Mourne (District Electoral Area)

Mourne DEA (1993-2014) within Strabane

Mourne was one of the three district electoral areas in Strabane, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 2014. The district elected five members to Strabane District Council until 1993, and six members until 2014, and formed part of the West Tyrone constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Strabane Area C and part of Strabane Area A, and originally contained the wards of East, North, Sion Mills, South and West. For the 1993 local elections, it gained an additional ward, Ballycolman. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections and replaced with the Sperrin DEA, with Sion Mills moving to the Derg DEA.

Councillors

Election Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party)
2011 Karina Carlin
(Sinn Féin) 		Jay McCauley
(Sinn Féin) 		Brian McMahon
(Sinn Féin) 		Patsy Kelly
(SDLP) 		Eugene McMenamin
(Independent)/
(SDLP) 		James O'Kane
(Independent)
2005 Ivan Barr
(Sinn Féin) 		Jarlath McNulty
(Sinn Féin) 		Daniel Breslin
(Sinn Féin)
2001 Ann Bell
(SDLP)
1997 James O'Kane
(Independent Nationalist) 		Thomas Mullen
(SDLP)
1993 John Cummings
(UUP) 		Mary McElroy
(SDLP) 		Paul O'Hare
(SDLP)
1989 Peggy McManus
(Independent Nationalist)/
(SDLP) 		Joseph McElroy
(SDLP) 		5 seats
1985–1993
1985 Paul O'Kane
(SDLP)

2011 Election

2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP

2005-2011 Change: Independent gain from Sinn Féin

Mourne - 6 seats[1]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Independent James O'Kane* 14.13% 859 931            
Sinn Féin Brian McMahon* 14.07% 855 870            
Independent Eugene McMenamin* 9.30% 565 624 647 869        
Sinn Féin Jay McCauley 11.29% 686 698 702 704 1,046      
Sinn Féin Karina Carlin 11.17% 679 685 690 690 814 987.28    
SDLP Patsy Kelly 6.50% 395 583 603 664 691 693.85 706.96 707.76
Irish Republican Socialist Paul Gallagher 10.96% 666 674 678 680 695 695 706.97 707.13
Sinn Féin Stephen Dunnion 8.62% 524 529 530 531        
UUP Billy Harpur 7.86% 478 481 481          
SDLP Eugene Mullen 6.10% 371              
Electorate: 10,602   Valid: 6,078 (57.33%)   Spoilt: 142   Quota: 869   Turnout: 6,220 (58.67%)  

2005 Election

2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP

2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

2001-2005 Change: Independent gain from SDLP

Mourne - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SDLP Eugene McMenamin* 17.80% 1,236            
Sinn Féin Brian McMahon* 15.36% 1,067            
Sinn Féin Jarlath McNulty* 15.08% 1,047            
Sinn Féin Ivan Barr* 13.07% 908 926.2 945.03 954.98 969.63 1,019.63  
Independent James O'Kane 10.61% 737 778.8 783.56 785.71 827.18 901.89 1,007.89
Sinn Féin Daniel Breslin* 8.15% 566 572.2 616.09 651.99 663.08 723.44 793.24
UUP Alastair Patterson 9.43% 655 657 657.6 657.65 662.05 664.05 686.25
SDLP Ann Bell* 3.41% 237 308.8 309.85 310.6 478.97 508.67  
Independent Paul Gallagher 4.68% 325 329.8 331.55 333.5 339.06    
SDLP Arthur McGarrigle 2.40% 167 258 260.24 260.99      
Electorate: 10,459   Valid: 6,945 (66.40%)   Spoilt: 132   Quota: 993   Turnout: 7,077 (67.66%)  

2001 Election

1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Nationalist

2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP

1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin (two seats) gain from SDLP and Independent Nationalist

