13.23%	854	1,238.54
	SDLP	Margaret Gribben*	9.99%	645	647.03	647.87	686.87	1,176.87
	UUP	Robin Cherry	11.59%	748	761.63	808.39	1,045.73	1,047.01
	UUP	Lexie Scott	9.23%	596	619.49	686.13	847.27	849.27
	Sinn Féin	Laurence O'Neill	9.13%	589	589.29	589.29	589.57
	UUP	Robert Wilson	6.26%	404	418.5	466.38
Electorate: 9,694 Valid: 6,454 (66.58%) Spoilt: 83 Quota: 1,076 Turnout: 6,537 (67.43%)

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