2019 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council election

The 2019 election to the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 2 May 2019, will return 41 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.

2019 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council election
2 May 2019
All 41 seats to Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Michelle O'Neill[n 1] Colum Eastwood
Party Sinn Féin SDLP Independent
Seats before 14 14 3
Seats won 16 11 5
Seat change 2 3 2
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Robin Swann Arlene Foster Naomi Long
Party UUP DUP Alliance
Seats before 3 4 2
Seats won 4 3 2
Seat change 1 1
  Seventh party
 
Leader Gerard Batten
Party UKIP
Seats before 1
Seats won 0
Seat change 1
Council control after election

TBD

Results by party
Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Sinn Féin 16 2 24,543 35.41 1.96
SDLP 11 3 15,975 23.05 7.95
Independent 5 2 8,661 12.50 6.80
UUP 4 1 6,952 10.03 1.24
DUP 3 1 5,897 8.51 1.47
Alliance 2 5,162 7.45 5.04
Aontú 0 1,055 1.52 1.52
Green (NI) 0 310 0.45 0.45
UKIP 0 1 0 0 3.92
Totals 41 69,299 —

Council composition

Following the previous election in 2014, the composition of the council was:

↓
14 14 4 3 3 2 1
SF SDLP DUP UUP I APNI UKIP

After the election, the composition of the council was:

↓
16 11 5 4 3 2
SF SDLP I DUP UUP APNI

I - Independent

Results by electoral area

Crotlieve

2014: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Fein, 1 x Independent
2019: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Fein, 2 x Independent
2014-2019 Change: Independent gain one seat from SDLP

Crotlieve - 6 seats [1]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9
Independent Jarlath Tinnelly* 12.30 1,412 1,415 1,465 1,528 1,651
Sinn Féin Gerry O'Hare 11.20 1,286 1,286 1,305 1,462 1,467 1,852
SDLP Declan McAteer* 10.24 1,175 1,179 1,236 1,247 1,309 1,371 1,375.56 1,375.56 1,754.56
Independent Mark Gibbons 10.36 1,189 1,191 1,257 1,269 1,586 1,599 1,600.71 1,607.71 1,703.71
Sinn Féin Mickey Ruane* 7.07 812 812 822 963 1,039 1,396 1,590.94 1,593.64 1,687.64
SDLP Karen McKevitt 9.72 1,116 1,117 1,203 1,232 1,259 1,337 1,340.42 1,340.42 1,641.42
UUP Joshua Lowry 6.20 712 1,056 1,068 1,068 1,079 1,079 1,079 1,079 1,100.9
SDLP Michael Carr 7.00 808 810 877 880 1,055 1,073 1,075.85 1,075.85
Sinn Féin Oksana McMahon* 7.04 809 809 823 922 940
Independent Jim Boylan 6.86 788 789 853 856
Sinn Féin Mary Tinnelly 4.52 519 519 524
Alliance Lorcán McGreevy 4.21 483 484
DUP Wilma McCullough 3.23 371
Electorate: 19,863   Valid: 11,480 (57.8%)   Spoilt: 169   Quota: 1,641   Turnout: 11,649 (58.6%)

    Downpatrick

    2014: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Fein, 1 x Independent
    2019: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Fein, 1 x Independent
    2014-2019 Change: No change

    Downpatrick - 5 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
    SDLP Gareth Sharvin* 19.01 1,395
    Independent Cadogan Enright* 14.34 1,052 1,093.36 1,216.46 1,327.46
    SDLP Dermot Curran* 12.81 940 969.59 976.59 1,059.02 1,222.24 1,317.24
    Sinn Féin Oonagh Hanlon 14.06 1,032 1,041.13 1,049.13 1,073.46 1,073.46 1,156.68 1,157.68
    SDLP John Trainor* 9.05 664 744.74 758.18 852.83 906.27 1,060.81 1,094.81
    Sinn Féin Jordan Madden 11.35 833 846.31 853.31 864.53 865.43 899.30 899.30
    Aontú Macartán Digney 6.47 475 478.19 486.19 517.74 524.74
    UUP Alex Burgess 4.70 345 345.66 479.66 508.66
    Alliance Tiernan Laird 5.11 375 380.50 434.05
    DUP James Savage 2.03 149 149
    Green (NI) Jamie Kennedy 1.74 128 129.32
    Electorate: 14,620   Valid: 7,338 (50.5%)   Spoilt: 86   Quota: 1,232   Turnout: 7,474 (51.1%)

