Crotlieve (District Electoral Area)

Crotlieve
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	1985
Seats	7 (1985-2014) 6 (2014-)
Councillors	Mark Gibbons (IND)   Declan McAleer (SDLP)   Kate Murphy (SF)   Selina Murphy (SF)   Mickey Ruane (SF)   Jarlath Tinnelly (IND)

Crotlieve DEA within Newry, Mourne and Down

Crotlieve DEA (1993-2014) within Newry and Mourne

Crotlieve is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland.[1] The district elects six members to Newry, Mourne and Down District Council and contains the wards of Burren, Derryleckagh, Hilltown, Mayobridge, Rostrevor and Warrenpoint.[2] Crotlieve 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 Areas B and C which had existed since 1973, where it originally contained seven wards (Ballycrossan, Clonallan, Mayobridge, Rathfriland, Rostrevor, Seaview, Spelga). For the 1993 local elections Rathfriland moved to the Knockiveagh DEA while Crotlieve gained Burren and Kilbroney. For the 2014 local elections it was reduced by one ward, gaining Hilltown but losing Seaview and Spelga.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
2023		Jarlath Tinnelly (Independent)		Mark Gibbons (Independent)		Declan McAleer (SDLP)		Selina Murphy (Sinn Féin)		Kate Murphy (Sinn Féin)		Mickey Ruane (Sinn Féin)	6 seats 2014–present
2019								Karen McKevitt (SDLP)		Gerry O'Hare (Sinn Féin)
April 2017 Co-Option				Michael Carr (SDLP)				Gillian Fitzpatrick (SDLP)		Oksana McMahon (Sinn Féin)
2014										Sinead Ennis (Sinn Féin)
2011		Sean O'Hare (SDLP)						Connaire McGreevey (SDLP)		Peter Kearney (Sinn Féin)				Mick Murphy (Sinn Féin)
2005		Ciaran Mussen (Green Party)				Karen McKevitt (SDLP)		Josephine O'Hare (SDLP)		Anthony Williamson (Independent Nationalist)
2001		P. J. Bradley (SDLP)				Hugh Carr (SDLP)
1997				Jim McCart (SDLP)								Ciaran Mussen (Independent Nationalist)
1993								Mary O'Hare (SDLP)						Gordon Heslip (UUP)
1989								Brian Mulligan (SDLP)		Patrick Maginn (SDLP)				Violet Cromie (UUP)
1985						Patrick Harper (SDLP)				William McCoy (UUP)

2023 Election

2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent

2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP

2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Crotlieve - 6 seats[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Sinn Féin	Selina Murphy	14.20%	1,863	1,879.00
	SDLP	Declan McAteer*	9.40%	1,233	1,310.00	1,324.00	1,473.00	1,577.00	1,683.00	1,683.25	2,507.25
	Independent	Mark Gibbons*	8.47%	1,111	1,143.00	1,150.00	1,242.00	1,610.00	1,721.00	1,721.75	1,793.75	1,888.75
	Sinn Féin	Kate Murphy	10.65%	1,397	1,402.00	1,403.00	1,453.00	1,491.00	1,493.00	1,494.50	1,611.50	1,771.50	1,774.62
	Sinn Féin	Mickey Ruane*	10.57%	1,387	1,413.00	1,413.00	1,446.00	1,570.00	1,574.00	1,575.00	1,618.00	1,669.00	1,670.04
	Independent	Jarlath Tinnelly*	7.95%	1,043	1,059.00	1,063.00	1,142.00	1,252.00	1,306.00	1,306.25	1,367.25	1,504.25	1,513.35
	Sinn Féin	Gerry O'Hare*	10.25%	1,345	1,350.00	1,350.00	1,376.00	1,389.00	1,391.00	1,391.00	1,447.00	1,512.00	1,512.26
	SDLP	Karen McKevitt*	6.94%	911	948.00	964.00	1,130.00	1,189.00	1,305.00	1,305.25
	DUP	Keith Parke	4.57%	600	603.00	946.00	957.00	965.00
	Independent	Jim Boylan	6.24%	818	841.00	850.00	926.00
	Alliance	Daniel Neary	5.03%	660	710.00	742.00
	UUP	Ricky McGaffin	3.42%	448	451.00
	SDLP	Anne Sheridan	1.40%	183
	Green (NI)	Hugh O'Reilly	0.73%	96
	Independent	Finbarr Lambe	0.18%	23
Electorate: 21,313   Valid: 13,118 (61.55%)   Spoilt: 140   Quota: 1,875   Turnout: 13,258 (62.21%)

