Newry and Mourne Area D
Newry and Mourne Area D was one of the six district electoral areas in Newry and Mourne, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected seven members to Newry and Mourne District Council, and formed part of the Armagh constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament, and part of the South Down constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Ballybot, Bessbrook, Daisy Hill, Derrymore, Drumalane, Fathom and Tullyhappy. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections with 2 wards going to The Fews DEA, 4 to the Newry DEA and Fathom to Slieve Gullion DEA.
Councillors[edit]
| Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Clarence Morrow (UUP)/ (Independent Unionist) |
Andy Moffett (UUP) |
Francis McCamley (IIP) |
Eugene Markey (IIP)/ (Independent Nationalist) |
John McEvoy (SDLP) |
Thomas McGrath (SDLP) |
John Bell (SDLP) | |||||||
| 1977 | Victor Frizell (Alliance) |
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| 1973 | Arthur Lockhart (Independent Unionist) |
Noel Collins (Republican Clubs) | ||||||||||||
1981 Election[edit]
1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1981: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 2 x IIP
1977-1981 Change: IIP gain from Alliance, Independent Nationalist joins IIP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Irish Independence | Eugene Markey* | 23.56% | 1,831 | |||||||||
| SDLP | John McEvoy* | 12.72% | 988 | |||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Andy Moffett* | 10.36% | 805 | 808.43 | 808.43 | 1,017.43 | ||||||
| SDLP | Thomas McGrath* | 8.07% | 627 | 735.29 | 749.23 | 751.72 | 806.44 | 806.44 | 1,201.44 | |||
| SDLP | John Bell* | 8.55% | 664 | 745.83 | 772.75 | 774.24 | 814 | 814 | 938.9 | 1,148.9 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Clarence Morrow* | 8.69% | 675 | 676.47 | 676.47 | 756.47 | 761.96 | 810.68 | 812.17 | 812.17 | 814.27 | |
| Irish Independence | Francis McCamley | 2.15% | 167 | 681.99 | 705.4 | 707.38 | 753.08 | 753.08 | 774.98 | 781.98 | 804.38 | |
| Alliance | Victor Frizell* | 7.57% | 588 | 621.81 | 632.79 | 635.79 | 695.2 | 695.68 | 733.13 | 748.53 | 774.43 | |
| SDLP | Michael McNulty | 7.62% | 592 | 611.6 | 622.6 | 622.6 | 633.05 | 633.05 | ||||
| Republican Clubs | Brian Mulligan | 3.69% | 287 | 351.68 | 452.58 | 452.58 | ||||||
| DUP | George McConnell | 3.90% | 303 | 306.43 | 306.43 | |||||||
| Republican Clubs | Matthew Cunningham | 2.61% | 203 | 222.6 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 11,891 Valid: 7,770 (65.34%) Spoilt: 280 Quota: 967 Turnout: 5,010 (42.13%) | ||||||||||||
1977 Election[edit]
1973: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Republican Clubs
1977: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: UUP (two seats) and Independent Nationalist gain from Independent Unionist (two seats) and Republican Clubs
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Clarence Morrow* | 13.32% | 845 | |||||||||
| SDLP | John Bell* | 12.86% | 816 | |||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Andy Moffett | 12.20% | 774 | 822.66 | ||||||||
| SDLP | Thomas McGrath* | 11.91% | 756 | 756.06 | 756.3 | 760.3 | 765.7 | 796.7 | ||||
| SDLP | John McEvoy* | 11.11% | 705 | 705 | 705.06 | 727.06 | 730.5 | 761.78 | 768.84 | 810.84 | ||
| Alliance | Victor Frizell* | 7.85% | 498 | 498.66 | 507.66 | 565.8 | 566.58 | 589.8 | 591.86 | 631.16 | 699.84 | |
| Independent Nationalist | Eugene Markey | 8.81% | 559 | 559.06 | 559.06 | 562.06 | 562.56 | 564.58 | 575.6 | 661.72 | 684.98 | |
