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The 2019 election to the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections that were held on 2 May 2019 returned 41 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.[1]
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![]() Newry, Mourne and Down 2019 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by the plurality of FPVs) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election results
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Sinn Féin | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 39.0 | 36.5 | 25,327 | 0.6 | |
SDLP | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 26.8 | 23.0 | 15,975 | 7.4 | |
Independent | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12.2 | 12.5 | 8,661 | 7.5 | |
UUP | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 6,952 | 2.0 | |
DUP | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7.3 | 8.5 | 5,897 | 0.9 | |
Alliance | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 | 7.4 | 5,162 | 5.0 | |
Aontú | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1,055 | New | |
Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 310 | 0.4 | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.9 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
The overall turnout was 55.25% with a total of 69,339 valid votes cast. A total of 1,090 ballots were rejected.
Districts summary
editWard | % |
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Sinn Féin | SDLP | UUP | DUP | Alliance | Others | ||||||||
Crotlieve | 29.8 | 2 | 27.0 | 2 | 6.2 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 29.5 | 2 | 6 |
Downpatrick | 25.2 | 1 | 40.6 | 3 | 4.7 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 22.3 | 1 | 5 |
Newry | 44.8 | 3 | 21.3 | 2 | 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7.3 | 0 | 23.2 | 1 | 6 |
Rowallane | 8.0 | 0 | 15.6 | 1 | 19.4 | 1 | 29.0 | 2 | 18.2 | 1 | 9.7 | 0 | 5 |
Slieve Croob | 36.5 | 2 | 20.5 | 1 | 15.9 | 1 | 10.6 | 0 | 10.6 | 1 | 5.9 | 0 | 5 |
Slieve Gullion | 62.7 | 5 | 21.6 | 1 | 10.3 | 1 | 2.5 | 0 | 2.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
The Mournes | 34.2 | 3 | 18.0 | 1 | 12.0 | 1 | 16.1 | 1 | 7.8 | 0 | 12.0 | 1 | 7 |
Total | 36.5 | 16 | 23.0 | 11 | 10.0 | 4 | 8.5 | 3 | 7.4 | 2 | 14.4 | 5 | 41 |
District results
editCrotlieve
edit2014: 3 × SDLP, 2 × Sinn Féin, 1 × Independent
2019: 2 × SDLP, 2 × Sinn Féin, 2 × Independent
2014-2019 Change: Independent gain from SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Independent | Jarlath Tinnelly* | 12.30% | 1,412 | 1,415 | 1,465 | 1,528 | 1,651 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Gerry O'Hare | 11.20% | 1,286 | 1,286 | 1,305 | 1,462 | 1,467 | 1,852 | ||||
SDLP | Declan McAteer* | 10.24% | 1,175 | 1,179 | 1,236 | 1,247 | 1,309 | 1,371 | 1,375.56 | 1,375.56 | 1,754.56 | |
Independent | Mark Gibbons | 10.36% | 1,189 | 1,191 | 1,257 | 1,269 | 1,586 | 1,599 | 1,600.71 | 1,607.71 | 1,703.71 | |
Sinn Féin | Mickey Ruane* | 7.07% | 812 | 812 | 822 | 963 | 1,039 | 1,396 | 1,590.94 | 1,593.64 | 1,687.64 | |
SDLP | Karen McKevitt | 9.72% | 1,116 | 1,117 | 1,203 | 1,232 | 1,259 | 1,337 | 1,340.42 | 1,340.42 | 1,641.42 | |
UUP | Joshua Lowry | 6.20% | 712 | 1,056 | 1,068 | 1,068 | 1,079 | 1,079 | 1,079 | 1,079 | 1,100.9 | |
SDLP | Michael Carr | 7.00% | 808 | 810 | 877 | 880 | 1,055 | 1,073 | 1,075.85 | 1,075.85 | ||
Sinn Féin | Oksana McMahon* | 7.04% | 809 | 809 | 823 | 922 | 940 | |||||
Independent | Jim Boylan | 6.86% | 788 | 789 | 853 | 856 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | Mary Tinnelly | 4.52% | 519 | 519 | 524 | |||||||
