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The Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
comprises all of the old Newry and Mourne, and Down District
Councils, with the inclusion of part of Ballyward from the old
Banbridge District Council.
The 2019 election saw Sinn Féin pull ahead of their
SDLP rivals. The SDLP saw a 7% drop in their share of the first
preference vote and a reduction of three seats. They lost seats to
Sinn Féin in Slieve Gullion and The Mournes and to an Independent
in Crotlieve. The UUP also pulled ahead of their rivals in the
DUP, taking a seat from them in Slieve Croob. Alliance increased
their share of the vote by 5% but did not translate this into any
new seats.
Map by Conal
Kelly
Summary
| Electoral Area | 2019 Results | 2014 Results |
| Rowallane |
2 DUP, 1 UUP, 1 Alliance, 1 SDLP |
2 DUP, 1 UUP, 1 SDLP, 1 Alliance |
| The Mournes |
3 SF, 1 SDLP, 1 DUP, 1 UUP, 1 Ind |
2 SF, 2 SDLP, 1 UKIP, 1 UUP, 1 DUP |
| Slieve Croob |
2 SF, 1 SDLP, 1 UUP, 1 Alliance |
2 SF, 1 SDLP, 1 DUP, 1 Alliance |
| Crotlieve | 2 SDLP, 2 SF, 2 Ind |
3 SDLP, 2 SF, 1 Ind |
| Newry | 3 SF, 2 SDLP, 1 Ind |
3 SF, 2 SDLP, 1 Ind |
| Downpatrick | 3 SDLP, 1 SF, 1 Ind |
3 SDLP, 1 SF, 1 Ind |
| Slieve Gullion |
5 SF, 1 SDLP, 1 UUP |
4 SF, 2 SDLP, 1 UUP |
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Votes by Party
| 2019 Results | 2014 Results | 2011 Notional Results |
| SF 25,327 (36.5%) 16 councillors SDLP 15,975 (23.0%) 11 councillors Ind 8,661 (12.5%) 5 councillors UUP 6,952 (10.0%) 4 councillors DUP 5,897 (8.5%) 3 councillors Alliance 5,162 (7.4%) 2 councillors Aontu 1,055 (1.5%) Green 310 (0.4%) |
SF 22,613 (37.1%), 14 councillors SDLP 18,568 (30.4%), 14 councillors UUP 7,314 (12.0%) 3 councillors DUP 4,635 (7.6%), 4 councillors Inds 3,072 (5.0%) 3 councillors UKIP 2,371 (3.9%) 1 councillor Alliance 1,460 (2.4%), 2 councillors NI21 526 (0.9%) TUV 433 (0.7%) |
SF: 23,943 (36.4%), 16 councillors SDLP: 20,321 (30.9%), 14 councillors UUP: 7,527 (11.5%), 5 councillors DUP: 5,499 (8.4%), 3 councillors UKIP: 1,910 (2.9%) 1 councillor Green: 1,417 (2.2%) Alliance: 1,314 (2.0%) TUV: 425 (0.6%) Ind: 3,335 (5.1%) 1 councillors (2 Ind Nats) |
| Electorate: 125,496; votes cast: 70,429 (56.1%); invalid votes: 1,090 (1.5%); valid votes: 69,339. |
Electorate 118,997; votes cast 61,995 (52.1%); invalid votes 1,003 (1.7%); valid votes 60,992. |
2011 Census:
124,059 "Catholic" (72.32%); 41,009 "Protestant" (23.91%); 862
Other (0.50%); 5,603 None (3.27%)
Westminster
seat: South
Down and Strangford
Includes
these
wards: Ballynahinch, Crossgar & Killyleagh, Derryboy,
Kilmore, and Saintfield.
| First Count: Patrick Brown (Alliance) 1,416 Harry Harvey (DUP) 1,265 Terry Andrews (SDLP) 1,211 William Walker (DUP) 985 Robert Burgess (UUP) 842 Walter Lyons (UUP) 667 Marianne Cleary (SF) 622 Martyn Todd (Ind) 477 Emma Cairns (Green) 182 Liam Mulhern (Aontu) 99 |
Votes by Party: DUP 2,250 (29.0%) 2 seats UUP 1,509 (19.4%) 1 seat Alliance 1,416 (18.2%) 1 seat SDLP 1,211 (15.6%) 1 seat SF 622 (8.0%) Ind 477 (6.1%) Green 182 (2.3%) Aontu 99 (1.3%) |
Electorate: 14,896; votes cast: 7,839 (52.6%); invalid votes: 73
(0.9%); valid votes: 7,766; quota: 1,295.
