Bann (District Electoral Area)

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.

Bann
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created1985
Seats7 (1985-1993)
6 (1993-2014)
7 (2014-)
Councillors
  •   Ciarán Archibald (SF)
  •   Sean Bateson (SF)
  •   Richard Holmes (UUP)
  •   Dawn Huggins (DUP)
  •   Michelle Knight-McQuillan (DUP)

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)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
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 Co-Option Helena Dallat O'Driscoll
(SDLP)
Adrian McQuillan
(DUP)/
(Independent)
2019
2014 Róisín Loftus
(SDLP)
William King
(UUP)
Sam Cole
(DUP)
2011 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)
1993 Gerard O'Kane
(SDLP)
1989 Creighton Hutchinson
(UUP)
Robert Catherwood
(DUP)
John Moody
(UUP)
1985

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]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678
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]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    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]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456
      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]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345678
        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]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          12345
          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]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            123456
            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]
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              123456
              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]
                PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                12345
                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]
                  PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                  12345
                  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]
                    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                    123456
                    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%)  

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