Newcastle (District Electoral Area)

Newcastle DEA (1993-2014) within Down

Newcastle was one of the four district electoral areas in Down, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 2014. The district elected six members to Down District Council, and formed part of the South Down constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Down Area C which had existed since 1973, and contained the wards of Castlewellan, Donard, Dundrum, Murlough, Shimna and Tollymore. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections, with Donard, Murlough, Shimna and Tollymore moving to The Mournes DEA and Castlewellan and Dundrum moving to the Slieve Croob DEA.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (party)		Councillor (party)		Councillor (party)		Councillor (party)		Councillor (party)		Councillor (party)
2011		Stephen Burns (Sinn Féin)		Willie Clarke (Sinn Féin)		Eamon O'Neill (SDLP)		Carmel O'Boyle (SDLP)		Patrick Clarke (Alliance)		Desmond Patterson (UUP)
2005		Hugh McDowell (Sinn Féin)								Peter Fitzpatrick (SDLP)		Gerald Douglas (UUP)
2001
1997				Anne Carr (NI Women's Coalition)
1993		John Finlay (DUP)		Michael Boyd (SDLP)				Frances Flynn (SDLP)
1989		William Brown (UUP)						Cathal O'Baoill (SDLP)
1985		Ethel Smyth (DUP)						James Curry (SDLP)		Hugh McDowell (Sinn Féin)

2011 election

2005: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2011: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

2005-2011 change: Alliance gain from SDLP

Newcastle - 6 seats ^[1]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Sinn Féin	Willie Clarke *	17.49%	1,171
	SDLP	Eamon O'Neill *	15.81%	1,058
	SDLP	Carmel O'Boyle*	11.47%	768	787.08	831.63	917.34	1,181.34
	Sinn Féin	Stephen Burns	11.89%	796	892.84	898.42	931.95	958.95
	UUP	Desmond Patterson	9.50%	636	636.54	637.8	655.98	663.7	676.7	1,124.7
	Alliance	Patrick Clarke	8.44%	565	570.58	575.26	665.8	702.72	746.72	773.35	936.55
	Sinn Féin	Brian Morgan	6.95%	465	531.06	532.95	542.03	615.75	668.75	670.02	672.9
	DUP	Stanley Priestley	7.80%	522	522.54	523.98	526.16	528.34	528.34
	SDLP	Peter Fitzpatrick*	6.02%	403	412.72	442.69	470.59
	Green (NI)	John Hardy	4.63%	310	315.76	318.55
Electorate: 12,216  Valid: 6,694 (54.80%)  Spoilt: 132  Quota: 957  Turnout: 6,826 (55.88%)

2005 election

2001: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2005: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

2001-2005 change: No change

Newcastle - 6 seats ^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SDLP	Eamon O'Neill *	19.28%	1,379
	Sinn Féin	Willie Clarke *	18.19%	1,301
	SDLP	Carmel O'Boyle*	13.09%	936	1,090.18
	Sinn Féin	Hugh McDowell*	6.56%	469	479.66	656.54	679.78	682.42	1,146.42
	SDLP	Peter Fitzpatrick*	8.01%	573	718.08	750.42	903.9	963.42	1,032.6
	UUP	Gerald Douglas*	11.30%	808	816.32	821.82	907.04	909.68	918.76
	DUP	Stanley Priestley	10.40%	744	746.86	747.08	760.56	760.8	762.56
	Sinn Féin	Aíne McEvoy	7.57%	541	555.3	606.34	624.36	626.16
	Alliance	Neil Powell	3.52%	252	260.06	266.22
	Green (NI)	Peter McCarron	2.07%	148	154.76	159.16
Electorate: 11,446  Valid: 7,151 (62.48%)  Spoilt: 172  Quota: 1,022  Turnout: 7,323 (63.98%)

2001 election

1997: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Women's Coalition

2001: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

1997-2001 change: Sinn Féin gain from Women's Coalition

Newcastle - 6 seats ^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	SDLP	Eamon O'Neill *	16.92%	1,308
	UUP	Gerald Douglas*	15.67%	1,211
	Sinn Féin	Willie Clarke	15.05%	1,163
	SDLP	Carmel O'Boyle*	12.94%	1,000	1,087.84	1,143.84
	SDLP	Peter Fitzpatrick*	9.06%	700	774.08	824.2	1,163.2
	Sinn Féin	Hugh McDowell*	12.57%	972	985.6	1,036.92	1,084.44
	DUP	Stanley Priestley	8.99%	695	695.16	707.16	719.48
	SDLP	Charles McGrath	5.67%	438	461.2	495.68
	Independent	David Allister	3.14%	243	246.2
Electorate: 11,339  Valid: 7,730 (68.17%)  Spoilt: 160  Quota: 1,105  Turnout: 7,890 (69.58%)

