2014 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council election

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.

2014 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council election

22 May 2014
All 41 seats to Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
Leader Martin McGuinness Alasdair McDonnell Peter Robinson Party Sinn Féin SDLP DUP Seats won 14 14 4   Leader Mike Nesbitt David Ford Nigel Farage Party UUP Alliance UKIP Seats won 3 2 1   Party Independent Seats won 3
Council control after election TBD

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Sinn Féin	14		22,611	37.37%
	SDLP	14		18,571	30.70%
	DUP	4		4,259	7.04%
	UUP	3		6,820	11.27%
	Alliance	2		1,460	2.41%
	UKIP	1		2,371	3.92%
	Independent	3		3,448	5.70%
Totals		41		60,499	100%	—

Results by electoral area

Crotlieve

Crotlieve - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 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 John 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

Downpatrick - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 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	829.40	833.40
	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

Newry - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Sinn Féin	Charlie Casey*	19.2	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

Rowallane - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 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	1,139.10	1,144.10	1,148.10
	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

Slieve Croob - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 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	794.00	797.00	929.16	1,261.16
	Sinn Féin	Pól Ó Gribín †	13.61	940	948	1,042.44	1,046.44	1,072.00	1,164.00
	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	733.60	932.60	934.60	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	445.80
	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

Slieve Gullion - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 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	Daire Hughes	8.06	899	1,004.84	1,011.20	1,055.48	1,283.68	1,283.68	1,294.48
	DUP	Lavelle McIlwrath	3.37	376	377.80
Electorate: 19,834   Valid: 11,154 (56.24%)   Spoilt: 216   Quota: 1,395   Turnout: 11,370 (57.33%)

The Mournes

The Mournes - 7 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 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	1,677.50
	SDLP	Brian Quinn*	7.32	796	804.06	1,131.30	1,134.40	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 Macaulay*	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	1.6	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

† Co-options

Date	Electoral area	Party		Outgoing	Co-optee	Reason
25 Jan 2016	Slieve Gullion		SDLP	Geraldine Donnelly	Pete Byrne	Donnelly retired.[4]
31 May 2016	Downpatrick		SDLP	Colin McGrath	John Trainor	McGrath elected to the Assembly.[5]
16 Nov 2016	Slieve Croob		Alliance	Patrick Clarke	Andrew McMurray	Clarke ejected from council.[6]
13 Apr 2017	Crotlieve		Sinn Féin	Sinéad Ennis	Oksana McMahon	Ennis elected to the Assembly.[7]
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.[8]
22 Jan 2018	Slieve Croob		Sinn Féin	Pól O Gríbín	John Rice	O Gríbín resigned.[9]
14 Feb 2018	Slieve Croob		Sinn Féin	Stephen Burns	Róisín Howell	Burns resigned.[10]

‡ Changes in affiliation

Date	Electoral area	Name	Previous affiliation		New affiliation		Circumstance
3 Apr 2015	Newry	Kevin McAteer		SDLP		Independent	Resigned.[11]
2 Nov 2015	The Mournes	Henry Reilly		UKIP		Independent	Expelled.[12]
26 Aug 2017	Newry	Vacancy		Independent		SDLP	McAteer's seat returned to the SDLP.[13]

Last updated 25 March 2019.

Current composition: see Newry, Mourne and Down District Council.

References

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5. "John Trainor Replaces Colin McGrath As Downpatrick Councillor | Down News". www.downnews.co.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
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11. O'Hare, Columba (4 April 2015). "McAteer leaves SDLP to go Independent!". Newry.ie. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
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13. Tibus, Website design and website development by. "Newry Democrat - News - 'Absent' councillor is still being paid". www.newrydemocrat.com. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.