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| United Kingdom local elections, 2005 | ||||
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| 38 English county and unitary councils 26 Northern Irish district and borough councils |
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| 5 May 2005 | ||||
| Majority party | Minority party | Third party | ||
| Leader | Michael Howard | Tony Blair | Charles Kennedy | |
| Party | Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrat | |
| Leader since | November 2003 | 21 July 1994 | 9 August 1999 | |
| Percentage | 40 | 28 | 25 | |
| Councils | 24 | 6 | 3 | |
| Councils +/- | +7 | -1 | +3 | |
| Councillors | 1193 | 612 | 493 | |
| Councillors +/- | +152 | −114 | +40
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Elections for local government were held in the England and Northern Ireland on 5 May 2005 along with the 2005 general election across the entire United Kingdom. In addition, the Isle of Wight held a local referendum on the issue of a directly-elected mayor.
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England Results
| Party | Councils | Councillors | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Change | Total | Change | Total | ||
| Conservative | +7 | 24 | +152 | 1193 | |
| Labour | –1 | 6 | –114 | 612 | |
| Liberal Democrat | +3 | 3 | +40 | 493 | |
| Green | 0 | 0 | +6 | 8 | |
| Residents Associations | 0 | 0 | –3 | 8 | |
| Liberal | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | |
| Health Concern | 0 | 0 | -5 | 1 | |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | |
| Other | 0 | 0 | –26 | 96 | |
| No Overall Control | -9 | 4 | — | — | |
Source: BBC local election results for England[1]
Directly-elected mayors
| District | Winner | Party | Incumbent | Party | Election details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doncaster | Labour | Martin Winter | Labour | ||
| Hartlepool | Stuart Drummond | Independent | Stuart Drummond | Independent | |
| North Tyneside | John Harrison | Labour | Linda Arkley | Conservative | North Tyneside mayoral election, 2005 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | Mark Meredith | Labour | Mike Wolfe | Independent |
England County councils
All shire county county council seats were up for re-election.
Unitary authorities
| Bristol (Council) | NOC hold | 1/3 | |
| Isle of Wight (Council) | NOC to Conservatives | all up | Isle of Wight Council election, 2005 |
| Isles of Scilly | Independent hold | all up | |
| Stockton-on-Tees (Council) | NOC gain from Labour | all up |
Northern Ireland district and borough councils
All seats were up for election in the 26 districts of Northern Ireland. The many parties and the use of the single transferable vote meant that most councils ended up in no overall control. The DUP gained majority control of three councils: Ards, Ballymena, and Castlereagh.
Results summary
| Party | Councillors | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Change | Total | % share | Total | ||
| Democratic Unionist | +51 | 182 | 30 | 208,278 | |
| Sinn Féin | +18 | 126 | 23 | 163,205 | |
| Ulster Unionist | -39 | 115 | 18 | 126,317 | |
| Social Democratic and Labour | -16 | 101 | 17 | 121,991 | |
| Alliance | +2 | 30 | 5 | 35,149 | |
| Independent | -14 | 20 | 4 | 27,677 | |
| Green (NI) | +3 | 3 | 1 | 5,703 | |
| Progressive Unionist | -2 | 2 | 1 | 4,591 | |
| United Unionist | 0 | 2 | 0.3 | 2,064 | |
| Newtownabbey Ratepayers | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | 1,897 | |
| Socialist Environmental | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1,321 | |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1,164 | |
| Workers Party | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1,052 | |
| Socialist Party | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 828 | |
| NI Women's Coalition | -1 | 0 | 0.1 | 738 | |
| UK Unionist | -2 | 0 | 0.1 | 734 | |
Source: ARK research and knowledge group[2]
References
- ^ BBC News Election 2005
- ^ Local Government Elections 2005, Northern Ireland, ARK research and knowledge group
| Preceded by United Kingdom local elections, 2004 |
United Kingdom local elections | Succeeded by United Kingdom local elections, 2006 |
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