2014 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council election explained

Election Name:	2014 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council election
Flag Image:	Flag placeholder.svg
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2011 Northern Ireland local elections
Previous Year:	2011
Next Election:	2019 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council election
Next Year:	2019
Seats For Election:	All 41 seats to Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
Election Date:	22 May 2014
Leader1:	Martin McGuinness
Party1:	Sinn Féin
Seats1:	14
Leader2:	Alasdair McDonnell
Party2:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:	14
Leader3:	Peter Robinson
Party3:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats3:	4
Leader4:	Mike Nesbitt
Party4:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats4:	3
Leader5:	David Ford
Party5:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats5:	2
Leader6:	David McNarry
Party6:	United Kingdom Independence Party
Seats6:	1
Party7:	Independent (politician)
Seats7:	3
Map Size:	400
Council control
Posttitle:	Council control after election

The first election to Newry, Mourne and Down District Council, part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 22 May 2014, returned 41 members to the newly formed council via Single Transferable Vote.^[1] ^[2] ^[3] Sinn Féin and the Social Democratic and Labour Party won the most seats, with 14 each, with Sinn Féin taking a plurality of first-preference votes.

Results by party

Party	valign=top	Seats	valign=top	±	valign=top	First Pref. votes	valign=top	FPv%	valign=top	±%
	14		22,611	37.11
	14		18,571	30.48
	4		4,259	6.99
	3		6,820	11.19
	3		3,448	5.66
	2		1,460	2.40
	1		2,371	3.89
	0		526	0.86
	0		433	0.71
Totals	align=right	41		align=right	60,922	100.00	—

^[4]

Districts summary

Others|-|align="left"|Crotlieve|34.5|2|bgcolor="#99FF66"|43.4|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3|2.5|0|9.5|0|0.0|0|0.0|0|10.1|1|6|-|align="left"|Downpatrick|28.3|1|bgcolor="#99FF66"|50.9|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3|2.2|0|5.7|0|0.0|0|0.0|0|12.9|1|5|-|align="left"|Newry|bgcolor="#008800"|51.7|bgcolor="#008800"|3|31.6|1|0.0|0|4.4|0|0.0|0|0.0|0|12.3|1|6|-|align="left"|Rowallane|7.9|0|19.0|1|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|27.3|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|26.2|1|7.3|1|0.0|0|12.3|0|5|-|align="left"|Slieve Croob|bgcolor="#008800"|32.5|bgcolor="#008800"|2|24.8|1|14.8|1|10.4|0|10.0|1|5.9|0|1.6|0|5|-|align="left"|Slieve Gullion|bgcolor="#008800"|62.2|bgcolor="#008800"|4|23.3|2|3.4|0|11.1|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|0.0|0|7|-|align="left"|The Mournes|bgcolor="#008800"|28.5|bgcolor="#008800"|2|23.8|2|9.0|1|17.0|1|2.4|0|18.1|1|1.2|0|7|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|37.1|14|30.4|14|7.6|4|12.0|3|2.4|2|3.9|1|6.6|3|41|-|}

District results

Crotlieve

2014: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent

Downpatrick

2014: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent

Newry

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

Rowallane

2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

Slieve Croob

2014: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

Slieve Gullion

2014: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

The Mournes

2014: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UKIP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP

Incumbent

Changes during the term

† Co-options

Date	Electoral area		Outgoing	Co-optee
25 Jan 2016	Slieve Gullion	Geraldine Donnelly	Pete Byrne	Donnelly retired.^[5]
31 May 2016	Downpatrick	Colin McGrath	John Trainor	McGrath elected to the Assembly.^[6]
16 Nov 2016	Slieve Croob	Patrick Clarke	Andrew McMurray	Clarke ejected from council.^[7]
13 Apr 2017	Crotlieve	Sinéad Ennis	Oksana McMahon	Ennis elected to the Assembly.^[8]
30 Apr 2017	The Mournes	Harold McKee	Jill Macauley	McKee elected to the Assembly.
26 Aug 2017	Newry	Kevin McAteer (Ind.)	Michael Savage	McAteer resigned.^[9]
22 Jan 2018	Slieve Croob	Pól O Gríbín	John Rice	O Gríbín resigned.^[10]
14 Feb 2018	Slieve Croob	Stephen Burns	Róisín Howell	Burns resigned.^[11]

‡ Changes in affiliation

Date	Electoral area	Name	New affiliation
3 Apr 2015	Newry	Kevin McAteer	Resigned.^[12]
2 Nov 2015	The Mournes	Henry Reilly	Expelled.^[13]
26 Aug 2017	Newry	Vacancy	McAteer's seat returned to the SDLP.^[14]

Last updated 25 March 2019.

Current composition: see Newry, Mourne and Down District Council.

Notes and References

Web site: Northern Ireland council results . 23 May 2014 . BBC News.
Web site: UTV local election results, Newry, Mourne & Down. 22 June 2014. UTV.
Web site: Newry, Mourne & Down Council Results, 2014. 22 June 2014. Newry, Mourne & Down. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140401010836/http://www.newryandmourne.gov.uk/council/elections_2014.aspx. 1 April 2014. dmy-all.
Web site: Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage. 24 January 2022.
Web site: Incoming Slieve Gullion Councillor represents SDLP’s ‘new blood’ : The Examiner Newspaper of Crossmaglen, South Armagh, Newry and Down. www.crossexaminer.co.uk. 2017-12-28.
Web site: John Trainor Replaces Colin McGrath As Downpatrick Councillor Down News. www.downnews.co.uk. en-US. 2017-12-28.
Web site: New Alliance councillor is Castlewellan resident. www.thedownrecorder.co.uk. 2017-12-28.
Web site: New Sinn Féin Councillor announced for Newry Council. Newry Times. 2017-07-31.
Web site: One-time SDLP chief executive to sit as councillor for the party in Newry. Manley. John. The Irish News. en. 2017-12-28.
Web site: John Rice to replace Pol Ó Gríbin on Newry, Mourne & Down Council. Sinn Féin. en. 2018-02-27.
Web site: Roisin Howell Steps In For Stephen Burns Down News. en-US. 2019-03-25.
News: McAteer leaves SDLP to go Independent!. O'Hare. Columba. 2015-04-04. Newry.ie. 2017-12-28. en-GB.
Web site: One-time SDLP chief executive to sit as councillor for the party in Newry. Manley. John. The Irish News. en. 2017-09-10.
Web site: Newry Democrat - News - 'Absent' councillor is still being paid. Tibus. Website design and website development by. www.newrydemocrat.com. 2017-12-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20171229112302/http://www.newrydemocrat.com/articles/news/59186/absent-councillor-is-still-being-paid/. 29 December 2017. dead.