Walker (DUP) was 301.11 ahead of Lyons (UUP) for the last seat,
with a SDLP surplus of 27 undistributed, which would have narrowed
the final margin. Impressive performance by Brown, topping the
poll and increasing the Alliance share of the vote by almost 11%
compared to 2014.
| First Count: Terry Andrews (SDLP) 1,321 Robert Burgess (UUP) 1,145 Harry Harvey (DUP) 952 Billy Walker (DUP) 943 Walter Lyons (UUP) 672 Eddie Hughes (SF) 552 Patrick Brown (Alliance) 510 Philip Hamilton (TUV) 433 Alistair Straney (NI21) 267 Mickey Coogan (Independent) 149 |
Votes by Party: DUP 1,895 (27.3%) 2 seats UUP 1,817 (26.2%) 1 seat SDLP 1,321 (19.0%) 1 seat SF 552 (7.9%) Alliance 510 (7.3%) 1 seat TUV 433 (6.2%) NI21 267 (3.8%) Ind 149 (2.2%) |
Electorate 14,526; votes cast 7,022 (50.4%); spoilt votes 78
(1.1%); valid votes 6,944; quota: 1,158.
Lyons (UUP) finished 78.55 votes behind Brown (Alliance) on the
last count. Brown's victory, from a starting point of 0.44 quotas,
is impressive; but he had started well, with more transfers than
any other candidate both from Andrews (SDLP)'s surplus on the
second count, and from the elimination of Straney (NI21) and
Coogan (Ind) on the third. On the fifth count, he was still 164
votes behind Lyons (UUP), but a crucial 42 ahead of Hughes (SF);
and the latter's votes pulled him ahead. With 3.6 Unionist quotas
here, and 1.6 Nationalist quotas, it was favourable territory for
sneaking through the middle.
Westminster
seat: South
Down
Includes
these
wards: Annalong, Binnian, Donard, Kilkeel, Lisnacree, Murlough,
and Tollymore.
| First Count: Glyn Hanna (DUP) 1,944 Sean Doran (SF) 1,885 Laura Devlin (SDLP) 1,572 Harold McKee (UUP) 1,455 Henry Reilly (Ind) 1,447 Willie Clarke (SF) 1,154 Leeanne McEvoy (SF) 1,097 Andrew McMurray (Alliance) 943 Brian Quinn (SDLP) 607 |
Votes by Party: SF 4,136 (34.2%) 3 seats SDLP 2,179 (18.0%) 1 seat DUP 1,944 (16.1%) 1 seat UUP 1,455 (12.0%) 1 seat Ind 1,447 (12.0%) 1 seat Alliance 943 (7.8%) |
Electorate: 21,013; votes cast: 12,262 (58.4%); invalid votes:
158 (1.3%); valid votes: 12,104; quota: 1,514.
McEvoy (SF) was 30.84 ahead of McMurray (Alliance) for the last
seat, with no undistributed surpluses remaining. Successful
Independent candidate Henry Reilly, had won a seat in 2014 as
UKIP. He was later expelled from the party in Nov 2015. Reilly was
also the UKIP's candidate in the 2014 European elections,
receiving more than 24,000 votes.
| First Count: Henry Reilly (UKIP) 1,964 Laura Devlin (SDLP) 1,788 Willie Clarke (SF) 1,581 Seán Doran (SF) 1,513 Harold McKee (UUP) 1,352 Glyn Hanna (DUP) 973 Brian Quinn (SDLP) 796 Jill Macauley (UUP) 494 Ciaran McAvoy (Alliance) 260 Annette Holden (NI21) 148 |
Votes by Party: SF 3,094 (28.5%) 2 seats SDLP 2,584 (23.8%) 2 seats UKIP 1,964 (18.1%) 1 seat - best UKIP result in Northern Ireland UUP 1,846 (17.0%) 1 seat DUP 973 (9.0%) 1 seat Alliance 260 (2.4%) NI21 148 (1.4%) |
Electorate 20,008; votes cast 11,042 (55.2%); spoilt votes 173 (1.6%); valid votes 10,869; quota: 1,359.