2019 Election

2014: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent

2019: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x Independent

2014-2019 Change: Independent gain from SDLP

Crotlieve - 6 seats[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Independent	Jarlath Tinnelly*	12.30%	1,412	1,415	1,465	1,528	1,651
	Sinn Féin	Gerry O'Hare	11.20%	1,286	1,286	1,305	1,462	1,467	1,852
	SDLP	Declan McAteer*	10.24%	1,175	1,179	1,236	1,247	1,309	1,371	1,375.56	1,375.56	1,754.56
	Independent	Mark Gibbons	10.36%	1,189	1,191	1,257	1,269	1,586	1,599	1,600.71	1,607.71	1,703.71
	Sinn Féin	Mickey Ruane*	7.07%	812	812	822	963	1,039	1,396	1,590.94	1,593.64	1,687.64
	SDLP	Karen McKevitt	9.72%	1,116	1,117	1,203	1,232	1,259	1,337	1,340.42	1,340.42	1,641.42
	UUP	Joshua Lowry	6.20%	712	1,056	1,068	1,068	1,079	1,079	1,079	1,079	1,100.9
	SDLP	Michael Carr	7.00%	808	810	877	880	1,055	1,073	1,075.85	1,075.85
	Sinn Féin	Oksana McMahon*	7.04%	809	809	823	922	940
	Independent	Jim Boylan	6.86%	788	789	853	856
	Sinn Féin	Mary Tinnelly	4.52%	519	519	524
	Alliance	Lorcán McGreevy	4.21%	483	484
	DUP	Wilma McCullough	3.23%	371
Electorate: 19,863   Valid: 11,480 (57.80%)   Spoilt: 169   Quota: 1,641   Turnout: 11,649 (58.65%)

2014 Election

2011: 4 x SDLP, 3 x Sinn Féin

2014: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent

2011-2014 Change: SDLP and Sinn Féin loss to Independent and due to the reduction of one seat

Crotlieve - 6 seats[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SDLP	Declan McAteer*	14.19%	1,389	1,403
	SDLP	Michael Carr*	10.30%	1,008	1,068	1,401
	Sinn Féin	Sinead Ennis* †	13.57%	1,328	1,333	1,344	1,344.4	1,344.9	1,812.9
	Sinn Féin	Mickey Ruane*	12.21%	1,195	1,232	1,286	1,286.4	1,286.9	1,519.9
	SDLP	Gillian Fitzpatrick*	11.21%	1,097	1,109	1,289	1,290.6	1,290.6	1,337.6	1,431.6
	Independent	Jarlath Tinnelly	7.56%	740	856	941	941.8	942.8	1,067.8	1,149.8	1,230.8
	UUP	William Mitchell	9.53%	933	1,136	1,143	1,143.8	1,143.8	1,149.8	1,150.8	1,155.8
	Sinn Féin	Mark Gibbons	8.76%	858	867	941	941	941
	SDLP	Connaire McGreevy*	7.73%	757	771
	Independent	Finbarr Lambe	2.64%	258
	DUP	Wilma McCullough	2.31%	226
Electorate: 18,279   Valid: 9,789 (53.55%)   Spoilt: 148   Quota: 1,399   Turnout: 9,937 (54.36%)

2011 Election

2005: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Green, 1 x Independent

2011: 4 x SDLP, 3 x Sinn Féin

2005-2011 Change: SDLP and Sinn Féin gain from Green and Independent

Crotlieve - 7 seats[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Michael Ruane*	16.90%	1,640
	SDLP	Declan McAteer	15.12%	1,467
	SDLP	Michael Carr*	13.42%	1,302
	Sinn Féin	Mick Murphy*	12.99%	1,261
	SDLP	Sean O'Hare	12.48%	1,211	1,251.6
	Sinn Féin	Peter Kearney	8.24%	800	1,118.36	1,158.56	1,198.24	1,283.24
	SDLP	Connaire McGreevey	5.05%	490	517.16	696.36	817.88	1,031.56
	UUP	William Mitchell	7.55%	733	733.84	736.84	765.04	787.64
	Independent	Jarlath Tinnelly	5.09%	494	517.24	530.84	584.36
	Green (NI)	Bonnie Anley	3.16%	307	317.08	330.08
Electorate: 17,357   Valid: 9,705 (55.91%)   Spoilt: 154   Quota: 1,214   Turnout: 9,859 (56.80%)