Mourne - 6 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SDLP Eugene McMenamin* 18.45% 1,538              
Sinn Féin Jarlath McNulty* 15.91% 1,326              
Sinn Féin Ivan Barr* 15.14% 1,262              
Sinn Féin Brian McMahon 11.72% 977 993.79 1,023.49 1,049.74 1,049.74 1,069.3 1,193.3  
SDLP Ann Bell* 5.26% 438 565.19 568.79 573.64 575.87 839.76 904.91 1,216.43
Sinn Féin Daniel Breslin 7.54% 628 634.67 714.27 736.32 736.32 757.16 835.92 951.21
UUP Sam Martin 5.27% 439 443.14 443.24 443.29 793.75 802.9 806.13 854.89
Independent James O'Kane* 7.07% 589 637.07 642.87 646.27 671.27 715.04 796.39  
Independent Paul Gallagher 5.34% 445 456.96 463.36 465.76 465.76 490.02    
SDLP Fred Henry 3.41% 284 406.82 409.32 411.17 420.17      
DUP Kathleen Craig 4.90% 408 409.15 409.15 409.2        
Electorate: 10,990   Valid: 8,334 (75.83%)   Spoilt: 197   Quota: 1,191   Turnout: 8,531 (77.63%)  

1997 Election

1993: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP

Mourne - 6 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Sinn Féin Ivan Barr* 27.42% 1,959          
Sinn Féin Jarlath McNulty 17.86% 1,276          
SDLP Thomas Mullen 15.73% 1,124          
Ind. Nationalist James O'Kane* 11.21% 801 1,224.28        
SDLP Eugene McMenamin 10.58% 756 1,091.96        
SDLP Ann Bell* 4.31% 308 471.54 701.94 740.82 940.57 1,039.9
UUP John Cummings* 11.55% 825 830.92 842.12 878.86 882.26 882.81
Alliance Marie Wallace 1.33% 95 98.7 109.1      
Electorate: 10,298   Valid: 7,144 (69.37%)   Spoilt: 125   Quota: 1,021   Turnout: 7,269 (70.59%)  

1993 Election

1989: 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

1993: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1989-1993 Change: SDLP (two seats) gain from Independent Nationalist and due to the addition of one seat

Mourne - 6 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Sinn Féin Ivan Barr* 20.76% 1,229        
UUP John Cummings* 16.27% 963        
SDLP Mary McElroy 15.63% 925        
Ind. Nationalist James O'Kane* 14.14% 837 879.24      
SDLP Thomas Mullen 12.72% 753 813.39 855.39    
SDLP Paul O'Hare 9.95% 589 610.78 643.75 759.03 831.73
Sinn Féin Elayne McNicholl 8.24% 488 723.29 737.6 738.48 740.68
Democratic Left Francis McCay 2.30% 136 150.85      
Electorate: 9,783   Valid: 5,920 (60.51%)   Spoilt: 231   Quota: 846   Turnout: 6,151 (62.87%)  

1989 Election

1985: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1989: 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP

1985-1989 Change: Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP

Mourne - 5 seats[6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Sinn Féin Ivan Barr* 22.70% 1,327        
Ind. Nationalist Peggy McManus* 19.21% 1,123        
Ind. Nationalist James O'Kane* 15.03% 879 907.56 978.96    
SDLP Joseph McElroy 10.96% 641 656.68 688.98 833.27 1,030.27
UUP John Cummings* 16.23% 949 950.68 952.89 953.34 953.51
Sinn Féin Ultan McNulty 7.92% 463 750.28 772.04 781.28 795.21
SDLP Bernard Mullen 4.34% 254 260.16 270.36 305.21  
SDLP Bernard McDermott 3.61% 211 216.32 224.99    
Electorate: 9,609   Valid: 5,847 (60.85%)   Spoilt: 211   Quota: 975   Turnout: 6,058 (63.05%)  

1985 Election

1985: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

Mourne - 5 seats[7]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Sinn Féin Ivan Barr 27.90% 1,581          
Ind. Nationalist James O'Kane* 22.06% 1,250          
SDLP Paul O'Hare* 13.36% 757 1,090.7        
SDLP Peggy McManus 10.38% 588 745.62 921.3 1,005.79    
UUP John Cummings 10.15% 575 582.81 591.81 593.23 593.23 1,088.95
SDLP Mary McCrea* 6.85% 388 512.25 628.17 680 735.38 747.59
DUP Desmond Monteith 9.30% 527 531.26 534.5 535.21 535.92  
Electorate: 8,536   Valid: 5,666 (66.38%)   Spoilt: 130   Quota: 945   Turnout: 5,796 (67.90%)  

References

  1. ^ "Mourne Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 12 August 2021.