Elections to
Banbridge District Council
Banbridge District Council was the local authority of Banbridge (district), Banbridge in Northern Ireland. It was created in 1973 when the Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 came into force. In May 2015, it merged with Arma ...
were held on 5 May 2005 on the same day as the other
Northern Irish local government elections
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. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 17
councillors
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.
Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
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!colspan=2 bgcolor="" , DUP
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, align="left", Banbridge Town
, 32.8
, 2
, bgcolor="40BFF5", 38.3
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, 19.9
, 1
, 0.0
, 0
, 9.0
, 1
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, 6
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, align="left", Dromore
, bgcolor="#D46A4C", 49.8
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, 31.3
, 1
, 11.8
, 1
, 7.1
, 0
, 0.0
, 0
, 0.0
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, 5
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, align="left", Knockiveagh
, bgcolor="#D46A4C", 33.2
, bgcolor="#D46A4C", 2
, 27.8
, 2
, 15.7
, 1
, 11.3
, 1
, 4.5
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, 7.5
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, align="left", Total
, 38.3
, 7
, 32.4
, 5
, 15.9
, 3
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, 1
, 4.5
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, 17
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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
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
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
References
{{2005 United Kingdom local elections
Banbridge District Council elections
Banbridge