Knockiveagh (District Electoral Area)

Knockiveagh DEA (1993-2014) within Banbridge

Knockiveagh 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 until 1993, and six members until 2014, and formed part of the Upper Bann constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections. Two of its wards came from Banbridge Area A and 3 Banbridge Area B, both of which had existed since 1973. It contained the wards of Bannside, Gilford, Katesbridge, Lawrencestown and Loughbrickland. For the 1993 local elections it gained an additional ward, Rathfriland, which was transferred from Newry and Mourne District Council. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections and largely moved into the Banbridge DEA.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
2011		Seamus Doyle (SDLP)		Brendan Curran (Sinn Féin)		John Hanna (UUP)		Elizabeth Ingram (UUP)		David Herron (DUP)		Glenn Barr (UUP)
2005				Dessie Ward (Sinn Féin)				John Ingram (UUP)		Wilfred McFadden (DUP)		Stephen Herron (DUP)
2001				Malachy McCartan (Independent Nationalist)
1997												Violet Cromie (UUP)
1993				Laurence McCartan (Independent Nationalist)
1989						Vivienne Bennett (UUP)		Samuel Walker (UUP)			6 seats 1993–2014
1985		Peter McGreevy (SDLP)				Raymond McCullough (UUP)		Samuel Cowan (UUP)

2011 Election

2005: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2011: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2005-2011 Change: UUP gain from DUP

Knockiveagh - 6 seats ^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SDLP	Seamus Doyle*	19.12%	1,238
	UUP	Elizabeth Ingram	17.53%	1,135
	Sinn Féin	Brendan Curran	16.05%	1,039
	DUP	David Herron*	13.42%	869	922.9	991.9
	UUP	John Hanna*	10.67%	691	803.7	844.4	945.1
	UUP	Glenn Barr	10.38%	672	763.7	815.9	893.61	955.11
	DUP	Ian Wilson	9.59%	621	645.5	690.3	711.96	764.46
	TUV	Stephen Herron*	3.23%	209	234.9
Electorate: 11,012  Valid: 6,474 (58.79%)  Spoilt: 105  Quota: 925  Turnout: 6,579 (59.74%)

2005 Election

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

Knockiveagh - 6 seats ^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SDLP	Seamus Doyle*	15.74%	1,051
	DUP	Stephen Herron*	15.36%	1,026
	UUP	John Ingram*	13.15%	878	882.68	927.58	932.74	1,176.74
	UUP	John Hanna*	8.88%	593	594.71	674.15	675.95	784.37	964.85
	DUP	Wilfred McFadden*	11.08%	740	740.54	755.54	792.98	826.64	852.56	1,272.56
	Sinn Féin	Dessie Ward	11.35%	758	787.25	798.31	798.31	801.67	802.63	804.65	804.65
	Independent	Malachy McCartan*	7.46%	498	534.99	610.73	610.85	620.54	625.34	636.96	723.96
	DUP	Ian Wilson	6.72%	449	449.27	460.27	475.63	493.26	501.9
	UUP	John McCallister	5.78%	386	387.53	423.71	425.15
	Alliance	David Griffin	4.49%	300	315.57
Electorate: 10,151  Valid: 6,679 (65.80%)  Spoilt: 117  Quota: 955  Turnout: 6,796 (66.95%)

2001 Election

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP, Independent Nationalist becomes Independent

Knockiveagh - 6 seats ^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SDLP	Seamus Doyle*	18.29%	1,351
	UUP	John Ingram*	16.28%	1,202
	DUP	Wilfred McFadden*	14.68%	1,084
	UUP	John Hanna*	8.35%	617	622	669.47	734.43	1,122.43
	DUP	Stephen Herron	9.95%	735	736	744.57	963.64	1,089.19
	Independent	Malachy McCartan*	10.40%	768	921	922.16	936.75	951.48	1,014.62
	Sinn Féin	Brendan Curran	10.22%	755	874	874.37	875.6	879.67	882.75
	UUP	Violet Cromie*	6.58%	486	492	571.88	648.68
	UK Unionist	Stephen Briggs	5.24%	387	388	392.83
Electorate: 9,937  Valid: 7,385 (74.32%)  Spoilt: 108  Quota: 1,056  Turnout: 7,493 (75.41%)

