Elections to Derry 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 !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Cityside |35.8 |2 |bgcolor="#008800"|53.2 |bgcolor="#008800"|3 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |11.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Northland |bgcolor="#99FF66"|54.2 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|4 |40.1 |3 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |5.7 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Rural |bgcolor="#99FF66"|35.8 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|3 |18.3 |1 |28.0 |2 |10.2 |0 |7.7 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Shantallow |bgcolor="#99FF66"|54.1 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|3 |42.4 |2 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |3.5 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Waterside |22.1 |2 |16.3 |1 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|48.7 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |10.8 |1 |2.1 |0 |7 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |41.0 |14 |32.8 |10 |16.1 |5 |4.4 |1 |5.7 |0 |30
District results
Cityside
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP 2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP 2001-2005 Change: No change
Northland
2001: 4 x SDLP, 3 x Sinn Féin 2005: 4 x SDLP, 3 x Sinn Féin 2001-2005 Change: No change
Rural
2001: 3 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP 2005: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Shantallow
2001: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin 2005: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin 2001-2005 Change: No change
Waterside
2001: 3 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP 2005: 3 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP 2001-2005 Change: No change
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