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The Alliance, DUP, and SF all picked up councillors in 2005 at the expense of the SDLP and UUP. The DUP are now the largest party on the council with six seats. Alliance are back with two seats after an absence of four years.

Map by Conal Kelly
| Electoral Area | 2005 Results | 2001 Results | 1997 Results | 1993 Results |
| South East | 2 DUP, 2 UUP, 1 SDLP, 1 Alliance, 1 SF | 3 UUP, 2 DUP, 1 SDLP, 1 SF | 4 UUP, 1 DUP, 1 SDLP, 1 Alliance | 3 UUP, 1 Ind U, 1 DUP, 1 SDLP, 1 Alliance |
| Town | 3 DUP, 2 UUP, 1 Alliance, 1 SDLP | 3 UUP, 2 DUP, 2 SDLP | 4 UUP, 1 DUP, 1 SDLP, 1 Alliance | 4 UUP, 1 DUP, 1 SDLP, 1 Alliance |
| North West | 2 SF, 1 SDLP, 1 UUP, 1 DUP | 2 SDLP, 1 UUP, 1 DUP, 1 SF | 2 SDLP, 1 UUP, 1 DUP, 1 SF | 2 SDLP, 1 UUP, 1 DUP, 1 SF |
| 2005 Results | 2001 Results | 1997 Results | 1993 Results |
| Votes
by Party: DUP: 5,434 (30.7%), 6 councillors UUP: 4,203 (23.8%), 5 councillors SDLP: 3,633 (20.5%), 3 councillors SF: 2,620 (14.8%), 3 councillors Alliance: 1,214 (6.9%), 2 councillors Brian Johnson: 255 (1.4%) Darran Smyth: 136 (0.8%) PUP: 110 (0.6%) Patricia Murray: 49 (0.3%) Áine Gribbon: 28 (0.2%) |
Votes
by Party: UUP: 6,699 (33.0%), 7 councillors DUP: 4,576 (22.5%), 5 councillors SDLP: 4,254 (21.0%), 5 councillors SF: 2,589 (12.5%), 2 councillors Alliance: 1,117 (5.5%) NIUP: 413 (2.0%) Community Candidate: 393 (1.8%) PUP: 197 (0.8%) Stanley Lynn: 124 (0.5%) S J Greer: 111 (0.4%) |
Votes
by Party: UUP: 6,050 (43.0%); 9 councillors SDLP: 3,632 (26.0%); 4 councillors DUP: 2,205 (16.0%); 3 councillors Alliance: 1,173 (8.2%); 2 councillors SF: 612 (4.3%); 1 councillor PUP: 358 (2.5%) |
Votes
by Party: UUP: 5,701 (38.5%); 8 councillors SDLP: 3,108 (21%); 4 councillors DUP: 2,412 (16.3%); 3 councillors Ind U (Roy Thompson): 1,280 (8.7%); 1 councillor Alliance: 1,250 (8.5%); 2 councillors SF: 778 (5.3%); 1 councillor Dem Left: 179 (1.2%) Workers Party: 82 (0.5%) |
| Electorate: 31,142; Votes Cast: 18,019; Spoilt Votes: 337 (1.9%); Valid Votes 17,682 (98.1%) | Electorate: 32,930; Votes Cast: 20,739; Spoilt Votes: 501 (2.4%); Valid Votes 20,238 (97.6%) | Electorate 1997: 32,140; Votes Cast: 14,523; Spoilt Votes: 258 (1.8%); Valid Votes 14,265 (98.2%) | Electorate: 30,542; Votes Cast: 15,180; Spoilt Votes: 390 (2.6%); Valid Votes: 14,790 (97.4%) |
| 2001 Census: 18,691 "Catholic" (38.64%); 27,401 "Protestant" (56.65%); 219 Other (0.45%); 2,055 None (4.25%) | |||
See also results from 1985-89 and 1973-81.
Westminster seat: South
Antrim
Includes these wards: Aldergrove, Ballycraigy, Clady, Crumlin, Farranshane,
Parkgate, Templepatrick
2005 Results
Alliance gain from UUP
| First Count: Thomas Burns, (SDLP) 1,435 Samuel Dunlop, (DUP) 1,066 Danny Kinahan, (UUP) 904 Mervyn Rea, (UUP) 793 Mel Lucas, (DUP) 603 Alan Lawther, (Alliance) 598 Roy Thompson, (DUP) 513 Annemarie Logue, (SF) 452 William Harkness, (DUP) 309 Kenneth Swann, (UUP) 271 Bernard McCrory, (SF) 197 Patricia Murray, (Ind) 49 |
Votes
by Party: DUP: 2,491 (34.6%), 2 seats UUP: 1,968 (27.4%), 2 seats SDLP: 1,435 (20.0%), 1 seat SF: 649 (9.0%), 1 seat Alliance: 598 (8.3%) Ind: 49 (0.7%) |
| Electorate: 12,005;
seats: 7; votes cast: 7,294; spoilt votes: 104 (1.4%); valid votes: 7,190 (98.6%); quota: 899 |
2001
Results
DUP and SF gain from UUP and Alliance
| First Count: Samuel Dunlop, (DUP) 1,367 Thomas Burns, (SDLP) 1,072 Roy Thompson, (UUP) 1,062 John Mervyn Rea, (UUP) 1,042 Edgar Wallace, (UUP) 937 Martin McManus, (SF) 703 Alison Olive McCartney, (Alliance) 578 William Harkness, (DUP) 525 Michael McGivern, (CC) 393 Kenneth Roderick Swann, (UUP) 213 Sean Mallon, (SDLP) 168 |
Votes
by Party: UUP: 3,254 (40.4%), 3 seats DUP: 1,892 (23.4%), 2 seats SDLP: 1240 (15.4%), 1 seat SF: 703 (8.7%), 1 seat Alliance: 578 (7.2%) CC: 393 (4.9%) |
| Electorate: 12,770;
seats: 7; votes cast: 8,257; spoilt votes: 197 (2.4%); valid votes: 8,060 (97.6%); quota: 1,008 |
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| 2001 Census: 6,031 "Catholic" (30.02%); 12,961 "Protestant" (64.52%); 68 Other (0.34%); 2,055 None (5.12%) | |
1997
Results
Ind U switches party to UUP, otherwise no change
| First Count: Roy Thompson, (UUP) 996 Thomas Burns, (SDLP) 963 Edgar Wallace, (UUP) 763 Mervyn Rea, (UUP) 716 David Ford, (Alliance) 613 Samuel Dunlop, (DUP) 495 William Harkness, (DUP) 385 Ken Wilkinson, (PUP) 358 Roderick Swann, (UUP) 180 Lucia Trowlen, (SDLP) 177 Roy Stinson, (UUP) 150 |
Votes
by party: UUP: 2,805 (48.4%), 4 seats SDLP: 1,140 (19.6%), 1 seat DUP: 880 (15.2%), 2 seats Alliance: 613 (10.6%), 1 seat PUP: 358 (6.2%) |
| Electorate: 11,431; seats: 7; valid votes: 5,796 (50.7%); quota: 725 |
1993 Results
| First Count: Roy Thompson, (U) 1,280 Edgar Wallace, (UUP) 878 Robert Burns, (SDLP) 855 David R. J. Ford, (Alliance) 561 Samuel Dunlop, (DUP) 560 Mervyn Rea, (UUP) 546 Howard Campbell, (UUP) 432 William Harkness, (DUP) 396 Roy Stinson, (UUP) 199 Joseph Gerard McCavana, (SF) 150 |
Votes by Party: UUP: 2,055 (35.0%), 3 seats SDLP: 855 (14.6%), 1 seat DUP: 956 (16.3%), 1 seat Alliance: 561 (9.6%), 1 seat SF: 150 (2.6%) U: 1,280 (21.9%), 1 seat |
| Electorate: 11,431;
seats: 7; votes cast: 5,985; spoilt votes: 128 (2.1%); valid votes: 5,857 (97.9%); quota: 733 |
2005: **DUP 35%, **UUP
27%, *SDLP 20%, *SF 9%, Alliance 8%, Ind 1% on a 60% turnout
2001: ***UUP 40%, **DUP
23%, *SDLP 15%, *SF 9%, Alliance 8%, CC 5% on a 63% turnout
1997: ****UUP 48%, *SDLP 20%, *DUP 15%, *Alliance 11%, PUP 6% on a 47% turnout
1993: ***UUP 35%, *Thompson 22%, *DUP 16%, *SDLP 15%, *Alliance 10%, SF 3% on
a 52% turnout
Westminster seat: South
Antrim
Includes these wards: Balloo, Fountain Hill, Greystone, Massereene, Springfarm,
Steeple, Stiles.
2005 Results
DUP and Alliance gain from UUP and SDLP
| First Count: John Smyth, (DUP) 705 Adrian Cochrane-Watson, (UUP) 669 David Ford, (Alliance) 616 Pam Lewis, (DUP) 479 Gerard Magee, (SF) 475 Brian Graham, (DUP) 465 Oran Keenan, (SDLP) 427 Drew Ritchie, (UUP) 423 Paul Michael, (UUP) 371 Brian Duffin, (SDLP) 345 Darran Smyth, (Ind) 136 Kenneth Wilkinson, (PUP) 110 James Sands, (UUP) 38 Áine Gribbon, (Ind) 28 |
Votes
by Party: DUP: 1,649 (31.2%), 3 seats UUP: 1,501 (28.4%), 2 seats SDLP: 772 (14.6%), 1 seat Alliance: 616 (11.7%), 1 seat SF: 475 (9.0%) Ind: 164 (3.1%) PUP: 110 (2.1%) |
| Electorate: 10,792;
seats: 7; votes cast: 5,410; spoilt votes: 123 (2.3%); valid votes: 5,287 (97.7%); quota: 661 |
| UUP
1,274 (+401 = 1,675) DUP 1,125 (+61 = 1,186) SDLP 410 (-410 = 0) SF 294 (-294 = 0) Alliance 283 (-283 = 0) |
Votes by party:
Electorate: 11,351; valid votes: 3,386 (29.8%); quota: 1694 |
2001 Results
DUP and SDLP
gain from UUP and Alliance
| First
Count: Paddy Marks, (UUP) 1,016 John Smyth, (DUP) 749 Adrian Cochrane-Watson, (UUP) 632 Sean McKee, (SDLP) 632 Oran Keenan, (SDLP) 611 Brian Graham, (DUP) 516 Aine Gribbon, (SF) 495 Paul Michael, (UUP) 470 Pete Whitcroft, (Alliance) 406 Jack McClay, (DUP) 366 Drew Ritchie, (UUP) 268 Kenneth Wilkinson, (PUP) 197 |
Votes
by party: UUP: 2,386 (37.5%), 3 seats DUP: 1,631 (25.7%), 2 seats SDLP: 1243 (19.5%), 2 seats SF: 495 (7.8%) Alliance: 406 (6.4%) PUP: 197 (3.1%) |
| Electorate:
11,616; seats: 7; votes cast: 6553; spoilt votes: 195 (2.3%); valid votes: 6,358 (97.7%); quota: 795 |
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| 2001 Census: 5,720 "Catholic" (35.31%); 9,531 "Protestant" (58.83%); 126 Other (0.78%); 823 None (5.08%) | |
1997 Results
No change
| First Count: Frederick Marks, (UUP) 1,066 Robert McClay, (DUP) 642 Oran Keenan, (SDLP) 514 Sean McKee, (SDLP) 433 Adrian Watson, (UUP) 357 Andrew Ritchie, (UUP) 287 Brian McConnell, (Alliance) 268 Andrew Thompson, (UUP) 218 Mary Wallace, (Alliance) 159 Stanley Lynn, (Ind) 124 S J Greer, (Ind) 111 |
Votes
by party: UUP: 1,928 (46.1%), 4 seats SDLP: 947 (22.7%), 1 seat DUP: 642 (15.4%), 1 seat Alliance: 427 (10.2%), 1 seat Ind: 235 (5.6%) |
| Electorate: 11,780; seats: 7; valid votes: 4,179 (35.5%); quota: 523 |
1993 Results
| First Count: Paddy (Frederick Robert Harold) Marks, (UUP) 791 Jack Allen, (UUP) 719 Oran Celsus Jude Keenan, (SDLP) 665 James Brown, (DUP) 558 James Brian McConnell, (Alliance) 399 Andrew Stephen Ritchie, (UUP) 298 Mary Wallace, (Alliance) 290 Andrew P. Thompson, (UUP) 252 Patrick John McGinley, (DL) 179 James Porter, (DUP) 151 Aevrille Swann, (UUP) 150 Eamon Patrick Gillen, (WP) 82 |
Votes by Party: UUP: 2,210 (48.7%), 4 seats DUP: 709 (15.6%), 1 seat Alliance: 689 (15.2%), 1 seat SDLP: 665 (14.7%), 1 seat DL: 179 (3.9%) WP: 82 (1.9%) |
| Electorate: 11,484;
seats: 7; votes cast: 4,665; spoilt votes: 131 (2.8%); valid votes: 4,534 (97.2%); quota: 567 |
2005: ***DUP 31%, **UUP 28%, *SDLP 15%, *Alliance 12%, SF 9%, Ind 3%, PUP 2% on a 49%
turnout
2002 by-election: *UUP
38%, DUP 33%, SDLP 12%, SF 9%, Alliance 8% on a 30% turnout)
2001: ***UUP 38%, **DUP 26%, **SDLP 20%, SF 8%, Alliance 6%, PUP 2% on a 55%
turnout
1999 by-election: DUP 31%, *UUP 27%, SDLP 18%, SF 13%, Alliance 6%, PUP 6% on
a 33% turnout)
1997: ****UUP 46%, *SDLP 23%, *DUP 15%, *Alliance 10%, Lynn 3%, Greer 3% on
a 35% turnout
1993: ****UUP 49%, *DUP 16%, *Alliance 15%, *SDLP 15%, Dem Left 4%, WP 2% on
a 41% turnout
Westminster seat: South
Antrim
Includes these wards: Cranfield, Drumanaway, Randalstown, Shilvodan, Toome.
2005 Results
Alliance gain from UUP
| First Count: Robert Loughran, (SDLP) 1008 Henry Cushinan, (SF) 875 Stephen Nicholl, (UUP) 734 Trevor Clarke, (DUP) 696 Anthony Brady, (SF) 621 Samuel Clyde, (DUP) 598 Donovan McClelland, (SDLP) 418 Brian Johnston, (Ind) 255 |
Votes
by Party: SF: 1,496 (28.7%), 2 seats SDLP: 1,426 (27.4%), 1 seat DUP: 1,294 (24.9%), 1 seat UUP: 734 (14.1%), 1 seat Ind: 255 (4.9%) |
| Electorate: 8,345;
seats: 5; votes cast: 5,315; spoilt votes: 110 (2.1%); valid votes: 5,205 (97.9%); quota: 868 |
2001 Results
| First Count: Bobby Loughran, (SDLP) 1,093 Wilson Clyde, (DUP) 1,053 Martin Meehan, (SF) 1,007 Donovan McClelland, (SDLP) 678 Avril Swann, (UUP) 629 Stephen Nicholl, (UUP) 430 Robert Johnston, (NIUP) 413 Joseph McCavana, (SF) 384 Michael Donoghue, (Alliance) 133 |
Votes
by party: SDLP: 1,771 (30.4%), 2 seats SF: 1,391 (24.0%), 1 seat UUP: 1,059 (18.2%), 1 seat DUP: 1,053 (18.0%), 1 seat NIUP: 413 (7.1%) Alliance: 133 (2.3%) |
| Electorate 8,544; votes
cast: 5,929; spoilt votes: 109 (1.8%); valid votes: 5,820 (98.2%); quota: 971 |
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| 2001 Census: 6,940 "Catholic" (57.45%); 4,909 "Protestant" (40.64%); 68 Other (0.23%); 203 None (1.68%) | |
1997 Results
No change
| First Count: Bobby Loughran, (SDLP) 1,115 James Graham, (UUP) 1,063 Wilson Clyde, (DUP) 683 Henry Cushinan, (SF) 612 Donovan McClelland, (SDLP) 430 Avril Swann, (UUP) 254 George Picken, (Alliance) 133 |
Votes by party: SDLP: 1545 (36.0%), 2 seats UUP: 1,317 (30.7%), 1 seat DUP: 683 (15.9%), 1 seat SF: 612 (14.3%), 1 seat Alliance: 133 (3.1%) |
| Electorate: 8,059; seats: 5; valid votes: 4,290 (53.2%); quota: 716 |
1993 Results
| First Count: James Graham, (UUP) 1,167 Robert Joseph Loughran, (SDLP) 1,151 Samuel Wilson Clyde, (DUP) 747 Henry John Cushinan, (SF) 628 Donovan McClelland, (SDLP) 437 Kenneth Roderick Swann, (UUP) 269 |
Votes by Party: SDLP: 1,588 (36.1%), 2 seats UUP: 1,436 (32.6%), 1 seat DUP: 747 (17.0%), 1 seat SF: 628 (14.3%), 1 seat |
| Electorate: 7,627;
seats: 5; votes cast: 4,530; spoilt votes: 131 (2.9%); valid votes: 4,399 (97.1%), quota: 734 |
2005: **SF 29%, *SDLP 27%,
*DUP 25%, *UUP 14%, Ind 5% on a 62% turnout
2001: **SDLP 30%, *SF 24%,
*UUP 18%, *DUP 18%, NIUP 7%, Alliance 2% on a 68% turnout
(2000 by-election: UUP 37%, *SF 31%, SDLP 31% on a 46% turnout)
1997: **SDLP 36%, *UUP 31%, *DUP 16%, *SF 14%, Alliance 3% on a 53% turnout
1993: **SDLP 36%, *UUP 33%, *DUP 17%, *SF 14% on a 59% turnout
No change at all from 1993 to 1997. Cushinan (SF) was disqualified for bankruptcy in early 2000; Pauline Davey, also of SF, won the by-election on SDLP transfers after being only 4 votes ahead of the SDLP on the first count.

2005: DUP 6, UUP
5, SDLP 3, SF 3, Alliance 2
2001: UUP 7, DUP 5, SDLP 5, SF 2
1997: UUP 9, SDLP 4, DUP 3, Alliance 2, SF 1
1993: UUP 8, SDLP 4, DUP 3, Alliance 2, Ind U 1, SF 1
1989: UUP 10, SDLP 4, DUP 4, Alliance 1
1985: UUP 9, DUP 5, SDLP 3, Alliance 1, SF 1
1981: UUP 7, DUP 4, SDLP 2, Alliance 1, IIP 1
1977: UUP 8, DUP 3, Alliance 2, Oth 2
1973: UUP 9, Alliance 2, DUP 1, Vanguard 1, Oth 2
NB: 19 councillors since 1985 election, 15 before that. Boundaries changed in 1985 and again in 1993.
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