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2005 Strabane District Council election
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All 16 seats to Strabane District Council
9 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Sinn Féin DUP SDLP
Seats won 8 3 2
Seat change Increase 1 Steady 0 Decrease 2

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party UUP Independent
Seats won 2 1
Seat change Steady 0 Increase 1

Party with the most votes by district.

Elections to Strabane District Council were held on 5 May 2005 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 16 councillors.

Election results

Strabane District Council Election Result 2005[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Sinn Féin 8 1 0 Increase1 50.0 41.8 7,841 Increase1.6
  DUP 3 0 0 Steady0 18.8 22.2 4,172 Increase3.3
  SDLP 2 0 2 Decrease2 12.5 15.9 2,991 Decrease3.5
  UUP 2 0 0 Steady0 12.5 14.1 2,646 Decrease2.6
  Independent 1 1 0 Increase1 6.3 5.7 1,062 Increase0.9
  PUP 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.3 64 New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Strabane District Council election, 2005
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
Sinn Féin DUP SDLP UUP Others
Derg 43.5 3 28.4 1 8.7 0 18.3 1 1.1 0 5
Glenelly 28.0 1 42.4 2 14.2 1 15.3 1 0.0 0 5
Mourne 50.3 4 0.0 0 23.6 1 9.4 0 16.7 1 6
Total 41.8 8 22.2 3 15.9 2 14.1 2 6.0 1 16

District results

Derg

2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Derg - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
DUP Thomas Kerrigan* 18.63% 1,125          
UUP Derek Hussey* 18.32% 1,106          
Sinn Féin Charles McHugh* 17.87% 1,079          
Sinn Féin Kieran McGuire 13.60% 821 822 822.1 962.2 962.4 979.92
Sinn Féin Gerard Foley 12.07% 729 730 730.2 835.2 835.5 879.72
DUP Kathleen Craig 9.74% 588 631 737.7 755.1 845.5 845.5
SDLP Bernadette McNamee 8.71% 526 528 529      
PUP Roy Reid 1.06% 64          
Electorate: 8,282   Valid: 6,038 (72.91%)   Spoilt: 113   Quota: 1,007   Turnout: 6,151 (74.27%)  

Glenelly

2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2001-2005 Change: No change

Glenelly - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
DUP Allan Bresland* 26.57% 1,539      
Sinn Féin Claire McGill* 20.47% 1,186      
DUP John Donnell* 15.88% 920 1,457.24    
UUP James Emery* 15.28% 885 908.68 1,359.71  
SDLP Tom McBride* 14.24% 825 826.11 833.51 1,017.77
Sinn Féin Thomas O'Neill 7.56% 438 438.37 438.74 438.74
Electorate: 7,882   Valid: 5,793 (73.50%)   Spoilt: 83   Quota: 966   Turnout: 5,876 (74.55%)  

Mourne

2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP
2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2001-2005 Change: Independent gain from SDLP

Mourne - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SDLP Eugene McMenamin* 17.80% 1,236            
Sinn Féin Brian McMahon* 15.36% 1,067            
Sinn Féin Jarlath McNulty* 15.08% 1,047            
Sinn Féin Ivan Barr* 13.07% 908 926.2 945.03 954.98 969.63 1,019.63  
Independent James O'Kane 10.61% 737 778.8 783.56 785.71 827.18 901.89 1,007.89
Sinn Féin Daniel Breslin* 8.15% 566 572.2 616.09 651.99 663.08 723.44 793.24
UUP Alastair Patterson 9.43% 655 657 657.6 657.65 662.05 664.05 686.25
SDLP Ann Bell* 3.41% 237 308.8 309.85 310.6 478.97 508.67  
Independent Paul Gallagher 4.68% 325 329.8 331.55 333.5 339.06    
SDLP Arthur McGarrigle 2.40% 167 258 260.24 260.99      
Electorate: 10,459   Valid: 6,945 (66.40%)   Spoilt: 132   Quota: 993   Turnout: 7,077 (67.66%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Strabane Council Elections, 1997-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 9 August 2021.