2005 Banbridge District Council election
# 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 |
| Ulster Unionist | 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

### 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

