The Mournes (District Electoral Area)

The Mournes
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	1985
Seats	5 (1985-2014) 7 (2014-)
Councillors	Willie Clarke (SF)   Laura Devlin (SDLP)   Glyn Hanna (DUP)   Leeanne McEvoy (SF)   Henry Reilly (DUP)   Michael Rice (SF)   Jill Truesdale (APNI)

The Mournes DEA within Newry, Mourne and Down

The Mournes DEA (1993-2014) within Newry and Mourne

The Mournes is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland.^[1] The district elects seven members to Newry, Mourne and Down District Council and contains the wards of Annalong, Binnian, Donard, Kilkeel, Lisnacree, Murlough and Tollymore.^[2] The Mournes forms part of the South Down constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Newry and Mourne Area A which had existed since 1973, where it originally contained five wards (Annalong, Binnian, Kilkeel Central, Kilkeel South and Lisnacree). For the 2014 local elections it gained two additional wards, gaining Donard, Murlough and Tollymore from the abolished Newcastle DEA, while Kilkeel was merged into a single ward.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
2023		Henry Reilly (DUP)/ (Independent)/ (TUV)/ (UKIP)/ (UUP)		Glyn Hanna (DUP)/ (Independent)		Jill Truesdale (Alliance)		Laura Devlin (SDLP)		Michael Rice (Sinn Féin)		Leeanne McEvoy (Sinn Féin)		Willie Clarke (Sinn Féin)
December 2021 Co-Option						Harold McKee (TUV)/ (UUP)
November 2021 Defection										Seán Doran (Sinn Féin)
September 2021 Defection
June 2021 Defection
2019
November 2016 Defection						Jill Macauley (UUP)						Brian Quinn (SDLP)
May 2016 Co-Option
November 2015 Defection						Harold McKee (UUP)
2014
2011				William Burns (DUP)				Seán Rogers (SDLP)			5 seats 1985–2014		5 seats 1985–2014
2005						Isaac Hanna (UUP)		Michael Cole (SDLP)		Martin Connolly (Sinn Féin)
2001										Martin Cunningham (Sinn Féin)
1997								Emmett Haughian (SDLP)		Michael Cunningham (SDLP)
1993										Austin Crawford (SDLP)
1989				George Graham (DUP)/ (Protestant Unionist)		Arthur Coulter (UUP)
1985		William Russell (UUP)						Colum Murnion (SDLP)		Patrick Young (Sinn Féin)

2023 Election

2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

2019–2023 Change: DUP and Alliance gain from UUP and Independent

The Mournes - 7 seats^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	DUP	Glyn Hanna*	17.50%	2,340
	Sinn Féin	Michael Rice*	15.26%	2,040
	Sinn Féin	Willie Clarke*	14.32%	1,915
	Sinn Féin	Leeanne McEvoy*	12.29%	1,643	1,643.56	1,946.14
	SDLP	Laura Devlin*	10.25%	1,370	1,372.80	1,379.64	1,476.76	1,516.30	1,679.41
	DUP	Henry Reilly*	8.15%	1,089	1,622.96	1,623.68	1,623.86	1,626.14	1,626.31	1,638.11	1,835.11
	Alliance	Jill Truesdale	8.27%	1,105	1,108.64	1,116.38	1,140.32	1,206.76	1,249.09	1.505.94	1,626.94
	TUV	Harold McKee*	6.58%	880	962.68	963.06	963.24	966.24	966.24	972.61	1,163.12
	UUP	Lloyd Douglas	3.82%	511	537.88	538.06	538.60	539.60	540.45	557.70
	SDLP	Dominic O'Reilly	2.67%	357	359.62	386.52	439.26	443.16	467.13
	Green (NI)	Sean O Baoill	0.89%	119	119.28	120.36	127.02
Electorate: 22,227   Valid: 13,369 (60.15%)   Spoilt: 179   Quota: 1,672   Turnout: 13,548 (60.95%)

