Bann (District Electoral Area)

Bann
Bann
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	1985
Seats	7 (1985-1993) ; 6 (1993-2014) ; 7 (2014-)
Councillors	Ciarán Archibald (SF); Sean Bateson (SF); Richard Holmes (UUP); Dawn Huggins (DUP); Michelle Knight-McQuillan (DUP);

Bann is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland.^[1] The district elects five members to Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council and contains the wards of Aghadowey, Castlerock, Garvagh, Kilrea and Macosquin.^[2] Bann forms part of the East Londonderry constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Coleraine Area A which had existed since 1973, where it contained seven wards (Agivey, Castlerock, Garvagh, Kilrea, Macosquin, Ringsent and The Cuts). For the 1993 local elections it was reduced to six wards, losing The Cuts to the new Coleraine Central DEA. For the 2014 local elections it was reduced to five wards.

Councillors

Election						Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
2023	Ciarán Archibald (Sinn Féin)	Sean Bateson (Sinn Féin)	Richard Holmes (UUP)	Dawn Huggins (DUP)	Michelle Knight-McQuillan (DUP)	5 seats 2014–present		6 seats 1993–2014
February 2023 Defection	Helena Dallat O'Driscoll (SDLP)			Independent )
2019	Helena Dallat O'Driscoll (SDLP)			Independent )
2014	Róisín Loftus (SDLP)	William King (UUP)		Sam Cole (DUP)
2011	Róisín Loftus (SDLP)				Adrian McQuillan (DUP)		Ciarán Archibald (Sinn Féin)
2005	John Dallat (SDLP)		Olive Church (UUP)				Billy Leonard (Sinn Féin)
2001				William Watt (UUP)			Eamon Mullan (SDLP)
1997					Robert Bolton (DUP)		Eamon Mullan (SDLP)
1993					Robert Bolton (DUP)		Gerard O'Kane (SDLP)
1989			Creighton Hutchinson (UUP)		Robert Catherwood (DUP)				John Moody (UUP)
1985			Creighton Hutchinson (UUP)		Robert Catherwood (DUP)				John Moody (UUP)

2023 Election

2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Bann - 5 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Sinn Féin	Sean Bateson*	16.13%	1,277	1,312.00	1,450.00
	DUP	Michelle Knight-McQuillan*	13.31%	1,054	1,054.00	1,057.00	1,160.00	1,160.00	1,183.00	1,523.00
	DUP	Dawn Huggins	10.75%	851	853.00	856.00	985.00	985.00	1,009.00	1,144.00	1,283.50
	Sinn Féin	Ciarán Archibald	10.89%	862	898.00	1,006.00	1,006.00	1,122.00	1,258.00	1,272.00	1,272.62
	Ulster Unionist	Richard Holmes*	9.88%	782	788.00	793.00	889.00	889.00	1,009.00	1,200.00	1,238.44
	Ulster Unionist	Andrew Kerr	9.60%	760	768.00	770.00	815.00	815.00	964.00	1,042.00	1,064.32
	Independent	Adrian McQuillan*	8.85%	701	715.00	724.00	789.00	791.00	883.00
	Alliance	Joe Hutchinson	7.24%	573	693.00	746.00	755.00	766.00
	TUV	William Craig	5.76%	456	461.00	463.00
	Aontú	Gemma Brolly	4.24%	336	364.00
	SDLP	Ryan Barkley	2.19%	173
	Green (NI)	Jen McCahon	1.16%	92
Electorate: 13,347 Valid: 7,917 (59.32%) Spoilt: 70 Quota: 1,320 Turnout: 7,987 (59.84%)

2019 Election

2014: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2014-2019 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP

Bann - 5 seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Sean Bateson	19.29%	1,403
	DUP	Adrian McQuillan ‡	14.40%	1,047	1,048.12	1,173.12	1,180.28	1,307.28
	Ulster Unionist	Richard Holmes*	13.26%	964	964.8	1055.8	1,121.6	1,248.6
	DUP	Michelle Knight-McQuillan*	10.74%	781	781.48	862.48	870.48	1,241.48
	SDLP	Helena Dallat O'Driscoll	9.43%	686	846.16	853.16	1,138.44	1,144.6
	Ulster Unionist	William King*	10.99%	799	799	848	922	986
	DUP	Sam Cole*	8.79%	639	639.48	714.48	721.64
	Alliance	Charlie McConaghy	6.75%	491	511.64	522.64
	PUP	Timmy Reid	3.45%	251	251
	TUV	Elizabeth Collins	2.94%	214	214
Electorate: 12,656 Valid: 7,272 (57.45%) Spoilt: 78 Quota: 1,213 Turnout: 7,272 (58.07%)

