2005 Newry and Mourne District Council election

Elections to Newry and Mourne District 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 ! %
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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Green !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Crotlieve
 * 31.2
 * 2
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|39.4
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
 * 4.8
 * 0
 * 2.8
 * 0
 * 8.1
 * 1
 * 13.7
 * 1
 * 7
 * align="left"|Newry Town
 * bgcolor="#008800"|46.5
 * bgcolor="#008800"|3
 * 30.5
 * 3
 * 6.4
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 16.6
 * 1
 * 7
 * align="left"|Slieve Gullion
 * bgcolor="#008800"|76.1
 * bgcolor="#008800"|4
 * 23.9
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|The Fews
 * bgcolor="#008800"|43.4
 * bgcolor="#008800"|3
 * 26.9
 * 1
 * 21.5
 * 1
 * 8.3
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|The Mournes
 * 12.2
 * 1
 * 23.2
 * 1
 * 25.2
 * 2
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|26.4
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 13.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 42.1
 * 13
 * 29.5
 * 9
 * 10.8
 * 3
 * 6.7
 * 2
 * 2.0
 * 1
 * 8.9
 * 2
 * 30
 * }
 * 1
 * 8.9
 * 2
 * 30
 * }
 * }

Crotlieve
2001: 4 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent

2005: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Green, 1 x Independent

2001-2005 Change: Green gain from SDLP

Newry Town
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 3 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 3 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

2001-2005 Change: No change

Slieve Gullion
2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

2001-2005 Change: No change

The Fews
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

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

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP

The Mournes
2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

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

2001-2005 Change: No change