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2005 Castlereagh Borough Council election

Elections to Castlereagh 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 23 councillors.

Elections to Castlereagh 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 23 councillors.

Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
13	3	0	3	56.5	46.5	12,136	7.1
4	0	1	1	17.4	17.8	4,633	4.3
4	0	0		17.4	16.2	4,219	1.0
2	0	0		8.7	12.0	3,131	0.6
0	0	1	1	0.0	3.9	1,026	0.3
0	0	0	1	0.0	2.1	537	2.1
0	0	0		0.0	1.5	395	0.3

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

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

2005: 4 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from PUP

2001: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

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

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Independent

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	DUP	Iris Robinson*	27.08%	2,090
	Alliance	Judith Cochrane	12.40%	957	977.9
	DUP	Gareth Robinson*	10.08%	778	1,251
	DUP	Tommy Jeffers	11.10%	857	1,033
	UUP	David Drysdale*	8.01%	618	648.25	657	844.05	847.41	951.17
	DUP	Jim White*	5.40%	417	668.35	761.1	786	811.2	891.76
	DUP	Charlie Tosh	5.52%	426	520.05	671.6	698.5	728.02	861.08
	UUP	Mervyn Bailie	7.51%	580	597.05	602.3	719.85	722.49	805.28
	Independent	Francis Gallagher*	7.14%	551	579.05	590.6	665.65	670.69
	UUP	Hazel Legge	3.41%	263	287.2	294.2
	PUP	Colin Neill	2.35%	181	190.35	195.6
Electorate: 13,902 Valid: 7,718 (55.52%) Spoilt: 179 Quota: 965 Turnout: 7,897 (56.80%)

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

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

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	DUP	James Spratt	19.06%	1,317
	DUP	John Beattie*	17.64%	1,219
	Alliance	Geraldine Rice*	17.08%	1,180
	UUP	Michael Henderson*	14.14%	977	1,082.75	1,125.71	1,385.71
	SDLP	Brian Hanvey*	16.09%	1,112	1,114.85	1,116.65	1,138.43
	SDLP	Leo Van Es	6.09%	421	422.8	423.1	431.31
	Sinn Féin	Dermot Kennedy	5.72%	395	395.45	395.51	396.66
	UUP	Barbara McBurney*	4.17%	288	333.3	346.14
Electorate: 11,421 Valid: 6,909 (60.49%) Spoilt: 99 Quota: 1,152 Turnout: 7,008 (61.36%)

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

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

2001-2005 Change: No change

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	DUP	Ann-Marie Beattie	24.00%	1,417
	Alliance	Sara Duncan*	19.93%	1,177
	DUP	Myreve Chambers	10.09%	596	991.1
	UUP	Cecil Hall*	14.14%	835	847.6	917.3	1,039.3
	SDLP	Rosaleen Hughes*	13.45%	794	794.6	850.53	862.85	862.85	1,285.85
	UUP	Bill White	6.42%	379	384.1	410.28	467.14	519.08	525.08
	SDLP	Gary Vaugh	7.47%	441	441	458	467.19	468.78
	Independent	Cyril Kernaghan	4.50%	266	271.4	284.66
Electorate: 9,805 Valid: 5,905 (60.22%) Spoilt: 145 Quota: 985 Turnout: 6,050 (61.70%)

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