2019 Election

2014: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UKIP

2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

2014-2019 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP, Independent leaves UKIP

The Mournes - 7 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Glyn Hanna* ‡‡	16.06%	1,944
	Sinn Féin	Sean Doran* †	15.57%	1,885
	SDLP	Laura Devlin*	12.99%	1,572
	UUP	Harold McKee ‡	12.02%	1,455	1,697
	Independent	Henry Reilly* ‡	11.95%	1,447	1,619.92
	Sinn Féin	Willie Clarke*	9.53%	1,154	1,154.44	1,283.64	1,283.86	1,426.54	1,426.98	1,445.42
	Sinn Féin	Leeanne McEvoy	9.06%	1,097	1,098.32	1,269.92	1,269.92	1,372.32	1,372.54	1,379.86
	Alliance	Andrew McMurray	7.79%	943	945.2	951	1,014.36	1,280.88	1,320.7	1,349.02
	SDLP	Brian Quinn*	5.01%	607	612.06	675.26	735.32
Electorate: 21,013   Valid: 12,104 (57.60%)   Spoilt: 158   Quota: 1,514   Turnout: 12,262 (58.35%)

2014 Election

2011: 1 x UKIP, x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2014: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UKIP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP

2011-2014 Change: Sinn Féin and SDLP gain due to the addition of two seats

The Mournes - 7 seats^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	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	1,677.5
	SDLP	Brian Quinn*	7.32%	796	804.06	1,131.3	1,134.4	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 Macauley*	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	1.36%	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%)

2011 Election

2005: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2011: 1 x UKIP, x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2005-2011 Change: UKIP gain from UUP

The Mournes - 5 seats^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	UKIP	Henry Reilly*	27.66%	1,910
	Sinn Féin	Sean Doran	19.46%	1,344
	SDLP	Seán Rogers	14.34%	990	999.6	1,110.94	1,133.43	1,533.43
	DUP	William Burns*	11.35%	784	972.4	973.16	1,124.96	1,136.17	1,151.17
	UUP	Harold McKee*	8.47%	585	846.2	846.2	966	975.48	992.48
	UUP	David McCauley	7.10%	490	641.2	642.34	724.33	731.68	768.68
	SDLP	Theresa McLaverty	6.37%	440	445.6	513.62	544.98
	TUV	Arthur Coulter	3.33%	230	323.6	323.98
	DUP	Michelle Burns	0.83%	57	89.4	90.35
	Green (NI)	Heather McDermott	1.09%	75	79.4	88.52
Electorate: 11,005   Valid: 6,905 (62.74%)   Spoilt: 99   Quota: 1,151   Turnout: 7,004 (63.64%)

2005 Election

2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2005: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2001-2005 Change: No change

The Mournes - 5 seats^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	William Burns*	25.30%	1,793
	UUP	Henry Reilly*	17.47%	1,238
	UUP	Isaac Hanna*	7.75%	549	636.72	859.5	865.5	1,337.36
	SDLP	Michael Cole*	13.41%	950	952.04	955.72	1,095.72	1,105.48	1,129.62
	Sinn Féin	Martin Connolly	12.24%	867	867.34	867.34	1,029.34	1,030.34	1,032.04
	SDLP	Marian Fitzpatrick	9.78%	693	693.34	695.68	679.68	886.46	928.62
	DUP	Linda Burns	1.06%	75	524.14	688.48	688.48
	Independent	Martin Cunningham*	7.89%	559	559	559.34
	Independent	Arthur Coulter	5.11%	362	427.62
Electorate: 10,207   Valid: 7,086 (69.42%)   Spoilt: 139   Quota: 1,182   Turnout: 7,225 (70.78%)

