# Knockiveagh (District Electoral Area)

Knockiveagh 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 until 1993, and six members until 2014, and formed part of the Upper Bann constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Banbridge Area A which had existed since 1973, and contained the wards of Bannside, Gilford, Katesbridge, Lawrencestown and Loughbrickland. For the 1993 local elections it gained an additional ward, Rathfriland. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections and largely moved into the Banbridge DEA.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) |
| 2011 | Seamus Doyle (SDLP) | Brendan Curran (Sinn Féin) | John Hanna (UUP) | Elizabeth Ingram (UUP) | David Herron (DUP) | | Glenn Barr (UUP) |
| 2005 | Seamus Doyle (SDLP) | Dessie Ward (Sinn Féin) | John Hanna (UUP) | John Ingram (UUP) | Wilfred McFadden (DUP) | | Stephen Herron (DUP) |
| 2001 | Seamus Doyle (SDLP) | Malachy McCartan (Independent Nationalist) | John Hanna (UUP) | John Ingram (UUP) | Wilfred McFadden (DUP) | | Stephen Herron (DUP) |
| 1997 | Seamus Doyle (SDLP) | Malachy McCartan (Independent Nationalist) | John Hanna (UUP) | John Ingram (UUP) | Wilfred McFadden (DUP) | | Violet Cromie (UUP) |
| 1993 | Seamus Doyle (SDLP) | Laurence McCartan (Independent Nationalist) | John Hanna (UUP) | John Ingram (UUP) | Wilfred McFadden (DUP) | | Violet Cromie (UUP) |
| 1989 | Seamus Doyle (SDLP) | Laurence McCartan (Independent Nationalist) | Vivienne Bennett (UUP) | Samuel Walker (UUP) | Wilfred McFadden (DUP) | 6 seats 1993–2014 | 6 seats 1993–2014 |
| 1985 | Peter McGreevy (SDLP) | Laurence McCartan (Independent Nationalist) | Raymond McCullough (UUP) | Samuel Cowan (UUP) | Wilfred McFadden (DUP) | 6 seats 1993–2014 | 6 seats 1993–2014 |

## 2011 Election

2005: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2011: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2005-2011 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Knockiveagh - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | SDLP | Seamus Doyle* | 19.12% | 1,238 | | | | |
| | UUP | Elizabeth Ingram | 17.53% | 1,135 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Brendan Curran | 16.05% | 1,039 | | | | |
| | DUP | David Herron* | 13.42% | 869 | 922.9 | 991.9 | | |
| | UUP | John Hanna* | 10.67% | 691 | 803.7 | 844.4 | 945.1 | |
| | UUP | Glenn Barr | 10.38% | 672 | 763.7 | 815.9 | 893.61 | 955.11 |
| | DUP | Ian Wilson | 9.59% | 621 | 645.5 | 690.3 | 711.96 | 764.46 |
| | TUV | Stephen Herron* | 3.23% | 209 | 234.9 | | | |
| Electorate: 11,012 Valid: 6,474 (58.79%) Spoilt: 105 Quota: 925 Turnout: 6,579 (59.74%) |||||||||

## 2005 Election

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%) ||||||||||||

## 2001 Election

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP, Independent Nationalist becomes Independent
Knockiveagh - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | SDLP | Seamus Doyle* | 18.29% | 1,351 | | | | | |
| | UUP | John Ingram* | 16.28% | 1,202 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Wilfred McFadden* | 14.68% | 1,084 | | | | | |
| | UUP | John Hanna* | 8.35% | 617 | 622 | 669.47 | 734.43 | 1,122.43 | |
| | DUP | Stephen Herron | 9.95% | 735 | 736 | 744.57 | 963.64 | 1,089.19 | |
| | Independent | Malachy McCartan* | 10.40% | 768 | 921 | 922.16 | 936.75 | 951.48 | 1,014.62 |
| | Sinn Féin | Brendan Curran | 10.22% | 755 | 874 | 874.37 | 875.6 | 879.67 | 882.75 |
| | UUP | Violet Cromie* | 6.58% | 486 | 492 | 571.88 | 648.68 | | |
| | UK Unionist | Stephen Briggs | 5.24% | 387 | 388 | 392.83 | | | |
| Electorate: 9,937 Valid: 7,385 (74.32%) Spoilt: 108 Quota: 1,056 Turnout: 7,493 (75.41%) ||||||||||

