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Dromore (District Electoral Area)
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 Lagan Valley (Assembly constituency), Northern Ireland Assembly and Lagan Valley (UK Parliament constituency), UK Parliament. It was created for the 1985 Banbridge District Council election, 1985 local elections, and contained the wards of Croob, Dromore North, Dromore South, Garran and Quilly. It was abolished for the 2014 Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon District Council election, 2014 local elections and largely moved into the Lagan River (District Electoral Area), Lagan River DEA. Councillors 2011 Election 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 2008 By-Election 2005 Election 2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2005: 3 x DU ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banbridge 1993 Dromore Highlight
Banbridge ( ) is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies on the River Bann and the A1 road (Northern Ireland), A1 road and is named after a bridge built over the Bann in 1712. It is in the Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Seapatrick and the historic Barony (geographic), barony of Iveagh Upper, Upper Half. The town began as a Coach (vehicle), coaching stop on the road from Belfast to Dublin and thrived from Irish linen manufacturing. The town was home to the headquarters of the former Banbridge (district), Banbridge District Council. Following a reform of Reform of local government in Northern Ireland, local government in Northern Ireland in 2015, Banbridge became part of Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council. It had a population of 17,400 in the 2021 census. The town's main street is very unusual, rising to a steep hill before levelling out. In 1834 an underpass was built as horses with heavy loads would faint before reaching the top of the hil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Unionist Party
The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is a Unionism in Ireland, unionist, Ulster loyalism, loyalist, British nationalist and national conservative political party in Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1971 during the Troubles by Ian Paisley, who led the party for the next 37 years. It is currently led by Gavin Robinson, who initially stepped in as an interim after the resignation of Jeffrey Donaldson. It is the second-largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly, and won five seats in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom at the 2024 United Kingdom general election, 2024 election. The party has been mostly described as right-wing"It will be ‘difficult’ for May to survive, says N Ireland’s DUP" , By Vincent Boland & Robert Wright. Financial Times. 9 June 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 Banbridge District Council Election
Elections to Banbridge District Council were held on 17 May 1989 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors. Election results Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. Districts summary , - class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left", Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2, TotalCllrs , - class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , !colspan=2 bgcolor="white", , - , align="left", Banbridge Town , bgcolor="40BFF5", 63.7 , bgcolor="40BFF5", 3 , 19.6 , 1 , 9.8 , 1 , 6.9 , 0 , 5 , - , align="left", Dromore , bgcolor="40BFF5", 61.7 , bgcolor="40BFF5", 4 , 18.3 , 1 , 14.5 , 0 , 5.5 , 0 , 5 , - , align="left", Knockiveagh , bgcolor="40BFF5", 48.5 , bgcolor="40BFF5", 2 , 19.9 , 1 , 16.2 , 1 , 15.4 , 1 , 5 , - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Banbridge District Council Election
Elections to Banbridge District Council were held on 19 May 1993 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 , - class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left", Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2, TotalCllrs , - class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , !colspan=2 bgcolor="white", , - , align="left", Banbridge Town , bgcolor="40BFF5", 62.9 , bgcolor="40BFF5", 4 , 24.1 , 1 , 7.2 , 0 , 5.8 , 1 , 0.0 , 0 , 6 , - , align="left", Dromore , bgcolor="40BFF5", 63.5 , bgcolor="40BFF5", 3 , 19.0 , 1 , 17.5 , 1 , 0.0 , 0 , 0.0 , 0 , 5 , - , align="left", Knockiveagh , bgcolor="40BFF5", 49.0 , bgcolor="40BFF5", 3 , 24.4 , 1 , 15.2 , 1 , 0. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Banbridge District Council Election
Elections to Banbridge District Council were held on 21 May 1997 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 , - class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left", Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2, TotalCllrs , - class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , !colspan=2 bgcolor="white", , - , align="left", Banbridge Town , bgcolor="40BFF5", 54.3 , bgcolor="40BFF5", 3 , 10.4 , 1 , 11.3 , 1 , 8.2 , 0 , 15.8 , 1 , 6 , - , align="left", Dromore , bgcolor="40BFF5", 57.8 , bgcolor="40BFF5", 3 , 15.4 , 1 , 16.4 , 1 , 4.3 , 0 , 6.1 , 0 , 5 , - , align="left", Knockiveagh , bgcolor="40BFF5", 43.3 , bgcolor="40BFF5", 3 , 26.8 , 1 , 18.4 , 1 , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Banbridge District Council Election
Elections to Banbridge District Council were held on 7 June 2001 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 , - class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left", Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2, TotalCllrs , - class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , !colspan=2 bgcolor="white", , - , align="left", Banbridge Town , bgcolor="40BFF5", 41.4 , bgcolor="40BFF5", 3 , 20.8 , 1 , 19.9 , 0 , 6.0 , 1 , 11.9 , 0 , 6 , - , align="left", Dromore , bgcolor="40BFF5", 40.4 , bgcolor="40BFF5", 2 , 39.3 , 2 , 19.6 , 1 , 0.0 , 0 , 0.7 , 0 , 5 , - , align="left", Knockiveagh , bgcolor="40BFF5", 31.2 , bgcolor="40BFF5", 2 , 24.6 , 2 , 18.3 , 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyrone Howe