Macaulay (UUP) was a pretty massive 568.66 votes behind Hanna
(DUP) on the last count, with various untransferred votes which
would not have changed the result much. A more balanced UUP ticket
could have hoped to keep the DUP out (they got more than half of
Reilly's surplus) but it would have been very tricky.
Irish
Observer and Faha
both projected 2 SF, 2 SDLP, 1 DUP, 1 UUP, 1 UKIP, which was the
actual result.
Westminster
seat: South
Down
Includes
these
wards: Ballydugan, Ballyward, Castlewellan, Drumaness, and
Dundrum.
| First Count: Alan Lewis (UUP) 1,303 Cathy Mason (SF) 1,069 Roisin Howell (SF) 1,035 John Rice (SF) 884 Hugh Gallagher (SDLP) 880 Maynard Hanna (DUP) 868 Gregory Bain (Alliance) 863 Mark Murnin (SDLP) 796 Tracy Harkin (Aontu) 481 |
Votes by Party: SF 2,988 (36.5%) 2 seats SDLP 1,676 (20.5%) 1 seat UUP 1,303 (15.9%) 1 seat DUP 868 (10.6%) Alliance 863 (10.6%) 1 seat Aontu 481 (5.9%) |
Electorate: 14,846; votes cast: 8,290 (55.8%); invalid votes: 111
(1.3%); valid votes: 8,179; quota: 1,364.
Gallagher (SDLP) was 67.44 ahead of running mate Murnin (SDLP)
for the last seat, with a SF surplus of 9 votes undistributed.
Good performance by Bain (Alliance) who was elected from seventh
place on first preferences with 0.63 of a quota.
| First Count: Stephen Burns (SF) 1,303 Garth Craig (DUP) 1,021 Pól O Gribín (SF) 940 Mark Murnin (SDLP) 784 Desmond Patterson (UUP) 718 Patrick Clarke (Alliance) 690 Audrey Byrne (SDLP) 514 Shane King (SDLP) 418 Alan Lewis (UKIP) 407 Matthew Morrison (NI21) 111 |
Votes by Party: SF 2,243 (32.5%) 2 seats SDLP 1,715 (24.8%) 1 seat DUP 1,021 (14.8%) 1 seat UUP 718 (10.4%) Alliance 690 (10.0%) 1 seat UKIP 407 (5.9%) NI21 111 (1.6%) |
Electorate 13,989; votes cast 7,031 (50.4%); spoilt votes 125 (1.8%); valid votes 6,906; quota: 1,152.
Patetrson (UUP) finished 101.51 votes behind Clarke (Alliance), with undistributed surpluses of 14 from the DUP (originating with UKIP) and 12 from SF (originating with the SDLP).
Westminster
seat: South
Down
Includes
these
wards: Burren, Derryleckagh, Hilltown, Mayobridge, Rostrevor,
and Warrenpoint.
| First Count: Jarlath Tinnelly (Ind) 1,412 Gerry O'Hare (SF) 1,286 Mark Gibbons (Ind) 1,189 Declan McAteer (SDLP) 1,175 Karen McKevitt (SDLP) 1,116 Mickey Ruane (SF) 812 Oksana McMahon (SF) 809 Michael Carr (SDLP) 808 Jim Boylan (Ind) 788 Joshua Lowry (UUP) 712 Mary Tinnelly (SF) 519 Lorcán McGreevy (Alliance) 483 Wilma McCullough (DUP) 371 |
Votes by Party: SF 3,426 (29.8%) 2 seats Ind 3,389 (29.5%) 2 seats - highest Ind percentage of the election SDLP 3,099 (27.0%) 2 seats UUP 712 (6.2%) Alliance 483 (4.2%) DUP 371 (3.2%) |
Electorate: 19,863; votes cast: 11,649 (58.6%); invalid votes:
169 (1.5%); valid votes: 11,480; quota: 1,641.
McKevitt (SDLP) was 540.32 ahead of Lowry (UUP) for the last
seat, with undistributed surpluses of 46.64 (SF), 62.1 (Ind), and
113.56 (SDLP), which would have widened the final margin.
