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2005 Belfast City Council election

Elections to Belfast City Council were held on 5 May 2005 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used nine district electoral areas to elect a total of 51 councillors, most representing the more heavily populated north and west.

Elections to Belfast City Council were held on 5 May 2005 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used nine district electoral areas to elect a total of 51 councillors, most representing the more heavily populated north and west.

The DUP emerged as the largest party, and Wallace Browne became Lord Mayor.

Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
15	5	0	5	29.4	25.8	25,722	7.7
14	1	1	0	27.5	30.6	30,531	2.2
8	0	1	1	15.7	17.1	17,058	0.3
7	5	1	4	13.7	13.8	13,756	4.5
4	1	0	1	7.8	6.8	6,808	0.0
2	0	1	1	3.9	2.7	2,713	3.1
1	0	0	0	2.0	1.0	1,007	2.0
0	0	0	0	0.0	0.8	801	New
0	0	0	0	0.0	0.7	698	0.0
0	0	0	0	0.0	0.3	338	New
0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	243	0.0

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

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

2005: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP

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

2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2001-2005 Change: No change

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

2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Independent

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	DUP	Diane Dodds	55.73%	4,176
	DUP	William Humphrey	9.06%	679	2,320.52
	DUP	Elaine McMillen*	2.95%	221	730.07	1,577.39
	Independent	Frank McCoubrey*	10.60%	794	1,107.11	1,186.23	1,244.66	1,312.41
	PUP	Hugh Smyth*	10.66%	799	1,003.48	1,043.96	1,065.41	1,174.86
	UUP	Chris McGimpsey*	7.67%	575	777.35	860.61	903.08	1,022.96
	Sinn Féin	Francis Hamilton	3.32%	249	266.04	267.42
Electorate: 13,582 Valid: 7,493 (55.17%) Spoilt: 233 Quota: 1,249 Turnout: 7,726 (56.88%)

2001: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin,

2005: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	Sinn Féin	Alex Maskey*	17.77%	1,600
	SDLP	Patrick McCarthy*	16.21%	1,459	1,503.8
	SDLP	Peter O'Reilly*	15.28%	1,376	1,402.6	1,489.47	1,609.47
	UUP	Michael McGimpsey*	14.80%	1,332	1,333.68	1,350.82	1,647.82
	DUP	Christopher Stalford	15.13%	1,362	1,362.07	1,367.07	1,417.28	1,512.44
	Alliance	Allan Leonard	9.54%	859	861.94	901.78	1,172.51	1,222.53
	Green (NI)	Andrew Frew	4.10%	369	375.16	467.66
	UUP	Paula Bradshaw	4.04%	364	364.28	366.35
	Socialist Party	James Barbour	1.94%	175	181.86
	Workers' Party	Paddy Lynn	1.19%	107	110.01
Electorate: 15,223 Valid: 9,003 (59.14%) Spoilt: 205 Quota: 1,501 Turnout: 9,208 (60.49%)

2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

2005: 5 x Sinn Féin

2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	Sinn Féin	Janice Austin	19.42%	2,071
	Sinn Féin	Fra McCann*	19.17%	2,045
	Sinn Féin	Tom Hartley*	18.39%	1,962
	Sinn Féin	Máire Cush*	15.33%	1,764	1,797
	Sinn Féin	Marie Moore*	11.67%	1,245	1,253	1,528.1	1,764.42
	SDLP	Margaret Walsh*	11.86%	1,265	1,439	1,449.95	1,476.27
	Workers' Party	John Lowry	2.94%	314
Electorate: 16,334 Valid: 10,666 (65.30%) Spoilt: 392 Quota: 1,778 Turnout: 11,058 (67.70%)

2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP

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

2001-2005 Change: UUP gain from PUP

2001: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Alliance

2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2001-2005 Change: DUP and Alliance gain from UUP and Sinn Féin

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	DUP	Sammy Wilson*	22.60%	2,385
	UUP	Reg Empey*	18.65%	1,968
	DUP	May Campbell	12.34%	1,302	1,530.29
	PUP	David Ervine*	10.95%	1,156	1,248.87	1,324.71	1,394.99	1,556.39
	DUP	Margaret McKenzie	6.79%	717	1,216.13	1,239.89	1,281.08	1,451.42	1,461.25
	Alliance	Máire Hendron	7.53%	795	800.92	830.92	895.09	1,008.55	1,428.28
	Sinn Féin	Deborah Devenny	8.94%	944	944	947.84	967.84	969.84	1,126.08
	SDLP	Mary Muldoon	6.35%	670	672.22	677.26	743.18	766.22
	UUP	Sonia Copeland	2.62%	277	303.64	524.92	644.92
	Socialist Party	Tommy Black	1.57%	163	165.96	168.36
	Workers' Party	Joseph Bell	0.99%	105	105.74	106.74
	UUP	Henry Wallace	0.68%	72	85.69	180.25
Electorate: 19,621 Valid: 10,554 (53.79%) Spoilt: 381 Quota: 1,508 Turnout: 10,935 (55.73%)

2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

2001-2005 Change: No change

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	Sinn Féin	Paul Maskey*	23.69%	3,084
	SDLP	Tim Attwood	21.63%	2,815
	Sinn Féin	Gerard O'Neill*	18.81%	2,448
	Sinn Féin	Michael Browne*	17.34%	2,257
	Sinn Féin	Christine Mac Giolla Mhín	10.97%	1,428	2,070.32	2,089.57	2,325.41
	SDLP	Roisin Mulholland	3.17%	413	467.56	1,025.56	1,031.83
	Sinn Féin	Caoimhín Mac Giolla Mhín	4.39%	571	779.54	843.44	863.79
Electorate: 19,767 Valid: 13,016 (65.85%) Spoilt: 437 Quota: 2,170 Turnout: 13,453 (68.06%)

2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance

2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP

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