2011 Newry and Mourne District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 2011.

Election Name:	2011 Newry and Mourne District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2005 Newry and Mourne District Council election
Previous Year:	2005
Next Election:	2014 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council election
Next Year:	2014
Seats For Election:	All 30 seats to Newry and Mourne District Council
Majority Seats:	16
Party1:	Sinn Féin
Seats1:	14
Seat Change1:	1
Party2:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:	9
Seat Change2:	0
Party3:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	0
Party4:	Independent (politician)
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	0
Party5:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	1
Party6:	United Kingdom Independence Party
Seats6:	1
Seat Change6:	1
Party7:	Green Party of Northern Ireland
Seats7:	0
Seat Change7:	1

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

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UKIP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Crotlieve|38.1|3|bgcolor="#99FF66"|46.1|bgcolor="#99FF66"|4|7.6|0|0.0|0|0.0|0|8.2|0|7|-|align="left"|Newry Town|bgcolor="#008800"|43.8|bgcolor="#008800"|3|27.2|2|5.6|0|0.0|0|0.0|0|23.4|2|7|-|align="left"|Slieve Gullion|bgcolor="#008800"|78.0|bgcolor="#008800"|4|22.0|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|0.0|0|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|The Fews|bgcolor="#008800"|46.2|bgcolor="#008800"|2|23.3|1|23.9|2|0.0|0|4.3|0|2.3|0|6|-|align="left"|The Mournes|19.5|1|20.7|1|15.6|1|bgcolor="#70147A"|27.7|bgcolor="#70147A"|1|12.2|1|4.3|0|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|45.2|14|28.9|9|10.3|3|4.8|1|3.0|1|7.8|2|30|-|}

Districts 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

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

Slieve Gullion

2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2011: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
2005-2011 Change: No change

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 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