Rowallane is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland.[1] The district elects five members to Newry, Mourne and Down District Council and contains the wards of Ballynahinch, Crossgar and Killyleagh, Derryboy, Kilmore and Saintfield.[2] Rowallane forms part of the Strangford constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament and part of the South Down constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
Rowallane | |
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Newry, Mourne and Down District Council DEA constituency | |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1985 |
Seats | 5 (1985-) |
Councillors |
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It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Down Area A which had existed since 1973, where it contained five wards (Crossgar, Derryboy, Killyleagh, Kilmore and Saintfield). For the 2014 local elections it gained Ballynahinch from the abolished Ballynahinch DEA.
Councillors
editElection | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) | |||||
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2023 | Terry Andrews (SDLP)/ (Independent) |
David Lee-Surginor (Alliance) |
Tierna Kelly (Alliance) |
Jonny Jackson (DUP) |
Callum Bowsie (DUP) | |||||
December 2022 Co-Options | Robert Burgess (UUP) | |||||||||
October 2022 Co-Option | Yvonne Moore (DUP) |
Kathryn Owen (DUP)/ (Independent) | ||||||||
May 2022 Co-Option | William Walker (DUP)/ (Independent) | |||||||||
February 2022 Defection | Patrick Brown (Alliance) |
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September 2021 Defection | ||||||||||
June 2021 Defection | ||||||||||
October 2019 Co-Option | ||||||||||
2019 | Harry Harvey (DUP) | |||||||||
2014 | ||||||||||
2011 | Maria McCarthy (SDLP) |
William Dick (DUP) | ||||||||
2005 | Margaret Ritchie (SDLP) |
Edward Rea (UUP) | ||||||||
2001 | Albert Colmer (UUP) | |||||||||
1997 | Samuel Osborne (UUP) |
William Biggerstaff (UUP) | ||||||||
1993 | ||||||||||
1989 | ||||||||||
1985 | Dermot Nesbitt (UUP) |
2023 Election
edit2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
2019–2023 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
DUP | Jonny Jackson* | 17.60% | 1,414 | ||||
SDLP | Terry Andrews* | 16.42% | 1,319 | 1,335 | 1,860 | ||
DUP | Callum Bowsie* | 16.57% | 1,331 | 1,337 | 1,340 | ||
Alliance | Tierna Kelly | 12.01% | 965 | 996 | 1,118 | 1,403 | |
Alliance | David Lee-Surginor* | 12.58% | 1,011 | 1,056 | 1,199 | 1,347 | |
UUP | Robert Burgess* | 11.66% | 937 | 1,018 | 1,021 | 1,024 | |
Sinn Féin | Dermot Kennedy | 10.78% | 866 | 872 | |||
UUP | Rachel Gracey | 1.26% | 101 | ||||
Green (NI) | Ali McColl | 1.12% | 90 | ||||
Electorate: 15,865 Valid: 8,034 (50.64%) Spoilt: 81 Quota: 1,340 Turnout: 8,115 (51.15%) |
2019 Election
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 | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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%) |
2014 Election
edit2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
2011-2014 Change: Alliance gain from Independent
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
SDLP | Terry Andrews* | 19.02% | 1,321 | ||||||
UUP | Robert Burgess* | 16.49% | 1,145 | 1,153.45 | 1,202.45 | ||||
DUP | Harry Harvey | 13.71% | 952 | 958.89 | 982.54 | 1,139.1 | 1,144.1 | 1,148.1 | |
DUP | Billy Walker* | 13.58% | 943 | 959.64 | 980.94 | 1,070.98 | 1,072.98 | 1,081.98 | |
Alliance | Patrick Brown | 7.34% | 510 | 563.95 | 710.97 | 723.36 | 734.36 | 992.36 | |
UUP | Walter Lyons* | 9.68% | 672 | 674.86 | 699.64 | 873.81 | 898.81 | 913.81 | |
Sinn Féin | Eddie Hughes | 7.95% | 552 | 595.68 | 689.88 | 692.01 | 692.01 | ||
TUV | Philip Hamilton | 6.24% | 433 | 437.81 | 456.46 | ||||
NI21 | Alistair Straney | 3.85% | 267 | 275.19 | |||||
Independent | Mickey Coogan* | 2.15% | 149 | 160.31 | |||||
Electorate: 14,526 Valid: 6,944 (49.54%) Spoilt: 78 Quota: 1,158 Turnout: 7,022 (50.44%) |
2011 Election
edit2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2005-2011 Change: Independent gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
DUP | William Dick* | 17.21% | 1,007 | ||||
SDLP | Maria McCarthy | 13.82% | 809 | 1,092 | |||
UUP | Robert Burgess* | 14.30% | 837 | 840 | 969 | 982.26 | |
DUP | William Walker* | 15.72% | 920 | 927 | 971 | 976.46 | |
Independent | Terry Andrews | 12.03% | 704 | 763 | 884 | 976.04 | |
UUP | Graham Furey | 11.96% | 700 | 705 | 761 | 764.9 | |
Alliance | Patrick Brown | 8.10% | 474 | 491 | |||
Sinn Féin | Catriona Mackel | 4.89% | 286 | ||||
SDLP | Patricia McKay | 1.97% | 115 | ||||
Electorate: 11,090 Valid: 5,852 (52.77%) Spoilt: 83 Quota: 976 Turnout: 5,935 (53.52%) |
2005 Election
edit2001: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2005: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
DUP | William Dick* | 20.91% | 1,326 | |||||||
SDLP | Margaret Ritchie* | 17.43% | 1,105 | |||||||
UUP | Robert Burgess* | 14.64% | 928 | 961 | 975 | 975.72 | 979.76 | 1,065.76 | ||
UUP | Edward Rea* | 9.15% | 580 | 589 | 610.2 | 612.12 | 621.12 | 690.6 | 1,067.6 | |
DUP | William Walker | 11.37% | 721 | 913.8 | 921.2 | 921.56 | 926.6 | 940.8 | 1,027.24 | |
SDLP | Patricia McKay | 4.89% | 310 | 310.8 | 342.8 | 376.56 | 592.04 | 716.04 | 772 | |
UUP | Albert Colmer* | 8.47% | 537 | 560.4 | 570.6 | 572.12 | 575.2 | 649.84 | ||
Alliance | Lorna Dunn | 5.25% | 333 | 333.8 | 415 | 416.64 | 439.8 | |||
Sinn Féin | Mary Robb | 4.94% | 313 | 313 | 319 | 322.08 | ||||
Green (NI) | Philip Orr | 2.95% | 187 | 188 | ||||||
Electorate: 10,330 Valid: 6,340 (61.37%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 1,057 Turnout: 6,429 (62.24%) |
2001 Election
edit1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2001: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
SDLP | Margaret Ritchie* | 21.00% | 1,440 | ||||||
DUP | William Dick* | 17.47% | 1,198 | ||||||
UUP | Robert Burgess | 16.23% | 1,113 | 1,117.41 | 1,144.41 | ||||
UUP | Albert Colmer* | 14.98% | 1,027 | 1,035.4 | 1,051.24 | 1,058.71 | 1,262.71 | ||
UUP | Edward Rea | 10.62% | 728 | 732.83 | 760.83 | 762.25 | 901.46 | 1,018.5 | |
SDLP | Kathleen Stockton | 4.07% | 279 | 525.12 | 565.59 | 823.93 | 845.35 | 847.66 | |
DUP | William Walker | 8.74% | 599 | 600.47 | 622.68 | 623.68 | |||
Sinn Féin | Anthony Lacken | 4.43% | 304 | 319.96 | 322.96 | ||||
Independent | James Marks | 2.46% | 169 | 172.36 | |||||
Electorate: 10,464 Valid: 6,857 (65.53%) Spoilt: 142 Quota: 1,143 Turnout: 6,999 (66.89%) |
1997 Election
edit1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
SDLP | Margaret Ritchie* | 19.44% | 1,044 | |||||
UUP | Samuel Osborne* | 15.76% | 846 | 847.96 | 888.24 | 1,105.24 | ||
DUP | William Dick* | 15.09% | 810 | 810.56 | 819.56 | 963.56 | ||
UUP | Albert Colmer* | 15.22% | 817 | 817.84 | 865.26 | 899.26 | ||
UUP | William Biggerstaff* | 12.94% | 695 | 695.28 | 734.28 | 801.56 | 925.56 | |
SDLP | John Moffat | 7.15% | 384 | 516.58 | 584.82 | 602.52 | 605.52 | |
Ind. Unionist | William Walker | 9.70% | 521 | 522.82 | 543.96 | |||
Alliance | Barry Corscadden | 4.69% | 252 | 255.5 | ||||
Electorate: 10,036 Valid: 5,369 (53.50%) Spoilt: 78 Quota: 895 Turnout: 5,447 (54.27%) |
1993 Election
edit1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1989-1993 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | ||||
UUP | Samuel Osborne* | 22.80% | 1,322 | ||
SDLP | Margaret Ritchie* | 20.20% | 1,171 | ||
UUP | Albert Colmer* | 15.21% | 882 | 1,067.36 | |
UUP | William Biggerstaff* | 16.42% | 952 | 1,058.12 | |
DUP | William Dick* | 16.57% | 961 | 1,017.56 | |
SDLP | Hugh Flynn | 8.80% | 510 | 514.76 | |
Electorate: 9,320 Valid: 5,798 (62.21%) Spoilt: 110 Quota: 967 Turnout: 5,908 (63.39%) |
1989 Election
edit1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
SDLP | Margaret Ritchie* | 26.91% | 1,509 | |||||
UUP | Samuel Osborne* | 23.58% | 1,322 | |||||
UUP | Albert Colmer | 13.93% | 781 | 915 | 1,104.9 | |||
UUP | William Biggerstaff* | 13.20% | 740 | 892 | 969.4 | |||
DUP | William Dick* | 11.63% | 652 | 678 | 717.3 | 779.1 | 1,013.1 | |
Ind. Unionist | William Walker | 6.26% | 351 | 413 | 461.9 | 480.8 | 488.8 | |
DUP | William Greer | 4.49% | 252 | 311 | 334.4 | 371.3 | ||
Electorate: 8,574 Valid: 5,607 (65.40%) Spoilt: 106 Quota: 935 Turnout: 5,713 (66.63%) |
1985 Election
edit1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
UUP | Dermot Nesbitt* | 22.75% | 1,180 | |||||
UUP | Samuel Osborne* | 20.59% | 1,068 | |||||
UUP | William Biggerstaff | 12.38% | 642 | 877.44 | ||||
DUP | William Dick | 14.42% | 748 | 789.58 | 857.98 | 866.82 | ||
SDLP | Margaret Ritchie | 12.13% | 629 | 636.29 | 639.41 | 639.67 | 1,146.67 | |
DUP | Trevor Lennon | 7.50% | 389 | 413.03 | 539.75 | 542.83 | 547.83 | |
SDLP | Oliver Flanagan | 10.24% | 531 | 532.62 | 535.98 | 536.14 | ||
Electorate: 7,860 Valid: 5,187 (65.99%) Spoilt: 87 Quota: 865 Turnout: 5,274 (67.10%) |
References
edit- ^ 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 24 January 2022.
- ^ "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage". Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ "Rowallane Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 27 July 2021.