2005 Castlereagh Borough Council election

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2005 Castlereagh Borough Council election

5 May 2005 (2005-05-05)
All 23 seats to Castlereagh Borough Council 12 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ian Paisley David Trimble David Ford Party DUP UUP Alliance Seats won 13 4 4 Seat change 3 1 Percentage 46.5% 17.8% 16.2% Swing 7.1% 4.3% 1.0%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Mark Durkan Dawn Purvis Party SDLP PUP Independent Seats won 2 0 0 Seat change 1 1 Percentage 12.0% 2.1% 3.9% Swing 0.6% 2.1% 0.3%
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

Castlereagh Borough Council Election Result 2005

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

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Castlereagh Borough Council election, 2005
by district

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

Castlereagh Central

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

Castlereagh Central - 6 seats

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

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

Castlereagh East - 7 seats

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

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

Castlereagh South - 5 seats

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

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

Castlereagh West - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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%)