2001 Election

1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

1997-2001 Change: No change

The Mournes - 5 seats^[8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	DUP	William Burns*	24.00%	1,845
	Sinn Féin	Martin Cunningham	16.80%	1,291
	UUP	Isaac Hanna*	15.33%	1,178	1,219	1,520.08
	UUP	Henry Reilly*	15.42%	1,185	1,209	1,455.87
	SDLP	Michael Cole	15.68%	1,205	1,208	1,213.85	1,245.83
	SDLP	Marian Fitzpatrick	11.35%	872	874	875.56	893.5
	DUP	Linda Burns	1.43%	110
Electorate: 10,440   Valid: 7,686 (73.62%)   Spoilt: 170   Quota: 1,282   Turnout: 7,856 (75.25%)

1997 Election

1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

1993-1997 Change: No change

The Mournes - 5 seats^[9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	UUP	Isaac Hanna*	23.12%	1,595
	UUP	Henry Reilly*	18.88%	1,303
	SDLP	Emmett Haughian*	17.33%	1,196
	DUP	William Burns*	13.14%	907	1,266.89
	SDLP	Michael Cunningham	12.97%	895	898.48	901.47	903.99	931.28	939.18	1,193.18
	Alliance	Anne Marie Cunningham	5.12%	353	390.7	423.82	449.65	470.61	569.66	657.95
	Sinn Féin	Paul Lawless	6.83%	471	471.58	471.58	471.58	481.58	482.58
	Independent	Cecil Atkinson	1.48%	102	133.9	238.09	321.25	326.95
	Workers' Party	Charles Cunningham	1.13%	78	81.77	89.59	93.37
Electorate: 10,084   Valid: 6,900 (68.43%)   Spoilt: 127   Quota: 1,151   Turnout: 7,027 (69.68%)

1993 Election

1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Protestant Unionist

1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

1989-1993 Change: DUP gain from Protestant Unionist

The Mournes - 5 seats^[10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	UUP	Henry Reilly*	24.57%	1,647
	UUP	Isaac Hanna	22.20%	1,488
	SDLP	Emmett Haughian*	22.13%	1,483
	DUP	William Burns	12.77%	856	1,371.55
	SDLP	Austin Crawford*	14.71%	986	997.2	1,198.2
	Sinn Féin	Michael McAleenan	3.61%	242	242.35	245.35
Electorate: 9,729   Valid: 6,702 (68.89%)   Spoilt: 191   Quota: 1,118   Turnout: 6,893 (70.85%)

1989 Election

1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Protestant Unionist

1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin, Protestant Unionist leaves DUP

The Mournes - 5 seats^[11]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Protestant Unionist	George Graham*	25.18%	1,754
	SDLP	Emmett Haughian	18.79%	1,309
	UUP	Henry Reilly	16.91%	1,178
	SDLP	Austin Crawford	13.64%	950	952.38	1,078.88	1,443.88
	UUP	Arthur Coulter*	9.10%	634	911.1	911.76	927.78	947.78
	DUP	George McConnell	8.46%	589	890.58	890.69	893.92	897.92
	Independent	Mark Brennan	4.87%	339	341.04	349.62
	Sinn Féin	Gabriel Curran	3.06%	213	213.34	218.29
Electorate: 9,812   Valid: 6,966 (70.99%)   Spoilt: 184   Quota: 1,162   Turnout: 7,150 (72.87%)

1985 Election

1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

The Mournes - 5 seats^[12]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	George Graham*	22.20%	1,422
	UUP	William Russell*	21.71%	1,391
	UUP	Arthur Coulter*	12.52%	802	935.25	1,231.72
	SDLP	Colum Murnion*	16.52%	1,058	1,060.5	1,060.96	1,062.31	1,638.31
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Young	12.80%	820	820.25	820.48	820.63	866.86	1,134.86
	DUP	William Burns	4.21%	270	485.5	503.9	655.1	661.61	673.61
	SDLP	Anne Marie Cunningham*	10.04%	643	644	646.3	649.3
Electorate: 9,530   Valid: 6,406 (67.22%)   Spoilt: 189   Quota: 1,068   Turnout: 6,595 (69.20%)

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