2014 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council election
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![]() Newry, Mourne and Down 2014 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by plurality of FPVs) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The first election to Newry, Mourne and Down District Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 22 May 2014, returned 41 members to the newly formed council via Single Transferable Vote.[1][2][3] Sinn Féin and the Social Democratic and Labour Party won the most seats, with 14 each, with Sinn Féin taking a plurality of first-preference votes.
Results by party
[edit]Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
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Sinn Féin | 14 | 22,611 | 37.11 | |||
SDLP | 14 | 18,571 | 30.48 | |||
DUP | 4 | 4,259 | 6.99 | |||
UUP | 3 | 6,820 | 11.19 | |||
Independent | 3 | 3,448 | 5.66 | |||
Alliance | 2 | 1,460 | 2.40 | |||
UKIP | 1 | 2,371 | 3.89 | |||
NI21 | 0 | 526 | 0.86 | |||
TUV | 0 | 433 | 0.71 | |||
Totals | 41 | 60,922 | 100.00 | — |
Districts summary
[edit]Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
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Sinn Féin | SDLP | DUP | UUP | Alliance | UKIP | Others | |||||||||
Crotlieve | 34.5 | 2 | 43.4 | 3 | 2.5 | 0 | 9.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 10.1 | 1 | 6 |
Downpatrick | 28.3 | 1 | 50.9 | 3 | 2.2 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 12.9 | 1 | 5 |
Newry | 51.7 | 3 | 31.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 12.3 | 1 | 6 |
Rowallane | 7.9 | 0 | 19.0 | 1 | 27.3 | 2 | 26.2 | 1 | 7.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 12.3 | 0 | 5 |
Slieve Croob | 32.5 | 2 | 24.8 | 1 | 14.8 | 1 | 10.4 | 0 | 10.0 | 1 | 5.9 | 0 | 1.6 | 0 | 5 |
Slieve Gullion | 62.2 | 4 | 23.3 | 2 | 3.4 | 0 | 11.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
The Mournes | 28.5 | 2 | 23.8 | 2 | 9.0 | 1 | 17.0 | 1 | 2.4 | 0 | 18.1 | 1 | 1.2 | 0 | 7 |
Total | 37.1 | 14 | 30.4 | 14 | 7.6 | 4 | 12.0 | 3 | 2.4 | 2 | 3.9 | 1 | 6.6 | 3 | 41 |
District results
[edit]Crotlieve
[edit]2014: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
SDLP | Declan McAteer* | 14.19% | 1,389 | 1,403 | |||||||
SDLP | Michael Carr* | 10.30% | 1,008 | 1,068 | 1,401 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | Sinead Ennis* † | 13.57% | 1,328 | 1,333 | 1,344 | 1,344.4 | 1,344.9 | 1,812.9 | |||
Sinn Féin | Mickey Ruane* | 12.21% | 1,195 | 1,232 | 1,286 | 1,286.4 | 1,286.9 | 1,519.9 | |||
SDLP | Gillian Fitzpatrick* | 11.21% | 1,097 | 1,109 | 1,289 | 1,290.6 | 1,290.6 | 1,337.6 | 1,431.6 | ||
Independent | Jarlath Tinnelly | 7.56% | 740 | 856 | 941 | 941.8 | 942.8 | 1,067.8 | 1,149.8 | 1,230.8 | |
UUP | William Mitchell | 9.53% | 933 | 1,136 | 1,143 | 1,143.8 | 1,143.8 | 1,149.8 | 1,150.8 | 1,155.8 | |
Sinn Féin | Mark Gibbons | 8.76% | 858 | 867 | 941 | 941 | 941 | ||||
SDLP | Connaire McGreevy* | 7.73% | 757 | 771 | |||||||
Independent | Finbarr Lambe | 2.64% | 258 | ||||||||
DUP | Wilma McCullough | 2.31% | 226 | ||||||||
Electorate: 18,279 Valid: 9,789 (53.55%) Spoilt: 148 Quota: 1,399 Turnout: 9,937 (54.36%) |
Downpatrick
[edit]2014: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
SDLP | Colin McGrath* † | 19.63% | 1,279 | ||||
SDLP | Dermot Curran* | 16.52% | 1,076 | 1,226 | |||
SDLP | Gareth Sharvin* | 14.75% | 961 | 1,034 | 1,170.35 | ||
Independent | Cadogan Enright* | 12.88% | 839 | 978 | 997.05 | 1,052.05 | |
Sinn Féin | Naomi Bailie | 15.83% | 1,031 | 1,032 | 1,045.35 | 1,049.35 | |
Sinn Féin | Eamonn McConvey* | 12.45% | 811 | 812 | 829.4 | 833.4 | |
UUP | Graham Furey | 5.73% | 373 | ||||
DUP | Yvonne Moore | 2.21% | 144 | ||||
Electorate: 14,000 Valid: 6,514 (46.53%) Spoilt: 98 Quota: 1,086 Turnout: 6,612 (47.23%) |
Newry
[edit]2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Charlie Casey* | 19.20% | 1,693 | |||||||
Sinn Féin | Liz Kimmins* | 17.75% | 1,567 | |||||||
Sinn Féin | Valerie Harte* | 14.75% | 1,300 | |||||||
Independent | Davy Hyland* | 11.85% | 1,045 | 1,202 | 1,296.35 | |||||
SDLP | Gary Stokes | 10.64% | 938 | 981 | 997.84 | 1,070.84 | 1,086.92 | 1,092.02 | 1,222.02 | |
SDLP | Kevin McAteer ‡† | 7.13% | 629 | 716 | 764.97 | 812.03 | 820.27 | 832.51 | 1,153.51 | |
SDLP | Peter McEvoy | 7.53% | 664 | 689 | 767.03 | 804.06 | 808.54 | 817.21 | 914.21 | |
SDLP | Jacinta Duffy | 6.30% | 555 | 664 | 721.63 | 791.63 | 799.31 | 809.51 | ||
UUP | Joshua Lowry | 4.36% | 384 | 387 | 388.53 | |||||
Independent | James Malone | 0.47% | 41 | 48 | 55.14 | |||||
Electorate: 18,411 Valid: 8,816 (47.88%) Spoilt: 165 Quota: 1,260 Turnout: 8,981 (48.78%) |
Rowallane
[edit]2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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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%) |
Slieve Croob
[edit]2014: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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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 | |
UUP | 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%) |
Slieve Gullion
[edit]2014: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Terry Hearty* | 19.14% | 2,135 | |||||||
SDLP | Geraldine Donnelly* † | 13.59% | 1,516 | |||||||
Sinn Féin | Mickey Larkin* | 12.65% | 1,411 | |||||||
Sinn Féin | Barra Ó Muirí* | 10.92% | 1,218 | 1,773.12 | ||||||
UUP | David Taylor* | 11.14% | 1,243 | 1,246.24 | 1,599.24 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Róisín Mulgrew* | 11.46% | 1,278 | 1,312.56 | 1,312.92 | 1,632.87 | ||||
SDLP | Kate Loughran | 9.66% | 1,078 | 1,106.44 | 1,110.44 | 1,122.05 | 1,123.65 | 1,248.65 | 1,345.61 | |
Sinn Féin | Dáire Hughes | 8.06% | 899 | 1,004.84 | 1,011.2 | 1,055.48 | 1,283.68 | 1,283.68 | 1,294.48 | |
DUP | Lavelle McIlwrath | 3.37% | 376 | 377.8 | ||||||
Electorate: 19,834 Valid: 11,154 (56.24%) Spoilt: 216 Quota: 1,395 Turnout: 11,370 (57.33%) |
The Mournes
[edit]2014: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UKIP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
UKIP | Henry Reilly* ‡ | 18.07% | 1,964 | ||||||
SDLP | Laura Devlin* | 16.45% | 1,789 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | Willie Clarke* | 14.55% | 1,581 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | Seán Doran* | 13.92% | 1,513 | ||||||
UUP | Harold McKee*† | 12.44% | 1,352 | 1,677.5 | |||||
SDLP | Brian Quinn* | 7.32% | 796 | 804.06 | 1,131.3 | 1,134.4 | 1,291.72 | 1,416.72 | |
DUP | Glyn Hanna | 8.95% | 973 | 1,161.17 | 1,168.73 | 1,307.61 | 1,311.52 | 1,321.52 | |
UUP | Jill Macauley* | 4.55% | 494 | 550.42 | 556.36 | 727.48 | 728.86 | 752.86 | |
Alliance | Ciaran McAvoy | 2.39% | 260 | 263.41 | 322.81 | 324.67 | 368.83 | ||
NI21 | Annette Holden | 1.36% | 148 | 153.27 | 168.39 | 169.32 | 183.58 | ||
Electorate: 20,008 Valid: 10,869 (54.32%) Spoilt: 173 Quota: 1,359 Turnout: 11,042 (55.19%) |
* Incumbent
Changes during the term
[edit]† Co-options
[edit]Date | Electoral area | Party | Outgoing | Co-optee | Reason | |
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25 Jan 2016 | Slieve Gullion | SDLP | Geraldine Donnelly | Pete Byrne | Donnelly retired.[5] | |
31 May 2016 | Downpatrick | SDLP | Colin McGrath | John Trainor | McGrath elected to the Assembly.[6] | |
16 Nov 2016 | Slieve Croob | Alliance | Patrick Clarke | Andrew McMurray | Clarke ejected from council.[7] | |
13 Apr 2017 | Crotlieve | Sinn Féin | Sinéad Ennis | Oksana McMahon | Ennis elected to the Assembly.[8] | |
30 Apr 2017 | The Mournes | UUP | Harold McKee | Jill Macauley | McKee elected to the Assembly. | |
26 Aug 2017 | Newry | SDLP | Kevin McAteer (Ind.) | Michael Savage | McAteer resigned.[9] | |
22 Jan 2018 | Slieve Croob | Sinn Féin | Pól O Gríbín | John Rice | O Gríbín resigned.[10] | |
14 Feb 2018 | Slieve Croob | Sinn Féin | Stephen Burns | Róisín Howell | Burns resigned.[11] |
‡ Changes in affiliation
[edit]Date | Electoral area | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance | ||
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3 Apr 2015 | Newry | Kevin McAteer | SDLP | Independent | Resigned.[12] | ||
2 Nov 2015 | The Mournes | Henry Reilly | UKIP | Independent | Expelled.[13] | ||
26 Aug 2017 | Newry | Vacancy | Independent | SDLP | McAteer's seat returned to the SDLP.[14] |
Last updated 25 March 2019.
Current composition: see Newry, Mourne and Down District Council.
References
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- ^ "Roisin Howell Steps In For Stephen Burns | Down News". Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ O'Hare, Columba (4 April 2015). "McAteer leaves SDLP to go Independent!". Newry.ie. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ Manley, John. "One-time SDLP chief executive to sit as councillor for the party in Newry". The Irish News. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
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