2005 Banbridge District Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2005

Elections to Banbridge District 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.

2005 Banbridge District Council election

5 May 2005 (2005-05-05)
All 17 seats to Banbridge District Council 9 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party DUP UUP SDLP Seats won 7 5 3 Seat change 2 2   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Sinn Féin Alliance Independent Seats won 1 1 0 Seat change 1 1
Party with the most votes by district.

Election results

Banbridge District Council Election Result 2005

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	DUP	7	2	0	2	41.2	38.3	7,251	10.6
	UUP	5	0	2	2	29.4	32.4	6,122	5.0
	SDLP	3	0	0		17.6	15.9	2,999	3.3
	Sinn Féin	1	1	0	1	5.9	6.3	1,187	2.6
	Alliance	1	0	0		5.9	4.5	856	2.5
	Independent	0	0	1	1	0.0	2.6	498	3.3

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Banbridge District Council election, 2005
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	DUP		UUP		SDLP		Sinn Féin		Alliance		Others
Banbridge Town	32.8	2	38.3	2	19.9	1	0.0	0	9.0	1	0.0	0	6
Dromore	49.8	3	31.3	1	11.8	1	7.1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	5
Knockiveagh	33.2	2	27.8	2	15.7	1	11.3	1	4.5	0	7.5	0	6
Total	38.3	7	32.4	5	15.9	3	6.3	1	4.5	1	2.6	0	17

Districts results

Banbridge Town

2001: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
2005: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Banbridge Town - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	UUP	Joan Baird*	24.17%	1,501
	SDLP	Patrick McAleenan*	19.91%	1,236
	DUP	Jim McElroy*	17.54%	1,089
	DUP	Junior McCrum	15.25%	947
	Alliance	Frank McQuaid*	8.95%	556	593.8	920.54
	UUP	Ian Burns*	8.84%	549	724.14	729.72	839.44	862.93	876.13
	UUP	Derick Bell*	5.33%	331	727.06	740.7	824.68	857.08	873.8
Electorate: 10,610   Valid: 6,209 (58.52%)   Spoilt: 102   Quota: 888   Turnout: 6,311 (59.48%)

Dromore

2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Dromore - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	UUP	Tyrone Howe	21.64%	1,304
	DUP	Norah Beare*	21.44%	1,292
	SDLP	Cassie McDermott*	11.82%	712	725.11	1,054.11
	DUP	David Herron*	13.91%	838	858.24	862.24	1,055.84
	DUP	Paul Rankin*	14.44%	870	897.14	897.6	976.8
	UUP	William Martin*	9.63%	580	814.6	834.83	843.85
	Sinn Féin	Francis Branniff	7.12%	429	429.92
Electorate: 9,542   Valid: 6,025 (63.14%)   Spoilt: 94   Quota: 1,005   Turnout: 6,119 (64.13%)

Knockiveagh

2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2005: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Independent

Knockiveagh - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SDLP	Seamus Doyle*	15.74%	1,051
	DUP	Stephen Herron*	15.36%	1,026
	UUP	John Ingram*	13.15%	878	882.68	927.58	932.74	1,176.74
	UUP	John Hanna*	8.88%	593	594.71	674.15	675.95	784.37	964.85
	DUP	Wilfred McFadden*	11.08%	740	740.54	755.54	792.98	826.64	852.56	1,272.56
	Sinn Féin	Dessie Ward	11.35%	758	787.25	798.31	798.31	801.67	802.63	804.65	804.65
	Independent	Malachy McCartan*	7.46%	498	534.99	610.73	610.85	620.54	625.34	636.96	723.96
	DUP	Ian Wilson	6.72%	449	449.27	460.27	475.63	493.26	501.9
	UUP	John McCallister	5.78%	386	387.53	423.71	425.15
	Alliance	David Griffin	4.49%	300	315.57
Electorate: 10,151   Valid: 6,679 (65.80%)   Spoilt: 117   Quota: 955   Turnout: 6,796 (66.95%)