2005 Banbridge District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2005.

Election Name:	2005 Banbridge District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2001 Banbridge District Council election
Previous Year:	2001
Next Election:	2011 Banbridge District Council election
Next Year:	2011
Seats For Election:	All 17 seats to Banbridge District Council
Majority Seats:	9
Party1:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats1:	7
Seat Change1:	2
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	5
Seat Change2:	2
Party3:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats3:	3
Party4:	Sinn Féin
Seats4:	1
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats5:	1
Party6:	Independent (politician)
Seats6:	0
Seat Change6:	1

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

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Banbridge Town|32.8|2|bgcolor="40BFF5"|38.3|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|19.9|1|0.0|0|9.0|1|0.0|0|6|-|align="left"|Dromore|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|49.8|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|31.3|1|11.8|1|7.1|0|0.0|0|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Knockiveagh|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|33.2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|27.8|2|15.7|1|11.3|1|4.5|0|7.5|0|6|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| 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