2005 Strabane District Council election

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2005 Strabane District Council election

5 May 2005 (2005-05-05)
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 1 0 2   Fourth party Fifth party   Party UUP Independent Seats won 2 1 Seat change 0 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

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Sinn Féin	8	1	0	1	50.0	41.8	7,841	1.6
	DUP	3	0	0	0	18.8	22.2	4,172	3.3
	SDLP	2	0	2	2	12.5	15.9	2,991	3.5
	UUP	2	0	0	0	12.5	14.1	2,646	2.6
	Independent	1	1	0	1	6.3	5.7	1,062	0.9
	PUP	0	0	0	0	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

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

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

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

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%)