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All 22 seats to Coleraine Borough Council 12 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Coleraine 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 22 councillors.
Election results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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DUP | 9 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
40.9 | 36.9 | 8,142 | ![]() | |
UUP | 8 | 0 | 2 | ![]() |
36.4 | 32.0 | 7,061 | ![]() | |
SDLP | 3 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
13.6 | 12.3 | 2,710 | ![]() | |
Sinn Féin | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
4.5 | 7.9 | 1,734 | ![]() | |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
4.5 | 6.3 | 1,388 | ![]() | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 4.7 | 1,026 | ![]() |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
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DUP | UUP | SDLP | Sinn Féin | Alliance | Others | ||||||||
Bann | 34.0 | 2 | 33.6 | 2 | 19.6 | 1 | 12.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
Coleraine Central | 33.8 | 2 | 37.6 | 3 | 10.9 | 1 | 5.7 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 5.9 | 0 | 6 |
Coleraine East | 57.5 | 3 | 29.2 | 2 | 5.7 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 4.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
The Skerries | 28.1 | 2 | 24.4 | 1 | 8.9 | 1 | 7.5 | 0 | 9.7 | 0 | 21.4 | 1 | 5 |
Total | 36.9 | 9 | 32.0 | 8 | 12.3 | 3 | 7.9 | 1 | 4.7 | 0 | 6.2 | 1 | 22 |
District results
[edit]Bann
[edit]2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2001-2005 Change: DUP and Sinn Féin gain from UUP and SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
SDLP | John Dallat* | 12.88% | 901 | 1,326 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Billy Leonard | 12.79% | 895 | 925 | 1,161 | |||
DUP | Sam Cole* | 11.68% | 817 | 817 | 817 | 818 | 1,175 | |
DUP | Adrian McQuillan* | 14.10% | 986 | 986 | 988 | 990 | 1,139 | |
UUP | William King* | 12.77% | 893 | 896 | 907 | 912 | 949 | |
UUP | Olive Church* | 13.12% | 918 | 920 | 924 | 933 | 947 | |
UUP | William Watt* | 7.75% | 542 | 544 | 570 | 601 | 609 | |
DUP | Mark Fielding | 8.19% | 573 | 573 | 574 | 574 | ||
SDLP | Eamon Mullan* | 6.72% | 470 | |||||
Electorate: 10,299 Valid: 6,995 (67.92%) Spoilt: 121 Quota: 1,000 Turnout: 7,116 (69.09%) |
Coleraine Central
[edit]2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2005: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2001-2005 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
UUP | David McClarty* | 23.18% | 1,478 | |||||||
DUP | James McClure* | 16.68% | 1,064 | |||||||
DUP | Timothy Deans* | 14.36% | 916 | |||||||
SDLP | Gerry McLaughlin* | 10.88% | 694 | 716.23 | 719.23 | 722.27 | 1,013.27 | |||
UUP | Elizabeth Johnston* | 7.39% | 471 | 781.05 | 828.46 | 884.89 | 889.28 | 890.2 | 1,014.2 | |
UUP | David Barbour* | 7.04% | 449 | 608.9 | 649.14 | 697.21 | 702.21 | 704.51 | 850.08 | |
Alliance | Eamon O'Hara | 6.05% | 386 | 415.25 | 422.03 | 425.26 | 442.65 | 538.33 | 555.68 | |
Independent | Russell Watton | 5.96% | 380 | 395.21 | 418.99 | 455.09 | 455.67 | 456.13 | ||
Sinn Féin | Kevin Darragh | 5.74% | 366 | 367.56 | 367.56 | 367.75 | ||||
DUP | Adrian Parke | 2.71% | 173 | 193.28 | ||||||
Electorate: 11,309 Valid: 6,377 (56.39%) Spoilt: 101 Quota: 912 Turnout: 6,478 (57.28%) |
Coleraine East
[edit]2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
DUP | Maurice Bradley* | 34.99% | 1,395 | |||||||
DUP | William Creelman* | 15.78% | 629 | 1,217.3 | ||||||
DUP | Phyllis Fielding* | 6.70% | 267 | 338.55 | 862.05 | |||||
UUP | Elizabeth Black* | 10.46% | 417 | 437.14 | 443.14 | 506.04 | 507.04 | 560.02 | 623.29 | |
UUP | Robert McPherson* | 10.43% | 416 | 441.44 | 451.44 | 494.73 | 495.73 | 523.1 | 573 | |
UUP | David Harding | 8.28% | 330 | 342.19 | 350.69 | 431.72 | 432.72 | 464.83 | 507.26 | |
SDLP | John Montgomery | 5.69% | 227 | 229.12 | 229.12 | 232.82 | 333.82 | 396.72 | ||
Alliance | Yvonne Boyle | 4.64% | 185 | 186.06 | 188.06 | 193.24 | 199.24 | |||
Sinn Féin | Maria O'Neill | 3.03% | 121 | 121 | 121.5 | 121.5 | ||||
Electorate: 7,735 Valid: 3,987 (51.54%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 65 Turnout: 4,076 (52.70%) |
The Skerries
[edit]2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Independent | Christine Alexander* | 17.99% | 846 | ||||||
DUP | Robert Stewart* | 16.44% | 773 | 778 | 779 | 786.92 | |||
UUP | Norman Hillis* | 14.82% | 697 | 733 | 737 | 749.72 | 1,065.72 | ||
SDLP | Maura Hickey | 8.89% | 418 | 441 | 698 | 706.08 | 718.56 | 734.56 | |
DUP | Sandy Gilkinson | 11.68% | 549 | 557 | 557 | 561.72 | 634.2 | 733.2 | |
Alliance | Barney Fitzpatrick | 9.68% | 455 | 500 | 540 | 560.16 | 613.88 | 706.88 | |
UUP | Stephen Barr | 9.57% | 450 | 477 | 479 | 486.76 | |||
Sinn Féin | Valerie Leonard | 7.49% | 352 | 356 | |||||
Independent | Barbara Dempsey | 3.45% | 162 | ||||||
Electorate: 8,162 Valid: 4,702 (57.61%) Spoilt: 65 Quota: 784 Turnout: 4,767 (58.40%) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Coleraine Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 13 July 2021.