Newry and Mourne Area F
Newry and Mourne Area F was one of the six district electoral areas in Newry and Mourne, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected four 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 Drumgullion, St. Mary's, St. Patrick's and Winsor Hill. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Newry Town DEA.
Councillors
[edit]| Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | William McCaigue (UUP) |
Freddie Kearns (IIP) |
Arthur Ruddy (SDLP) |
Patrick McElroy (SDLP) | ||||
| 1977 | Michael McVerry (Alliance) |
Daniel Hughes (SDLP) | ||||||
| 1973 | Hugh Breslin (Alliance) |
Sean Hollywood (SDLP) | ||||||
1981 Election
[edit]1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1981: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x IIP
1977-1981 Change: IIP gain from Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| UUP | William McCaigue* | 16.19% | 752 | 752 | 754 | 755 | 979 | |||||
| SDLP | Arthur Ruddy* | 18.81% | 874 | 879 | 893 | 914 | 914 | 915.06 | 941.06 | |||
| Irish Independence | Freddie Kearns | 10.31% | 479 | 487 | 492 | 518 | 520 | 520 | 642 | 900 | 932 | |
| SDLP | Patrick McElroy | 14.33% | 666 | 670 | 676 | 690 | 690 | 693.18 | 702.18 | 732.18 | 862.42 | |
| SDLP | Louis McGuigan | 10.22% | 475 | 477 | 482 | 492 | 492 | 493.06 | 545.06 | 562.06 | 637.65 | |
| Alliance | Michael McVerry* | 6.59% | 306 | 310 | 354 | 365 | 376 | 419.46 | 421.46 | 424.46 | ||
| Irish Independence | Kevin McAleenan | 5.96% | 277 | 281 | 281 | 296 | 300 | 300 | 339 | |||
| Irish Independence | P. J. McCann | 5.34% | 248 | 249 | 254 | 268 | 270 | 270 | ||||
| DUP | Gordon Heslip | 5.55% | 258 | 258 | 258 | 258 | ||||||
| Republican Clubs | Edward McKeown | 2.26% | 105 | 105 | 105 | |||||||
| Republican Clubs | Michael McLoughlin | 1.87% | 87 | 89 | 90 | |||||||
| Alliance | Edward Turley | 1.83% | 85 | 86 | ||||||||
| Independent | James Malone | 0.73% | 34 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 7,263 Valid: 4,646 (63.97%) Spoilt: 187 Quota: 930 Turnout: 4,833 (66.54%) | ||||||||||||
1977 Election
[edit]1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Alliance
1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
1973-1977 Change: UUP gain from Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| UUP | William McCaigue | 23.59% | 958 | |||||
| SDLP | Arthur Ruddy* | 19.13% | 777 | 777.87 | 851.87 | |||
| Alliance | Michael McVerry* | 9.97% | 405 | 485.33 | 513.33 | 516.23 | 813.55 | |
| SDLP | Daniel Hughes | 14.63% | 594 | 617.49 | 643.49 | 646.97 | 726.87 | |
| SDLP | William Feely | 13.94% | 566 | 567.45 | 624.45 | 643.01 | 722.52 | |
| Alliance | John McClelland | 9.95% | 404 | 440.83 | 499.83 | 513.17 | ||
| Republican Clubs | Alan Wadforth | 8.79% | 357 | 357 | ||||
| Electorate: 7,173 Valid: 4,061 (56.62%) Spoilt: 234 Quota: 813 Turnout: 4,295 (59.88%) | ||||||||
1973 Election
[edit]1973: 2 x Alliance, 2 x SDLP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Alliance | Michael McVerry | 26.16% | 973 | ||||||||
| Alliance | Hugh Breslin | 15.89% | 591 | 733.62 | |||||||
| SDLP | Sean Hollywood | 16.32% | 607 | 620.11 | 624.01 | 629.01 | 682.23 | 752.23 | |||
| SDLP | Arthur Ruddy | 8.85% | 329 | 332.68 | 334.78 | 342.01 | 366 | 464.38 | 484.9 | 749.9 | |
| Republican Clubs | Samuel Dowling | 8.58% | 319 | 321.07 | 321.37 | 363.37 | 388.55 | 398.07 | 587.13 | 615.13 | |
| SDLP | Patrick Crilly | 7.23% | 269 | 274.29 | 279.15 | 279.21 | 303.44 | 340.57 | 352.86 | ||
| Republican Clubs | Colman Rowntree | 3.93% | 146 | 147.15 | 147.21 | 217.39 | 230.8 | 234.8 | |||
| SDLP | Kevin Reynolds | 5.35% | 199 | 205.44 | 209.34 | 209.4 | 227.64 | ||||
| Irish Labour | Francis Burns | 4.06% | 151 | 156.75 | 166.89 | 178.18 | |||||
| Republican Clubs | Jean Rooney | 1.91% | 71 | 71.23 | 71.47 | ||||||
| Republican Clubs | Peter Shields | 1.72% | 64 | 64.23 | 64.41 | ||||||
| Electorate: 6,649 Valid: 3,719 (55.93%) Spoilt: 269 Quota: 744 Turnout: 3,988 (59.98%) | |||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1977". EONI. Retrieved 1 August 2021.