Slieve Croob (District Electoral Area)

Slieve Croob
Slieve Croob
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	2014
Seats	5 (2014-)
Councillors	Jim Brennan (SF); Róisín Howell (SF); Alan Lewis (DUP); Siobhan O'Hare (SF); Helena Young (APNI);

Last updated June 20, 2024

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.

Councillors

Election
May 2024 co-option	Alan Lewis (DUP)/ (UUP)	Helena Young (Alliance)	Siobhan O'Hare (Sinn Féin)	Jim Brennan (Sinn Féin)	Róisín Howell (Sinn Féin)
2023		Andrew McMurray (Alliance)	Siobhan O'Hare (Sinn Féin)
August 2022 defection			Hugh Gallagher (SDLP)
June 2022 co-option
October 2019 co-option				Cathy Mason (Sinn Féin)
2019		Gregory Bain (Alliance)		Cathy Mason (Sinn Féin)
February 2018 co-option	Garth Craig (DUP)	Andrew McMurray (Alliance)	Mark Murnin (SDLP)	John Rice (Sinn Féin)
January 2018 co-option				John Rice (Sinn Féin)	Stephen Burns (Sinn Féin)
November 2016 co-option				Pól Ó Gribín (Sinn Féin)
2014		Patrick Clarke (Alliance)		Pól Ó Gribín (Sinn Féin)

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

Slieve Croob - 5 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Alan Lewis*	19.34%	1,723
	Sinn Féin	Jim Brennan*	17.61%	1,569
	Sinn Féin	Róisín Howell*	16.19%	1,443	1,443.14	1,447.14	1,484.39	1,531.39
	Alliance	Andrew McMurray* †	13.28%	1,183	1,189.02	1,244.02	1,246.77	1,327.02	1,521.02
	Sinn Féin	Siobhan O'Hare	13.76%	1,226	1,226.42	1,232.42	1,259.87	1,301.47	1,305.87
	SDLP	Hugh Gallagher*	8.48%	756	758.80	771.80	778.50	1,082.18	1,170.54
	UUP	Walter Lyons	4.30%	383	603.36	604.50	604.55	607.25
	SDLP	Will Polland	3.20%	285	286.40	299.40	302.45
	Aontú	Rosemary McGlone	2.75%	245	245.70	248.70	249.50
	Green (NI)	Seana Pitt	1.10%	98	98.70
Electorate: 15,797 Valid: 8,911 (56.41%) Spoilt: 92 Quota: 1,486 Turnout: 9,003 (56.99%)

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

Slieve Croob - 5 seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	UUP	Alan Lewis ‡	15.93%	1,303	1,307	2,115
	Sinn Féin	Roisin Howell*	12.65%	1,035	1,086	1,088	1,090	1,611
	Sinn Féin	Cathy Mason †	13.07%	1,069	1,117	1,119	1,120	1,373
	Alliance	Gregory Bain †	10.55%	863	915	932	1,194	1,217	1,241.84
	SDLP	Hugh Gallagher	10.76%	880	969	986	1,041	1,086	1,222.16
	SDLP	Mark Murnin*	9.73%	796	894	907	1,017	1,071	1,154.72
	Sinn Féin	John Rice*	10.81%	884	907	907	908
	DUP	Maynard Hanna	10.61%	868	889
	Aontú	Tracy Harkin	5.88%	481
Electorate: 14,846 Valid: 8,179 (55.09%) Spoilt: 111 Quota: 1,364 Turnout: 8,290 (55.84%)

2014 Election

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

Slieve Croob - 5 seats^[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	Stephen Burns* †	18.87%	1,303
	DUP	Garth Craig*	14.78%	1,021	1,028	1,028	1,166
	SDLP	Mark Murnin	11.35%	784	794	794	797	929.16	1,261.16
	Sinn Féin	Pól Ó Gribín †	13.61%	940	948	1,042.44	1,046.44	1,072	1,164
	Alliance	Patrick Clarke †	9.99%	690	738	749.04	771.04	807.84	971.84	1,068.59
	UUP	Desmond Patterson*	10.40%	718	727	733.6	932.6	934.6	955.08	967.08
	SDLP	Audrey Byrne	7.44%	514	521	544.88	551.88	781.76
	SDLP	Shane King	6.05%	418	425	438.68	445.8
	UKIP	Alan Lewis	5.89%	407	413	413.24
	NI21	Matthew Morrison	1.61%	111
Electorate: 13,939 Valid: 6,906 (47.80%) Spoilt: 125 Quota: 1,152 Turnout: 7,031 (50.44%)

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References

↑ Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014
↑ "Newry, Mourne and Down District Council". www.ark.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
↑ "Local Council Elections 2023 - Results". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
↑ "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
↑ "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage" . Retrieved 24 January 2022.

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[1] Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014

[2] "Newry, Mourne and Down District Council". www.ark.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2023.

[3] "Local Council Elections 2023 - Results". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2023.

[4] "Local Council Elections 2019 - Results by Stage". 2 May 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

[5] "Local Council Elections 2014 - Results by Stage" . Retrieved 24 January 2022.

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