1997 Election

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1993-1997 Change: No change

Knockiveagh - 6 seats ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	UUP	John Ingram*	18.22%	1,129
	DUP	Wilfred McFadden*	17.80%	1,103
	SDLP	Seamus Doyle*	15.26%	946
	UUP	John Hanna*	12.89%	799	862.14	900.14
	UUP	Violet Cromie*	10.83%	671	844.14	880.78	1,082.03
	Ind. Nationalist	Malachy McCartan	11.16%	692	694.42	769.64	781.64	799.64
	SDLP	Oliver Moore	10.66%	661	661.22	692.22	694.22	697.72
	Alliance	Mary Cook	3.18%	197	200.52
Electorate: 9,460  Valid: 6,198 (65.52%)  Spoilt: 75  Quota: 886  Turnout: 6,273 (66.31%)

1993 Election

1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1989-1993 Change: UUP gain due to the addition of one seat

Knockiveagh - 6 seats ^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SDLP	Seamus Doyle*	19.12%	1,229
	UUP	John Ingram	16.85%	1,083
	DUP	Wilfred McFadden*	15.20%	977
	Ind. Nationalist	Laurence McCartan*	11.39%	732	811.3	812.8	1,047.8
	UUP	Violet Cromie	12.17%	782	785.9	902	921.38
	UUP	John Hanna	10.45%	672	672.52	690.52	695.42	714.42	741.3
	UUP	Samuel Walker*	9.55%	614	614.26	638.56	648.88	663.88	693.42
	SDLP	Liam McDermott	5.27%	339	559.74	559.74
Electorate: 9,323  Valid: 6,428 (68.95%)  Spoilt: 107  Quota: 919  Turnout: 6,535 (70.10%)

1989 Election

1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1985-1989 Change: No change

Knockiveagh - 5 seats ^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SDLP	Seamus Doyle	14.52%	739	942
	Ind. Nationalist	Laurence McCartan*	15.41%	784	839	926.84
	UUP	Vivienne Bennett	14.17%	721	723	724.22	729.1	1,019.1
	DUP	Wilfred McFadden*	16.20%	824	824	825.83	828.88	915.88
	UUP	Samuel Walker	13.74%	699	699	699	700.83	796.83	843.03
	UUP	John Hanna	10.34%	526	526	527.22	527.83	570.44	691.64
	UUP	James McRoberts	10.30%	524	524	524	524.61
	SDLP	Peter McGreevy*	5.34%	272
Electorate: 7,162  Valid: 5,089 (71.06%)  Spoilt: 117  Quota: 849  Turnout: 5,206 (72.69%)

1985 Election

1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Knockiveagh - 5 seats ^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Wilfred McFadden*	15.78%	766	904
	UUP	Samuel Cowan*	14.94%	725	728	744.72	991.72
	UUP	Raymond McCullough *	15.52%	753	758	799.8	829.8
	Ind. Nationalist	Laurence McCartan*	14.30%	694	695	695.76	714.76	718.91	810.91
	SDLP	Peter McGreevy	10.51%	510	510	510	510	510	809
	UUP	Herbert Heslip*	10.34%	510	516	538.04	588.4	766.02	766.02
	SDLP	Helen Stewart	8.14%	395	395	395	395	395
	UUP	William Hamilton	7.07%	343	345	358.68
	DUP	Elizabeth McDowell	3.24%	157
Electorate: 7,012  Valid: 4,853 (69.21%)  Spoilt: 88  Quota: 809  Turnout: 4,941 (70.46%)

References

1. "Knockiveagh Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
2. "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
3. "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
4. "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
5. "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
6. "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
7. "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 21 July 2021.