2005 Election

2001: 4 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent

2005: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Green, 1 x Independent

2001-2005 Change: Green gain from SDLP

Crotlieve - 7 seats[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SDLP	Michael Carr*	9.79%	1,041	1,045	1,056	1,344
	SDLP	Karen McKevitt	10.82%	1,150	1,151	1,157	1,277	1,398
	SDLP	Josephine O'Hare*	9.09%	966	968	975	998	1,113	1,168.44	1,305.44	1,437.44
	Sinn Féin	Michael Ruane*	10.08%	1,071	1,071	1,097	1,110	1,136	1,136	1,137	1,331
	Sinn Féin	Mick Murphy*	8.02%	852	852	1,151	1,159	1,203	1,204.32	1,206.32	1,265.32
	Green (NI)	Ciaran Mussen	8.12%	863	866	878	886	925	928.52	1,076.52	1,231.52
	Independent	Anthony Williamson*	6.65%	707	711	745	751	889	892.08	1,003.08	1,140.96
	Sinn Féin	Peter Kearney	8.66%	921	921	959	964	981	983.64	987.08	1,012.08
	Independent	Thomas McCann	7.01%	745	749	754	778	808	809.32	869.32
	UUP	Kenneth Donaldson	4.80%	510	767	767	770	774	774.44
	SDLP	Brendan Murney	4.98%	529	531	564	608
	SDLP	Paul McKibben	4.68%	498	498	499
	Sinn Féin	Geraldine McAteer	4.49%	477	477
	DUP	Wilma McCullough	2.82%	300
Electorate: 15,832   Valid: 10,630 (67.14%)   Spoilt: 198   Quota: 1,329   Turnout: 10,828 (68.39%)

2001 Election

1997: 4 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Sinn Féin

2001: 4 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent

1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Independent Nationalist, Independent Nationalist becomes Independent

Crotlieve - 7 seats[8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SDLP	P. J. Bradley*	18.63%	2,103
	Sinn Féin	Mick Murphy*	15.44%	1,743
	SDLP	Hugh Carr*	10.53%	1,189	1,455.56
	SDLP	Josephine O'Hare*	10.41%	1,175	1,397.02	1,421.91
	SDLP	Michael Carr	6.32%	714	761.6	772.62	774.96	806.81	833.75	1,188.53	1,364.72
	Sinn Féin	Michael Ruane	7.15%	807	814.48	865.59	865.78	866.38	1,311.46	1,350.39	1,351.39
	Independent	Anthony Williamson*	6.65%	751	765.96	777.93	781.93	782.48	842.62	1,022.7	1,161.7
	Independent	Ciaran Mussen*	7.39%	834	854.74	877.73	884.73	885.43	896.89	947.89	1,056.57
	UUP	John McConnell	6.17%	697	699.72	700.1	907.78	907.98	907.98	913.03
	SDLP	Brendan Murney	5.10%	576	661.34	673.5	674.5	677.15	729.21
	Sinn Féin	Eamonn O'Connor	3.79%	428	448.4	635.36	637.36	638.36
	DUP	Ruth McConnell	2.43%	274	275.02	275.21
Electorate: 15,786   Valid: 11,291 (71.53%)   Spoilt: 324   Quota: 1,412   Turnout: 11,615 (73.56%)

1997 Election

1993: 4 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x UUP

1997: 4 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x Sinn Féin

1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP

Crotlieve - 7 seats[9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SDLP	P. J. Bradley*	17.77%	1,503
	Sinn Féin	Mick Murphy	16.82%	1,423
	SDLP	Hugh Carr*	11.52%	975	1,154.4
	Ind. Nationalist	Anthony Williamson*	10.18%	861	873.6	965.67	1,034.45	1,116.45
	SDLP	Josephine O'Hare	9.01%	762	837.6	891.85	914.54	1,058.97
	SDLP	Jim McCart*	8.46%	716	775.7	817.86	852.06	1,059.15
	Ind. Nationalist	Ciaran Mussen*	8.89%	752	770.3	857.1	885.49	909.15	955.65	977.65
	UUP	Gordon Heslip*	10.56%	893	894.2	895.13	920.75	925.35	930.75	932.75
	SDLP	Marietta Farrell	4.21%	356	437.3	503.02	536.97
	Alliance	Lindsay Whitcroft	2.59%	219	226.2	239.22
Electorate: 14,584   Valid: 8,460 (58.01%)   Spoilt: 210   Quota: 1,058   Turnout: 8,670 (59.45%)

