# Bann (District Electoral Area)

Bann is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland. The district elects five members to Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council and contains the wards of Aghadowey, Castlerock, Garvagh, Kilrea and Macosquin. Bann forms part of the East Londonderry constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Coleraine Area A which had existed since 1973, where it contained seven wards (Agivey, Castlerock, Garvagh, Kilrea, Macosquin, Ringsent and The Cuts). For the 1993 local elections it was reduced to six wards, losing The Cuts to the new Coleraine Central DEA. For the 2014 local elections it was reduced to five wards.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) |
| 2023 | Ciarán Archibald (Sinn Féin) | Sean Bateson (Sinn Féin) | Richard Holmes (UUP) | Dawn Huggins (DUP) | Michelle Knight-McQuillan (DUP) | 5 seats 2014–present | 5 seats 2014–present | 6 seats 1993–2014 | 6 seats 1993–2014 |
| February 2023 Defection | Helena Dallat O'Driscoll (SDLP) | Sean Bateson (Sinn Féin) | Richard Holmes (UUP) | Adrian McQuillan (DUP)/ (Independent) | Michelle Knight-McQuillan (DUP) | 5 seats 2014–present | 5 seats 2014–present | 6 seats 1993–2014 | 6 seats 1993–2014 |
| 2019 | Helena Dallat O'Driscoll (SDLP) | Sean Bateson (Sinn Féin) | Richard Holmes (UUP) | Adrian McQuillan (DUP)/ (Independent) | Michelle Knight-McQuillan (DUP) | 5 seats 2014–present | 5 seats 2014–present | 6 seats 1993–2014 | 6 seats 1993–2014 |
| 2014 | Róisín Loftus (SDLP) | William King (UUP) | Richard Holmes (UUP) | Sam Cole (DUP) | Michelle Knight-McQuillan (DUP) | 5 seats 2014–present | 5 seats 2014–present | 6 seats 1993–2014 | 6 seats 1993–2014 |
| 2011 | Róisín Loftus (SDLP) | William King (UUP) | Richard Holmes (UUP) | Sam Cole (DUP) | Adrian McQuillan (DUP) | | Ciarán Archibald (Sinn Féin) | 6 seats 1993–2014 | 6 seats 1993–2014 |
| 2005 | John Dallat (SDLP) | William King (UUP) | Olive Church (UUP) | Sam Cole (DUP) | Adrian McQuillan (DUP) | | Billy Leonard (Sinn Féin) | 6 seats 1993–2014 | 6 seats 1993–2014 |
| 2001 | John Dallat (SDLP) | William King (UUP) | Olive Church (UUP) | William Watt (UUP) | Adrian McQuillan (DUP) | | Eamon Mullan (SDLP) | 6 seats 1993–2014 | 6 seats 1993–2014 |
| 1997 | John Dallat (SDLP) | William King (UUP) | Olive Church (UUP) | William Watt (UUP) | Robert Bolton (DUP) | | Eamon Mullan (SDLP) | 6 seats 1993–2014 | 6 seats 1993–2014 |
| 1993 | John Dallat (SDLP) | William King (UUP) | Olive Church (UUP) | William Watt (UUP) | Robert Bolton (DUP) | | Gerard O'Kane (SDLP) | 6 seats 1993–2014 | 6 seats 1993–2014 |
| 1989 | John Dallat (SDLP) | William King (UUP) | Creighton Hutchinson (UUP) | William Watt (UUP) | Robert Catherwood (DUP) | | Gerard O'Kane (SDLP) | | John Moody (UUP) |
| 1985 | John Dallat (SDLP) | William King (UUP) | Creighton Hutchinson (UUP) | William Watt (UUP) | Robert Catherwood (DUP) | | Gerard O'Kane (SDLP) | | John Moody (UUP) |

