2005 Carrickfergus Borough Council election

Elections to Carrickfergus Borough 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 17 councillors.

Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! %
 * - class="unsortable" align="centre"

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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Carrick Castle
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|41.1
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 9.1
 * 1
 * 26.3
 * 1
 * 23.5
 * 1
 * 5
 * align="left"|Kilroot
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|42.0
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
 * 14.1
 * 1
 * 23.5
 * 1
 * 20.4
 * 1
 * 6
 * align="left"|Knockagh Monument
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|45.9
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
 * 27.5
 * 2
 * 20.9
 * 1
 * 5.7
 * 0
 * 6
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 43.3
 * 8
 * 18.0
 * 4
 * 23.2
 * 3
 * 15.5
 * 2
 * 17
 * }
 * 15.5
 * 2
 * 17
 * }
 * }

Carrick Castle
2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

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

2001-2005 Change: No change

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

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

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Alliance

Knockagh Monument
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance

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

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Alliance