2005_Newtownabbey_Borough_Council_election

2005 Newtownabbey Borough Council election

Local government election in Northern Ireland

Elections to Newtownabbey 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 25 councillors.

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Districts results

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
DUP	12	4	0	4	48.0	43.9	13,123	17.1
Ulster Unionist	6	0	3	3	24.0	23.3	6,956	5.9
Alliance	2	1	0	1	8.0	8.0	2,384	0.0
Newtownabbey Ratepayers Association	1	0	0	0	4.0	6.4	1,897	3.3
SDLP	1	0	1	1	2.0	6.1	1,821	0.8
Sinn Féin	1	0	0	0	4.0	5.9	1,771	0.9
United Unionist Coalition	1	0	0	0	4.0	2.5	736	1.2
Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.2	646	5.9
PUP	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.0	291	3.1
NI Conservatives	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.8	235	0.3

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	DUP		UUP		Alliance		SDLP		Sinn Féin		Others		Total Cllrs
Antrim Line	34.7	3	17.9	1	9.5	1	17.9	1	16.0	1	4.0	0	7
Ballyclare	56.0	3	33.8	2	6.7	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	3.5	0	5
Macedon	49.5	3	10.1	1	0.0	0	3.7	0	5.9	0	30.8	2	6
University	40.8	3	29.2	2	12.4	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	17.6	1	7
Total	43.9	12	23.3	6	8.0	2	6.1	1	5.9	1	12.8	3	25

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Nigel Hamilton*	21.02%	1,901
	SDLP	Noreen McClelland*	12.23%	1,106	1,106.8	1,146.8
	Ulster Unionist	Janet Crilly*	12.17%	1,101	1,123	1,185
	Alliance	Tom Campbell	9.50%	859	863.4	958.8	966.9	1,200.9
	DUP	Mandy Girvan	4.70%	425	1,049.4	1,104.6	1,112.7	1,115.7	1,292.7
	DUP	Paula Bradley	8.96%	810	894	928.4	933.8	934.2	1,138.8
	Sinn Féin	Briege Meehan*	8.62%	780	780	787	787	914	918.4	941.4
	Sinn Féin	Martin Meehan	7.41%	670	670	670	670	740	741.4	750.4
	Ulster Unionist	Ivan Hunter*	5.70%	516	529.6	561	592.5	609.5
	SDLP	Tommy McTeague*	5.69%	515	515.8	533.8	534.7
	Newtownabbey Ratepayers	Jennifer Irvine	3.29%	298	302.8
	Independent	Arthur Templeton*	0.71%	64	66
Electorate: 15,963 Valid: 9,045 (56.66%) Spoilt: 190 Quota: 1,131 Turnout: 9,235 (57.85%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Paul Girvan*	50.74%	3,402
	DUP	Pamela Hunter*	2.68%	180	1,896.54
	DUP	Etta Mann	2.60%	174	371.65	1,104.55	1,127.55
	Ulster Unionist	James Bingham*	13.80%	925	1,031.53	1,042.03	1,089.01	1,193.01
	Ulster Unionist	Vera McWilliam*	10.96%	735	850.91	860.51	931.21	1,093.21
	Ulster Unionist	Edward Turkington*	8.99%	603	691.44	701.64	746.59	841.59
	Alliance	Patrick Sweeney	6.73%	451	457.7	458	511.61
	NI Conservatives	Alan Greer	3.50%	235	261.13	264.43
Electorate: 12,101 Valid: 6,705 (55.41%) Spoilt: 155 Quota: 1,118 Turnout: 6,860 (56.69%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Billy DeCourcy*	30.50%	1,670
	Newtownabbey Ratepayers	Billy Webb*	14.99%	821
	DUP	Victor Robinson	13.66%	748	1,367.04
	DUP	Dineen Walker*	5.33%	292	407.01	943.01
	Independent	Tommy Kirkham*	10.63%	582	645.6	656.1	703.35	729.43	735.53	846.53
	Ulster Unionist	John Scott	10.06%	551	574.32	591.82	672.55	715.89	732.34	824.34
	Sinn Féin	Sean Oliver	5.86%	321	321	321.5	321.77	402.77	407.47	407.47
	PUP	Catherine Robinson	5.31%	291	338.7	348.2	376.55	384.61	389.41
	SDLP	Michael McBrien	3.65%	200	202.12	203.12	205.01
Electorate: 10,506 Valid: 5,476 (52.12%) Spoilt: 153 Quota: 783 Turnout: 5,629 (53.58%)

University - 7 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	William Ball	23.45%	2,025
	Ulster Unionist	Ken Robinson*	16.57%	1,431
	DUP	Robert Hill	7.31%	631	1,418.52
	Alliance	Lynn Frazer*	12.44%	1,074	1,076.76	1,091.01
	DUP	John Mann	10.02%	865	923.88	941.63	1,260.64
	Ulster Unionist	Barbara Gilliland*	8.70%	751	777.68	904.43	906.33	1,155.33
	United Unionist	Fraser Agnew*	8.52%	736	769.12	792.62	794.52	906.34	1,023.19
	Newtownabbey Ratepayers	John Blair	9.01%	778	789.5	806	806.19	854.4	886.7
	Ulster Unionist	Vi Scott*	3.97%	343	348.52	496.02	396.97
Electorate: 15,829 Valid: 8,634 (54.55%) Spoilt: 211 Quota: 1,080 Turnout: 8,845 (55.88%)