1997 election

1993: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP

1997: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Women's Coalition

1993-1997 change: Sinn Féin and Women's Coalition gain from SDLP and DUP

Newcastle - 6 seats ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	SDLP	Eamon O'Neill *	15.63%	913
	Sinn Féin	Hugh McDowell	14.22%	831	837
	UUP	Gerald Douglas*	13.23%	773	775	792	1,009
	SDLP	Carmel O'Boyle	12.24%	715	733	755	758	758.99	1,006.99
	SDLP	Peter Fitzpatrick*	12.08%	706	711	723	723	724.98	870.98
	NI Women's Coalition	Anne Carr	7.36%	430	451	532	540	565.74	605.73	672.73	748.13	779.13
	DUP	Stanley Priestley	9.45%	552	552	554	588	729.57	731.56	732.56	733.08	734.08
	SDLP	Frances Flynn*	7.22%	422	431	456	459	461.97
	UUP	Ronald Richey	4.43%	259	259	271
	Alliance	Adrienne Healy	2.86%	167	175
	Workers' Party	Edward O'Hagan	1.28%	75
Electorate: 10,884  Valid: 5,843 (53.68%)  Spoilt: 115  Quota: 835  Turnout: 5,958 (54.74%)

1993 election

1989: 4 x SDLP, 2 x UUP

1993: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP

1989-1993 change: DUP gain from UUP

Newcastle - 6 seats ^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SDLP	Michael Boyd*	21.83%	1,405
	SDLP	Eamon O'Neill *	17.87%	1,150
	UUP	Gerald Douglas*	14.73%	948
	SDLP	Peter Fitzpatrick*	10.36%	667	723	724.98	870.98
	SDLP	Frances Flynn	6.39%	411	631.68	706.86	753.66	760.66	920.9
	DUP	John Finlay	6.68%	430	432.16	432.79	432.79	682.79	684.42	700.95
	Alliance	Anne Carr	8.20%	528	571.92	580.53	582.13	637.68	676.05	681.93
	Sinn Féin	Sean Fitzpatrick	7.78%	501	521.52	544.62	547.72	547.72
	UUP	William Brown*	6.15%	396	401.04	401.67	401.77
Electorate: 10,170  Valid: 6,436 (63.28%)  Spoilt: 182  Quota: 920  Turnout: 6,618 (65.07%)

1989 election

1985: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP

1989: 4 x SDLP, 2 x UUP

1985-1989 change: SDLP and UUP gain from Sinn Féin and DUP

Newcastle - 6 seats ^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	UUP	Gerald Douglas*	22.00%	1,329
	SDLP	Michael Boyd*	21.04%	1,271
	SDLP	Eamon O'Neill *	18.09%	1,093
	SDLP	Peter Fitzpatrick	8.97%	542	546.32	762.14	792.46	910.9
	UUP	William Brown *	6.06%	366	761.28	765.9	781.42	782.26	1,151.26
	SDLP	Cathal O'Baoill	6.11%	369	376.56	521.43	588.71	665.15	669.72	679.72
	Sinn Féin	Sean Fitzpatrick	7.89%	477	477.36	491.22	511.87	534.13	534.85	534.85
	DUP	John Finlay	6.89%	416	465.68	466.34	470.7	471.33
	Workers' Party	Henry Robinson	2.96%	179	183.32	199.16
Electorate: 9,641  Valid: 6,042 (62.67%)  Spoilt: 166  Quota: 864  Turnout: 6,208 (64.39%)

1985 election

1985: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP

Newcastle - 6 seats ^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	UUP	Gerald Douglas*	22.06%	1,350
	Sinn Féin	Hugh McDowell	13.97%	855
	DUP	Ethel Smyth*	11.99%	734	1,117.75
	SDLP	Eamon O'Neill *	13.51%	827	829.52	832.08	924.08
	SDLP	Michael Boyd	13.43%	822	825.24	827.16	890.16
	SDLP	James Curry*	7.25%	444	446.16	448.4	487.4	516.51	843.1
	Alliance	Anthony Dickinson	5.33%	326	396.92	625.36	672.04	677.01	690.15
	SDLP	Peter Fitzpatrick	6.62%	405	405.72	406.36	426.72	441.53
	Workers' Party	Edward O'Hagan	4.17%	255	257.52	259.76
	Workers' Party	Sean Magee	1.67%	102	103.44	103.76
Electorate: 8,978  Valid: 6,120 (68.17%)  Spoilt: 135  Quota: 875  Turnout: 6,255 (69.67%)

References

1. "Newcastle Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
2. "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
3. "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
4. "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
5. "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
6. "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
7. "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 27 July 2021.