2005 Newtownabbey Borough Council election

Elections to Newtownabbey 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 25 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="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Antrim Line
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|34.7
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
 * 17.9
 * 1
 * 9.5
 * 1
 * 17.9
 * 1
 * 16.0
 * 1
 * 4.0
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Ballyclare
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|56.0
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
 * 33.8
 * 2
 * 6.7
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 3.5
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Macedon
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|49.5
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
 * 10.1
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 3.7
 * 0
 * 5.9
 * 0
 * 30.8
 * 2
 * 6
 * align="left"|University
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|40.8
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
 * 29.2
 * 2
 * 12.4
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 17.6
 * 1
 * 7
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 43.9
 * 12
 * 23.3
 * 6
 * 8.0
 * 2
 * 6.1
 * 1
 * 5.9
 * 1
 * 12.8
 * 3
 * 25
 * }
 * 1
 * 12.8
 * 3
 * 25
 * }
 * }

Antrim Line
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

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

2001-2005 Change: DUP and Alliance gain from UUP and SDLP

Ballyclare
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP

2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Macedon
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x UUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers

2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Ratepayers, 1 x Independent

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Independent

University
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x United Unionist

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

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP