Slieve Croob (District Electoral Area)
| Slieve Croob | |
|---|---|
| Newry, Mourne and Down District Council DEA constituency | |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2014 |
| Seats | 5 (2014-) |
| Councillors | |
Slieve Croob 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 Ballydugan, Ballyward, Castlewellan, Drumaness and Dundrum.[2] Slieve Croob forms part of the South Down constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 2014 local elections, replacing parts of the Ballynahinch DEA and parts of the Newcastle DEA which had both existed since 1985.
Councillors
| Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Alan Lewis (DUP)/ (UUP) |
Andrew McMurray (Alliance) |
Siobhan O'Hare (Sinn Féin) |
Jim Brennan (Sinn Féin) |
Róisín Howell (Sinn Féin) | |||||
| August 2022 Defection | Hugh Gallagher (SDLP) | |||||||||
| June 2022 Co-Option | ||||||||||
| October 2019 Co-Option | Cathy Mason (Sinn Féin) | |||||||||
| 2019 | Gregory Bain (Alliance) | |||||||||
| February 2018 Co-Option | Garth Craig (DUP) |
Andrew McMurray (Alliance) |
Mark Murnin (SDLP) |
John Rice (Sinn Féin) | ||||||
| January 2018 Co-Option | Stephen Burns (Sinn Féin) | |||||||||
| November 2016 Co-Option | Pól Ó Gribín (Sinn Féin) | |||||||||
| 2014 | Patrick Clarke (Alliance) | |||||||||
2023 Election
2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin and DUP gain from SDLP and UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| DUP | Alan Lewis* | 19.34% | 1,723 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | Jim Brennan* | 17.61% | 1,569 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | Róisín Howell* | 16.19% | 1,443 | 1,443.14 | 1,447.14 | 1,484.39 | 1,531.39 | ||
| Alliance | Andrew McMurray* | 13.28% | 1,183 | 1,189.02 | 1,244.02 | 1,246.77 | 1,327.02 | 1,521.02 | |
| Sinn Féin | Siobhan O'Hare | 13.76% | 1,226 | 1,226.42 | 1,232.42 | 1,259.87 | 1,301.47 | 1,305.87 | |
| SDLP | Hugh Gallagher* | 8.48% | 756 | 758.80 | 771.80 | 778.50 | 1,082.18 | 1,170.54 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Walter Lyons | 4.30% | 383 | 603.36 | 604.50 | 604.55 | 607.25 | ||
| SDLP | Will Polland | 3.20% | 285 | 286.40 | 299.40 | 302.45 | |||
| Aontú | Rosemary McGlone | 2.75% | 245 | 245.70 | 248.70 | 249.50 | |||
Green (NI)
|
Seana Pitt | 1.10% | 98 | 98.70 | |||||
| Electorate: 15,797 Valid: 8,911 (56.41%) Spoilt: 92 Quota: 1,486 Turnout: 9,003 (56.99%) | |||||||||
2019 Election
2014: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2014-2019 Change: UUP gain from DUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | 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%) | |||||||||
2014 Election
2014: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Stephen Burns* † | 18.87% | 1,303 | |||||||
| DUP | Garth Craig* | 14.78% | 1,021 | 1,028 | 1,028 | 1,166 | ||||
| SDLP | Mark Murnin | 11.35% | 784 | 794 | 794 | 797 | 929.16 | 1,261.16 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Pól Ó Gribín † | 13.61% | 940 | 948 | 1,042.44 | 1,046.44 | 1,072 | 1,164 | ||
| Alliance | Patrick Clarke † | 9.99% | 690 | 738 | 749.04 | 771.04 | 807.84 | 971.84 | 1,068.59 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Desmond Patterson* | 10.40% | 718 | 727 | 733.6 | 932.6 | 934.6 | 955.08 | 967.08 | |
| SDLP | Audrey Byrne | 7.44% | 514 | 521 | 544.88 | 551.88 | 781.76 | |||
| SDLP | Shane King | 6.05% | 418 | 425 | 438.68 | 445.8 | ||||
UKIP
|
Alan Lewis | 5.89% | 407 | 413 | 413.24 | |||||
| NI21 | Matthew Morrison | 1.61% | 111 | |||||||
| Electorate: 13,939 Valid: 6,906 (47.80%) Spoilt: 125 Quota: 1,152 Turnout: 7,031 (50.44%) | ||||||||||
References
- ^ Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
- ^ "Newry, Mourne and Down District Council". www.ark.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 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.