Newcastle (District Electoral Area)

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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