Mourne (District Electoral Area)

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Mourne DEA (1993-2014) within Strabane

Mourne was one of the three district electoral areas in Strabane, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 2014. The district elected five members to Strabane District Council until 1993, and six members until 2014, and formed part of the West Tyrone constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

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It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Strabane Area C and part of Strabane Area A, and originally contained the wards of East, North, Sion Mills, South and West. For the 1993 local elections, it gained an additional ward, Ballycolman. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections and replaced with the Sperrin DEA, with Sion Mills moving to the Derg DEA.

Councillors

ElectionCouncillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
Councillor
(Party)
2011 Karina Carlin
(Sinn Féin)
Jay McCauley
(Sinn Féin)
Brian McMahon
(Sinn Féin)
Patsy Kelly
(SDLP)
Eugene McMenamin
(Independent)/
(SDLP)
James O'Kane
(Independent)
2005 Ivan Barr
(Sinn Féin)
Jarlath McNulty
(Sinn Féin)
Daniel Breslin
(Sinn Féin)
2001 Ann Bell
(SDLP)
1997 James O'Kane
(Independent Nationalist)
Thomas Mullen
(SDLP)
1993 John Cummings
(UUP)
Mary McElroy
(SDLP)
Paul O'Hare
(SDLP)
1989 Peggy McManus
(Independent Nationalist)/
(SDLP)
Joseph McElroy
(SDLP)
5 seats
1985–1993
1985 Paul O'Kane
(SDLP)

2011 Election

2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP

2005-2011 Change: Independent gain from Sinn Féin

Mourne - 6 seats [1]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678
Independent James O'Kane*14.13%859931      
Sinn Féin Brian McMahon*14.07%855870      
Independent Eugene McMenamin *9.30%565624 647 869    
Sinn Féin Jay McCauley11.29%686698 702 704 1,046   
Sinn Féin Karina Carlin11.17%679685 690 690 814 987.28  
SDLP Patsy Kelly6.50%395583 603 664 691 693.85 706.96 707.76
Irish Republican Socialist Paul Gallagher10.96%666674 678 680 695 695 706.97 707.13
Sinn Féin Stephen Dunnion8.62%524529 530 531     
UUP Billy Harpur7.86%478481 481      
SDLP Eugene Mullen6.10%371       
Electorate: 10,602  Valid: 6,078 (57.33%)  Spoilt: 142  Quota: 869  Turnout: 6,220 (58.67%)  

    2005 Election

    2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP

    2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

    2001-2005 Change: Independent gain from SDLP

    Mourne - 6 seats [2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    SDLP Eugene McMenamin *17.80%1,236      
    Sinn Féin Brian McMahon*15.36%1,067      
    Sinn Féin Jarlath McNulty*15.08%1,047      
    Sinn Féin Ivan Barr*13.07%908926.2 945.03 954.98 969.63 1,019.63 
    Independent James O'Kane10.61%737778.8 783.56 785.71 827.18 901.89 1,007.89
    Sinn Féin Daniel Breslin*8.15%566572.2 616.09 651.99 663.08 723.44 793.24
    UUP Alastair Patterson 9.43%655657 657.6 657.65 662.05 664.05 686.25
    SDLP Ann Bell*3.41%237308.8 309.85 310.6 478.97 508.67  
    Independent Paul Gallagher4.68%325329.8 331.55 333.5 339.06   
    SDLP Arthur McGarrigle2.40%167258 260.24 260.99    
    Electorate: 10,459  Valid: 6,945 (66.40%)  Spoilt: 132  Quota: 993  Turnout: 7,077 (67.66%)  

      2001 Election

      1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Nationalist

      2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP

      1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin (two seats) gain from SDLP and Independent Nationalist