| Republican Clubs | Noel Collins* | 5.23% | 332 | 332 | 332 | 335 | 335.64 | 339.64 | 451.66 | 515.14 | 564.56 | |
| SDLP | John Grant | 6.11% | 388 | 388.12 | 388.54 | 389.6 | 392.92 | 435.04 | 438.08 | 467.26 | ||
| Independent | Fabian Boyle | 4.35% | 276 | 276 | 276.06 | 283.18 | 284.3 | 288.36 | 297.38 | |||
| Republican Clubs | Edward McGeown | 2.36% | 150 | 150 | 150 | 150.06 | 150.18 | 151.18 | ||||
| SDLP | Patrick Sloan | 2.24% | 142 | 142.18 | 142.36 | 146.36 | 146.84 | |||||
| Alliance | Monica Sweeney | 1.65% | 105 | 105.24 | 106.74 | |||||||
| Electorate: 11,390 Valid: 6,346 (55.72%) Spoilt: 343 Quota: 794 Turnout: 6,689 (58.73%) | ||||||||||||
1973 Election[edit]
1973: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Republican Clubs
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | ||||
| Ind. Unionist | Clarence Morrow | 19.03% | 1,297 | ||||||||||||||||
| SDLP | John Bell | 13.25% | 903 | ||||||||||||||||
| SDLP | John McEvoy | 10.98% | 748 | 748.34 | 758.34 | 763.44 | 765.44 | 767.44 | 774.44 | 785.44 | 837.89 | 860.89 | |||||||
| Ind. Unionist | Arthur Lockhart | 5.85% | 399 | 823.66 | 823.66 | 824.66 | 824.66 | 825.66 | 825.66 | 825.66 | 825.66 | 826.66 | 829.66 | 831.66 | 835 | 835 | 859 | ||
| SDLP | Thomas McGrath | 4.80% | 327 | 327 | 331.55 | 339.65 | 345.7 | 348.7 | 353.75 | 364.25 | 435.55 | 440.99 | 446.08 | 489.28 | 505.88 | 506.51 | 564.15 | 937.15 | |
| Alliance | Victor Frizell | 5.46% | 372 | 376.08 | 377.98 | 381.42 | 381.42 | 382.42 | 386.47 | 397.92 | 403.17 | 443.66 | 445.76 | 456.76 | 710.15 | 713.93 | 809.14 | 833.37 | |
| Republican Clubs | Noel Collins | 6.59% | 449 | 449 | 451.65 | 455.7 | 478.75 | 507.75 | 513.8 | 523.7 | 533.05 | 534.2 | 554.3 | 690.95 | 697.15 | 697.78 | 753.17 | 769.27 | |
| Republican Clubs | Thomas Moore | 3.82% | 260 | 260 | 261.65 | 262.3 | 277.3 | 301.35 | 307.35 | 311.4 | 313.45 | 318.55 | 376.75 | 447.55 | 452.8 | 453.43 | 492.58 | 520.58 | |
| SDLP | Denis Smyth | 6.10% | 416 | 416 | 416.55 | 417.55 | 421.55 | 421.55 | 421.55 | 423.65 | 428 | 431.2 | 439.5 | 442.5 | 453.95 | 456.47 | 483.86 | ||
| Independent | Basil McGinn | 4.93% | 336 | 343.48 | 343.93 | 346.93 | 347.93 | 348.93 | 392.93 | 406.32 | 411.62 | 413.96 | 429.06 | 438.16 | 446.16 | 446.79 | |||
| Alliance | Monica Sweeney | 2.92% | 199 | 200.02 | 201.82 | 203.82 | 204.82 | 204.82 | 205.87 | 208.07 | 212.27 | 308.02 | 334.32 | 340.47 | |||||
| Republican Clubs | Hugh Golding | 2.96% | 202 | 202 | 204.25 | 212.25 | 221.25 | 244.3 | 248.35 | 255.65 | 257.9 | 262.9 | 268.25 | ||||||
| Independent | Thomas Hollywood | 3.14% | 214 | 214.34 | 215.69 | 216.74 | 219.74 | 219.74 | 225.84 | 226.94 | 232.39 | 234.59 | |||||||
| Alliance | Maureen McMahon | 2.58% | 176 | 177.02 | 178.12 | 180.17 | 182.17 | 182.17 | 185.17 | 187.32 | 192.77 | ||||||||
| SDLP | John Hillen | 1.89% | 129 | 129 | 135.5 | 136.65 | 137.7 | 137.7 | 140.9 | 171.65 | |||||||||
| SDLP | R. Blair | 1.35% | 92 | 92.34 | 100.89 | 100.94 | 100.94 | 103.94 | 107.09 | ||||||||||
| Irish Labour | Patrick Lynch | 1.19% | 81 | 81 | 81.55 | 97.7 | 98.7 | 100.7 | |||||||||||
| Republican Clubs | Daniel Hughes | 1.17% | 80 | 80 | 80.1 | 80.1 | 89.1 | ||||||||||||
| Republican Clubs | Martin McAlinden | 1.13% | 77 | 77 | 77.1 | 78.15 | |||||||||||||
| Irish Labour | Michael Murphy | 0.85% | 58 | 58.68 | 59.58 | ||||||||||||||
| Electorate: 11,514 Valid: 6,815 (59.19%) Spoilt: 194 Quota: 852 Turnout: 7,009 (60.87%) | |||||||||||||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1973". EONI. Retrieved 2 August 2021.