Elections to Lisburn 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
|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Downshire |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|48.7 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |36.8 |2 |1.3 |0 |13.2 |1 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Dunmurry Cross |13.6 |1 |6.7 |0 |bgcolor="#008800"|58.2 |bgcolor="#008800"|4 |0.0 |0 |21.5 |2 |0.0 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Killultagh |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|48.4 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |21.5 |1 |7.7 |0 |6.9 |0 |11.6 |1 |3.9 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Lisburn Town North |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|44.6 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |31.8 |3 |2.3 |0 |12.7 |1 |5.8 |0 |2.8 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Lisburn Town South |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|59.8 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|4 |17.3 |1 |2.7 |0 |17.7 |1 |2.6 |0 |0.0 |0 |6 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |40.7 |13 |22.7 |7 |16.6 |4 |9.2 |3 |8.5 |3 |2.3 |0 |30
Districts results
Downshire
2001: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance 2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Dunmurry Cross
2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Killultagh
2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Lisburn Town North
2001: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent 2005: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 2001-2005 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from UUP and Independent
Lisburn Town South
2001: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent 2005: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 2001-2005 Change: DUP (three seats) gain from UUP (two seats) and Independent
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