Newry is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland.[1] The district elects six members to Newry, Mourne and Down District Council and contains the wards of Abbey, Ballybot, Damolly, Drumalane, Fathom and St. Patrick's.[2] Newry forms part of the Newry and Armagh constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, where it was called Newry Town until 2014, replacing Newry and Mourne Areas D and F which had existed since 1973, and originally contained seven wards (Ballybot, Daisy Hill, Drumalane, Drumgallion, St. Mary's, St. Patrick's and Windsor Hill). For the 2014 local elections it was reduced by one ward.
Councillors
| Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2023 Co-Option | Aidan Mathers (Sinn Féin) |
Cathal King (Sinn Féin) |
Geraldine Kearns (Sinn Féin) |
Valerie Harte (Sinn Féin) |
Killian Feehan (SDLP) |
Doire Finn (SDLP) |
6 seats 2014–present | |||||||
| 2023 | Michael Savage (SDLP) | |||||||||||||
| December 2022 Co-Options | Gavin Malone (Independent) |
Gary Stokes (SDLP) | ||||||||||||
| February 2020 Co-Option | Roisin Mulgrew (Sinn Féin) |
Charlie Casey (Sinn Féin) | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | Liz Kimmins (Sinn Féin) | |||||||||||||
| August 2017 Co-Option | Davy Hyland (Independent) | |||||||||||||
| April 2015 Defection | Kevin McAteer (SDLP)/ (Independent) | |||||||||||||
| 2014 | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Brendan Curran (Sinn Féin) |
John McArdle (SDLP) |
Frank Feely (SDLP) |
Jack Patterson (Independent) | ||||||||||
| 2005 | Marian Mathers (Sinn Féin) |
Gary Stokes (SDLP) | ||||||||||||
| 2001 | Davy Hyland (Sinn Féin) |
Patrick McElroy (SDLP) | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | William McCaigue (UUP) |
Eugene Markey (Independent Nationalist) | ||||||||||||
| 1993 | Arthur Ruddy (SDLP) | |||||||||||||
| 1989 | Eugene Markey (Independent Nationalist)/ (IIP) |
Sean Gallogly (SDLP) | ||||||||||||
| 1985 | Thomas McGrath (SDLP) | |||||||||||||
2023 Election
2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2023: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Independent
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Valerie Harte* | 19.95% | 2,085 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | Cathal King* | 18.96% | 1,982 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | Geraldine Kearns* | 12.05% | 1,259 | 1,719.88 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | Aidan Mathers | 14.19% | 1,483 | 1,526.96 | |||||
| SDLP | Michael Savage* † | 8.95% | 935 | 949.84 | 1,151.03 | 1,192.47 | 1,203.34 | 1,382.34 | |
| SDLP | Doire Finn | 9.20% | 961 | 994.04 | 1,120.89 | 1,211.33 | 1,226.98 | 1,357.98 | |
| Alliance | Helena Young | 7.94% | 830 | 845.68 | 925.33 | 963.69 | 988.12 | 1,199.12 | |
| Aontú | Sharon Loughran | 3.04% | 318 | 322.20 | 356.42 | 372.94 | 386.24 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Andrew McCracken | 2.72% | 285 | 285.00 | 287.95 | 289.35 | 289.35 | ||
| Independent | Mariya Krupska | 2.00% | 209 | 213.76 | 237.95 | 248.03 | 272.10 | ||
| Workers' Party | Nicola Grant | 1.00% | 104 | 106.24 | 123.94 | 130.66 | |||
| Electorate: 19,901 Valid: 10,451 (52.51%) Spoilt: 172 Quota: 1,494 Turnout: 10,623 (53.38%) | |||||||||
2019 Election
2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2014-2019 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | 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%) | |||||||||
