Slieve Croob (District Electoral Area) Explained

Slieve Croob
Type:Newry, Mourne and Down District Council DEA
Year:2014
Seats:5 (2014-)
Members Label:Councillors

Slieve Croob is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland.[1] The district elects five members to Newry, Mourne and Down District Council and contains the wards of Ballydugan, Ballyward, Castlewellan, Drumaness and Dundrum.[2] 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

ElectionCouncillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
May 2024 co-optionAlan Lewis
(DUP)/
(UUP)
Helena Young
(Alliance)
Siobhan O'Hare
(Sinn Féin)
Jim Brennan
(Sinn Féin)
Róisín Howell
(Sinn Féin)
2023Andrew McMurray
(Alliance)
August 2022 defectionHugh Gallagher
(SDLP)
June 2022 co-option
October 2019 co-optionCathy Mason
(Sinn Féin)
2019Gregory Bain
(Alliance)
February 2018 co-optionGarth Craig
(DUP)
Andrew McMurray
(Alliance)
Mark Murnin
(SDLP)
John Rice
(Sinn Féin)
January 2018 co-optionStephen Burns
(Sinn Féin)
November 2016 co-optionPól Ó Gribín
(Sinn Féin)
2014Patrick Clarke
(Alliance)

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

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

2014 Election

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

Notes and References

  1. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-25357751 Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations
  2. Web site: Newry, Mourne and Down District Council . 2023-07-10 . www.ark.ac.uk.