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.
| Slieve Croob | |
|---|---|
| Newry, Mourne and Down District Council DEA constituency | |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2014 |
| Seats | 5 (2014-) |
| Councillors | |
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
edit| Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 co-option | Alan Lewis (DUP)/ (UUP) |
Helena Young (Alliance) |
Siobhan O'Hare (Sinn Féin) |
Jim Brennan (Sinn Féin) |
Róisín Howell (Sinn Féin) | |||||
| 2023 | Andrew McMurray (Alliance) | |||||||||
| 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
edit2019: 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 | |
| UUP | 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
edit2014: 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 | ||||
| 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%) | |||||||||
2014 Election
edit2014: 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 | |
| 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%) | ||||||||||
References
edit- ^ 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.