Elections to Carrickfergus 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 17 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 !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Carrick Castle |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|41.1 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |9.1 |1 |26.3 |1 |23.5 |1 |5 |- |align="left"|Kilroot |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|42.0 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |14.1 |1 |23.5 |1 |20.4 |1 |6 |- |align="left"|Knockagh Monument |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|45.9 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |27.5 |2 |20.9 |1 |5.7 |0 |6 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |43.3 |8 |18.0 |4 |23.2 |3 |15.5 |2 |17
Districts results
Carrick Castle
2001: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 2005: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 2001-2005 Change: No change
Kilroot
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Alliance
Knockagh Monument
2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance 2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Alliance
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