Crotlieve had the highest share of the vote for Independent
candidates across all 80 electoral areas in the 2019 election.
| First Count: Declan McAteer (SDLP) 1,389 Sinead Ennis (SF) 1,328 Mickey Ruane (SF) 1,195 Gillian Fitzpatrick (SDLP) 1,097 Michael Carr (SDLP) 1,008 William Mitchell (UUP) 933 Mark Gibbons (SF) 858 Connaire McGreevy (SDLP) 757 Jarlath Tinnelly (Independent) 740 Finbarr Lambe (Independent) 258 Wilma McCullough (DUP) 226 |
Votes by Party: SDLP 4,251 (43.4%) 3 seats SF 3,381 (34.5%) 2 seats Inds 998 (10.2%) 1 seat UUP 933 (9.5%) DUP 226 (2.5%) |
Electorate 18,279; votes cast 9,937 (54.4%); spoilt votes 148
(1.5%); valid votes 9,789; quota: 1,399.
Tinnelly (Ind) finished 75 votes ahead of Mitchell (UUP),
though an undistributed SDLP surplus of 32 would have widened the
gap. Unionists fell short of a quota here; after the DUP
elimination, which took him to 1136, Mitchell picked up less than
20 transfers from the votes of six Nationalist candidates.
Irish Observer projected 3 SF, 3 SDLP, so this can probably be counted as an independent gain from SF.
Westminster
seat: Newry
and Armagh
Includes
these
wards: Abbey, Ballybot, Damolly, Drumalane, Fathom, and St.
Patrick's.
| First Count: Gavin Malone (Ind) 2,296 Liz Kimmins (SF) 1,374 Michael Savage (SDLP) 1,231 Charlie Casey (SF) 1,230 Valerie Harte (SF) 1,045 Gary Stokes (SDLP) 878 Sarah McAllister (SF) 784 Helena Young (Alliance) 721 Ricky McGaffin (UUP) 341 |
Votes by Party: SF 4,433 (44.8%) 3 seats Ind 2,296 (23.2%) 1 seat SDLP 2,109 (21.3%) 2 seats Alliance 721 (7.3%) UUP 341 (3.4%) |
Electorate: 19,400; votes cast: 10,098 (52.1%); invalid votes:
198 (2.0%); valid votes: 9,900; quota: 1,415.
Stokes (SDLP) was 41.67 ahead of Young (Alliance) for the last
seat, with undistributed surpluses of 2.56 (SDLP) and 35.56 (SF),
which would have widened the final margin. Impressive performance
by Independent candidate Malone, topping the poll with 1.6 quotas.
| First Count: Charlie Casey (SF) 1,693 Liz Kimmins (SF) 1,567 Valerie Harte (SF) 1,300 Davy Hyland (Independent) 1,045 Gary Stokes (SDLP) 938 Peter McEvoy (SDLP) 664 Kevin McAteer (SDLP) 629 Jacinta Duffy (SDLP) 555 Joshua Lowry (UUP) 384 James Malone (Independent) 41 |
Votes by Party: SF 4,560 (51.7%) 3 seats SDLP 2,786 (31.6%) 2 seats Inds 1,086 (12.3%) 1 seat UUP 384 (4.4%) |
Electorate 18,411; votes cast 8,981 (48.8%); spoilt votes 165
(1.8%); valid votes 8,816; quota: 1,260.
McEvoy (SDLP) finished 239.30 votes behind McAteer (also SDLP),
having started 35 ahead but getting fewer transfers on five of the
six subsequent counts - in particular, when Duffy was eliminated
on the last count, 321 of her 809 votes went to McAteer, 130 to
Stokes and only 97 to McEvoy with 261 not transferred. A fourth SF
candidate, with adequate balancing, could have put Hyland under
pressure.
Westminster
seat: South
Down
Includes
these
wards: Cathedral, Knocknashinna, Lecale, Quoile, and Strangford.
| First Count: Gareth Sharvin (SDLP) 1,395 Cadogan Enright (Ind) 1,052 Oonagh Hanlon (SF) 1,032 Dermot Curran (SDLP) 940 Jordan Madden (SF) 833 John Trainor (SDLP) 664 Macartán Digney (Aontu) 475 Tiernan Laird (Alliance) 375 Alex Burgess (UUP) 345 James Savage (DUP) 149 Jamie Kennedy (Green) 128 |
Votes by Party: SDLP 2,999 (40.6%) 3 seats SF 1,865 (25.2%) 1 seat Ind 1,052 (14.2%) 1 seat Aontu 475 (6.4%) Alliance 375 (5.1%) UUP 345 (4.7%) DUP 149 (2.0%) Green 128 (1.7%) |
Electorate: 14,620; votes cast: 7,474 (51.1%); invalid votes: 86
(1.2%); valid votes: 7,388; quota: 1,232.
