Slieve Gullion (District Electoral Area)

Slieve Gullion
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	1985
Seats	5 (1985-2014) 7 (2014-)
Councillors	Pete Byrne (SDLP)   Aoife Finnegan (SF)   Mickey Larkin (SF)   Oonagh Magennis (SF)   Declan Murphy (SF)   Áine Quinn (SF)   David Taylor (UUP)

Slieve Gullion DEA within Newry, Mourne and Down

Slieve Gullion DEA (1993-2014) within Newry and Mourne

Slieve Gullion is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland.[1] The district elects seven members to Newry, Mourne and Down District Council and contains the wards of Bessbrook, Camlough, Crossmaglen, Forkhill, Mullaghbane, Newtownhamilton and Whitecross.[2] Slieve Gullion forms part of the Newry and Armagh constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Newry and Mourne Areas D and E which had existed since 1973, where it originally contained five wards (Creggan, Crossmaglen, Fathom, Forkhill and Silver Bridge). For the 2014 local elections it gained two additional wards, gaining most of the abolished The Fews DEA including Bessbrook, Camlough and Newtownhamilton.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
2023		Aoife Finnegan (Sinn Féin)		Mickey Larkin (Sinn Féin)		Declan Murphy (Sinn Féin)		Áine Quinn (Sinn Féin)		Pete Byrne (SDLP)		Oonagh Magennis (Sinn Féin)		David Taylor (UUP)
May 2020 Co-Option								Barra Ó'Muirí (Sinn Féin)
February 2020 Co-Option		Terry Hearty (Sinn Féin)
2019						Roisin Mulgrew (Sinn Féin)
January 2016 Co-Option												Kate Loughran (SDLP)
2014										Geraldine Donnelly (SDLP)
2011				Patrick McDonald (Sinn Féin)		Colman Burns (Sinn Féin)		Anthony Flynn (Sinn Féin)			5 seats 1985–2014		5 seats 1985–2014
2005
2001								Elena Martin (Sinn Féin)		John Fee (SDLP)
1997		Patrick McNamee (Sinn Féin)				Patrick Brennan (Sinn Féin)		Pat Toner (SDLP)
1993		Jim McAllister (Sinn Féin)				Terry Mulkerns (SDLP)
1989				Jimmy McCreesh (Sinn Féin)		Michael O'Neill (SDLP)
1985				Eamon Larkin (Sinn Féin)		Owen Kelly (SDLP)				Noel McKevitt (SDLP)

2023 Election

2019: 5 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2023: 5 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2019–2023 Change: No change

Slieve Gullion - 7 seats[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Sinn Féin	Aoife Finnegan*	13.16%	1,934
	Sinn Féin	Áine Quinn	13.15%	1,932
	Sinn Féin	Declan Murphy*	12.98%	1,907
	SDLP	Pete Byrne*	9.85%	1,447	1,462.30	1,468.30	1,472.54	1,473.35	1,554.56	1,670.23	2,404.23
	Sinn Féin	Mickey Larkin*	10.61%	1,558	1,573.26	1,579.30	1,640.54	1,645.61	1,669.12	1,719.61	1,795.24	1,946.24
	Sinn Féin	Oonagh Magennis*	8.96%	1,316	1,368.55	1,376.60	1,379.62	1,387.95	1,411.32	1,445.60	1,511.77	1,617.77
	UUP	David Taylor*	8.15%	1,197	1,197	1,198	1,198	1,198.09	1,226.09	1,570.09	1,592.15	1,628.15
	Sinn Féin	Barra Ó'Muirí*	9.06%	1,331	1,339.30	1,343.30	1,348.86	1,385.76	1,393.08	1,432.23	1,463.35	1,503.35
	SDLP	Killian Feehan	6.15%	903	904.20	913.20	913.72	917.72	1,015.85	1,102.07
	Aontú	Liam Reichenberg	2.99%	439	439.50	446.50	447.66	448.05	489.09
	DUP	Linda Henry	2.45%	360	360.10	360.10	360.14	360.14	360.14
	Alliance	Caolán Gregory	2.03%	298	298.90	321.95	322.47	323.10
	Green (NI)	Molly Ní Mhánais	0.47%	69	69.15
Electorate: 22,734   Valid: 14,691 (64.62%)   Spoilt: 266   Quota: 1,837   Turnout: 14,957 (65.79%)

