2005 Limavady Borough Council election

Elections to Limavady 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 15 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="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Bellarena
 * 25.3
 * 2
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|30.0
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|1
 * 29.6
 * 1
 * 15.1
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Benbradagh
 * bgcolor="#008800"|49.8
 * bgcolor="#008800"|3
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 20.1
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 30.1
 * 1
 * 5
 * align="left"|Limavady Town
 * 17.6
 * 1
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|44.1
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 18.1
 * 1
 * 20.2
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 31.3
 * 6
 * 23.9
 * 3
 * 23.2
 * 3
 * 11.5
 * 2
 * 10.1
 * 1
 * 15
 * }
 * 10.1
 * 1
 * 15
 * }
 * }

Bellarena
2001: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

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

2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Benbradagh
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x United Unionist, 1 x SDLP

2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x United Unionist, 1 x SDLP

2001-2005 Change: No change

Limavady Town
2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

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

2001-2005 Change: DUP and Sinn Féin gain from UUP and Independent