Dromore 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, and formed part of the Lagan Valley constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, and contained the wards of Croob, Dromore North, Dromore South, Garran and Quilly. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections and largely moved into the Lagan River DEA.
Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | |||||
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2011 | Paul Gribben (Sinn Féin) | Carol Black (UUP) | Olive Mercer (UUP) | Paul Rankin (DUP) | Hazel Gamble (DUP) | |||||
2005 | Cassie McDermott (SDLP) | Tyrone Howe (UUP) | Norah Beare (DUP/ (UUP) | David Herron (DUP) | ||||||
2001 | William Martin (UUP) | |||||||||
1997 | William McCracken (UUP) | Thomas Gribben (UUP) | ||||||||
1993 | Drew Nelson (UUP) | |||||||||
1989 | Robert Hill (UUP) | |||||||||
1985 | Robert Barr (UUP) | Brian Biggerstaff (DUP) | ||||||||
2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
2005-2011 Change: UUP and Sinn Féin gain from DUP and SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
DUP | Paul Rankin * | 16.49% | 967 | 1,013 | ||||||
DUP | Hazel Gamble* | 16.08% | 943 | 983 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | Carol Black | 13.98% | 820 | 883 | 976 | 982.23 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Olive Mercer | 12.05% | 707 | 751 | 842 | 850.01 | 850.86 | 851.7 | 923.7 | |
Sinn Féin | Paul Gribben | 10.18% | 597 | 597 | 604 | 604 | 604 | 604 | 880 | |
DUP | Norah Beare* | 11.68% | 685 | 705 | 746 | 766.47 | 770.38 | 773.74 | 814.74 | |
SDLP | Louis Boyle | 8.32% | 488 | 488 | 601 | 601 | 601.17 | 601.17 | ||
Alliance | David Griffin | 6.97% | 409 | 422 | ||||||
TUV | Lyle Rea | 4.25% | 249 | |||||||
Electorate: 10,290 Valid: 5,865 (57.00%) Spoilt: 59 Quota: 978 Turnout: 5,924 (57.57%) |
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Tyrone Howe | 21.64% | 1,304 | ||||
DUP | Norah Beare * | 21.44% | 1,292 | ||||
SDLP | Cassie McDermott* | 11.82% | 712 | 725.11 | 1,054.11 | ||
DUP | David Herron* | 13.91% | 838 | 858.24 | 862.24 | 1,055.84 | |
DUP | Paul Rankin * | 14.44% | 870 | 897.14 | 897.6 | 976.8 | |
Ulster Unionist | William Martin* | 9.63% | 580 | 814.6 | 834.83 | 843.85 | |
Sinn Féin | Francis Branniff | 7.12% | 429 | 429.92 | |||
Electorate: 9,542 Valid: 6,025 (63.14%) Spoilt: 94 Quota: 1,005 Turnout: 6,119 (64.13%) |
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
DUP | Paul Rankin | 22.43% | 1,375 | |||
SDLP | Cassie McDermott* | 19.61% | 1,202 | |||
DUP | David Herron* | 16.84% | 1,032 | |||
Ulster Unionist | William Martin* | 14.59% | 894 | 905 | 1,033.7 | |
Ulster Unionist | Norah Beare | 14.62% | 896 | 910 | 1,020.22 | |
Ulster Unionist | Thompson Howe | 11.18% | 685 | 696 | 806.22 | |
NI Unionist | Joseph McIlwaine | 0.73% | 45 | |||
Electorate: 9,149 Valid: 6,129 (66.99%) Spoilt: 103 Quota: 1,022 Turnout: 6,232 (68.12%) |
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | William McCracken* | 28.77% | 1,358 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Thomas Gribben | 14.13% | 667 | 919.84 | |||
Ulster Unionist | William Martin* | 15.02% | 709 | 876.16 | |||
DUP | David Herron* | 16.31% | 770 | 836.36 | |||
SDLP | Cassie McDermott* | 15.44% | 729 | 732.78 | 735.98 | 816.98 | |
Ind. Unionist | Robert Hill | 6.06% | 286 | 349 | 467.8 | 539.36 | |
Alliance | Julian Crozier | 4.28% | 202 | 209.98 | 218.78 | ||
Electorate: 8,457 Valid: 4,721 (55.82%) Spoilt: 66 Quota: 787 Turnout: 4,787 (56.60%) |
1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1989-1993 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Drew Nelson* | 19.63% | 980 | |||
SDLP | Cassie McDermott* | 19.05% | 951 | |||
DUP | David Herron | 17.48% | 873 | |||
Ulster Unionist | William Martin* | 15.44% | 771 | 794.4 | 854.85 | |
Ulster Unionist | William McCracken* | 14.92% | 745 | 826 | 845.53 | |
Ulster Unionist | Robert Hill* | 13.48% | 673 | 711.1 | 748.61 | |
Electorate: 7,917 Valid: 4,993 (63.07%) Spoilt: 70 Quota: 833 Turnout: 5,063 (63.95%) |
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Drew Nelson | 20.81% | 1,109 | ||||||
SDLP | Cassie McDermott* | 18.31% | 976 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | William Martin* | 15.87% | 846 | 874.8 | 876 | 916.32 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Robert Hill* | 14.39% | 767 | 814 | 821.4 | 844.36 | 893.36 | ||
Ulster Unionist | William McCracken | 10.68% | 569 | 669.8 | 676 | 683.56 | 729.96 | 822.6 | |
DUP | Robert McIlroy | 8.37% | 446 | 458.2 | 467.4 | 475.24 | 495.12 | 784.36 | |
DUP | William Lough | 6.14% | 327 | 346.4 | 350.6 | 354.24 | 439.4 | ||
Ulster Democratic | Colin Halliday | 4.07% | 217 | 224.4 | 268.8 | 271.32 | |||
Ulster Democratic | Thomas Dickson | 1.37% | 73 | 74.6 | |||||
Electorate: 7,883 Valid: 5,330 (67.61%) Spoilt: 103 Quota: 889 Turnout: 5,433 (68.92%) |
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
DUP | Brian Biggerstaff* | 18.79% | 923 | |||||||
Ulster Unionist | Robert Barr | 17.48% | 859 | |||||||
Ulster Unionist | Robert Hill* | 13.13% | 645 | 662 | 684.66 | 833.66 | ||||
SDLP | Cassie McDermott | 9.44% | 464 | 465 | 466.1 | 473.1 | 474.15 | 474.15 | 904.15 | |
Ulster Unionist | William Martin | 11.66% | 573 | 580 | 582.42 | 760.28 | 787.73 | 800.45 | 809.45 | |
DUP | Robert McIlroy | 8.51% | 418 | 575 | 640.78 | 660.99 | 668.34 | 669.9 | 670.9 | |
SDLP | Bernard Rice | 9.57% | 470 | 471 | 471 | 471 | 471.2 | 471.2 | ||
Ulster Unionist | James McRoberts | 7.21% | 354 | 373 | 380.04 | |||||
DUP | Robert McGregor | 4.21% | 207 | |||||||
Electorate: 7,240 Valid: 4,913 (67.86%) Spoilt: 116 Quota: 819 Turnout: 5,029 (69.46%) |
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