# 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

Newry, Mourne and Down Borough Council Election Result 2019 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Sinn Féin | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 39.0 | 36.5 | 25,327 | 0.6 |
| SDLP | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 26.8 | 23.0 | 15,975 | 7.4 |
| Independent | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12.2 | 12.5 | 8,661 | 7.5 |
| UUP | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 6,952 | 2.0 |
| DUP | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7.3 | 8.5 | 5,897 | 0.9 |
| Alliance | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 | 7.4 | 5,162 | 5.0 |
| Aontú | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1,055 | New |
| Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 310 | 0.4 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.9 |
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

Results of the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council election, 2019 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | SDLP | SDLP | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | Alliance | Alliance | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Crotlieve | 29.8 | 2 | 27.0 | 2 | 6.2 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 29.5 | 2 | 6 |
| Downpatrick | 25.2 | 1 | 40.6 | 3 | 4.7 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 22.3 | 1 | 5 |
| Newry | 44.8 | 3 | 21.3 | 2 | 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7.3 | 0 | 23.2 | 1 | 6 |
| Rowallane | 8.0 | 0 | 15.6 | 1 | 19.4 | 1 | 29.0 | 2 | 18.2 | 1 | 9.7 | 0 | 5 |
| Slieve Croob | 36.5 | 2 | 20.5 | 1 | 15.9 | 1 | 10.6 | 0 | 10.6 | 1 | 5.9 | 0 | 5 |
| Slieve Gullion | 62.7 | 5 | 21.6 | 1 | 10.3 | 1 | 2.5 | 0 | 2.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
| The Mournes | 34.2 | 3 | 18.0 | 1 | 12.0 | 1 | 16.1 | 1 | 7.8 | 0 | 12.0 | 1 | 7 |
| 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
Crotlieve - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | Independent | Jarlath Tinnelly* | 12.30% | 1,412 | 1,415 | 1,465 | 1,528 | 1,651 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Gerry O'Hare | 11.20% | 1,286 | 1,286 | 1,305 | 1,462 | 1,467 | 1,852 | | | |
| | SDLP | Declan McAteer* | 10.24% | 1,175 | 1,179 | 1,236 | 1,247 | 1,309 | 1,371 | 1,375.56 | 1,375.56 | 1,754.56 |
| | Independent | Mark Gibbons | 10.36% | 1,189 | 1,191 | 1,257 | 1,269 | 1,586 | 1,599 | 1,600.71 | 1,607.71 | 1,703.71 |
| | Sinn Féin | Mickey Ruane* | 7.07% | 812 | 812 | 822 | 963 | 1,039 | 1,396 | 1,590.94 | 1,593.64 | 1,687.64 |
| | SDLP | Karen McKevitt | 9.72% | 1,116 | 1,117 | 1,203 | 1,232 | 1,259 | 1,337 | 1,340.42 | 1,340.42 | 1,641.42 |
| | UUP | Joshua Lowry | 6.20% | 712 | 1,056 | 1,068 | 1,068 | 1,079 | 1,079 | 1,079 | 1,079 | 1,100.9 |
| | SDLP | Michael Carr | 7.00% | 808 | 810 | 877 | 880 | 1,055 | 1,073 | 1,075.85 | 1,075.85 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Oksana McMahon* | 7.04% | 809 | 809 | 823 | 922 | 940 | | | | |
| | Independent | Jim Boylan | 6.86% | 788 | 789 | 853 | 856 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Mary Tinnelly | 4.52% | 519 | 519 | 524 | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Lorcán McGreevy | 4.21% | 483 | 484 | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Wilma McCullough | 3.23% | 371 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 19,863 Valid: 11,480 (57.80%) Spoilt: 169 Quota: 1,641 Turnout: 11,649 (58.65%) |||||||||||||