2014 Election
2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent
2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2011-2014 Change: Independent loss due to the reduction of one seat
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | 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%) | ||||||||||
2011 Election
2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 3 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent
2005-2011 Change: Independent gain from SDLP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Charlie Casey* | 16.89% | 1,280 | ||||||
| Independent | Davy Hyland | 13.29% | 1,007 | ||||||
| SDLP | John McArdle* | 10.94% | 829 | 846.28 | 949.28 | ||||
| Independent | Jack Patterson* | 9.91% | 751 | 763.96 | 778.31 | 969.31 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Valerie Harte | 11.76% | 891 | 930.69 | 935.5 | 937.5 | 947.58 | 986.58 | |
| SDLP | Frank Feely* | 5.29% | 401 | 411.8 | 562.23 | 619.23 | 624.72 | 968.72 | |
| Sinn Féin | Brendan Curran* | 8.34% | 632 | 722.72 | 740.12 | 743.39 | 756.8 | 822.04 | |
| Sinn Féin | Marian O'Reilly* | 6.84% | 518 | 654.08 | 660.16 | 662.16 | 673.14 | 687.49 | |
| SDLP | Gary Stokes* | 6.84% | 518 | 523.4 | 542.67 | 585.67 | 601.15 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Colin McElroy | 5.60% | 424 | 425.35 | 426.35 | ||||
| SDLP | Joe Coyle | 4.18% | 317 | 330.23 | |||||
| Independent | James Malone | 0.13% | 10 | 10.81 | |||||
| Electorate: 13,721 Valid: 7,578 (55.23%) Spoilt: 153 Quota: 948 Turnout: 7,731 (56.34%) | |||||||||
2005 Election
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 3 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 3 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2001-2005 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Independent | Jack Patterson* | 13.86% | 1,186 | ||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Charlie Casey* | 13.19% | 1,128 | ||||||||
| SDLP | John McArdle* | 10.51% | 899 | 931 | 955 | 957.85 | 1,054.05 | 1,127.05 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Brendan Curran* | 8.45% | 723 | 742 | 756.5 | 772.6 | 786.6 | 788.8 | 1,116.8 | ||
| SDLP | Gary Stokes | 6.52% | 558 | 578 | 595.1 | 595.85 | 911.55 | 993.25 | 1,029.8 | 1,036.8 | |
| Sinn Féin | Marian Mathers | 9.71% | 831 | 847 | 853.7 | 878.3 | 897.55 | 898.55 | 984.45 | 984.45 | |
| SDLP | Frank Feely* | 7.66% | 655 | 678 | 692.1 | 694.1 | 753.05 | 869.05 | 887.85 | 926.85 | |
| Sinn Féin | Ewan Morgan | 8.32% | 712 | 732 | 738.1 | 741.55 | 748.75 | 750.75 | 875.25 | 875.25 | |
| Sinn Féin | Catherine McMahon | 6.79% | 581 | 595 | 602.2 | 605.4 | 614 | 618 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | David Taylor | 6.43% | 550 | 551 | 553.5 | 553.55 | 554.65 | ||||
| SDLP | Terry Ruddy | 5.78% | 494 | 526 | 543.7 | 546.1 | |||||
| Independent | Gerry Markey | 2.22% | 190 | ||||||||
| Independent | Vincent Markey | 0.55% | 47 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 12,827 Valid: 8,554 (66.69%) Spoilt: 202 Quota: 1,070 Turnout: 8,756 (68.26%) | |||||||||||
2001 Election
1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent, 1 x Independent Nationalist
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 3 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin and SDLP gain from UUP and Independent Nationalist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Davy Hyland* | 12.73% | 1,213 | ||||||
