# Dromore (District Electoral Area)

Dromore was one of the three district electoral areas in Banbridge, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 2014. The district elected five members to Banbridge District Council, and formed part of the Lagan Valley constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, and contained the wards of Croob, Dromore North, Dromore South, Garran and Quilly. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections and largely moved into the Lagan River DEA.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) |
| 2011 | Paul Gribben (Sinn Féin) | Carol Black (UUP) | Olive Mercer (UUP) | Paul Rankin (DUP) | Hazel Gamble (DUP) |
| 2008 | Paul Gribben (Sinn Féin) | Carol Black (UUP) | Norah Beare (DUP/ (UUP) | Paul Rankin (DUP) | David Herron (DUP) |
| 2005 | Cassie McDermott (SDLP) | Tyrone Howe (UUP) | Norah Beare (DUP/ (UUP) | Paul Rankin (DUP) | David Herron (DUP) |
| 2001 | Cassie McDermott (SDLP) | William Martin (UUP) | Norah Beare (DUP/ (UUP) | Paul Rankin (DUP) | David Herron (DUP) |
| 1997 | Cassie McDermott (SDLP) | William Martin (UUP) | William McCracken (UUP) | Thomas Gribben (UUP) | David Herron (DUP) |
| 1993 | Cassie McDermott (SDLP) | William Martin (UUP) | William McCracken (UUP) | Drew Nelson (UUP) | David Herron (DUP) |
| 1989 | Cassie McDermott (SDLP) | William Martin (UUP) | William McCracken (UUP) | Drew Nelson (UUP) | Robert Hill (UUP) |
| 1985 | Cassie McDermott (SDLP) | William Martin (UUP) | Robert Barr (UUP) | Brian Biggerstaff (DUP) | Robert Hill (UUP) |

## 2011 Election

2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2005-2011 Change: UUP and Sinn Féin gain from DUP and SDLP
Dromore - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | DUP | Paul Rankin* | 16.49% | 967 | 1,013 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Hazel Gamble* | 16.08% | 943 | 983 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Carol Black | 13.98% | 820 | 883 | 976 | 982.23 | | | |
| | UUP | Olive Mercer | 12.05% | 707 | 751 | 842 | 850.01 | 850.86 | 851.7 | 923.7 |
| | Sinn Féin | Paul Gribben | 10.18% | 597 | 597 | 604 | 604 | 604 | 604 | 880 |
| | DUP | Norah Beare* | 11.68% | 685 | 705 | 746 | 766.47 | 770.38 | 773.74 | 814.74 |
| | SDLP | Louis Boyle | 8.32% | 488 | 488 | 601 | 601 | 601.17 | 601.17 | |
| | Alliance | David Griffin | 6.97% | 409 | 422 | | | | | |
| | TUV | Lyle Rea | 4.25% | 249 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,290 Valid: 5,865 (57.00%) Spoilt: 59 Quota: 978 Turnout: 5,924 (57.57%) |||||||||||

## 2008 By-Election

Dromore by-election 13 February 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | UUP | Carol Black | 24.2 | 912 | 937 | 1,119 | 1,194 | 1,571 |
| | DUP | Paul Stewart | 28.3 | 1,069 | 1,074 | 1,127 | 1,178 | 1,505 |
| | TUV | Keith Harbinson | 19.6 | 739 | 742 | 801 | 828 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Paul Gribben | 9.3 | 350 | 507 | 567 | | |
| | Alliance | David Griffin | 9.5 | 357 | 479 | | | |
| | SDLP | Paul Gribben | 7.7 | 290 | | | | |
| | Green (NI) | Helen Corry | 1.6 | 59 | | | | |
| Valid: 3,776 Spoilt: 17 Quota: 1,889 Turnout: 3,793 |||||||||

## 2005 Election

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 | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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%) ||||||||