1993 Election

1989: 5 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1993: 4 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x UUP

1989-1993 Change: Independent Nationalist gain from SDLP

Crotlieve - 7 seats[10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SDLP	P. J. Bradley*	19.48%	1,698
	SDLP	Hugh Carr*	12.45%	1,085	1,330.31
	Ind. Nationalist	Anthony Williamson	12.13%	1,057	1,070.69	1,085.43	1,159.43
	Ind. Nationalist	Ciaran Mussen*	11.00%	959	980.46	1,000.05	1,124.05
	SDLP	Jim McCart*	9.51%	829	944.44	970.29	1,011.66	1,185.56
	UUP	Gordon Heslip	12.14%	1,058	1,060.59	1,065.96	1,066.96	1,073.99
	SDLP	Mary O'Hare	10.21%	890	949.94	976.23	1,014.71	1,035.8
	SDLP	Brian Mulligan*	6.91%	602	723.36	732.69	782.17	810.29
	Sinn Féin	Ann Marie Willis	4.83%	421	425.81	441.92
	Workers' Party	Raymond McEvoy	1.33%	116	135.24
Electorate: 13,640   Valid: 8,715 (63.89%)   Spoilt: 227   Quota: 1,090   Turnout: 8,942 (65.56%)

1989 Election

1985: 4 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1989: 5 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from UUP

Crotlieve - 7 seats[11]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SDLP	P. J. Bradley*	16.32%	1,488
	UUP	Violet Cromie*	15.11%	1,378
	SDLP	Hugh Carr	11.85%	1,081	1,183.81
	Ind. Nationalist	Ciaran Mussen*	10.46%	954	971.94	974.15	1,109.61	1,274.61
	SDLP	Patrick Maginn	8.40%	766	818.9	819.92	849.15	1,153.15
	SDLP	Jim McCart*	10.89%	993	1,054.87	1,055.72	1,080.87	1,121.77
	SDLP	Brian Mulligan*	10.94%	998	1,081.49	1,081.66	1,120.81	1,151.81
	UUP	John Fisher	5.65%	515	516.38	742.82	742.82	743.82
	SDLP	Felix O'Hare	6.11%	557	566.43	566.43	602.89
	Sinn Féin	Ann Marie Willis	4.27%	389	392.91	392.91
Electorate: 13,264   Valid: 9,119 (68.75%)   Spoilt: 256   Quota: 1,140   Turnout: 9,375 (70.68%)

1985 Election

1985: 4 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Crotlieve - 7 seats[12]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	SDLP	P. J. Bradley*	22.09%	1,717
	SDLP	Jim McCart*	11.63%	904	1,138.08
	UUP	Violet Cromie*	10.92%	849	855.6	855.6	856.04	1,238.04
	SDLP	Brian Mulligan*	8.17%	635	781.08	826.65	861.05	863.05	864.59	1,079.59
	SDLP	Patrick Harper*	7.22%	561	732.6	761.74	785.36	785.36	785.36	1,003.97
	UUP	William McCoy	7.04%	547	548.76	549.38	560.13	699.13	961.7	974.7
	Ind. Nationalist	Ciaran Mussen	8.77%	682	708.84	715.35	754.43	755.43	755.43	781.36	800.36	804.7
	Ind. Nationalist	Sean Tinnelly	7.74%	602	613.88	616.36	718.07	718.07	718.07	760.02	790.02	793.43
	SDLP	Liam Trainor*	5.06%	393	500.36	568.25	657.02	657.02	657.79
	DUP	William Sterritt*	6.91%	537	537	537	539
	Independent	Francis Price	2.26%	176	190.96	194.68
	Workers' Party	Henry Smyth	1.81%	141	149.36	153.7
	Independent Labour	Johnny Ward	0.39%	30	33.52	35.07
Electorate: 12,132   Valid: 7,774 (64.08%)   Spoilt: 231   Quota: 972   Turnout: 8,005 (65.98%)

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