| Independent | Jack Patterson* | 12.07% | 1,150 | 1,230 | |||||
| SDLP | Patrick McElroy* | 9.97% | 950 | 1,108 | 1,265 | ||||
| SDLP | Frank Feely* | 9.86% | 940 | 1,134 | 1,228 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Charlie Casey | 11.74% | 1,119 | 1,125 | 1,131 | 1,131 | 1,134.65 | 1,136.03 | |
| SDLP | John McArdle | 8.51% | 811 | 910 | 973 | 1,040.15 | 1,069.35 | 1,102.47 | |
| Sinn Féin | Brendan Curran* | 10.75% | 1,025 | 1,049 | 1,054 | 1,054.85 | 1,056.31 | 1,057 | |
| Sinn Féin | Conor Murphy | 10.32% | 984 | 1,005 | 1,011 | 1,015.25 | 1,018.9 | 1,019.59 | |
| Ulster Unionist | William McCaigue* | 7.63% | 727 | 735 | |||||
| SDLP | Peter McEvoy | 5.28% | 503 | ||||||
| Independent | Declan O'Callaghan | 1.14% | 109 | ||||||
| Electorate: 13,657 Valid: 9,531 (69.79%) Spoilt: 265 Quota: 1,192 Turnout: 9,796 (71.73%) | |||||||||
1997 Election
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1997: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993-1997 Change: Independent Nationalist gain from SDLP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Davy Hyland* | 13.53% | 1,095 | |||||
| Independent | Jack Patterson* | 12.73% | 1,030 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | Brendan Curran* | 12.36% | 1,000 | 1,004 | 1,024.93 | |||
| SDLP | Frank Feely* | 9.57% | 774 | 795 | 796.05 | 1,034.05 | ||
| Independent Nationalist | Eugene Markey | 11.48% | 929 | 948 | 951.5 | 976.78 | 1,061.78 | |
| SDLP | Patrick McElroy* | 9.97% | 807 | 830 | 833.15 | 979.22 | 1,012.22 | |
| Ulster Unionist | William McCaigue* | 8.99% | 727 | 763 | 763.35 | 768.35 | 771.98 | |
| SDLP | Arthur Ruddy* | 6.53% | 528 | 555 | 556.05 | 633.26 | 654.13 | |
| Sinn Féin | Anne Marie Willis | 6.54% | 529 | 530 | 572.7 | 578.98 | ||
| SDLP | Mary McKeown | 6.07% | 491 | 521 | 522.33 | |||
| Alliance | Pete Whitcroft | 2.24% | 181 | |||||
| Electorate: 14,036 Valid: 8,091 (57.64%) Spoilt: 213 Quota: 1,012 Turnout: 8,304 (59.16%) | ||||||||
1993 Election
1989: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin and Independent gain from SDLP and Independent Nationalist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Davy Hyland | 12.41% | 997 | 1,002 | 1,015 | ||||
| Independent | Jack Patterson | 7.44% | 598 | 621 | 650 | 800 | 1,019 | ||
| SDLP | Patrick McElroy* | 10.33% | 830 | 857 | 893 | 913 | 943 | 1,014 | |
| SDLP | Frank Feely* | 8.49% | 682 | 690 | 704 | 720 | 737 | 1,013 | |
| SDLP | Arthur Ruddy* | 10.26% | 824 | 841 | 850 | 874 | 932 | 982 | |
| Sinn Féin | Brendan Curran* | 10.36% | 832 | 849 | 863 | 893 | 933 | 958 | |
| Ulster Unionist | William McCaigue* | 11.24% | 903 | 911 | 920 | 925 | 939 | 945 | |
| SDLP | Sean Gallogly* | 7.94% | 638 | 645 | 674 | 695 | 705 | 805 | |
| SDLP | Patrick Courtney | 6.64% | 533 | 542 | 554 | 578 | 601 | ||
| Independent | Richard Rodgers | 4.92% | 395 | 423 | 449 | 505 | |||
| Independent | James Markey | 4.06% | 326 | 339 | 384 | ||||
| Workers' Party | Anthony Hutchinson | 3.30% | 265 | 277 | |||||
| Independent Labour | Noel Sloan | 2.61% | 210 | ||||||
| Electorate: 13,701 Valid: 8,033 (58.63%) Spoilt: 296 Quota: 1,005 Turnout: 8,329 (60.79%) | |||||||||
1989 Election
1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x IIP