2014 Election

2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

2014: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

2011-2014 Change: Sinn Féin loss due to the reduction of one seat

Bann - 5 seats^[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ulster Unionist	William King*	17.13%	1,127
	DUP	Michelle Knight-McQuillan*	15.58%	1,025	1,166
	Ulster Unionist	Richard Holmes*	13.38%	880	1,140
	DUP	Sam Cole*	13.56%	892	1,063	1,127.66
	SDLP	Róisín Loftus*	13.30%	875	981	984.66	1,023.36	1,030.07	1,057.79
	Sinn Féin	Ciaran Archibald*	15.11%	994	1,010	1,010	1,014.3	1,014.3	1,015.84
	TUV	Elizabeth Collins	8.36%	550
	Alliance	Charlie McConaghy	3.57%	235
Electorate: 12,175 Valid: 6,578 (54.03%) Spoilt: 77 Quota: 1,097 Turnout: 6,655 (54.66%)

2011 Election

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

2011: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

2005-2011 Change: No change

Bann - 6 seats^[6]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	DUP	Adrian McQuillan*	22.04%	1,440
	Sinn Féin	Ciaran Archibald	16.47%	1,076
	Ulster Unionist	William King*	14.35%	938
	DUP	Sam Cole*	9.53%	623	860.96	861.68	940.68
	SDLP	Roisin Loftus	8.91%	582	583.44	656.7	658.7	701.42	701.42	711.86	1,070.86
	Ulster Unionist	Richard Holmes	5.55%	363	379.2	379.38	440.26	480.62	481.72	838.48	846.38
	DUP	Angela Torrens	3.41%	223	429.64	429.82	465.78	491.78	496.08	542	554.98
	SDLP	Eamon Mullan	6.41%	419	421.16	483.26	484.26	525.06	525.26	526.26
	Ulster Unionist	Rosemary Torrens	5.60%	366	395.52	395.52	434.24	470.6	471.4
	Alliance	Charlie McConaghy	4.07%	266	267.44	271.04	272.4
	TUV	Elizabeth Collins	3.66%	239	248	248.18
Electorate: 10,978 Valid: 6,535 (59.53%) Spoilt: 110 Quota: 934 Turnout: 6,645 (60.53%)

2005 Election

2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

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

2001-2005 Change: DUP and Sinn Féin gain from UUP and SDLP

Bann - 6 seats^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	SDLP	John Dallat*	12.88%	901	1,326
	Sinn Féin	Billy Leonard	12.79%	895	925	1,161
	DUP	Sam Cole*	11.68%	817	817	817	818	1,175
	DUP	Adrian McQuillan*	14.10%	986	986	988	990	1,139
	Ulster Unionist	William King*	12.77%	893	896	907	912	949
	Ulster Unionist	Olive Church*	13.12%	918	920	924	933	947
	Ulster Unionist	William Watt*	7.75%	542	544	570	601	609
	DUP	Mark Fielding	8.19%	573	573	574	574
	SDLP	Eamon Mullan*	6.72%	470
Electorate: 10,299 Valid: 6,995 (67.92%) Spoilt: 121 Quota: 1,000 Turnout: 7,116 (69.09%)

2001 Election

1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

2001: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

1997-2001 Change: No change

Bann - 6 seats^[8]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	SDLP	John Dallat*	23.22%	1,714
	DUP	Adrian McQuillan	16.47%	1,216
	SDLP	Eamon Mullan*	7.25%	535	1,079.07
	Ulster Unionist	Olive Church*	13.36%	986	989.28	997.86	1,014.27	1,066.73
	Ulster Unionist	William King*	11.12%	821	826.74	833.76	854.53	961.04	1,156.04
	Ulster Unionist	William Watt*	9.54%	704	708.1	721.62	736.03	816.41	1,024.79
	Independent	Reginald McAuley	6.93%	512	589.9	591.2	628.3	643.38	722.47
	Independent	Robert Bolton*	6.96%	514	516.87	527.53	540.94	601.22
	DUP	Hazel Sommers	3.59%	265	265.41	377.08	377.21
	Alliance	Yvonne Boyle	1.57%	116	132.81	133.2
Electorate: 10,232 Valid: 7,383 (72.16%) Spoilt: 160 Quota: 1,055 Turnout: 7,543 (73.72%)