      Mourne - 6 seats [3]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678
      SDLP Eugene McMenamin *18.45%1,538       
      Sinn Féin Jarlath McNulty*15.91%1,326       
      Sinn Féin Ivan Barr*15.14%1,262       
      Sinn Féin Brian McMahon11.72%977993.79 1,023.49 1,049.74 1,049.74 1,069.3 1,193.3 
      SDLP Ann Bell*5.26%438565.19 568.79 573.64 575.87 839.76 904.91 1,216.43
      Sinn Féin Daniel Breslin7.54%628634.67 714.27 736.32 736.32 757.16 835.92 951.21
      UUP Sam Martin5.27%439443.14 443.24 443.29 793.75 802.9 806.13 854.89
      Independent James O'Kane*7.07%589637.07 642.87 646.27 671.27 715.04 796.39  
      Independent Paul Gallagher5.34%445456.96 463.36 465.76 465.76 490.02   
      SDLP Fred Henry3.41%284406.82 409.32 411.17 420.17    
      DUP Kathleen Craig4.90%408409.15 409.15 409.2     
      Electorate: 10,990  Valid: 8,334 (75.83%)  Spoilt: 197  Quota: 1,191  Turnout: 8,531 (77.63%)  

        1997 Election

        1993: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

        1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Nationalist

        1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP

        Mourne - 6 seats [4]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456
        Sinn Féin Ivan Barr*27.42%1,959     
        Sinn Féin Jarlath McNulty17.86%1,276     
        SDLP Thomas Mullen15.73%1,124     
        Independent Nationalist James O'Kane*11.21%8011,224.28    
        SDLP Eugene McMenamin 10.58%7561,091.96    
        SDLP Ann Bell*4.31%308471.54 701.94 740.82 940.57 1,039.9
        UUP John Cummings*11.55%825830.92 842.12 878.86 882.26 882.81
        Alliance Marie Wallace1.33%9598.7 109.1    
        Electorate: 10,298  Valid: 7,144 (69.37%)  Spoilt: 125  Quota: 1,021  Turnout: 7,269 (70.59%)  

          1993 Election

          1989: 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

          1993: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

          1989-1993 Change: SDLP (two seats) gain from Independent Nationalist and due to the addition of one seat

          Mourne - 6 seats [5]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          12345
          Sinn Féin Ivan Barr*20.76%1,229    
          UUP John Cummings*16.27%963    
          SDLP Mary McElroy15.63%925    
          Independent Nationalist James O'Kane*14.14%837879.24   
          SDLP Thomas Mullen12.72%753813.39 855.39  
          SDLP Paul O'Hare9.95%589610.78 643.75 759.03 831.73
          Sinn Féin Elayne McNicholl8.24%488723.29 737.6 738.48 740.68
          Democratic Left Francis McCay2.30%136150.85    
          Electorate: 9,783  Valid: 5,920 (60.51%)  Spoilt: 231  Quota: 846  Turnout: 6,151 (62.87%)  

            1989 Election

            1985: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

            1989: 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

            1985-1989 Change: Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP

            Mourne - 5 seats [6]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            12345
            Sinn Féin Ivan Barr*22.70%1,327    
            Independent Nationalist Peggy McManus*19.21%1,123    
            Independent Nationalist James O'Kane*15.03%879907.56 978.96  
            SDLP Joseph McElroy10.96%641656.68 688.98 833.27 1,030.27
            UUP John Cummings*16.23%949950.68 952.89 953.34 953.51
            Sinn Féin Ultan McNulty7.92%463750.28 772.04 781.28 795.21
            SDLP Bernard Mullen4.34%254260.16 270.36 305.21  
            SDLP Bernard McDermott3.61%211216.32 224.99   
            Electorate: 9,609  Valid: 5,847 (60.85%)  Spoilt: 211  Quota: 975  Turnout: 6,058 (63.05%)  

              1985 Election

              1985: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

              Mourne - 5 seats [7]
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              123456
              Sinn Féin Ivan Barr27.90%1,581     
              Independent Nationalist James O'Kane*22.06%1,250     
              SDLP Paul O'Hare*13.36%7571,090.7    
              SDLP Peggy McManus10.38%588745.62 921.3 1,005.79  
              UUP John Cummings10.15%575582.81 591.81 593.23 593.23 1,088.95
              SDLP Mary McCrea*6.85%388512.25 628.17 680 735.38 747.59
              DUP Desmond Monteith9.30%527531.26 534.5 535.21 535.92  
              Electorate: 8,536  Valid: 5,666 (66.38%)  Spoilt: 130  Quota: 945  Turnout: 5,796 (67.90%)  

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