## 2023 Election

2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Bann - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Sinn Féin | Sean Bateson* | 16.13% | 1,277 | 1,312.00 | 1,450.00 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Michelle Knight-McQuillan* | 13.31% | 1,054 | 1,054.00 | 1,057.00 | 1,160.00 | 1,160.00 | 1,183.00 | 1,523.00 | |
| | DUP | Dawn Huggins | 10.75% | 851 | 853.00 | 856.00 | 985.00 | 985.00 | 1,009.00 | 1,144.00 | 1,283.50 |
| | Sinn Féin | Ciarán Archibald | 10.89% | 862 | 898.00 | 1,006.00 | 1,006.00 | 1,122.00 | 1,258.00 | 1,272.00 | 1,272.62 |
| | UUP | Richard Holmes* | 9.88% | 782 | 788.00 | 793.00 | 889.00 | 889.00 | 1,009.00 | 1,200.00 | 1,238.44 |
| | UUP | Andrew Kerr | 9.60% | 760 | 768.00 | 770.00 | 815.00 | 815.00 | 964.00 | 1,042.00 | 1,064.32 |
| | Independent | Adrian McQuillan* | 8.85% | 701 | 715.00 | 724.00 | 789.00 | 791.00 | 883.00 | | |
| | Alliance | Joe Hutchinson | 7.24% | 573 | 693.00 | 746.00 | 755.00 | 766.00 | | | |
| | TUV | William Craig | 5.76% | 456 | 461.00 | 463.00 | | | | | |
| | Aontú | Gemma Brolly | 4.24% | 336 | 364.00 | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Ryan Barkley | 2.19% | 173 | | | | | | | |
| | Green (NI) | Jen McCahon | 1.16% | 92 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,347 Valid: 7,917 (59.32%) Spoilt: 70 Quota: 1,320 Turnout: 7,987 (59.84%) ||||||||||||

## 2019 Election

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2014-2019 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
Bann - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Sinn Féin | Sean Bateson | 19.29% | 1,403 | | | | |
| | DUP | Adrian McQuillan ‡ | 14.40% | 1,047 | 1,048.12 | 1,173.12 | 1,180.28 | 1,307.28 |
| | UUP | Richard Holmes* | 13.26% | 964 | 964.8 | 1055.8 | 1,121.6 | 1,248.6 |
| | DUP | Michelle Knight-McQuillan* | 10.74% | 781 | 781.48 | 862.48 | 870.48 | 1,241.48 |
| | SDLP | Helena Dallat O'Driscoll | 9.43% | 686 | 846.16 | 853.16 | 1,138.44 | 1,144.6 |
| | UUP | William King* | 10.99% | 799 | 799 | 848 | 922 | 986 |
| | DUP | Sam Cole* | 8.79% | 639 | 639.48 | 714.48 | 721.64 | |
| | Alliance | Charlie McConaghy | 6.75% | 491 | 511.64 | 522.64 | | |
| | PUP | Timmy Reid | 3.45% | 251 | 251 | | | |
| | TUV | Elizabeth Collins | 2.94% | 214 | 214 | | | |
| Electorate: 12,656 Valid: 7,272 (57.45%) Spoilt: 78 Quota: 1,213 Turnout: 7,272 (58.07%) |||||||||

## 2014 Election

2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2014: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2011-2014 Change: Sinn Féin loss due to the reduction of one seat
Bann - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | UUP | William King* | 17.13% | 1,127 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Michelle Knight-McQuillan* | 15.58% | 1,025 | 1,166 | | | | |
| | UUP | Richard Holmes* | 13.38% | 880 | 1,140 | | | | |
| | DUP | Sam Cole* | 13.56% | 892 | 1,063 | 1,127.66 | | | |
| | SDLP | Róisín Loftus* | 13.30% | 875 | 981 | 984.66 | 1,023.36 | 1,030.07 | 1,057.79 |
| | Sinn Féin | Ciaran Archibald* | 15.11% | 994 | 1,010 | 1,010 | 1,014.3 | 1,014.3 | 1,015.84 |
| | TUV | Elizabeth Collins | 8.36% | 550 | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Charlie McConaghy | 3.57% | 235 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,175 Valid: 6,578 (54.03%) Spoilt: 77 Quota: 1,097 Turnout: 6,655 (54.66%) ||||||||||

