2005 Derry City Council election

Elections to Derry City Council were held on 5 May 2005 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 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="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Cityside
 * 35.8
 * 2
 * bgcolor="#008800"|53.2
 * bgcolor="#008800"|3
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 11.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Northland
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|54.2
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|4
 * 40.1
 * 3
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5.7
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Rural
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|35.8
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
 * 18.3
 * 1
 * 28.0
 * 2
 * 10.2
 * 0
 * 7.7
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Shantallow
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|54.1
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
 * 42.4
 * 2
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 3.5
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Waterside
 * 22.1
 * 2
 * 16.3
 * 1
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|48.7
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
 * 10.8
 * 1
 * 2.1
 * 0
 * 7
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 41.0
 * 14
 * 32.8
 * 10
 * 16.1
 * 5
 * 4.4
 * 1
 * 5.7
 * 0
 * 30
 * }
 * 4.4
 * 1
 * 5.7
 * 0
 * 30
 * }
 * }

Cityside
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP

2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP

2001-2005 Change: No change

Northland
2001: 4 x SDLP, 3 x Sinn Féin

2005: 4 x SDLP, 3 x Sinn Féin

2001-2005 Change: No change

Rural
2001: 3 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2005: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Shantallow
2001: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin

2005: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin

2001-2005 Change: No change

Waterside
2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2001-2005 Change: No change