Banbridge Area A was one of the two district electoral areas in Banbridge, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected seven members to Banbridge District Council, and formed part of the South Down constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Ballydown, Central, Edenderry, Gilford, Lawrencetown, Loughbrickland and Seapatrick. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Banbridge Town DEA and the Knockiveagh DEA.
| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Wilfred McFadden (DUP) | Gareth Bennett (DUP) | Wilson Davidson (UUP) | Samuel Cowan (UUP) | Norman Ferguson (UUP) | James Walsh (SDLP) | Laurence McCartan (Independent Nationalist) | |||||||
| 1977 | Hugh Anderson (Independent Unionist) | James McElroy (DUP) | ||||||||||||
| 1973 | James Crozier (UUP) | William McCullagh (UUP) | Daniel Lennon (Independent Nationalist) | |||||||||||
1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Independent Unionist
1981: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from Independent Unionist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SDLP | James Walsh* | 13.86% | 1,092 | ||||||||
| Independent Nationalist | Laurence McCartan* | 10.98% | 865 | 932.6 | 988.6 | ||||||
| DUP | Wilfred McFadden | 11.52% | 907 | 907.2 | 907.5 | 914.5 | 993.5 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Wilson Davidson* | 11.92% | 939 | 939.2 | 939.3 | 972.3 | 979.3 | 1,017.3 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | Samuel Cowan* | 8.66% | 682 | 682.2 | 683.4 | 698.4 | 699.4 | 909.4 | 940.4 | 1,063.4 | |
| DUP | Gareth Bennett | 6.34% | 499 | 499.1 | 499.1 | 500.1 | 552.1 | 566.1 | 882.2 | 989.2 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Norman Ferguson* | 8.68% | 684 | 684.1 | 685.1 | 707.1 | 708.1 | 736.1 | 762.1 | 959.4 | |
| Alliance | Kenneth McElroy | 7.28% | 573 | 579.6 | 605.3 | 608.3 | 610.3 | 626.5 | 659.8 | 726.1 | |
| Ind. Unionist | Hugh Anderson* | 6.83% | 538 | 540.8 | 543.6 | 550.6 | 554.6 | 567.6 | 579.6 | ||
| DUP | Irene Todd | 5.36% | 422 | 422.3 | 422.4 | 425.4 | 436.4 | 452.4 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | Raymond Armstrong | 3.53% | 278 | 278.1 | 278.2 | 335.2 | 337.2 | ||||
| DUP | Mildred McDowell | 2.04% | 161 | 161 | 161 | 162.1 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | Herbert Plunkett | 1.92% | 151 | 151.1 | 151.2 | ||||||
| Independent Nationalist | Margaret McStraw | 1.08% | 85 | 111.8 | |||||||
| Electorate: 11,561 Valid: 7,876 (68.13%) Spoilt: 259 Quota: 985 Turnout: 8,135 (70.37%) | |||||||||||
1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Independent Unionist
1977: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Independent Unionist
1973-1977 Change: DUP and SDLP gain from UUP and Independent Nationalist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| SDLP | James Walsh | 12.18% | 758 | 759 | 780 | ||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Wilson Davidson* | 11.20% | 697 | 726 | 727 | 727 | 748 | 819 | |||||
| Independent Nationalist | Laurence McCartan* | 8.47% | 527 | 529 | 555 | 555.7 | 555.7 | 555.7 | 778.3 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Samuel Cowan* | 8.00% | 498 | 503 | 503 | 503 | 513 | 575 | 576 | 782 | |||
| Ind. Unionist | Hugh Anderson* | 6.73% | 419 | 485 | 487 | 487.1 | 493.1 | 506.1 | 510.1 | 539.1 | 542.82 | 782.82 | |