## 1997 Election

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993-1997 Change: No change
Knockiveagh - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | UUP | John Ingram* | 18.22% | 1,129 | | | | |
| | DUP | Wilfred McFadden* | 17.80% | 1,103 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Seamus Doyle* | 15.26% | 946 | | | | |
| | UUP | John Hanna* | 12.89% | 799 | 862.14 | 900.14 | | |
| | UUP | Violet Cromie* | 10.83% | 671 | 844.14 | 880.78 | 1,082.03 | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Malachy McCartan | 11.16% | 692 | 694.42 | 769.64 | 781.64 | 799.64 |
| | SDLP | Oliver Moore | 10.66% | 661 | 661.22 | 692.22 | 694.22 | 697.72 |
| | Alliance | Mary Cook | 3.18% | 197 | 200.52 | | | |
| Electorate: 9,460 Valid: 6,198 (65.52%) Spoilt: 75 Quota: 886 Turnout: 6,273 (66.31%) |||||||||

## 1993 Election

1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1989-1993 Change: UUP gain due to the addition of one seat
Knockiveagh - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | SDLP | Seamus Doyle* | 19.12% | 1,229 | | | | | |
| | UUP | John Ingram | 16.85% | 1,083 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Wilfred McFadden* | 15.20% | 977 | | | | | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Laurence McCartan* | 11.39% | 732 | 811.3 | 812.8 | 1,047.8 | | |
| | UUP | Violet Cromie | 12.17% | 782 | 785.9 | 902 | 921.38 | | |
| | UUP | John Hanna | 10.45% | 672 | 672.52 | 690.52 | 695.42 | 714.42 | 741.3 |
| | UUP | Samuel Walker* | 9.55% | 614 | 614.26 | 638.56 | 648.88 | 663.88 | 693.42 |
| | SDLP | Liam McDermott | 5.27% | 339 | 559.74 | 559.74 | | | |
| Electorate: 9,323 Valid: 6,428 (68.95%) Spoilt: 107 Quota: 919 Turnout: 6,535 (70.10%) ||||||||||

## 1989 Election

1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1985-1989 Change: No change
Knockiveagh - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | SDLP | Seamus Doyle | 14.52% | 739 | 942 | | | | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Laurence McCartan* | 15.41% | 784 | 839 | 926.84 | | | |
| | UUP | Vivienne Bennett | 14.17% | 721 | 723 | 724.22 | 729.1 | 1,019.1 | |
| | DUP | Wilfred McFadden* | 16.20% | 824 | 824 | 825.83 | 828.88 | 915.88 | |
| | UUP | Samuel Walker | 13.74% | 699 | 699 | 699 | 700.83 | 796.83 | 843.03 |
| | UUP | John Hanna | 10.34% | 526 | 526 | 527.22 | 527.83 | 570.44 | 691.64 |
| | UUP | James McRoberts | 10.30% | 524 | 524 | 524 | 524.61 | | |
| | SDLP | Peter McGreevy* | 5.34% | 272 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,162 Valid: 5,089 (71.06%) Spoilt: 117 Quota: 849 Turnout: 5,206 (72.69%) ||||||||||

## 1985 Election

1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
Knockiveagh - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | DUP | Wilfred McFadden* | 15.78% | 766 | 904 | | | | |
| | UUP | Samuel Cowan* | 14.94% | 725 | 728 | 744.72 | 991.72 | | |
| | UUP | Raymond McCullough* | 15.52% | 753 | 758 | 799.8 | 829.8 | | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Laurence McCartan* | 14.30% | 694 | 695 | 695.76 | 714.76 | 718.91 | 810.91 |
| | SDLP | Peter McGreevy | 10.51% | 510 | 510 | 510 | 510 | 510 | 809 |
| | UUP | Herbert Heslip* | 10.34% | 510 | 516 | 538.04 | 588.4 | 766.02 | 766.02 |
| | SDLP | Helen Stewart | 8.14% | 395 | 395 | 395 | 395 | 395 | |
| | UUP | William Hamilton | 7.07% | 343 | 345 | 358.68 | | | |
| | DUP | Elizabeth McDowell | 3.24% | 157 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,012 Valid: 4,853 (69.21%) Spoilt: 88 Quota: 809 Turnout: 4,941 (70.46%) ||||||||||