# 2005 Banbridge District Council election

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 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 |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Alliance | Alliance | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| 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 | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 | 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%) ||||||||

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