## 2011 Election

2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2005-2011 Change: No change
Bann - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | DUP | Adrian McQuillan* | 22.04% | 1,440 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Ciaran Archibald | 16.47% | 1,076 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | William King* | 14.35% | 938 | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Sam Cole* | 9.53% | 623 | 860.96 | 861.68 | 940.68 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Roisin Loftus | 8.91% | 582 | 583.44 | 656.7 | 658.7 | 701.42 | 701.42 | 711.86 | 1,070.86 |
| | UUP | Richard Holmes | 5.55% | 363 | 379.2 | 379.38 | 440.26 | 480.62 | 481.72 | 838.48 | 846.38 |
| | DUP | Angela Torrens | 3.41% | 223 | 429.64 | 429.82 | 465.78 | 491.78 | 496.08 | 542 | 554.98 |
| | SDLP | Eamon Mullan | 6.41% | 419 | 421.16 | 483.26 | 484.26 | 525.06 | 525.26 | 526.26 | |
| | UUP | Rosemary Torrens | 5.60% | 366 | 395.52 | 395.52 | 434.24 | 470.6 | 471.4 | | |
| | Alliance | Charlie McConaghy | 4.07% | 266 | 267.44 | 271.04 | 272.4 | | | | |
| | TUV | Elizabeth Collins | 3.66% | 239 | 248 | 248.18 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,978 Valid: 6,535 (59.53%) Spoilt: 110 Quota: 934 Turnout: 6,645 (60.53%) ||||||||||||

## 2005 Election

2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2001-2005 Change: DUP and Sinn Féin gain from UUP and SDLP
Bann - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | SDLP | John Dallat* | 12.88% | 901 | 1,326 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Billy Leonard | 12.79% | 895 | 925 | 1,161 | | |
| | DUP | Sam Cole* | 11.68% | 817 | 817 | 817 | 818 | 1,175 |
| | DUP | Adrian McQuillan* | 14.10% | 986 | 986 | 988 | 990 | 1,139 |
| | UUP | William King* | 12.77% | 893 | 896 | 907 | 912 | 949 |
| | UUP | Olive Church* | 13.12% | 918 | 920 | 924 | 933 | 947 |
| | UUP | William Watt* | 7.75% | 542 | 544 | 570 | 601 | 609 |
| | DUP | Mark Fielding | 8.19% | 573 | 573 | 574 | 574 | |
| | SDLP | Eamon Mullan* | 6.72% | 470 | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,299 Valid: 6,995 (67.92%) Spoilt: 121 Quota: 1,000 Turnout: 7,116 (69.09%) |||||||||

## 2001 Election

1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1997-2001 Change: No change
Bann - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | SDLP | John Dallat* | 23.22% | 1,714 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Adrian McQuillan | 16.47% | 1,216 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Eamon Mullan* | 7.25% | 535 | 1,079.07 | | | | |
| | UUP | Olive Church* | 13.36% | 986 | 989.28 | 997.86 | 1,014.27 | 1,066.73 | |
| | UUP | William King* | 11.12% | 821 | 826.74 | 833.76 | 854.53 | 961.04 | 1,156.04 |
| | UUP | William Watt* | 9.54% | 704 | 708.1 | 721.62 | 736.03 | 816.41 | 1,024.79 |
| | Independent | Reginald McAuley | 6.93% | 512 | 589.9 | 591.2 | 628.3 | 643.38 | 722.47 |
| | Independent | Robert Bolton* | 6.96% | 514 | 516.87 | 527.53 | 540.94 | 601.22 | |
| | DUP | Hazel Sommers | 3.59% | 265 | 265.41 | 377.08 | 377.21 | | |
| | Alliance | Yvonne Boyle | 1.57% | 116 | 132.81 | 133.2 | | | |
| Electorate: 10,232 Valid: 7,383 (72.16%) Spoilt: 160 Quota: 1,055 Turnout: 7,543 (73.72%) ||||||||||

