2005 Castlereagh Borough Council election
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![]() 2005 Castlereagh City Council Election Results, shaded by First Preference Votes. |
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.
Election results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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DUP | 13 | 3 | 0 | ![]() | 56.5 | 46.5 | 12,136 | ![]() | |
UUP | 4 | 0 | 1 | ![]() | 17.4 | 17.8 | 4,633 | ![]() | |
Alliance | 4 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 17.4 | 16.2 | 4,219 | ![]() | |
SDLP | 2 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 8.7 | 12.0 | 3,131 | ![]() | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | ![]() | 0.0 | 3.9 | 1,026 | ![]() | |
PUP | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 2.1 | 537 | ![]() | |
Sinn Féin | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 1.5 | 395 | ![]() |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
[edit]Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DUP | UUP | Alliance | SDLP | Others | |||||||
Castlereagh Central | 54.4 | 4 | 12.5 | 1 | 16.3 | 1 | 6.5 | 0 | 10.3 | 0 | 6 |
Castlereagh East | 59.2 | 5 | 18.9 | 1 | 12.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 9.5 | 0 | 7 |
Castlereagh South | 36.7 | 2 | 18.3 | 1 | 17.1 | 1 | 22.2 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 5 |
Castlereagh West | 34.1 | 2 | 20.6 | 1 | 19.9 | 1 | 20.9 | 1 | 4.5 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 46.5 | 13 | 17.8 | 4 | 16.2 | 4 | 12.0 | 2 | 7.5 | 0 | 23 |
Districts results
[edit]Castlereagh Central
[edit]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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
DUP | Peter Robinson* | 25.81% | 1,431 | |||||||
Alliance | Michael Long* | 16.32% | 905 | |||||||
DUP | Joanne Bunting* | 16.14% | 895 | |||||||
UUP | Michael Copeland* | 9.76% | 541 | 582.86 | 608.21 | 611.62 | 727.3 | 796.3 | ||
DUP | John Norris* | 7.59% | 421 | 663.42 | 669.27 | 699.08 | 710.82 | 790.83 | 800.83 | |
DUP | Andrew Ramsey | 4.91% | 272 | 523.16 | 527.97 | 583.85 | 588.42 | 614.39 | 621.65 | |
PUP | Tommy Sandford* | 6.42% | 356 | 391.88 | 399.03 | 401.34 | 403.99 | 436.39 | 491.01 | |
SDLP | Sean Mullan | 6.55% | 363 | 363.92 | 397.72 | 397.94 | 407.8 | 429.9 | ||
Independent | Alan Carson | 3.77% | 209 | 254.08 | 269.55 | 274.72 | 295.81 | |||
UUP | Alan Martin | 2.74% | 152 | 165.8 | 181.01 | 181.89 | ||||
Electorate: 9,735 Valid: 5,545 (56.96%) Spoilt: 155 Quota: 793 Turnout: 5,700 (58.55%) |
Castlereagh East
[edit]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 | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
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%) |
Castlereagh South
[edit]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 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
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%) |
Castlereagh West
[edit]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 | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
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%) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Castlereagh Council Election Results 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.