# Slieve Croob (District Electoral Area)

Slieve Croob is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland. 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 | Alan Lewis (DUP)/ (UUP) | Andrew McMurray (Alliance) | Siobhan O'Hare (Sinn Féin) | Jim Brennan (Sinn Féin) | Róisín Howell (Sinn Féin) |
| August 2022 defection | Alan Lewis (DUP)/ (UUP) | Andrew McMurray (Alliance) | Hugh Gallagher (SDLP) | Jim Brennan (Sinn Féin) | Róisín Howell (Sinn Féin) |
| June 2022 co-option | Alan Lewis (DUP)/ (UUP) | Andrew McMurray (Alliance) | Hugh Gallagher (SDLP) | Jim Brennan (Sinn Féin) | Róisín Howell (Sinn Féin) |
| October 2019 co-option | Alan Lewis (DUP)/ (UUP) | Andrew McMurray (Alliance) | Hugh Gallagher (SDLP) | Cathy Mason (Sinn Féin) | Róisín Howell (Sinn Féin) |
| 2019 | Alan Lewis (DUP)/ (UUP) | Gregory Bain (Alliance) | Hugh Gallagher (SDLP) | Cathy Mason (Sinn Féin) | Róisín Howell (Sinn Féin) |
| February 2018 co-option | Garth Craig (DUP) | Andrew McMurray (Alliance) | Mark Murnin (SDLP) | John Rice (Sinn Féin) | Róisín Howell (Sinn Féin) |
| January 2018 co-option | Garth Craig (DUP) | Andrew McMurray (Alliance) | Mark Murnin (SDLP) | John Rice (Sinn Féin) | Stephen Burns (Sinn Féin) |
| November 2016 co-option | Garth Craig (DUP) | Andrew McMurray (Alliance) | Mark Murnin (SDLP) | Pól Ó Gribín (Sinn Féin) | Stephen Burns (Sinn Féin) |
| 2014 | Garth Craig (DUP) | Patrick Clarke (Alliance) | Mark Murnin (SDLP) | Pól Ó Gribín (Sinn Féin) | Stephen Burns (Sinn Féin) |

## 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
Slieve Croob - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | DUP | Alan Lewis* | 19.34% | 1,723 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Jim Brennan* | 17.61% | 1,569 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Róisín Howell* | 16.19% | 1,443 | 1,443.14 | 1,447.14 | 1,484.39 | 1,531.39 | |
| | Alliance | Andrew McMurray* † | 13.28% | 1,183 | 1,189.02 | 1,244.02 | 1,246.77 | 1,327.02 | 1,521.02 |
| | Sinn Féin | Siobhan O'Hare | 13.76% | 1,226 | 1,226.42 | 1,232.42 | 1,259.87 | 1,301.47 | 1,305.87 |
| | SDLP | Hugh Gallagher* | 8.48% | 756 | 758.80 | 771.80 | 778.50 | 1,082.18 | 1,170.54 |
| | UUP | Walter Lyons | 4.30% | 383 | 603.36 | 604.50 | 604.55 | 607.25 | |
| | SDLP | Will Polland | 3.20% | 285 | 286.40 | 299.40 | 302.45 | | |
| | Aontú | Rosemary McGlone | 2.75% | 245 | 245.70 | 248.70 | 249.50 | | |
| | Green (NI) | Seana Pitt | 1.10% | 98 | 98.70 | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,797 Valid: 8,911 (56.41%) Spoilt: 92 Quota: 1,486 Turnout: 9,003 (56.99%) ||||||||||

## 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
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%) ||||||||||

## 2014 Election

2014: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
Slieve Croob - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Sinn Féin | Stephen Burns* † | 18.87% | 1,303 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Garth Craig* | 14.78% | 1,021 | 1,028 | 1,028 | 1,166 | | | |
| | SDLP | Mark Murnin | 11.35% | 784 | 794 | 794 | 797 | 929.16 | 1,261.16 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Pól Ó Gribín † | 13.61% | 940 | 948 | 1,042.44 | 1,046.44 | 1,072 | 1,164 | |
| | Alliance | Patrick Clarke † | 9.99% | 690 | 738 | 749.04 | 771.04 | 807.84 | 971.84 | 1,068.59 |
| | UUP | Desmond Patterson* | 10.40% | 718 | 727 | 733.6 | 932.6 | 934.6 | 955.08 | 967.08 |
| | SDLP | Audrey Byrne | 7.44% | 514 | 521 | 544.88 | 551.88 | 781.76 | | |
| | SDLP | Shane King | 6.05% | 418 | 425 | 438.68 | 445.8 | | | |
| | UKIP | Alan Lewis | 5.89% | 407 | 413 | 413.24 | | | | |
| | NI21 | Matthew Morrison | 1.61% | 111 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,939 Valid: 6,906 (47.80%) Spoilt: 125 Quota: 1,152 Turnout: 7,031 (50.44%) |||||||||||