1997 Election

1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

1993-1997 Change: No change

Bann - 6 seats^[9]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	SDLP	John Dallat*	20.31%	1,234
	Ulster Unionist	Olive Church*	16.84%	1,023
	Ulster Unionist	William Watt*	16.29%	990
	SDLP	Eamon Mullan	10.57%	642	990.6
	Ulster Unionist	William King*	14.07%	855	856.8	963.75
	DUP	Robert Bolton*	10.83%	658	659.2	685.75	708.25	716.05	785.07
	DUP	James McCloskey	8.59%	522	524.1	533.7	554	566	613.09
	Alliance	Ian McEwan	2.50%	152	157.4	161
Electorate: 9,982 Valid: 6,076 (60.87%) Spoilt: 112 Quota: 869 Turnout: 6,188 (61.99%)

1993 Election

1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

1989-1993 Change: UUP loss due to the reduction of one seat

Bann - 6 seats^[10]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Ulster Unionist	William Watt*	16.92%	1,072
	Ulster Unionist	Olive Church	16.22%	1,028
	Ulster Unionist	William King*	15.81%	1,002
	SDLP	John Dallat*	15.29%	969
	SDLP	Gerard O'Kane*	13.89%	880	883.4	916.4
	DUP	Robert Bolton	12.34%	782	820.25	836.42	865.82	879.82
	Ulster Unionist	Robert McPherson	6.83%	433	554.89	622.74	707.7	782.1
	Alliance	Ian McEwan	2.70%	171	173.21
Electorate: 9,793 Valid: 6,337 (64.71%) Spoilt: 142 Quota: 906 Turnout: 6,479 (66.16%)

1989 Election

1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

1985-1989 Change: No change

Bann - 7 seats^[11]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Ulster Unionist	William King*	18.82%	1,326
	Ulster Unionist	William Watt*	16.82%	1,185
	Ulster Unionist	Creighton Hutchinson*	16.04%	1,130
	SDLP	John Dallat*	15.50%	1,092
	DUP	Robert Catherwood*	13.56%	955
	Ulster Unionist	John Moody*	7.50%	528	957.4
	SDLP	Gerard O'Kane*	8.87%	625	626.9	680.9	710.9	909.1
	Alliance	Ian McEwan	2.88%	203	215.54	384.54	594.54	601.54
Electorate: 11,366 Valid: 7,044 (61.97%) Spoilt: 201 Quota: 881 Turnout: 7,245 (63.74%)

1985 Election

1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

Bann - 7 seats^[12]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ulster Unionist	William King*	17.14%	1,310
	Ulster Unionist	Creighton Hutchinson	15.04%	1,150
	SDLP	John Dallat*	14.21%	1,086
	Ulster Unionist	William Watt	12.06%	922	1,005.7
	SDLP	Gerard O'Kane*	8.84%	676	678.16	678.5	794.42	996.42
	DUP	Robert Catherwood*	9.98%	763	776.77	810.94	811.3	811.3	1,023.3
	Ulster Unionist	John Moody	7.61%	582	761.28	899.49	900.21	900.72	933.72
	DUP	Thomas Malone*	7.27%	556	611.62	621.31	621.31	623.58	687.58
	DUP	Douglas Darragh	4.23%	323	332.45	337.21	337.81	337.81
	Irish Republican Socialist	Eamon Mullan	3.61%	276	276.81	276.81	284.73
Electorate: 11,018 Valid: 7,644 (69.38%) Spoilt: 155 Quota: 956 Turnout: 7,799 (70.78%)

References

^ Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
^ [1], ARK, accessed 8 July 2023
^ "Local Council Elections 2023 - Results". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
^ "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
^ "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 23 January 2022.
^ "Bann Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
^ "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
^ "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
^ "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
^ "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

[1] Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014

[2] [1], ARK, accessed 8 July 2023

[3] "Local Council Elections 2023 - Results". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2023.

[4] "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

[5] "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 23 January 2022.

[6] "Bann Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[7] "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[8] "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 14 July 2021.

[9] "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 14 July 2021.

[10] "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

[11] "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

[12] "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

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