| DUP | James McElroy | 10.17% | 633 | 640 | 640 | 640 | 733 | 737 | 739 | 768 | 769.24 | 779.24 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Norman Ferguson | 7.99% | 497 | 516 | 516 | 516 | 519 | 575 | 576 | 635 | 668.48 | 764.48 | |
| DUP | Frederick Baxter | 7.65% | 476 | 479 | 479 | 479 | 546 | 556 | 556 | 569 | 570.86 | 575.86 | |
| Alliance | John McWhirter | 6.12% | 381 | 396 | 488 | 488.3 | 489.3 | 489.4 | 499.4 | 504.4 | 505.02 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | William McCullagh* | 5.63% | 350 | 352 | 352 | 352 | 359 | 363 | 365 | ||||
| Independent Nationalist | Daniel Lennon* | 3.46% | 215 | 218 | 250 | 250.8 | 251.8 | 251.8 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | John Anderson | 3.42% | 213 | 221 | 221 | 221.1 | 223.1 | ||||||
| UUUP | John Porter | 3.52% | 219 | 221 | 221 | 221 | |||||||
| Alliance | Peter Finnegan | 2.80% | 174 | 176 | |||||||||
| Ind. Unionist | James Crozier* | 2.65% | 165 | ||||||||||
| Electorate: 10,687 Valid: 6,222 (58.22%) Spoilt: 262 Quota: 778 Turnout: 6,484 (60.67%) | |||||||||||||
1973: 4 x UUP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Independent Unionist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Wilson Davidson | 15.80% | 1,125 | ||||||||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | James Crozier | 14.93% | 1,063 | ||||||||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Samuel Cowan | 10.90% | 776 | 830.2 | 871.16 | 877.12 | 879.96 | 891.76 | |||||||||
| Independent Nationalist | Laurence McCartan | 9.45% | 673 | 673.2 | 673.2 | 675.2 | 678.2 | 680.2 | 707.2 | 852.2 | 865.4 | 866.4 | 919.4 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | William McCullagh | 10.03% | 714 | 733.4 | 743.16 | 744.72 | 746.72 | 748.04 | 752.52 | 752.52 | 756.88 | 857.6 | 857.76 | 873.64 | 1,109.64 | ||
| Independent Nationalist | Daniel Lennon | 9.55% | 680 | 680 | 680 | 682.16 | 683.16 | 685.16 | 701.16 | 749.16 | 765.16 | 765.16 | 822.16 | 859.16 | 863.32 | 863.32 | |
| Ind. Unionist | Hugh Anderson | 3.97% | 283 | 301.8 | 319.08 | 323.6 | 328.28 | 348.68 | 366.12 | 366.12 | 405.2 | 431.4 | 434.72 | 552.4 | 661.24 | 707.24 | |
| Alliance | A. L. Cowdy | 3.61% | 257 | 258.8 | 262.16 | 262.32 | 306.32 | 323.04 | 338.2 | 338.2 | 356.16 | 358.68 | 512.68 | 554.68 | 571.12 | 580.12 | |
| Ulster Unionist | R. W. Jardine | 3.48% | 248 | 289 | 331.56 | 336.52 | 342.32 | 358.76 | 369.6 | 369.6 | 376.48 | 477.16 | 479.68 | 514.6 | |||
| Independent | R. G. Quail | 2.01% | 143 | 146.6 | 152.2 | 175.28 | 179.6 | 214.68 | 256.56 | 256.56 | 317.4 | 336.56 | 351.88 | ||||
| Alliance | Peter Finnegan | 3.09% | 220 | 220.2 | 221 | 222 | 247 | 251.16 | 267.64 | 276.64 | 296.64 | 296.64 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | R. Wilson | 2.16% | 154 | 219 | 240.28 | 242.88 | 245.24 | 247.56 | 252.6 | 252.6 | 262 | ||||||
| NI Labour | J. Hearthwood | 2.39% | 170 | 175.2 | 180 | 185.48 | 196.8 | 206.08 | 226.68 | 228.68 | |||||||
| Independent | D. Toman | 2.77% | 197 | 197 | 197 | 197 | 198 | 198 | 204 | ||||||||
| Independent | P. Reavey | 1.98% | 141 | 142.6 | 149.64 | 151.8 | 164.6 | 175.28 | |||||||||
| Independent | W. Cross | 1.36% | 97 | 101.2 | 104.72 | 129.12 | 132.48 | ||||||||||
| Alliance | J. H. Rea | 1.50% | 107 | 107.6 | 111.92 | 118.8 | |||||||||||
| Independent | J. Hozack | 1.03% | 73 | 81.2 | 87.92 | ||||||||||||
| Electorate: 10,205 Valid: 7,121 (69.78%) Spoilt: 91 Quota: 891 Turnout: 7,212 (70.67%) | |||||||||||||||||
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