2019 Election

2014: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2019: 5 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

2014-2019 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Slieve Gullion - 7 seats[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Sinn Féin	Terry Hearty* †	14.98%	1,876
	Sinn Féin	Mickey Larkin*	13.14%	1,646
	SDLP	Pete Byrne*	13.12%	1,643
	Sinn Féin	Oonagh Magennis	12.95%	1,622
	Sinn Féin	Barra Ó'Muirí*	10.79%	1,351	1,571.49
	UUP	David Taylor*	10.28%	1,287	1,287.34	1,577.34
	Sinn Féin	Roisin Mulgrew* †	10.88%	1,362	1,414.19	1,482.04	1,554.44
	SDLP	Kate Loughran*	8.46%	1,059	1,076.85	1,291.89	1,296.34
	Alliance	Gazdag Balázs	2.88%	361	365.08
	DUP	Linda Henry	2.52%	315	316.19
Electorate: 20,858   Valid: 12,522 (60.03%)   Spoilt: 295   Quota: 1,566   Turnout: 12,817 (61.45%)

2014 Election

2011: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

2014: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

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

Slieve Gullion - 7 seats[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	Terry Hearty*	19.14%	2,135
	SDLP	Geraldine Donnelly* †	13.59%	1,516
	Sinn Féin	Mickey Larkin*	12.65%	1,411
	Sinn Féin	Barra Ó Muirí*	10.92%	1,218	1,773.12
	UUP	David Taylor*	11.14%	1,243	1,246.24	1,599.24
	Sinn Féin	Róisín Mulgrew*	11.46%	1,278	1,312.56	1,312.92	1,632.87
	SDLP	Kate Loughran	9.66%	1,078	1,106.44	1,110.44	1,122.05	1,123.65	1,248.65	1,345.61
	Sinn Féin	Daire Hughes	8.06%	899	1,004.84	1,011.2	1,055.48	1,283.68	1,283.68	1,294.48
	DUP	Lavelle McIlwrath	3.37%	376	377.8
Electorate: 19,834   Valid: 11,154 (56.24%)   Spoilt: 216   Quota: 1,395   Turnout: 11,370 (57.33%)

2011 Election

2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

2011: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

2005-2011 Change: No change

Slieve Gullion - 5 seats[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	SDLP	Geraldine Donnelly*	22.05%	1,681
	Sinn Féin	Terry Hearty*	17.31%	1,320
	Sinn Féin	Colman Burns*	17.21%	1,312
	Sinn Féin	Anthony Flynn*	15.28%	1,165	1,327.87
	Sinn Féin	Patrick McDonald*	15.29%	1,166	1,295.93
	Sinn Féin	Padra McNamee	12.85%	980	1,094.07
Electorate: 11,983   Valid: 7,624 (63.62%)   Spoilt: 150   Quota: 1,271   Turnout: 7,774 (64.88%)

2005 Election

2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

2001-2005 Change: No change

Slieve Gullion - 5 seats[7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Sinn Féin	Colman Burns*	16.98%	1,399
	SDLP	Geraldine Donnelly	13.97%	1,151	1,827
	Sinn Féin	Patrick McDonald*	13.41%	1,105	1,185	1,323
	Sinn Féin	Terry Hearty*	15.72%	1,295	1,304	1,318
	Sinn Féin	Anthony Flynn	15.09%	1,243	1,263	1,312
	Sinn Féin	Mary Campbell	14.85%	1,223	1,230	1,262
	SDLP	Peter McEvoy	9.98%	822
Electorate: 10,836   Valid: 8,238 (76.02%)   Spoilt: 167   Quota: 1,374   Turnout: 8,405 (77.57%)