Tyrone Gyle Howe (born 2 April 1971, Newtownards, Northern Ireland) is a former rugby player who played on the wing for University of St Andrews RFC, Ulster, Ireland and the British & Irish Lions. Howe was brought up in Dromore, attended Banbridge Academy, and graduated from the University of St Andrews. He joined Dungannon RFC in 1992 at the age of 21, and was first selected for Ulster Ulster (; or ; or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional or historic provinces of Ireland, Irish provinces. It is made up of nine Counties of Ireland, counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United Kingdom); t ... eight weeks later, replacing the retiring Keith Crossan."Where are they now: Tyrone Howe" ''Irish Independent'', 2 February 2014 He played for Oxford Universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democratic And Labour Party
The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP; ) is a social democratic and Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. The SDLP currently has eight members in the Northern Ireland Assembly ( MLAs) and two members of Parliament (MPs) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The SDLP party platform advocates Irish reunification and, pending the unity of all the people of Ireland and while the northern jurisdiction remains part of the United Kingdom, further devolution of powers. It is a sister party of the UK Labour Party, which maintains an electoral pact with the SDLP not to stand candidates in Northern Ireland but to support SDLP candidates instead. MPs from the SDLP sit with Labour MPs on the government benches when Labour is in power, but do not take the Labour whip, though they informally did so historically. During the Troubles, the SDLP was the most popular Irish nationalist party in Northern Ireland, but since the Provisional IRA ceasefire in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Banbridge District Council Election
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 , - class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left", Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2, TotalCllrs , - class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , !colspan=2 bgcolor="" , !colspan=2 bgcolor="white", , - , 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="# ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norah Beare
Norah Beare (born 25 May 1946) is a former Northern Irish unionist politician who served as a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Lagan Valley from 2003 to 2007. Background She was elected as an Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) candidate in the Assembly election of 2003; however, she defected to the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in 2004 along with Jeffrey Donaldson MP, MLA for Lagan Valley and Arlene Foster, MLA for Fermanagh and South Tyrone. Norah Beare worked for forty years as a secretary in a number of different companies and then became in 1997 the Personal Assistant to Jeffrey Donaldson. Beare was elected to the Banbridge, County Down council in 2001 as a UUP candidate. On Donaldson's advice she was selected as the third UUP candidate for the November 2003 Northern Ireland Assembly elections. In December 2003 she resigned, with Donaldson and Arlene Foster Arlene Isobel Foster, Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee (née Kelly; born 17 July 1970), is a Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Rankin (politician)
Paul Rankin is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician, serving as an Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Councillor for the Lagan River DEA since 2014 . He was briefly a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Lagan Valley in March 2022, having replaced former party leader, Edwin Poots. Political career Rankin was first elected to Banbridge District Council in 2001, representing the Dromore District. He retained his council seat at the 2005 and 2011 council elections. Rankin was elected onto the successor Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council at the 2014 local elections, representing the Lagan River District; he was re-elected in 2019. He was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly for Lagan Valley, on 14 March 2022, after Edwin Poots switched to South Belfast, following the sudden death of Christopher Stalford Christopher David Matthew Stalford (17 January 1983 – 19 February 2022) was a Northern Irish politician who w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banbridge District Council
Banbridge District Council was the local authority of Banbridge in Northern Ireland. It was created in 1973 when the Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 came into force. In May 2015, it merged with Armagh City and District Council and Craigavon Borough Council to form one of 11 new local government units. The new council area was named Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon District Council. District council The district was divided into three electoral areas: Banbridge, Knockiveagh and Dromore, which between them returned 17 members. Elections of the whole council were usually held every four years and were conducted under the proportional representation single transferable vote system. Notably, Banbridge District Council was the only council controlled by one party (the UUP) from its creation in 1973 until the year 2000 when the DUP gained a seat in a by-election in Dromore. Following the May 2011 local-government elections, the UUP retook its position from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