Alliance | Lorcán McGreevy | 4.21% | 483 | 484 | ||||||||
DUP | Wilma McCullough | 3.23% | 371 | |||||||||
Electorate: 19,863 Valid: 11,480 (57.80%) Spoilt: 169 Quota: 1,641 Turnout: 11,649 (58.65%) |
Downpatrick
edit2014: 3 × SDLP, 1 × Sinn Féin, 1 × Independent
2019: 3 × SDLP, 1 × Sinn Féin, 1 × Independent
2014-2019 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
SDLP | Gareth Sharvin* | 19.01% | 1,395 | |||||||
Independent | Cadogan Enright* ‡ | 14.34% | 1,052 | 1,093.36 | 1,216.46 | 1,327.46 | ||||
SDLP | Dermot Curran* | 12.81% | 940 | 969.59 | 976.59 | 1,059.02 | 1,222.24 | 1,317.24 | ||
Sinn Féin | Oonagh Hanlon | 14.06% | 1,032 | 1,041.13 | 1,049.13 | 1,073.46 | 1,073.46 | 1,156.68 | 1,157.68 | |
SDLP | John Trainor* | 9.05% | 664 | 744.74 | 758.18 | 852.83 | 906.27 | 1,060.81 | 1,094.81 | |
Sinn Féin | Jordan Madden | 11.35% | 833 | 846.31 | 853.31 | 864.53 | 865.43 | 899.3 | 899.3 | |
Aontú | Macartán Digney | 6.47% | 475 | 478.19 | 486.19 | 517.74 | 524.74 | |||
UUP | Alex Burgess | 4.70% | 345 | 345.66 | 479.66 | 508.66 | ||||
Alliance | Tiernan Laird | 5.11% | 375 | 380.5 | 434.05 | |||||
DUP | James Savage | 2.03% | 149 | 149 | ||||||
Green (NI) | Jamie Kennedy | 1.74% | 128 | 129.32 | ||||||
Electorate: 14,620 Valid: 7,338 (50.19%) Spoilt: 86 Quota: 1,232 Turnout: 7,474 (51.12%) |
Newry
edit2014: 3 × Sinn Féin, 2 × SDLP, 1 × Independent
2019: 3 × Sinn Féin, 2 × SDLP, 1 × Independent
2014-2019 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Independent | Gavin Malone | 23.19% | 2,296 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | Liz Kimmins* †† | 13.88% | 1,374 | 1,450.56 | |||||
SDLP | Michael Savage* | 12.43% | 1,231 | 1,417.56 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Charlie Casey* † | 12.42% | 1,230 | 1,345.28 | 1,347.16 | 1,843.16 | |||
Sinn Féin | Valerie Harte* | 10.56% | 1,045 | 1,131.68 | 1,132.68 | 1,363.56 | 1,776.7 | ||
SDLP | Gary Stokes* | 8.87% | 878 | 987.12 | 1,115.08 | 1,139.68 | 1,145.14 | 1,178.81 | |
Alliance | Helena Young | 7.28% | 721 | 924.72 | 1,049.44 | 1,084.36 | 1,093.46 | 1,137.14 | |
Sinn Féin | Sarah McAllister | 7.92% | 784 | 864.08 | 864.08 | ||||
UUP | Ricky McGaffin | 3.44% | 341 | 353.76 | |||||
Electorate: 19,400 Valid: 9,900 (51.03%) Spoilt: 198 Quota: 1,415 Turnout: 10,098 (52.05%) |
Rowallane
edit2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2014-2019 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Alliance | Patrick Brown* † | 18.60% | 1,416 | ||||||
SDLP | Terry Andrews* | 15.57% | 1,211 | 1,322 | |||||
DUP | Harry Harvey* †† | 16.27% | 1,265 | 1,270 | 1,275.28 | 1,329.28 | |||
UUP | Robert Burgess* | 10.81% | 842 | 865 | 892.83 | 1,075.37 | 1,082.96 | 1,142.81 | |
DUP | William Walker* ࠠ | 12.67% | 985 | 989 | 994.5 | 1,037.04 | 1,058.43 | 1,073.65 | |
UUP | Walter Lyons | 8.58% | 667 | 682 | 692.89 | 746.95 | 751.78 | 772.54 | |
Sinn Féin | Marianne Cleary | 8.00% | 622 | 652 | 671.47 | 709.67 | 709.67 | ||
Independent | Martyn Todd | 6.13% | 477 | 525 | 570.54 | ||||
Green (NI) | Emma Cairns | 2.34% | 182 | ||||||
Aontú | Liam Mulhern | 1.27% | 99 | ||||||
Electorate: 14,896 Valid: 7,776 (52.20%) Spoilt: 73 Quota: 1,296 Turnout: 7,839 (52.62%) |
Slieve Croob
edit2014: 2 × Sinn Féin, 1 × Alliance, 1 × SDLP, 1 × DUP
2019: 2 × Sinn Féin, 1 × Alliance, 1 × SDLP, 1 × UUP
2014-2019 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
UUP | Alan Lewis ‡ | 15.93% | 1,303 | 1,307 | 2,115 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Roisin Howell* | 12.65% | 1,035 | 1,086 | 1,088 | 1,090 | 1,611 | ||
Sinn Féin | Cathy Mason † | 13.07% | 1,069 | 1,117 | 1,119 | 1,120 | 1,373 | ||
