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. 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.
Results by party PartySeats±First Pref. votesFPv%±% 1422,61137.11 1418,57130.48 44,2596.99 36,82011.19 33,4485.66 21,4602.40 12,3713.89 05260.86 04330.71Totals4160,922100.00—
Districts summary
|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor=""| Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor=""| SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UKIP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Crotlieve |34.5 |2 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|43.4 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|3 |2.5 |0 |9.5 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |10.1 |1 |6 |- |align="left"|Downpatrick |28.3 |1 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|50.9 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|3 |2.2 |0 |5.7 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |12.9 |1 |5 |- |align="left"|Newry |bgcolor="#008800"|51.7 |bgcolor="#008800"|3 |31.6 |1 |0.0 |0 |4.4 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |12.3 |1 |6 |- |align="left"|Rowallane |7.9 |0 |19.0 |1 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|27.3 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |26.2 |1 |7.3 |1 |0.0 |0 |12.3 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Slieve Croob |bgcolor="#008800"|32.5 |bgcolor="#008800"|2 |24.8 |1 |14.8 |1 |10.4 |0 |10.0 |1 |5.9 |0 |1.6 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Slieve Gullion |bgcolor="#008800"|62.2 |bgcolor="#008800"|4 |23.3 |2 |3.4 |0 |11.1 |1 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|The Mournes |bgcolor="#008800"|28.5 |bgcolor="#008800"|2 |23.8 |2 |9.0 |1 |17.0 |1 |2.4 |0 |18.1 |1 |1.2 |0 |7 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |37.1 |14 |30.4 |14 |7.6 |4 |12.0 |3 |2.4 |2 |3.9 |1 |6.6 |3 |41
District results
Crotlieve
2014: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent
Downpatrick
2014: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent
Newry
2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
Rowallane
2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
Slieve Croob
2014: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
Slieve Gullion
2014: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
The Mournes
2014: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UKIP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
* Incumbent
Changes during the term † Co-options DateElectoral areaPartyOutgoingCo-opteeReason25 Jan 2016Slieve Gullion Geraldine DonnellyPete ByrneDonnelly retired.31 May 2016Downpatrick Colin McGrathJohn TrainorMcGrath elected to the Assembly.16 Nov 2016Slieve Croob Patrick ClarkeAndrew McMurrayClarke ejected from council.13 Apr 2017Crotlieve Sinéad EnnisOksana McMahonEnnis elected to the Assembly.30 Apr 2017The Mournes Harold McKeeJill MacauleyMcKee elected to the Assembly.26 Aug 2017Newry Kevin McAteer (Ind.)Michael SavageMcAteer resigned.22 Jan 2018Slieve Croob Pól O GríbínJohn RiceO Gríbín resigned.14 Feb 2018Slieve Croob Stephen BurnsRóisín HowellBurns resigned.
‡ Changes in affiliation DateElectoral areaNamePrevious affiliationNew affiliationCircumstance3 Apr 2015NewryKevin McAteer Resigned.2 Nov 2015The MournesHenry Reilly Expelled.26 Aug 2017NewryVacancy McAteer's seat returned to the SDLP. Last updated 25 March 2019.
Current composition: see Newry, Mourne and Down District Council.
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