The Mournes (District Electoral Area)

The Mournes is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland. The district elects seven members to Newry, Mourne and Down District Council and contains the wards of Annalong, Binnian, Donard, Kilkeel, Lisnacree, Murlough and Tollymore. The Mournes forms part of the South Down constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Newry and Mourne Area A which had existed since 1973, where it originally contained five wards (Annalong, Binnian, Kilkeel Central, Kilkeel South and Lisnacree). For the 2014 local elections it gained two additional wards, gaining Donard, Murlough and Tollymore from the abolished Newcastle DEA, while Kilkeel was merged into a single ward.

2023 Election
2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

2019–2023 Change: DUP and Alliance gain from UUP and Independent

2019 Election
2014: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UKIP

2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent

2014-2019 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP, Independent leaves UKIP

2014 Election
2011: 1 x UKIP, x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2014: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UKIP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP

2011-2014 Change: Sinn Féin and SDLP gain due to the addition of two seats

2011 Election
2005: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2011: 1 x UKIP, x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

2005-2011 Change: UKIP gain from UUP

2005 Election
2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

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

2001-2005 Change: No change

2001 Election
1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

1997-2001 Change: No change

1997 Election
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

1993-1997 Change: No change

1993 Election
1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Protestant Unionist

1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

1989-1993 Change: DUP gain from Protestant Unionist

1989 Election
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Protestant Unionist

1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin, Protestant Unionist leaves DUP

1985 Election
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin