2005 Fermanagh District Council election
Local government election in Northern Ireland
Elections to Fermanagh District 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 23 councillors .
Election results
Fermanagh District Council Election Result 2005[ 1]
Party
Seats
Gains
Losses
Net gain/loss
Seats %
Votes %
Votes
+/−
Sinn Féin
9
0
0
0
39.1
37.4
11,611
3.9
UUP
5
0
2
1
21.7
22.0
6,830
8.8
SDLP
5
1
0
1
13.0
18.0
5,566
0.7
DUP
4
2
0
2
17.4
20.6
6,399
8.5
Independent
0
0
1
1
0.0
0.4
115
3.9
Socialist Party
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.3
406
New
Green (NI)
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.3
79
New
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Fermanagh District Council election, 2005 by district[ 1]
Ward
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
Total Cllrs
Sinn Féin
UUP
SDLP
DUP
Others
Enniskillen
28.5
2
20.5
1
18.2
2
28.2
2
4.6
0
7
Erne East
52.5
3
19.8
1
13.2
1
14.5
1
0.0
0
6
Erne North
18.5
1
33.4
2
20.1
1
27.9
1
0.0
0
5
Erne West
46.3
3
16.7
1
21.6
1
12.6
0
2.8
0
5
Total
37.4
9
22.0
5
18.0
5
20.6
4
2.0
0
23
District results
Enniskillen
2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from UUP and Independent
Enniskillen - 7 seats[ 2]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
DUP
Arlene Foster
23.57%
2,054
DUP
Joseph Dodds *
4.59%
400
1,132.73
UUP
Robert Irvine *
6.61%
576
660.6
694.48
1,097.48
Sinn Féin
Gerry McHugh *
9.62%
838
838.47
855.47
855.47
855.5
1,308.5
Sinn Féin
Pat Cox *
11.06%
964
964.47
1,011.47
1,012.47
1,012.47
1,195.47
SDLP
Frank Britton *
10.51%
916
918.35
1,046.35
1,058.58
1,060.23
1,094.23
SDLP
Patricia Rodgers
7.66%
668
670.35
742.35
751.52
752.96
772.96
973.96
UUP
Raymond Ferguson *
7.83%
682
742.63
770.57
912.35
942.26
943.73
950.73
Sinn Féin
Paddy Gilgunn*
7.85%
684
684.94
717.41
718.41
718.41
UUP
Basil Johnston
6.05%
527
586.69
601.16
Socialist Party
Paul Dale
4.66%
406
412.11
Electorate: 13,101 Valid: 8,715 (66.52%) Spoilt: 163 Quota: 1,090 Turnout: 8,878 (67.77%)
Erne East
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Erne East - 6 seats[ 2]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
DUP
Paul Robinson
14.52%
1,277
UUP
Harold Andrews *
11.62%
1,022
1,705
SDLP
Fergus McQuillan *
13.16%
1,157
1,169
1,555
Sinn Féin
Ruth Lynch *
13.61%
1,197
1,198
1,198
1,203
Sinn Féin
Tom O'Reilly *
13.41%
1,179
1,179
1,179
1,191
Sinn Féin
Brian McCaffrey *
12.87%
1,132
1,133
1,137
1,141
Sinn Féin
Seán Lynch
12.62%
1,110
1,110
1,110
1,111
UUP
Jean McVitty
8.18%
719
Electorate: 11,003 Valid: 8,793 (79.91%) Spoilt: 140 Quota: 1,257 Turnout: 8,933 (81.19%)
Erne North
2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2005: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2001-2005 Change: No change
Erne North - 5 seats[ 2]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
UUP
Tom Elliott *
26.81%
1,686
Sinn Féin
Breege McSorley
18.54%
1,166
DUP
Bert Johnston *
16.48%
1,036
1,149.24
SDLP
John O'Kane *
11.91%
749
756.22
819.53
829.46
1,273.46
UUP
Bertie Kerr *
3.24%
204
544.1
545.43
796.67
819.26
904.26
979.86
DUP
Mandy Mahon
11.45%
720
743.94
744.72
825.75
832.94
848.94
872.39
SDLP
Julie Dervan
8.22%
517
521.56
564.98
567.49
UUP
Gary Wilson
3.34%
210
354.4
354.79
Electorate: 8,898 Valid: 6,288 (70.67%) Spoilt: 111 Quota: 1,049 Turnout: 6,399 (71.92%)
Erne West
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2001-2005 Change: No change
Erne West - 5 seats[ 2]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
SDLP
Gerry Gallagher *
21.62%
1,559
Sinn Féin
Stephen Huggett *
15.55%
1,121
1,240.48
Sinn Féin
Póilín Uí Catháin
15.73%
1,134
1,175.18
1,210.18
Sinn Féin
Bernice Swift
15.06%
1,086
1,153.86
1,207.86
UUP
Alex Baird
9.56%
689
702.92
728.23
1,153.34
DUP
Cyril Brownlee
12.65%
912
916.93
922.80
1,022.99
UUP
Derrick Nixon
7.14%
515
532.69
561.32
Independent
Kevin Nolan
1.60%
115
158.79
Green (NI)
Laurence Speight
1.10%
79
125.69
Electorate: 9,424 Valid: 7,210 (76.51%) Spoilt: 135 Quota: 1,202 Turnout: 7,345 (77.94%)
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