### Downpatrick

2014: 3 × SDLP, 1 × Sinn Féin, 1 × Independent 2019: 3 × SDLP, 1 × Sinn Féin, 1 × Independent 2014-2019 Change: No change
Downpatrick - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | SDLP | Gareth Sharvin* | 19.01% | 1,395 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Cadogan Enright* ‡ | 14.34% | 1,052 | 1,093.36 | 1,216.46 | 1,327.46 | | | |
| | SDLP | Dermot Curran* | 12.81% | 940 | 969.59 | 976.59 | 1,059.02 | 1,222.24 | 1,317.24 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Oonagh Hanlon | 14.06% | 1,032 | 1,041.13 | 1,049.13 | 1,073.46 | 1,073.46 | 1,156.68 | 1,157.68 |
| | SDLP | John Trainor* | 9.05% | 664 | 744.74 | 758.18 | 852.83 | 906.27 | 1,060.81 | 1,094.81 |
| | Sinn Féin | Jordan Madden | 11.35% | 833 | 846.31 | 853.31 | 864.53 | 865.43 | 899.3 | 899.3 |
| | Aontú | Macartán Digney | 6.47% | 475 | 478.19 | 486.19 | 517.74 | 524.74 | | |
| | UUP | Alex Burgess | 4.70% | 345 | 345.66 | 479.66 | 508.66 | | | |
| | Alliance | Tiernan Laird | 5.11% | 375 | 380.5 | 434.05 | | | | |
| | DUP | James Savage | 2.03% | 149 | 149 | | | | | |
| | Green (NI) | Jamie Kennedy | 1.74% | 128 | 129.32 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,620 Valid: 7,338 (50.19%) Spoilt: 86 Quota: 1,232 Turnout: 7,474 (51.12%) |||||||||||

### Newry

2014: 3 × Sinn Féin, 2 × SDLP, 1 × Independent 2019: 3 × Sinn Féin, 2 × SDLP, 1 × Independent 2014-2019 Change: No change
Newry - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Independent | Gavin Malone | 23.19% | 2,296 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Liz Kimmins* †† | 13.88% | 1,374 | 1,450.56 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Michael Savage* | 12.43% | 1,231 | 1,417.56 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Charlie Casey* † | 12.42% | 1,230 | 1,345.28 | 1,347.16 | 1,843.16 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Valerie Harte* | 10.56% | 1,045 | 1,131.68 | 1,132.68 | 1,363.56 | 1,776.7 | |
| | SDLP | Gary Stokes* | 8.87% | 878 | 987.12 | 1,115.08 | 1,139.68 | 1,145.14 | 1,178.81 |
| | Alliance | Helena Young | 7.28% | 721 | 924.72 | 1,049.44 | 1,084.36 | 1,093.46 | 1,137.14 |
| | Sinn Féin | Sarah McAllister | 7.92% | 784 | 864.08 | 864.08 | | | |
| | UUP | Ricky McGaffin | 3.44% | 341 | 353.76 | | | | |
| Electorate: 19,400 Valid: 9,900 (51.03%) Spoilt: 198 Quota: 1,415 Turnout: 10,098 (52.05%) ||||||||||

### 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
Rowallane - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Alliance | Patrick Brown* † | 18.60% | 1,416 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Terry Andrews* | 15.57% | 1,211 | 1,322 | | | | |
| | DUP | Harry Harvey* †† | 16.27% | 1,265 | 1,270 | 1,275.28 | 1,329.28 | | |
| | UUP | Robert Burgess* | 10.81% | 842 | 865 | 892.83 | 1,075.37 | 1,082.96 | 1,142.81 |
| | DUP | William Walker* ‡†† | 12.67% | 985 | 989 | 994.5 | 1,037.04 | 1,058.43 | 1,073.65 |
| | UUP | Walter Lyons | 8.58% | 667 | 682 | 692.89 | 746.95 | 751.78 | 772.54 |
| | Sinn Féin | Marianne Cleary | 8.00% | 622 | 652 | 671.47 | 709.67 | 709.67 | |
| | Independent | Martyn Todd | 6.13% | 477 | 525 | 570.54 | | | |
| | Green (NI) | Emma Cairns | 2.34% | 182 | | | | | |
| | Aontú | Liam Mulhern | 1.27% | 99 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,896 Valid: 7,776 (52.20%) Spoilt: 73 Quota: 1,296 Turnout: 7,839 (52.62%) ||||||||||

### 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 Croob - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | UUP | Alan Lewis ‡ | 15.93% | 1,303 | 1,307 | 2,115 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Roisin Howell* | 12.65% | 1,035 | 1,086 | 1,088 | 1,090 | 1,611 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Cathy Mason † | 13.07% | 1,069 | 1,117 | 1,119 | 1,120 | 1,373 | |
| | Alliance | Gregory Bain † | 10.55% | 863 | 915 | 932 | 1,194 | 1,217 | 1,241.84 |
| | SDLP | Hugh Gallagher | 10.76% | 880 | 969 | 986 | 1,041 | 1,086 | 1,222.16 |
| | SDLP | Mark Murnin* | 9.73% | 796 | 894 | 907 | 1,017 | 1,071 | 1,154.72 |
| | Sinn Féin | John Rice* | 10.81% | 884 | 907 | 907 | 908 | | |
| | DUP | Maynard Hanna | 10.61% | 868 | 889 | | | | |
| | Aontú | Tracy Harkin | 5.88% | 481 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,846 Valid: 8,179 (55.09%) Spoilt: 111 Quota: 1,364 Turnout: 8,290 (55.84%) ||||||||||

