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 that were held on 2 May 2019 returned 41 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

The overall turnout was 55.25% with a total of 69,339 valid votes cast. A total of 1,090 ballots were rejected.

Districts summary

|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !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="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Crotlieve |bgcolor="#008800"|29.8 |bgcolor="#008800"|2 |27.0 |2 |6.2 |0 |3.2 |0 |4.2 |0 |29.5 |2 |6 |- |align="left"|Downpatrick |25.2 |1 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|40.6 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|3 |4.7 |0 |2.0 |0 |5.1 |0 |22.3 |1 |5 |- |align="left"|Newry |bgcolor="#008800"|44.8 |bgcolor="#008800"|3 |21.3 |2 |3.4 |0 |0.0 |0 |7.3 |0 |23.2 |1 |6 |- |align="left"|Rowallane |8.0 |0 |15.6 |1 |19.4 |1 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|29.0 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |18.2 |1 |9.7 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Slieve Croob |bgcolor="#008800"|36.5 |bgcolor="#008800"|2 |20.5 |1 |15.9 |1 |10.6 |0 |10.6 |1 |5.9 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Slieve Gullion |bgcolor="#008800"|62.7 |bgcolor="#008800"|5 |21.6 |1 |10.3 |1 |2.5 |0 |2.9 |0 |0.0 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|The Mournes |bgcolor="#008800"|34.2 |bgcolor="#008800"|3 |18.0 |1 |12.0 |1 |16.1 |1 |7.8 |0 |12.0 |1 |7 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |36.5 |16 |23.0 |11 |10.0 |4 |8.5 |3 |7.4 |2 |14.4 |5 |41

District results

Crotlieve

2014: 3 × SDLP, 2 × Sinn Féin, 1 × Independent 2019: 2 × SDLP, 2 × Sinn Féin, 2 × Independent 2014-2019 Change: Independent gain from SDLP

Downpatrick

2014: 3 × SDLP, 1 × Sinn Féin, 1 × Independent 2019: 3 × SDLP, 1 × Sinn Féin, 1 × Independent 2014-2019 Change: No change

Newry

2014: 3 × Sinn Féin, 2 × SDLP, 1 × Independent 2019: 3 × Sinn Féin, 2 × SDLP, 1 × Independent 2014-2019 Change: No change

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

Slieve Croob 2014: 2 × Sinn Féin, 1 × Alliance, 1 × SDLP, 1 × DUP 2019: 2 × Sinn Féin, 1 × Alliance, 1 × SDLP, 1 × UUP 2014-2019 Change: UUP gain from DUP

Slieve Gullion

2014: 4 × Sinn Féin, 2 × SDLP, 1 × UUP 2019: 5 × Sinn Féin, 1 × SDLP, 1 × UUP 2014-2019 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

The Mournes 2014: 2 × Sinn Féin, 2 × SDLP, 1 × DUP, 1 × UUP, 1 × UKIP 2019: 3 × Sinn Féin, 1 × SDLP, 1 × DUP, 1 × UUP, 1 × Independent 2014-2019 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP, Independent leaves UKIP

Changes during the term † Co-options Date co-optedElectoral AreaPartyOutgoingCo-opteeReason3 October 2019Slieve Croob Gregory BainAndrew McMurrayBain resigned.17 October 2019Rowallane Harry HarveyKathryn OwenHarvey was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly.10 February 2020Newry Liz KimminsRoisin MulgrewKimmins was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly.11 February 2020Slieve Gullion Roisin MulgrewDeclan MurphyMurphy filled the vacancy arising from Mulgrew's move from Slieve Gullion to Newry.28 May 2020Slieve Gullion Terry HeartyAoife FinneganHearty resigned.23 December 2021The Mournes Sean DoranMichael RiceDoran died.25 May 2022Rowallane Patrick BrownDavid Lee-SurginorBrown was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly.9 June 2022Slieve Croob Cathy MasonJim BrennanMason was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly.24 October 2022Rowallane William WalkerYvonne MooreWalker resigned.20 December 2022Newry Roisin MulgrewGeraldine KearnsMulgrew resigned.20 December 2022Newry Charlie CaseyCathal KingCasey resigned.20 December 2022Rowallane Kathryn OwenJonathan JacksonOwen resigned.20 December 2022Rowallane Yvonne MooreCallum BowsieMoore resigned.

‡ Changes in affiliation DateElectoral AreaNamePrevious affiliationNew affiliationCircumstance6 June 2021The MournesGlyn Hanna Resigned from the DUP over disagreements with the new party leadership.6 June 2021RowallaneKathryn Owen Resigned from the DUP over disagreements with the new party leadership.14 September 2021The MournesGlyn Hanna Rejoined the DUP over resolving their disagreements with the new party leadership.14 September 2021RowallaneKathryn Owen Rejoined the DUP over resolving their disagreements with the new party leadership.29 October 2021The MournesHarold McKee Resigned from the UUP over disagreements with the new party leadership on social issues.13 November 2021The MournesHarold McKee Joined the TUV having recently resigned from the UUP.28 February 2022RowallaneWilliam Walker Suspended by the DUP after being arrested.25 July 2022DownpatrickCadogan Enright Joined Alliance.12 August 2022Slieve CroobAlan Lewis Defected to the DUP.12 August 2022The MournesHenry Reilly Joined the DUP.

– Suspensions None

Last updated 26 October 2022.

Current composition: see Newry, Mourne and Down District Council

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