1989: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1985-1989 Change: Independent Nationalist leaves IIP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| Independent Nationalist | Eugene Markey* | 11.71% | 973 | 974 | 1,006 | 1,039 | |||||||||
| Sinn Féin | Brendan Curran* | 8.92% | 741 | 741 | 755 | 766 | 770 | 802 | 817 | 1,219 | |||||
| SDLP | Arthur Ruddy* | 10.74% | 892 | 894 | 907 | 921 | 937 | 975 | 990 | 995 | 1,137 | ||||
| SDLP | Frank Feely | 11.52% | 957 | 961 | 963 | 981 | 995 | 1,004 | 1,017 | 1,023 | 1,099 | ||||
| SDLP | Sean Gallogly* | 9.84% | 818 | 821 | 826 | 837 | 877 | 882 | 905 | 911 | 1,023 | 1,045 | |||
| SDLP | Patrick McElroy* | 7.39% | 614 | 618 | 623 | 627 | 688 | 699 | 722 | 727 | 828 | 840 | 933.45 | 988.55 | |
| Ulster Unionist | William McCaigue* | 10.41% | 865 | 865 | 869 | 871 | 871 | 873 | 882 | 882 | 886 | 888 | 888.89 | 889.84 | |
| Independent | Louis Morgan | 6.44% | 535 | 538 | 554 | 569 | 586 | 627 | 687 | 711 | 742 | 821 | 823.67 | 827.47 | |
| SDLP | John McArdle | 5.30% | 440 | 447 | 450 | 455 | 492 | 499 | 511 | 517 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | Eileen Morgan | 5.66% | 470 | 470 | 473 | 476 | 480 | 484 | 495 | ||||||
| Workers' Party | Kevin Morgan | 3.18% | 264 | 264 | 271 | 275 | 279 | 295 | |||||||
| Independent Nationalist | James McKevitt | 2.59% | 215 | 217 | 219 | 232 | 236 | ||||||||
| SDLP | Teddy McLoughlin | 2.43% | 202 | 202 | 204 | 206 | |||||||||
| Independent | Peter McKevitt | 1.84% | 153 | 161 | 165 | ||||||||||
| Independent | Noel Sloan | 1.61% | 134 | 135 | |||||||||||
| Independent | Patrick Ruddy | 0.43% | 36 | ||||||||||||
| Electorate: 13,812 Valid: 8,309 (60.16%) Spoilt: 321 Quota: 1,039 Turnout: 8,630 (62.48%) | |||||||||||||||
1985 Election
1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x IIP, 1 x UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Irish Independence | Eugene Markey* | 13.52% | 1,003 | |||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | William McCaigue* | 12.64% | 938 | |||||||||
| SDLP | Sean Gallogly | 12.37% | 918 | 921.08 | 922.15 | 930.15 | ||||||
| SDLP | Arthur Ruddy* | 12.02% | 892 | 896.06 | 902.27 | 927.23 | 929.07 | |||||
| SDLP | Patrick McElroy* | 7.92% | 588 | 592.13 | 603.34 | 624.28 | 626.56 | 661.65 | 727.55 | 743.76 | 989.76 | |
| Sinn Féin | Brendan Curran | 9.49% | 704 | 708.9 | 713.04 | 734.91 | 734.91 | 740.19 | 778.54 | 879.5 | 908.89 | |
| SDLP | Thomas McGrath* | 7.52% | 558 | 563.25 | 570.25 | 583.4 | 584.52 | 657.37 | 696.37 | 710.79 | 841.43 | |
| Sinn Féin | Sean Mathers | 5.12% | 380 | 382.24 | 383.24 | 387.8 | 387.84 | 391.98 | 401.05 | 609.59 | 614.63 | |
| SDLP | John McArdle | 5.16% | 383 | 384.26 | 387.26 | 398.66 | 400.02 | 430.35 | 471.19 | 479.33 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Deborah Morgan | 4.68% | 347 | 350.57 | 354.57 | 358.39 | 358.39 | 367.53 | 380.95 | |||
| Independent Nationalist | James McKevitt | 3.05% | 226 | 229.85 | 261.06 | 292.99 | 294.31 | 342.24 | ||||
| Workers' Party | Tom Moore | 3.58% | 266 | 269.29 | 272.29 | 282.46 | 283.9 | |||||
| Irish Independence | Freddie Kearns* | 1.83% | 136 | 167.92 | 174.2 | |||||||
| Independent | Noel Sloan | 1.10% | 82 | 83.12 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 12,788 Valid: 7,421 (58.03%) Spoilt: 237 Quota: 928 Turnout: 7,658 (59.88%) | ||||||||||||
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Newry Town Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
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