### 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
Slieve Gullion - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Sinn Féin | Terry Hearty* † | 14.98% | 1,876 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Mickey Larkin* | 13.14% | 1,646 | | | |
| | SDLP | Pete Byrne* | 13.12% | 1,643 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Oonagh Magennis | 12.95% | 1,622 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Barra Ó'Muirí* | 10.79% | 1,351 | 1,571.49 | | |
| | UUP | David Taylor* | 10.28% | 1,287 | 1,287.34 | 1,577.34 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Roisin Mulgrew* † | 10.88% | 1,362 | 1,414.19 | 1,482.04 | 1,554.44 |
| | SDLP | Kate Loughran* | 8.46% | 1,059 | 1,076.85 | 1,291.89 | 1,296.34 |
| | Alliance | Gazdag Balázs | 2.88% | 361 | 365.08 | | |
| | DUP | Linda Henry | 2.52% | 315 | 316.19 | | |
| Electorate: 20,858 Valid: 12,522 (60.03%) Spoilt: 295 Quota: 1,566 Turnout: 12,817 (61.45%) ||||||||

### 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
The Mournes - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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%) |||||||||||

## Changes during the term
### † Co-options

| Date co-opted | Electoral Area | Party | Outgoing | Co-optee | Reason |
| 3 October 2019 | Slieve Croob | Alliance | Gregory Bain | Andrew McMurray | Bain resigned. |
| 17 October 2019 | Rowallane | DUP | Harry Harvey | Kathryn Owen | Harvey was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly. |
| 10 February 2020 | Newry | Sinn Féin | Liz Kimmins | Roisin Mulgrew | Kimmins was co-opted to the Northern Ireland Assembly. |
| 11 February 2020 | Slieve Gullion | Sinn Féin | Roisin Mulgrew | Declan Murphy | Murphy filled the vacancy arising from Mulgrew's move from Slieve Gullion to Newry. |
| 28 May 2020 | Slieve Gullion | Sinn Féin | Terry Hearty | Aoife Finnegan | Hearty resigned. |
| 23 December 2021 | The Mournes | Sinn Féin | Sean Doran | Michael Rice | Doran died. |
| 25 May 2022 | Rowallane | Alliance | Patrick Brown | David Lee-Surginor | Brown was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. |
| 9 June 2022 | Slieve Croob | Sinn Féin | Cathy Mason | Jim Brennan | Mason was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. |
| 24 October 2022 | Rowallane | DUP | William Walker | Yvonne Moore | Walker resigned. |
| 20 December 2022 | Newry | Sinn Féin | Roisin Mulgrew | Geraldine Kearns | Mulgrew resigned. |
| 20 December 2022 | Newry | Sinn Féin | Charlie Casey | Cathal King | Casey resigned. |
| 20 December 2022 | Rowallane | DUP | Kathryn Owen | Jonathan Jackson | Owen resigned. |
| 20 December 2022 | Rowallane | DUP | Yvonne Moore | Callum Bowsie | Moore resigned. |

### ‡ Changes in affiliation

| Date | Electoral Area | Name | Previous affiliation | New affiliation | Circumstance |
| 6 June 2021 | The Mournes | Glyn Hanna | DUP | Independent | Resigned from the DUP over disagreements with the new party leadership. |
| 6 June 2021 | Rowallane | Kathryn Owen | DUP | Independent | Resigned from the DUP over disagreements with the new party leadership. |
| 14 September 2021 | The Mournes | Glyn Hanna | Independent | DUP | Rejoined the DUP over resolving their disagreements with the new party leadership. |
| 14 September 2021 | Rowallane | Kathryn Owen | Independent | DUP | Rejoined the DUP over resolving their disagreements with the new party leadership. |
| 29 October 2021 | The Mournes | Harold McKee | UUP | Independent | Resigned from the UUP over disagreements with the new party leadership on social issues. |
| 13 November 2021 | The Mournes | Harold McKee | Independent | TUV | Joined the TUV having recently resigned from the UUP. |
| 28 February 2022 | Rowallane | William Walker | DUP | Independent | Suspended by the DUP after being arrested. |
| 25 July 2022 | Downpatrick | Cadogan Enright | Independent | Alliance | Joined Alliance. |
| 12 August 2022 | Slieve Croob | Alan Lewis | UUP | DUP | Defected to the DUP. |
| 12 August 2022 | The Mournes | Henry Reilly | Independent | DUP | Joined the DUP. |

### – Suspensions

None
Last updated 26 October 2022.
Current composition: see Newry, Mourne and Down District Council