Trainor (SDLP) was 195.51 ahead of Madden (SF) for the last seat,
with a SDLP surplus of 85.24 undistributed, which would have
widened the final margin.
| First Count: Colin McGrath (SDLP) 1,279 Dermot Curran (SDLP) 1,076 Naomi Bailie (SF) 1,031 Gareth Sharvin (SDLP) 961 Cadogan Enright (Independent) 839 Eamonn McConvey (SF) 811 Graham Furey (UUP) 373 Yvonne Moore (DUP) 144 |
Votes by Party: SDLP 3,316 (50.9%) 3 seats - best SDLP result in Northern Ireland SF 1,842 (28.3%) 1 seat Ind 839 (12.9%) 1 seat UUP 373 (5.7%) DUP 144 (2.2%) |
Electorate 14,000; votes cast 6,612 (46.5%); spoilt votes 98
(1.5%); valid votes 6,514; quota: 1,086.
McConvey (SF) finished 215.95 votes behind Bailie (also SF) with
Enright (Ind) 2.70 votes ahead of Bailie and an SDLP surplus of 84
yet to transfer which would have widened the gap.
Irish
Observer projected 3 SDLP, 2 SF, and Faha
4
SDLP, 1 SF, so one can debate who lost a notional seat to
Enright.
Westminster
seat: Newry
and Mourne
Includes
these
wards: Bessbrook, Camlough, Crossmaglen, Forkhill, Mullaghbane,
Newtownhamilton, and Whitecross.
| First Count: Terry Hearty (SF) 1,876 Mickey Larkin (SF) 1,646 Pete Byrne (SDLP) 1,643 Oonagh Magennis (SF) 1,622 Roisín Mulgrew (SF) 1,362 Barra O'Muirí (SF) 1,351 David Taylor (UUP) 1,287 Kate Loughran (SDLP) 1,059 Balázs Gazdag (Alliance) 361 Linda Henry (DUP) 315 |
Votes by Party: SF 7,857 (62.7%) 5 seats SDLP 2,702 (21.6%) 1 seat UUP 1,287 (10.3%) 1 seat Alliance 361 (2.9%) DUP 315 (2.5%) |
Electorate: 20,858; votes cast: 12,817 (61.4%); invalid votes:
295 (2.3%); valid votes: 12,522; quota: 1,566.
Mulgrew (SF) was 258.1 ahead of Loughran (SDLP) for the last
seat, with undistributed surpluses of 5.49 (SF), 11.34 (UUP), 56
(SF), and 77 (SDLP), which would have narrowed the final margin.
Strong performance by Sinn Fein, winning five out of seven seats.
This was surpassed only by their performance in Black Mountain
(Belfast), where they won six out of seven.
| First Count: Terry Hearty (SF) 2,135 Geraldine Donnelly (SDLP) 1,516 Mickey Larkin (SF) 1,411 Róisín Mulgrew (SF) 1,278 David Taylor (UUP) 1,243 Barra O Muirí (SF) 1,218 Kate Loughran (SDLP) 1,078 Daire Hughes (SF) 899 Lavelle McIlwrath (DUP) 376 |
Votes by Party: SF 6,941 (62.2%) 4 seats SDLP 2,594 (23.3%) 2 seats UUP 1,243 (11.1%) 1 seat DUP 376 (3.4%) |
Electorate 19,834; votes cast 11,370 (57.3%); spoilt votes 216 (1.9%); valid votes 11,154; quota: 1,395.
Hughes (SF) finished 51.13 votes behind Loughran (SDLP), with
another 16 untransferred from an SF surplus which would have
narrowed the already tight margin. Poor balancing from SF who
started with almost five quotas but missed the fifth seat.
Unionist transfers were also important; 353 votes went to Taylor
(UUP) from McIlwrath (DUP) when she was eliminated; when Taylor's
surplus was transferred, 125 went to Loughran and none at all to
Hughes. Unionists got only just over a quota here.
Irish Observer projected 4 SF, 2 SDLP, 1 UUP, which was the actual result; Faha projected 5 SF, 1 SDLP, 1 UUP, which would also have been my guess from the first preferences.
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