# 2011 Newry and Mourne District Council election

Elections to Newry and Mourne District Council were held on 5 May 2011 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.

## Election results

Newry and Mourne District Council Election Result 2011 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Sinn Féin | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 46.7 | 45.2 | 17,877 | 3.1 |
| SDLP | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30.0 | 28.9 | 11,443 | 0.6 |
| UUP | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 10.3 | 4,078 | 0.5 |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 2,262 | 3.2 |
| UKIP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 1,910 | New |
| DUP | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 1,172 | 3.7 |
| TUV | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 408 | New |
| Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 382 | 1.0 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Newry and Mourne District Council election, 2011 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | SDLP | SDLP | UUP | UUP | UKIP | UKIP | DUP | DUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Crotlieve | 38.1 | 3 | 46.1 | 4 | 7.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 8.2 | 0 | 7 |
| Newry Town | 43.8 | 3 | 27.2 | 2 | 5.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 23.4 | 2 | 7 |
| Slieve Gullion | 78.0 | 4 | 22.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| The Fews | 46.2 | 2 | 23.3 | 1 | 23.9 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.3 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 6 |
| The Mournes | 19.5 | 1 | 20.7 | 1 | 15.6 | 1 | 27.7 | 1 | 12.2 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 45.2 | 14 | 28.9 | 9 | 10.3 | 3 | 4.8 | 1 | 3.0 | 1 | 7.8 | 2 | 30 |

## District results
### Crotlieve

2005: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Green, 1 x Independent 2011: 4 x SDLP, 3 x Sinn Féin 2005-2011 Change: SDLP and Sinn Féin gain from Green and Independent
Crotlieve - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Sinn Féin | Michael Ruane* | 16.90% | 1,640 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Declan McAteer | 15.12% | 1,467 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Michael Carr* | 13.42% | 1,302 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Mick Murphy* | 12.99% | 1,261 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Sean O'Hare | 12.48% | 1,211 | 1,251.6 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Peter Kearney | 8.24% | 800 | 1,118.36 | 1,158.56 | 1,198.24 | 1,283.24 |
| | SDLP | Connaire McGreevey | 5.05% | 490 | 517.16 | 696.36 | 817.88 | 1,031.56 |
| | UUP | William Mitchell | 7.55% | 733 | 733.84 | 736.84 | 765.04 | 787.64 |
| | Independent | Jarlath Tinnelly | 5.09% | 494 | 517.24 | 530.84 | 584.36 | |
| | Green (NI) | Bonnie Anley | 3.16% | 307 | 317.08 | 330.08 | | |
| Electorate: 17,357 Valid: 9,705 (55.91%) Spoilt: 154 Quota: 1,214 Turnout: 9,859 (56.80%) |||||||||

### Newry Town

2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 3 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent 2005-2011 Change: Independent gain from SDLP
Newry Town - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Sinn Féin | Charlie Casey* | 16.89% | 1,280 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Davy Hyland | 13.29% | 1,007 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | John McArdle* | 10.94% | 829 | 846.28 | 949.28 | | | |
| | Independent | Jack Patterson* | 9.91% | 751 | 763.96 | 778.31 | 969.31 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Valerie Harte | 11.76% | 891 | 930.69 | 935.5 | 937.5 | 947.58 | 986.58 |
| | SDLP | Frank Feely* | 5.29% | 401 | 411.8 | 562.23 | 619.23 | 624.72 | 968.72 |
| | Sinn Féin | Brendan Curran* | 8.34% | 632 | 722.72 | 740.12 | 743.39 | 756.8 | 822.04 |
| | Sinn Féin | Marian O'Reilly* | 6.84% | 518 | 654.08 | 660.16 | 662.16 | 673.14 | 687.49 |
| | SDLP | Gary Stokes* | 6.84% | 518 | 523.4 | 542.67 | 585.67 | 601.15 | |
| | UUP | Colin McElroy | 5.60% | 424 | 425.35 | 426.35 | | | |
| | SDLP | Joe Coyle | 4.18% | 317 | 330.23 | | | | |
| | Independent | James Malone | 0.13% | 10 | 10.81 | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,721 Valid: 7,578 (55.23%) Spoilt: 153 Quota: 948 Turnout: 7,731 (56.34%) ||||||||||

### Slieve Gullion

2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 2011: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 2005-2011 Change: No change
Slieve Gullion - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | SDLP | Geraldine Donnelly* | 22.05% | 1,681 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Terry Hearty* | 17.31% | 1,320 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Colman Burns* | 17.21% | 1,312 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Anthony Flynn* | 15.28% | 1,165 | 1,327.87 |
| | Sinn Féin | Patrick McDonald* | 15.29% | 1,166 | 1,295.93 |
| | Sinn Féin | Padra McNamee | 12.85% | 980 | 1,094.07 |
| Electorate: 11,983 Valid: 7,624 (63.62%) Spoilt: 150 Quota: 1,271 Turnout: 7,774 (64.88%) ||||||

### The Fews

2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2005-2011 Change: UUP gain from DUP
The Fews - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | UUP | Andy Moffett* | 18.41% | 1,421 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Turlough Murphy | 16.83% | 1,299 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Patrick McGinn* | 15.60% | 1,204 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | John Feehan* | 15.43% | 1,191 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Jimmy McCreesh* | 13.80% | 1,065 | 1,066.15 | 1,242.95 | | | |
| | UUP | David Taylor | 5.51% | 425 | 667.42 | 667.58 | 667.74 | 668.49 | 1,146.39 |
| | SDLP | Kevin O'Hare | 7.85% | 606 | 611.75 | 621.99 | 654.47 | 749.47 | 759.79 |
| | DUP | Glenn Oliver* | 4.29% | 331 | 368.49 | 369.13 | 369.61 | 370.61 | |
| | TUV | Barrie Halliday | 2.31% | 178 | 203.3 | 203.62 | 204.1 | 204.85 | |
| Electorate: 12,613 Valid: 7,720 (61.21%) Spoilt: 167 Quota: 1,103 Turnout: 7,887 (62.53%) ||||||||||

### The Mournes

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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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%) ||||||||||