      Newry

      2014: 3 x Sinn Fein, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
      2019: 3 x Sinn Fein, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
      2014-2019 Change: No change

      Newry - 6 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 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 1,776.70
      SDLP Gary John 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 Jane McAllister 7.92 784 864.08 864.08
      UUP Ricky McGaffin 3.44 341 353.76
      Electorate: 19,400   Valid: 9,900 (51.0%)   Spoilt: 198   Quota: 1,415   Turnout: 10,098 (52.1%)

        Rowallane

        2014: 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

        Rowallane - 5 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 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* 12.67 985 989 994.50 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 (52.2%)   Spoilt: 73   Quota: 1,296   Turnout: 7,839 (52.6%)

          Slieve Croob

          2014: 2 x Sinn Fein, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
          2019: 2 x Sinn Fein, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
          2014-2019 Change: UUP gain one seat from DUP

          Slieve Croob - 5 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 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 (55.1%)   Spoilt: 111   Quota: 1,364   Turnout: 8,290 (55.8%)

            Slieve Gullion

            2014: 4 x Sinn Fein, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
            2019: 5 x Sinn Fein, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
            2014-2019 Change: Sinn Fein gain one seat from SDLP

            Slieve Gullion - 7 seats
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4
            Sinn Féin Terry Hearty* † 14.98 1,876
            Sinn Féin Mickey Larkin* 13.14 1,646
            SDLP Pete Byrne* 13.12 1,643
            Sinn Féin Oonagh Magennis 12.95 1,622
            Sinn Féin Barra Ó'Muirí* 10.79 1,351 1,571.49
            UUP David Samuel Taylor* 10.28 1,287 1,287.34 1,577.34
            Sinn Féin Roisin Mulgrew* † 10.88 1,362 1,414.19 1,482.04 1,554.44
            SDLP Kate Loughran* 8.46 1,059 1,076.85 1,291.89 1,296.34
            Alliance Gazdag Balázs 2.88 361 365.08
            DUP Linda Henry 2.52 315 316.19
            Electorate: 20,858   Valid: 12,522 (60.0%)   Spoilt: 295   Quota: 1,566   Turnout: 12,817 (61.4%)

              The Mournes

              2014: 2 x Sinn Fein, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UKIP
              2019: 3 x Sinn Fein, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
              2014-2019 Change: Sinn Fein and Independent gain one seat each from SDLP and UKIP

              The Mournes - 7 seats
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
              DUP Glyn Hanna* 16.06 1,944
              Sinn Féin Sean Doran* 15.57 1,885
              SDLP Laura Devlin* 12.99 1,572
              UUP Harold McKee 12.02 1,455 1,697
              Independent Henry Reilly* 11.95 1,447 1,619.92
              Sinn Féin Willie Clarke* 9.53 1,154 1,154.44 1,283.64 1,283.86 1,426.54 1,426.98 1,445.42
              Sinn Féin Leeanne McEvoy 9.06 1,097 1,098.32 1,269.92 1,269.92 1,372.32 1,372.54 1,379.86
              Alliance Andrew McMurray 7.79 943 945.20 951 1,014.36 1,280.88 1,320.70 1,349.02
              SDLP Brian Quinn* 5.01 607 612.06 675.26 735.32
              Electorate: 21,013   Valid: 12,104 (57.6%)   Spoilt: 158   Quota: 1,514   Turnout: 12,262 (58.4%)

                Changes during the term

                † Co-options
                Date co-opted Electoral Area Party Outgoing Co-optee Reason
                3 October 2019 Slieve Croob Alliance Gregory Bain Andrew McMurray Bain resigned.
                17 October 2019 Rowallane DUP Harry Harvey Kathryn Owen Harvey was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly.
                10 February 2020 Newry Sinn Féin Liz Kimmins Roisin Mulgrew Kimmins was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly.
                11 February 2020 Slieve Gullion Sinn Féin Roisin Mulgrew Declan Murphy Murphy filled the vacancy arising from Mulgrew's move from Slieve Gullion to Newry.
                28 May 2020 Slieve Gullion Sinn Féin Terry Hearty Aoife Finnegan Hearty resigned.

                ‡ Changes in affiliation

                None

                – Suspensions

                None

                Last updated 7 May 2020.

                Current composition: see Newry, Mourne and Down District Council

                References
                1. The leader of Sinn Féin is Mary Lou McDonald, who sits as a TD in the Irish Dáil Éireann for Dublin Central. O'Neill is the leader of the party in Northern Ireland.
                1. http://www.newrymournedown.org/media/uploads/crotlieve_2019(1).pdf
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