## 2001 Election

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Dromore - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | DUP | Paul Rankin | 22.43% | 1,375 | | |
| | SDLP | Cassie McDermott* | 19.61% | 1,202 | | |
| | DUP | David Herron* | 16.84% | 1,032 | | |
| | UUP | William Martin* | 14.59% | 894 | 905 | 1,033.7 |
| | UUP | Norah Beare | 14.62% | 896 | 910 | 1,020.22 |
| | UUP | Thompson Howe | 11.18% | 685 | 696 | 806.22 |
| | NI Unionist | Joseph McIlwaine | 0.73% | 45 | | |
| Electorate: 9,149 Valid: 6,129 (66.99%) Spoilt: 103 Quota: 1,022 Turnout: 6,232 (68.12%) |||||||

## 1997 Election

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: No change
Dromore - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | UUP | William McCracken* | 28.77% | 1,358 | | | |
| | UUP | Thomas Gribben | 14.13% | 667 | 919.84 | | |
| | UUP | William Martin* | 15.02% | 709 | 876.16 | | |
| | DUP | David Herron* | 16.31% | 770 | 836.36 | | |
| | SDLP | Cassie McDermott* | 15.44% | 729 | 732.78 | 735.98 | 816.98 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Robert Hill | 6.06% | 286 | 349 | 467.8 | 539.36 |
| | Alliance | Julian Crozier | 4.28% | 202 | 209.98 | 218.78 | |
| Electorate: 8,457 Valid: 4,721 (55.82%) Spoilt: 66 Quota: 787 Turnout: 4,787 (56.60%) ||||||||

## 1993 Election

1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1989-1993 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Dromore - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | UUP | Drew Nelson* | 19.63% | 980 | | |
| | SDLP | Cassie McDermott* | 19.05% | 951 | | |
| | DUP | David Herron | 17.48% | 873 | | |
| | UUP | William Martin* | 15.44% | 771 | 794.4 | 854.85 |
| | UUP | William McCracken* | 14.92% | 745 | 826 | 845.53 |
| | UUP | Robert Hill* | 13.48% | 673 | 711.1 | 748.61 |
| Electorate: 7,917 Valid: 4,993 (63.07%) Spoilt: 70 Quota: 833 Turnout: 5,063 (63.95%) |||||||

## 1989 Election

1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Dromore - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | UUP | Drew Nelson | 20.81% | 1,109 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Cassie McDermott* | 18.31% | 976 | | | | | |
| | UUP | William Martin* | 15.87% | 846 | 874.8 | 876 | 916.32 | | |
| | UUP | Robert Hill* | 14.39% | 767 | 814 | 821.4 | 844.36 | 893.36 | |
| | UUP | William McCracken | 10.68% | 569 | 669.8 | 676 | 683.56 | 729.96 | 822.6 |
| | DUP | Robert McIlroy | 8.37% | 446 | 458.2 | 467.4 | 475.24 | 495.12 | 784.36 |
| | DUP | William Lough | 6.14% | 327 | 346.4 | 350.6 | 354.24 | 439.4 | |
| | Ulster Democratic | Colin Halliday | 4.07% | 217 | 224.4 | 268.8 | 271.32 | | |
| | Ulster Democratic | Thomas Dickson | 1.37% | 73 | 74.6 | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,883 Valid: 5,330 (67.61%) Spoilt: 103 Quota: 889 Turnout: 5,433 (68.92%) ||||||||||

## 1985 Election

1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
Dromore - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | DUP | Brian Biggerstaff* | 18.79% | 923 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Robert Barr | 17.48% | 859 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Robert Hill* | 13.13% | 645 | 662 | 684.66 | 833.66 | | | |
| | SDLP | Cassie McDermott | 9.44% | 464 | 465 | 466.1 | 473.1 | 474.15 | 474.15 | 904.15 |
| | UUP | William Martin | 11.66% | 573 | 580 | 582.42 | 760.28 | 787.73 | 800.45 | 809.45 |
| | DUP | Robert McIlroy | 8.51% | 418 | 575 | 640.78 | 660.99 | 668.34 | 669.9 | 670.9 |
| | SDLP | Bernard Rice | 9.57% | 470 | 471 | 471 | 471 | 471.2 | 471.2 | |
| | UUP | James McRoberts | 7.21% | 354 | 373 | 380.04 | | | | |
| | DUP | Robert McGregor | 4.21% | 207 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,240 Valid: 4,913 (67.86%) Spoilt: 116 Quota: 819 Turnout: 5,029 (69.46%) |||||||||||