Alliance | Gregory Bain † | 10.55% | 863 | 915 | 932 | 1,194 | 1,217 | 1,241.84 | |
SDLP | Hugh Gallagher | 10.76% | 880 | 969 | 986 | 1,041 | 1,086 | 1,222.16 | |
SDLP | Mark Murnin* | 9.73% | 796 | 894 | 907 | 1,017 | 1,071 | 1,154.72 | |
Sinn Féin | John Rice* | 10.81% | 884 | 907 | 907 | 908 | |||
DUP | Maynard Hanna | 10.61% | 868 | 889 | |||||
Aontú | Tracy Harkin | 5.88% | 481 | ||||||
Electorate: 14,846 Valid: 8,179 (55.09%) Spoilt: 111 Quota: 1,364 Turnout: 8,290 (55.84%) |
Slieve Gullion
edit2014: 4 × Sinn Féin, 2 × SDLP, 1 × UUP
2019: 5 × Sinn Féin, 1 × SDLP, 1 × UUP
2014-2019 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Terry Hearty* † | 14.98% | 1,876 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Mickey Larkin* | 13.14% | 1,646 | ||||
SDLP | Pete Byrne* | 13.12% | 1,643 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Oonagh Magennis | 12.95% | 1,622 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Barra Ó'Muirí* | 10.79% | 1,351 | 1,571.49 | |||
UUP | David Taylor* | 10.28% | 1,287 | 1,287.34 | 1,577.34 | ||
Sinn Féin | Roisin Mulgrew* † | 10.88% | 1,362 | 1,414.19 | 1,482.04 | 1,554.44 | |
SDLP | Kate Loughran* | 8.46% | 1,059 | 1,076.85 | 1,291.89 | 1,296.34 | |
Alliance | Gazdag Balázs | 2.88% | 361 | 365.08 | |||
DUP | Linda Henry | 2.52% | 315 | 316.19 | |||
Electorate: 20,858 Valid: 12,522 (60.03%) Spoilt: 295 Quota: 1,566 Turnout: 12,817 (61.45%) |
The Mournes
edit2014: 2 × Sinn Féin, 2 × SDLP, 1 × DUP, 1 × UUP, 1 × UKIP
2019: 3 × Sinn Féin, 1 × SDLP, 1 × DUP, 1 × UUP, 1 × Independent
2014-2019 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP, Independent leaves UKIP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
DUP | Glyn Hanna* ‡‡ | 16.06% | 1,944 | |||||||
Sinn Féin | Sean Doran* † | 15.57% | 1,885 | |||||||
SDLP | Laura Devlin* | 12.99% | 1,572 | |||||||
UUP | Harold McKee ‡ | 12.02% | 1,455 | 1,697 | ||||||
Independent | Henry Reilly* ‡ | 11.95% | 1,447 | 1,619.92 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | Willie Clarke* | 9.53% | 1,154 | 1,154.44 | 1,283.64 | 1,283.86 | 1,426.54 | 1,426.98 | 1,445.42 | |
Sinn Féin | Leeanne McEvoy | 9.06% | 1,097 | 1,098.32 | 1,269.92 | 1,269.92 | 1,372.32 | 1,372.54 | 1,379.86 | |
Alliance | Andrew McMurray | 7.79% | 943 | 945.2 | 951 | 1,014.36 | 1,280.88 | 1,320.7 | 1,349.02 | |
SDLP | Brian Quinn* | 5.01% | 607 | 612.06 | 675.26 | 735.32 | ||||
Electorate: 21,013 Valid: 12,104 (57.60%) Spoilt: 158 Quota: 1,514 Turnout: 12,262 (58.35%) |
Changes during the term
edit† Co-options
editDate co-opted | Electoral Area | Party | Outgoing | Co-optee | Reason | |
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3 October 2019 | Slieve Croob | Alliance | Gregory Bain | Andrew McMurray | Bain resigned. | |
17 October 2019 | Rowallane | DUP | Harry Harvey | Kathryn Owen | Harvey was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly. | |
10 February 2020 | Newry | Sinn Féin | Liz Kimmins | Roisin Mulgrew | Kimmins was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly. | |
11 February 2020 | Slieve Gullion | Sinn Féin | Roisin Mulgrew | Declan Murphy | Murphy filled the vacancy arising from Mulgrew's move from Slieve Gullion to Newry. | |
28 May 2020 | Slieve Gullion | Sinn Féin | Terry Hearty | Aoife Finnegan | Hearty resigned. | |
23 December 2021 | The Mournes | Sinn Féin | Sean Doran | Michael Rice | Doran died. | |
25 May 2022 | Rowallane | Alliance | Patrick Brown | David Lee-Surginor | Brown was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. | |
9 June 2022 | Slieve Croob | Sinn Féin | Cathy Mason | Jim Brennan | Mason was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. | |
