
Dromore was one of the three district electoral areas in Banbridge, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 2014. The district elected five members toBanbridge District Council, and formed part of the Lagan Valley constituencies for theNorthern Ireland Assembly andUK Parliament.
It was created for the1985 local elections, and contained the wards of Croob, Dromore North, Dromore South, Garran and Quilly. It was abolished for the2014 local elections and largely moved into theLagan River DEA.
| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Paul Gribben (Sinn Féin) | Carol Black (UUP) | Olive Mercer (UUP) | Paul Rankin (DUP) | Hazel Gamble (DUP) | |||||
| 2008 | Norah Beare (DUP/ (UUP) | David Herron (DUP) | ||||||||
| 2005 | Cassie McDermott (SDLP) | Tyrone Howe (UUP) | ||||||||
| 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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| DUP | Paul Rankin* | 16.49% | 967 | 1,013 | ||||||
| DUP | Hazel Gamble* | 16.08% | 943 | 983 | ||||||
| UUP | Carol Black | 13.98% | 820 | 883 | 976 | 982.23 | ||||
| UUP | 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%) | ||||||||||
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| UUP | Carol Black | 24.2 | 912 | 937 | 1,119 | 1,194 | 1,571 | |
| DUP | Paul Stewart | 28.3 | 1,069 | 1,074 | 1,127 | 1,178 | 1,505 | |
| TUV | Keith Harbinson | 19.6 | 739 | 742 | 801 | 828 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Paul Gribben | 9.3 | 350 | 507 | 567 | |||
| Alliance | David Griffin | 9.5 | 357 | 479 | ||||
| SDLP | Paul Gribben | 7.7 | 290 | |||||
| Green (NI) | Helen Corry | 1.6 | 59 | |||||
| Valid: 3,776 Spoilt: 17 Quota: 1,889 Turnout: 3,793 | ||||||||
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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| UUP | 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 | |
| UUP | 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| DUP | Paul Rankin | 22.43% | 1,375 | |||
| SDLP | Cassie McDermott* | 19.61% | 1,202 | |||
| DUP | David Herron* | 16.84% | 1,032 | |||
| UUP | William Martin* | 14.59% | 894 | 905 | 1,033.7 | |
| UUP | Norah Beare | 14.62% | 896 | 910 | 1,020.22 | |
| UUP | 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| UUP | William McCracken* | 28.77% | 1,358 | ||||
| UUP | Thomas Gribben | 14.13% | 667 | 919.84 | |||
| UUP | 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| UUP | Drew Nelson* | 19.63% | 980 | |||
| SDLP | Cassie McDermott* | 19.05% | 951 | |||
| DUP | David Herron | 17.48% | 873 | |||
| UUP | William Martin* | 15.44% | 771 | 794.4 | 854.85 | |
| UUP | William McCracken* | 14.92% | 745 | 826 | 845.53 | |
| UUP | 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| UUP | Drew Nelson | 20.81% | 1,109 | ||||||
| SDLP | Cassie McDermott* | 18.31% | 976 | ||||||
| UUP | William Martin* | 15.87% | 846 | 874.8 | 876 | 916.32 | |||
| UUP | Robert Hill* | 14.39% | 767 | 814 | 821.4 | 844.36 | 893.36 | ||
| UUP | 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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| DUP | Brian Biggerstaff* | 18.79% | 923 | |||||||
| UUP | Robert Barr | 17.48% | 859 | |||||||
| UUP | 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 | |
| UUP | 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 | ||
| UUP | 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%) | ||||||||||