2005 Ards Borough Council election

Elections to Ards Borough 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
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! %
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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Ards East
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|56.1
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|4
 * 28.6
 * 2
 * 11.2
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 4.1
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Ards West
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|53.0
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
 * 31.8
 * 2
 * 15.3
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Newtownards
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|50.8
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 24.3
 * 2
 * 14.4
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 10.5
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Peninsula
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|48.8
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 11.4
 * 1
 * 16.0
 * 1
 * 14.8
 * 1
 * 9.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 52.4
 * 12
 * 24.5
 * 7
 * 14.1
 * 3
 * 3.4
 * 1
 * 5.6
 * 0
 * 23
 * }
 * 5.6
 * 0
 * 23
 * }
 * }

Ards East
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

2005: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain (two seats) from UUP and Alliance

Ards West
2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2001-2005 Change: No change

Newtownards
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Independent

Peninsula
2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2001-2005 Change: No change