Newry (District Electoral Area)

Newry
Newry
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	1985
Seats	7 (1985-2014) ; 6 (2014-)
Councillors	Killian Feehan (SDLP); Doire Finn (SDLP); Valerie Harte (SF); Geraldine Kearns (SF); Cathal King (SF); Aidan Mathers (SF);

Created1985

Seats7 (1985-2014)
6 (2014-)

Councillors

Killian Feehan (SDLP)
Doire Finn (SDLP)
Valerie Harte (SF)
Geraldine Kearns (SF)
Cathal King (SF)
Aidan Mathers (SF)

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.

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Election							Councillor (Party)
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	Aidan Mathers (Sinn Féin)				Michael Savage (SDLP)	Doire Finn (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					Kevin McAteer (SDLP)/ (Independent)
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	Eugene Markey (Independent Nationalist)/ (IIP)					Thomas McGrath (SDLP)		Sean Gallogly (SDLP)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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
	UUP	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%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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
	UUP	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%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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
	UUP	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%)

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2001 Election

1997 Election

1993 Election

1989 Election

1985 Election

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Newry Town - 7 seats^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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
	UUP	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%)

Newry Town - 7 seats^[8]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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
	UUP	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%)

Newry Town - 7 seats^[9]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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
	Ind. 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
	UUP	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%)

Newry Town - 7 seats^[10]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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
	UUP	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%)