24 October 2022 | Rowallane | DUP | William Walker | Yvonne Moore | Walker resigned. | |
20 December 2022 | Newry | Sinn Féin | Roisin Mulgrew | Geraldine Kearns | Mulgrew resigned. | |
20 December 2022 | Newry | Sinn Féin | Charlie Casey | Cathal King | Casey resigned. | |
20 December 2022 | Rowallane | DUP | Kathryn Owen | Jonathan Jackson | Owen resigned. | |
20 December 2022 | Rowallane | DUP | Yvonne Moore | Callum Bowsie | Moore resigned. |
‡ Changes in affiliation
editDate | Electoral Area | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance | ||
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6 June 2021 | The Mournes | Glyn Hanna | DUP | Independent | Resigned from the DUP over disagreements with the new party leadership.[5] | ||
6 June 2021 | Rowallane | Kathryn Owen | DUP | Independent | Resigned from the DUP over disagreements with the new party leadership.[5] | ||
14 September 2021 | The Mournes | Glyn Hanna | Independent | DUP | Rejoined the DUP over resolving their disagreements with the new party leadership.[6] | ||
14 September 2021 | Rowallane | Kathryn Owen | Independent | DUP | Rejoined the DUP over resolving their disagreements with the new party leadership.[6] | ||
29 October 2021 | The Mournes | Harold McKee | UUP | Independent | Resigned from the UUP over disagreements with the new party leadership on social issues.[7] | ||
13 November 2021 | The Mournes | Harold McKee | Independent | TUV | Joined the TUV having recently resigned from the UUP.[8] | ||
28 February 2022 | Rowallane | William Walker | DUP | Independent | Suspended by the DUP after being arrested.[9] | ||
25 July 2022 | Downpatrick | Cadogan Enright | Independent | Alliance | Joined Alliance.[10] | ||
12 August 2022 | Slieve Croob | Alan Lewis | UUP | DUP | Defected to the DUP.[11] | ||
12 August 2022 | The Mournes | Henry Reilly | Independent | DUP | Joined the DUP.[11] |
– Suspensions
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Last updated 26 October 2022.
Current composition: see Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
Notes
edit- ^ The leader of Sinn Féin is Mary Lou McDonald, who sits as a TD in the Irish Dáil Éireann for Dublin Central. O'Neill is the leader of the party in Northern Ireland.
References
edit- ^ "Election 2019: Newry, Mourne and Down District Council candidates". BBC News. 4 May 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ "Newry City, Mourne and Down District Council". BBC News. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- ^ "Local Council Elections - Results 2019". www.newrymournedown.org. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
- ^ a b McCormick, Jayne (7 June 2021). "DUP councillors quit party over Edwin Poots' leadership". BBC News. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ a b Walker, Stephen (14 September 2021). "DUP: Councillors Glyn Hanna and Kathryn Owen return to the party". BBC News. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ Cochrane, Amy (29 October 2021). "Mournes councillor resigns from UUP due to Beattie's 'liberal leadership'". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "Former Ulster Unionist Party councillor Harold McKee joins TUV". BBC News. 13 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ "DUP councillor William Walker suspended by party after arrest". BBC News. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- ^ "Alliance grows as Enright joins Newry, Mourne and Down team". Alliance Party. 25 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Democratic Unionists: Two County Down councillors join party". BBC News. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.