Rowallane (District Electoral Area)

Rowallane
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	1985
Seats	5 (1985-)
Councillors	Terry Andrews (SDLP)   Callum Bowsie (DUP)   Jonny Jackson (DUP)   Tierna Kelly (APNI)   David Lee-Surginor (APNI)

Rowallane DEA within Newry, Mourne and Down

Rowallane DEA (1993-2014) within Down

Rowallane 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 Ballynahinch, Crossgar and Killyleagh, Derryboy, Kilmore and Saintfield. ^[2] Rowallane forms part of the Strangford constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament and part of the South Down constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament. Following reviews and recommendations of Parliamentary Constituencies the Rowallane DEA was shared between Strangford and South Belfast & Mid Down Constituencies implemented for the 2024 Westminster elections and the next Assembly elections will be fought on these boundary changes in 2027/28.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Down Area A which had existed since 1973, where it contained five wards (Crossgar, Derryboy, Killyleagh, Kilmore and Saintfield). For the 2014 local elections it gained Ballynahinch from the abolished Ballynahinch DEA.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
2023		Terry Andrews (SDLP)/ (Independent)		David Lee-Surginor (Alliance)		Tierna Kelly (Alliance)		Jonny Jackson (DUP)		Callum Bowsie (DUP)
December 2022 Co-Options						Robert Burgess (UUP)
October 2022 Co-Option								Yvonne Moore (DUP)		Kathryn Owen (DUP)/ (Independent)
May 2022 Co-Option								William Walker (DUP)/ (Independent)
February 2022 Defection				Patrick Brown (Alliance)
September 2021 Defection
June 2021 Defection
October 2019 Co-Option
2019										Harry Harvey (DUP)
2014
2011				Maria McCarthy (SDLP)						William Dick (DUP)
2005		Margaret Ritchie (SDLP)		Edward Rea (UUP)
2001								Albert Colmer (UUP)
1997				Samuel Osborne (UUP)		William Biggerstaff (UUP)
1993
1989
1985								Dermot Nesbitt (UUP)

2023 Election

2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP

2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP

2019–2023 Change: Alliance gain from UUP

Rowallane - 5 seats ^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	DUP	Jonny Jackson*	17.60%	1,414
	SDLP	Terry Andrews*	16.42%	1,319	1,335	1,860
	DUP	Callum Bowsie*	16.57%	1,331	1,337	1,340
	Alliance	Tierna Kelly	12.01%	965	996	1,118	1,403
	Alliance	David Lee-Surginor*	12.58%	1,011	1,056	1,199	1,347
	UUP	Robert Burgess*	11.66%	937	1,018	1,021	1,024
	Sinn Féin	Dermot Kennedy	10.78%	866	872
	UUP	Rachel Gracey	1.26%	101
	Green (NI)	Ali McColl	1.12%	90
Electorate: 15,865  Valid: 8,034 (50.64%)  Spoilt: 81  Quota: 1,340  Turnout: 8,115 (51.15%)

2019 Election

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

2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2014-2019 Change: No change

Rowallane - 5 seats ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Alliance	Patrick Brown * †	18.60%	1,416
	SDLP	Terry Andrews*	15.57%	1,211	1,322
	DUP	Harry Harvey * ††	16.27%	1,265	1,270	1,275.28	1,329.28
	UUP	Robert Burgess*	10.81%	842	865	892.83	1,075.37	1,082.96	1,142.81
	DUP	William Walker* ࠠ	12.67%	985	989	994.5	1,037.04	1,058.43	1,073.65
	UUP	Walter Lyons	8.58%	667	682	692.89	746.95	751.78	772.54
	Sinn Féin	Marianne Cleary	8.00%	622	652	671.47	709.67	709.67
	Independent	Martyn Todd	6.13%	477	525	570.54
	Green (NI)	Emma Cairns	2.34%	182
	Aontú	Liam Mulhern	1.27%	99
Electorate: 14,896  Valid: 7,776 (52.20%)  Spoilt: 73  Quota: 1,296  Turnout: 7,839 (52.62%)

2014 Election

2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

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

2011-2014 Change: Alliance gain from Independent

Rowallane - 5 seats ^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SDLP	Terry Andrews*	19.02%	1,321
	UUP	Robert Burgess*	16.49%	1,145	1,153.45	1,202.45
	DUP	Harry Harvey	13.71%	952	958.89	982.54	1,139.1	1,144.1	1,148.1
	DUP	Billy Walker*	13.58%	943	959.64	980.94	1,070.98	1,072.98	1,081.98
	Alliance	Patrick Brown	7.34%	510	563.95	710.97	723.36	734.36	992.36
	UUP	Walter Lyons*	9.68%	672	674.86	699.64	873.81	898.81	913.81
	Sinn Féin	Eddie Hughes	7.95%	552	595.68	689.88	692.01	692.01
	TUV	Philip Hamilton	6.24%	433	437.81	456.46
	NI21	Alistair Straney	3.85%	267	275.19
	Independent	Mickey Coogan*	2.15%	149	160.31
Electorate: 14,526  Valid: 6,944 (49.54%)  Spoilt: 78  Quota: 1,158  Turnout: 7,022 (50.44%)

2011 Election

2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

2005-2011 Change: Independent gain from UUP

Rowallane - 5 seats ^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	DUP	William Dick*	17.21%	1,007
	SDLP	Maria McCarthy	13.82%	809	1,092
	UUP	Robert Burgess*	14.30%	837	840	969	982.26
	DUP	William Walker*	15.72%	920	927	971	976.46
	Independent	Terry Andrews	12.03%	704	763	884	976.04
	UUP	Graham Furey	11.96%	700	705	761	764.9
	Alliance	Patrick Brown	8.10%	474	491
	Sinn Féin	Catriona Mackel	4.89%	286
	SDLP	Patricia McKay	1.97%	115
Electorate: 11,090  Valid: 5,852 (52.77%)  Spoilt: 83  Quota: 976  Turnout: 5,935 (53.52%)

2005 Election

2001: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

2005: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Rowallane - 5 seats ^[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	William Dick*	20.91%	1,326
	SDLP	Margaret Ritchie *	17.43%	1,105
	UUP	Robert Burgess*	14.64%	928	961	975	975.72	979.76	1,065.76
	UUP	Edward Rea*	9.15%	580	589	610.2	612.12	621.12	690.6	1,067.6
	DUP	William Walker	11.37%	721	913.8	921.2	921.56	926.6	940.8	1,027.24
	SDLP	Patricia McKay	4.89%	310	310.8	342.8	376.56	592.04	716.04	772
	UUP	Albert Colmer*	8.47%	537	560.4	570.6	572.12	575.2	649.84
	Alliance	Lorna Dunn	5.25%	333	333.8	415	416.64	439.8
	Sinn Féin	Mary Robb	4.94%	313	313	319	322.08
	Green (NI)	Philip Orr	2.95%	187	188
Electorate: 10,330  Valid: 6,340 (61.37%)  Spoilt: 89  Quota: 1,057  Turnout: 6,429 (62.24%)

2001 Election

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

2001: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1997-2001 Change: No change

Rowallane - 5 seats ^[8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SDLP	Margaret Ritchie *	21.00%	1,440
	DUP	William Dick*	17.47%	1,198
	UUP	Robert Burgess	16.23%	1,113	1,117.41	1,144.41
	UUP	Albert Colmer*	14.98%	1,027	1,035.4	1,051.24	1,058.71	1,262.71
	UUP	Edward Rea	10.62%	728	732.83	760.83	762.25	901.46	1,018.5
	SDLP	Kathleen Stockton	4.07%	279	525.12	565.59	823.93	845.35	847.66
	DUP	William Walker	8.74%	599	600.47	622.68	623.68
	Sinn Féin	Anthony Lacken	4.43%	304	319.96	322.96
	Independent	James Marks	2.46%	169	172.36
Electorate: 10,464  Valid: 6,857 (65.53%)  Spoilt: 142  Quota: 1,143  Turnout: 6,999 (66.89%)

1997 Election

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1993-1997 Change: No change

Rowallane - 5 seats ^[9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SDLP	Margaret Ritchie *	19.44%	1,044
	UUP	Samuel Osborne*	15.76%	846	847.96	888.24	1,105.24
	DUP	William Dick*	15.09%	810	810.56	819.56	963.56
	UUP	Albert Colmer*	15.22%	817	817.84	865.26	899.26
	UUP	William Biggerstaff*	12.94%	695	695.28	734.28	801.56	925.56
	SDLP	John Moffat	7.15%	384	516.58	584.82	602.52	605.52
	Ind. Unionist	William Walker	9.70%	521	522.82	543.96
	Alliance	Barry Corscadden	4.69%	252	255.5
Electorate: 10,036  Valid: 5,369 (53.50%)  Spoilt: 78  Quota: 895  Turnout: 5,447 (54.27%)

1993 Election

1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1989-1993 Change: No change

Rowallane - 5 seats ^[10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	UUP	Samuel Osborne*	22.80%	1,322
	SDLP	Margaret Ritchie *	20.20%	1,171
	UUP	Albert Colmer*	15.21%	882	1,067.36
	UUP	William Biggerstaff*	16.42%	952	1,058.12
	DUP	William Dick*	16.57%	961	1,017.56
	SDLP	Hugh Flynn	8.80%	510	514.76
Electorate: 9,320  Valid: 5,798 (62.21%)  Spoilt: 110  Quota: 967  Turnout: 5,908 (63.39%)

1989 Election

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

1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

1985-1989 Change: No change

Rowallane - 5 seats ^[11]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SDLP	Margaret Ritchie *	26.91%	1,509
	UUP	Samuel Osborne*	23.58%	1,322
	UUP	Albert Colmer	13.93%	781	915	1,104.9
	UUP	William Biggerstaff*	13.20%	740	892	969.4
	DUP	William Dick*	11.63%	652	678	717.3	779.1	1,013.1
	Ind. Unionist	William Walker	6.26%	351	413	461.9	480.8	488.8
	DUP	William Greer	4.49%	252	311	334.4	371.3
Electorate: 8,574  Valid: 5,607 (65.40%)  Spoilt: 106  Quota: 935  Turnout: 5,713 (66.63%)

1985 Election

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

Rowallane - 5 seats ^[12]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	UUP	Dermot Nesbitt *	22.75%	1,180
	UUP	Samuel Osborne*	20.59%	1,068
	UUP	William Biggerstaff	12.38%	642	877.44
	DUP	William Dick	14.42%	748	789.58	857.98	866.82
	SDLP	Margaret Ritchie	12.13%	629	636.29	639.41	639.67	1,146.67
	DUP	Trevor Lennon	7.50%	389	413.03	539.75	542.83	547.83
	SDLP	Oliver Flanagan	10.24%	531	532.62	535.98	536.14
Electorate: 7,860  Valid: 5,187 (65.99%)  Spoilt: 87  Quota: 865  Turnout: 5,274 (67.10%)

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