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2005 Banbridge District Council election
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Local govt election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 2005
2005 Banbridge District Council election parliamentary no 2001 Banbridge District Council election 2001 2005 05 5 y 2011 Banbridge District Council election 2011 All 17 seats to Banbridge District Council 9 Democratic Unionist Party 7 2 Ulster Unionist Party 5 2 Social Democratic and Labour Party 3 Sinn Féin 1 1 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 1 Independent (politician) 0 1 File:Banbridge 2005 election.svg Party with the most votes by district.
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.
Election results
Banbridge District Council Election Result 2005https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgbanbridge.htm Banbridge District Council, 1993-2011 www.ark.ac.uk
Democratic Unionist Party
7
2
0
2
41.2
38.3
7,251
10.6
Ulster Unionist Party
5
0
2
2
29.4
32.4
6,122
5.0
Social Democratic and Labour Party
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 Party of Northern Ireland
1
0
0
5.9
4.5
856
2.5
Independent (politician)
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, 2005by district yes
|- 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="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Sinn Féin" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Banbridge Town
|32.8
|2
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|38.3
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|19.9
|1
|0.0
|0
|9.0
|1
|0.0
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Dromore
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|49.8
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
|31.3
|1
|11.8
|1
|7.1
|0
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Knockiveagh
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|33.2
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|27.8
|2
|15.7
|1
|11.3
|1
|4.5
|0
|7.5
|0
|6
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| 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 seatsLocal Government Results 2005 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/9b9d7e45-e0c5-4495-a284-5900bfd8e88f/Local-Government-Election-Results-2005/Local-Government-Election-Results-2005 EONI 21 July 2021
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Ulster Unionist Party
Joan Baird*
1,501
24.17%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick McAleenan*
1,236
19.91%
Democratic Unionist Party
Jim McElroy*
1,089
17.54%
Democratic Unionist Party
Junior McCrum
947
15.25%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Frank McQuaid*
556
8.95%
593.8
920.54
Ulster Unionist Party
Ian Burns*
549
8.84%
724.14
729.72
839.44
862.93
876.13
Ulster Unionist Party
Derick Bell*
331
5.33%
727.06
740.7
824.68
857.08
873.8
6
10,610
6,209 (58.52%)
102
888
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
4
Ulster Unionist Party
Tyrone Howe
1,304
21.64%
Democratic Unionist Party
Norah Beare*
1,292
21.44%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Cassie McDermott*
712
11.82%
725.11
1,054.11
Democratic Unionist Party
David Herron*
838
13.91%
858.24
862.24
1,055.84
Democratic Unionist Party
Paul Rankin*
870
14.44%
897.14
897.6
976.8
Ulster Unionist Party
William Martin*
580
9.63%
814.6
834.83
843.85
Sinn Féin
Francis Branniff
429
7.12%
429.92
4
9,542
6,025 (63.14%)
94
1,005
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
8
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seamus Doyle*
1,051
15.74%
Democratic Unionist Party
Stephen Herron*
1,026
15.36%
Ulster Unionist Party
John Ingram*
878
13.15%
882.68
927.58
932.74
1,176.74
Ulster Unionist Party
John Hanna*
593
8.88%
594.71
674.15
675.95
784.37
964.85
Democratic Unionist Party
Wilfred McFadden*
740
11.08%
740.54
755.54
792.98
826.64
852.56
1,272.56
Sinn Féin
Dessie Ward
758
11.35%
787.25
798.31
798.31
801.67
802.63
804.65
804.65
Independent (politician)
Malachy McCartan*
498
7.46%
534.99
610.73
610.85
620.54
625.34
636.96
723.96
Democratic Unionist Party
Ian Wilson
449
6.72%
449.27
460.27
475.63
493.26
501.9
Ulster Unionist Party
John McCallister
386
5.78%
387.53
423.71
425.15
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
David Griffin
300
4.49%
315.57
8
10,151
6,679 (65.80%)
117
955
6,796 (66.95%)
References
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