Newry and Mourne Area A was one of the six district electoral areas in Newry and Mourne, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected five members to Newry and Mourne District Council, and formed part of the South Down constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Annalong, Binnian, Cranfield, Kilkeel and Lisnacree. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by The Mournes DEA.
| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | George Graham (DUP) | William Russell (UUP) | Arthur Coulter (UUP) | Anne Marie Cunningham (SDLP) | Colum Murnion (SDLP) | |||||
| 1977 | Frank MacCann (SDLP) | |||||||||
| 1973 | Norman Gordon (UUP) | Arthur Doran (Independent Nationalist) | ||||||||
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1981: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1977-1981 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||
| SDLP | Colum Murnion | 21.60% | 1,346 | |||||
| DUP | George Graham * | 20.29% | 1,264 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | William Russell* | 18.54% | 1,155 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | Arthur Coulter* | 16.88% | 1,052 | |||||
| SDLP | Anne Marie Cunningham* | 10.26% | 639 | 899.13 | 901.13 | 941.13 | ||
| Independent Nationalist | Arthur Doran | 9.63% | 600 | 643.01 | 653.24 | 720.24 | ||
| DUP | Robert McConnell | 2.81% | 175 | 175.23 | ||||
| Electorate: 8,729 Valid: 6,231 (71.38%) Spoilt: 212 Quota: 1,039 Turnout: 6,443 (73.81%) | ||||||||
1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP and DUP gain from UUP and Independent Nationalist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | William Russell* | 22.15% | 1,238 | ||||||
| SDLP | Anne Marie Cunningham* | 15.62% | 873 | 873.25 | 894.5 | 1,081.5 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | Arthur Coulter* | 10.25% | 573 | 793.5 | 806 | 806.25 | 806.25 | 1,037.25 | |
| DUP | George Graham | 15.82% | 884 | 910 | 910.5 | 911.5 | 912.34 | 945.34 | |
| SDLP | Frank MacCann | 10.18% | 569 | 569.75 | 585.75 | 763.75 | 892.27 | 910.27 | |
| Independent Nationalist | Arthur Doran* | 9.07% | 507 | 509.75 | 538.5 | 588.5 | 607.82 | 687.82 | |
| Independent | John Henning | 7.16% | 400 | 450 | 484.25 | 485.25 | 485.25 | ||
| SDLP | Hugh Cunningham | 7.48% | 418 | 418.5 | 427.5 | ||||
| Alliance | Doreen Leitch | 2.27% | 127 | 130.75 | |||||
| Electorate: 8,225 Valid: 5,589 (67.95%) Spoilt: 292 Quota: 932 Turnout: 5,881 (71.50%) | |||||||||
1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | William Russell | 20.86% | 1,254 | |||||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Arthur Coulter | 17.76% | 1,068 | |||||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Norman Gordon | 14.12% | 849 | 1,088.4 | ||||||||||
| Independent Nationalist | Arthur Doran | 6.62% | 398 | 399.2 | 401.4 | 405 | 408 | 427.2 | 439.2 | 473.8 | 562.6 | 684.6 | 889.2 | |
| SDLP | Anne Marie Cunningham | 7.70% | 463 | 463 | 463.2 | 463.2 | 470.2 | 505 | 545 | 561 | 637 | 808 | 877.4 | |
| SDLP | Hugh Cunningham | 7.47% | 449 | 449.2 | 450 | 450.4 | 452.4 | 467.4 | 548.4 | 566.4 | 648.4 | 743.8 | 775 | |
| Ulster Liberal | Stanley Archer | 4.79% | 288 | 293.2 | 318.8 | 352 | 355.8 | 361.8 | 363.8 | 483 | 520.2 | 556.6 | ||
| Independent Republican | Paul O'Reilly | 6.34% | 381 | 381 | 381 | 381.8 | 385.8 | 400.8 | 408.8 | 417.2 | 498.2 | |||
| Independent | Michael Hardy | 5.59% | 336 | 336.2 | 338.2 | 341.4 | 348 | 357 | 368 | 397.4 | ||||
| Alliance | Margaret Hall | 2.56% | 154 | 156.2 | 168.4 | 188.4 | 265.2 | 267.6 | 273.6 | |||||
| SDLP | Patrick Murphy | 2.68% | 161 | 161 | 161 | 161.4 | 162.4 | 165.4 | ||||||
| Independent Nationalist | Austin Crawford | 1.80% | 108 | 108 | 108.4 | 110 | 110 | |||||||
| Alliance | P. J. McKeown | 1.71% | 103 | 104.4 | 106.4 | 108 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 8,589 Valid: 6,012 (70.00%) Spoilt: 118 Quota: 1,003 Turnout: 6,130 (71.37%) | ||||||||||||||
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