## 1997 Election

1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1993-1997 Change: No change
Bann - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | SDLP | John Dallat* | 20.31% | 1,234 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Olive Church* | 16.84% | 1,023 | | | | | |
| | UUP | William Watt* | 16.29% | 990 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Eamon Mullan | 10.57% | 642 | 990.6 | | | | |
| | UUP | William King* | 14.07% | 855 | 856.8 | 963.75 | | | |
| | DUP | Robert Bolton* | 10.83% | 658 | 659.2 | 685.75 | 708.25 | 716.05 | 785.07 |
| | DUP | James McCloskey | 8.59% | 522 | 524.1 | 533.7 | 554 | 566 | 613.09 |
| | Alliance | Ian McEwan | 2.50% | 152 | 157.4 | 161 | | | |
| Electorate: 9,982 Valid: 6,076 (60.87%) Spoilt: 112 Quota: 869 Turnout: 6,188 (61.99%) ||||||||||

## 1993 Election

1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1989-1993 Change: UUP loss due to the reduction of one seat
Bann - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | UUP | William Watt* | 16.92% | 1,072 | | | | |
| | UUP | Olive Church | 16.22% | 1,028 | | | | |
| | UUP | William King* | 15.81% | 1,002 | | | | |
| | SDLP | John Dallat* | 15.29% | 969 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Gerard O'Kane* | 13.89% | 880 | 883.4 | 916.4 | | |
| | DUP | Robert Bolton | 12.34% | 782 | 820.25 | 836.42 | 865.82 | 879.82 |
| | UUP | Robert McPherson | 6.83% | 433 | 554.89 | 622.74 | 707.7 | 782.1 |
| | Alliance | Ian McEwan | 2.70% | 171 | 173.21 | | | |
| Electorate: 9,793 Valid: 6,337 (64.71%) Spoilt: 142 Quota: 906 Turnout: 6,479 (66.16%) |||||||||

## 1989 Election

1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: No change
Bann - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | UUP | William King* | 18.82% | 1,326 | | | | |
| | UUP | William Watt* | 16.82% | 1,185 | | | | |
| | UUP | Creighton Hutchinson* | 16.04% | 1,130 | | | | |
| | SDLP | John Dallat* | 15.50% | 1,092 | | | | |
| | DUP | Robert Catherwood* | 13.56% | 955 | | | | |
| | UUP | John Moody* | 7.50% | 528 | 957.4 | | | |
| | SDLP | Gerard O'Kane* | 8.87% | 625 | 626.9 | 680.9 | 710.9 | 909.1 |
| | Alliance | Ian McEwan | 2.88% | 203 | 215.54 | 384.54 | 594.54 | 601.54 |
| Electorate: 11,366 Valid: 7,044 (61.97%) Spoilt: 201 Quota: 881 Turnout: 7,245 (63.74%) |||||||||

## 1985 Election

1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
Bann - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | UUP | William King* | 17.14% | 1,310 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Creighton Hutchinson | 15.04% | 1,150 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | John Dallat* | 14.21% | 1,086 | | | | | |
| | UUP | William Watt | 12.06% | 922 | 1,005.7 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Gerard O'Kane* | 8.84% | 676 | 678.16 | 678.5 | 794.42 | 996.42 | |
| | DUP | Robert Catherwood* | 9.98% | 763 | 776.77 | 810.94 | 811.3 | 811.3 | 1,023.3 |
| | UUP | John Moody | 7.61% | 582 | 761.28 | 899.49 | 900.21 | 900.72 | 933.72 |
| | DUP | Thomas Malone* | 7.27% | 556 | 611.62 | 621.31 | 621.31 | 623.58 | 687.58 |
| | DUP | Douglas Darragh | 4.23% | 323 | 332.45 | 337.21 | 337.81 | 337.81 | |
| | Irish Republican Socialist | Eamon Mullan | 3.61% | 276 | 276.81 | 276.81 | 284.73 | | |
| Electorate: 11,018 Valid: 7,644 (69.38%) Spoilt: 155 Quota: 956 Turnout: 7,799 (70.78%) ||||||||||