Slieve Croob is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland.Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014 The district elects five members to Newry, Mourne and Down District Council and contains the wards of Ballydugan, Ballyward, Castlewellan, Drumaness and Dundrum. Slieve Croob forms part of the South Down constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 2014 local elections, replacing parts of the Ballynahinch DEA and parts of the Newcastle DEA which had both existed since 1985.
Councillors Election Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) May 2024 co-option Alan Lewis (DUP)/ (UUP) Helena Young (Alliance) Siobhan O'Hare (Sinn Féin) Jim Brennan (Sinn Féin) Róisín Howell (Sinn Féin)2023 Andrew McMurray (Alliance)August 2022 defection Hugh Gallagher (SDLP)June 2022 co-optionOctober 2019 co-option Cathy Mason (Sinn Féin)2019 Gregory Bain (Alliance)February 2018 co-option Garth Craig (DUP) Andrew McMurray (Alliance) Mark Murnin (SDLP) John Rice (Sinn Féin)January 2018 co-option Stephen Burns (Sinn Féin)November 2016 co-option Pól Ó Gribín (Sinn Féin)2014 Patrick Clarke (Alliance)
2023 Election
2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin and DUP gain from SDLP and UUP
2019 Election
2014: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2014-2019 Change: UUP gain from DUP
2014 Election
2014: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
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