2001 Election

1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP

2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

1997-2001 Change: No change

Slieve Gullion - 5 seats[8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Elena Martin	17.58%	1,436
	Sinn Féin	Colman Burns	17.52%	1,431
	Sinn Féin	Patrick McDonald*	17.32%	1,415
	Sinn Féin	Terry Hearty	15.71%	1,283	1,292	1,347.6	1,397.08
	SDLP	John Fee*	14.63%	1,195	1,318	1,321.35	1,326.11	1,347.04
	SDLP	Pat Toner*	10.28%	840	1,253	1,260.1	1,261.7	1,291.99
	SDLP	Mary McKeown	6.95%	568
Electorate: 10,524   Valid: 8,168 (77.61%)   Spoilt: 273   Quota: 1,362   Turnout: 8,441 (80.21%)

1997 Election

1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin

1997: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP

1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Slieve Gullion - 5 seats[9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	SDLP	John Fee*	22.51%	1,412
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Brennan	18.30%	1,148
	Sinn Féin	Patrick McDonald*	17.76%	1,114
	Sinn Féin	Patrick McNamee	17.66%	1,108
	SDLP	Pat Toner*	13.47%	845	1,043.8
	SDLP	Dessie McDonnell	10.31%	647	804.36
Electorate: 9,847   Valid: 6,274 (63.71%)   Spoilt: 174   Quota: 1,046   Turnout: 6,448 (65.48%)

1993 Election

1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin

1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin

1989-1993 Change: No change

Slieve Gullion - 5 seats[10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	SDLP	John Fee*	20.08%	1,227
	Sinn Féin	Jim McAllister*	17.77%	1,086
	Sinn Féin	Patrick McDonald	16.82%	1,028
	SDLP	Pat Toner*	14.15%	865	1,121
	SDLP	Terry Mulkerns	13.01%	795	885	1,061.75
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Brennan	11.42%	698	718	743.75
	SDLP	Michael McShane	6.74%	412
Electorate: 9,214   Valid: 6,111 (66.32%)   Spoilt: 208   Quota: 1,019   Turnout: 6,319 (68.58%)

1989 Election

1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin

1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin

1985-1989 Change: No change

Slieve Gullion - 5 seats[11]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	SDLP	John Fee	20.41%	1,207
	SDLP	Pat Toner*	19.85%	1,174
	Sinn Féin	Jim McAllister*	17.50%	1,035
	SDLP	Michael O'Neill	16.82%	995
	Sinn Féin	Jimmy McCreesh	12.78%	756	825.16	855.52	928.92
	Sinn Féin	Patrick McDonald	9.13%	540	551.44	592.8	623.8
	Ind. Republican	Brian Woods	3.52%	208	347.88	464.04
Electorate: 8,845   Valid: 5,915 (66.87%)   Spoilt: 292   Quota: 986   Turnout: 6,207 (70.18%)

1985 Election

1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin

Slieve Gullion - 5 seats[12]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Jim McAllister	20.36%	1,199
	SDLP	Pat Toner*	18.24%	1,074
	SDLP	Owen Kelly*	13.38%	788	821.44	854.72	944.83	986.83
	Sinn Féin	Eamon Larkin	12.08%	711	738.93	741.73	744.92	980.72
	SDLP	Noel McKevitt	13.20%	777	779.66	811.02	821.37	954.03
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Murphy	10.58%	623	738.33	742.65	774.55	856.74
	Irish Independence	Jim Murphy*	4.55%	268	281.49	288.93	307.36
	Sinn Féin	Sarah Murphy	4.43%	261	269.74	271.26	283.67
	Ind. Republican	Brian Woods	3.18%	187	198.59	200.67
Electorate: 8,395   Valid: 5,888 (70.14%)   Spoilt: 211   Quota: 982   Turnout: 6,099 (72.65%)

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