2023 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council election

The 2023 election to Newry, Mourne and Down District Council is scheduled to be held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England.[1] The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III.[2]

Main article: 2023 Northern Ireland local elections
2023 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council election
18 May 2023
All 41 council seats
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Leader Michelle O'Neill[n 1] Colum Eastwood Doug Beattie
Party Sinn Féin SDLP Ulster Unionist
Last election 16 11 4
Seats before 16 11 2
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
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Leader Jeffrey Donaldson Naomi Long
Party DUP Alliance Independent
Last election 3 2 5
Seats before 5 3 3
Council control before election

No overall control

 Council control after election

TBC

They will return 41 members to the council via Single Transferable Vote.

Election results
Newry, Mourne and Down Borough Council Election Result 2023
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Sinn Féin
  SDLP
  Independent
  Ulster Unionist
  DUP
  Alliance
  Aontú
  Green (NI)
  TUV

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary
Results of the 2023 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council election
by district
District Electoral Area (DEA)  %
Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
 Total
cllrs
Sinn Féin SDLP UUP DUP Alliance Independents and others
Crotlieve 6
Downpatrick 5
Newry 6
Rowallane 5
Slieve Croob 5
Slieve Gullion 7
The Mournes 7
Total 41

District results

Crotlieve

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

2023:

2019–2023 Change:

Crotlieve - 6 seats[3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1
Independent Jim Boylan
Independent Mark Gibbons*
Independent Finbarr Lambe
Ulster Unionist Ricky McGaffin
SDLP Declan McAteer*
SDLP Karen McKevitt*
Sinn Féin Kate Murphy
Sinn Féin Selina Murphy
Alliance Daniel Neary
Sinn Féin Gerry O'Hare*
Green (NI) Hugh O'Reilly
DUP Keith Parke
Sinn Féin Mickey Ruane*
SDLP Anne Sheridan
Independent Jarlath Tinnelly*
Valid:   Quota:  

    Downpatrick

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

    2023:

    2019–2023 Change:

    Downpatrick - 5 seats[3]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1
    Ulster Unionist Alexander Burgess
    Sinn Féin Philip Campbell
    Alliance Cadogan Enright*
    SDLP Conor Galbraith
    Sinn Féin Oonagh Hanlon*
    DUP Sharon Harvey
    SDLP Aurla King
    Independent Éamon Mac Con Midhe
    Sinn Féin Louise Rooney
    SDLP Gareth Sharvin*
    Green (NI) Declan Walsh
    Valid:   Quota:  

      Newry

      2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent

      2023:

      2019–2023 Change:

      Newry - 6 seats[3]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1
      SDLP Doire Finn
      Workers' Party Nicola Grant
      Sinn Féin Valerie Harte*
      Sinn Féin Geraldine Kearns*
      Sinn Féin Cathal King*
      Independent Mariya Krupska
      Aontú Sharon Loughran
      Sinn Féin Aidan Mathers
      Ulster Unionist Andrew McCracken
      SDLP Michael Savage*
      Alliance Helena Young
      Valid:   Quota:  

        Rowallane

        2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP

        2023:

        2019–2023 Change:

        Rowallane - 5 seats[3]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1
        SDLP Terry Andrews*
        DUP Callum Bowsie*
        Ulster Unionist Robert Burgess*
        Ulster Unionist Rachel Gracey
        DUP Jonny Jackson*
        Alliance Tierna Kelly
        Sinn Féin Dermot Kennedy
        Alliance David Lee-Surginor*
        Green (NI) Ali McColl
        Valid:   Quota:  

          Slieve Croob

          2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

          2023:

          2019–2023 Change:

          Slieve Croob - 5 seats[3]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1
          Sinn Féin Jim Brennan*
          SDLP Hugh Gallagher*
          Sinn Féin Róisín Howell*
          DUP Alan Lewis*
          Ulster Unionist Walter Lyons
          Aontú Rosemary McGlone
          Alliance Andrew McMurray*
          Sinn Féin Siobhan O'Hare
          Green (NI) Seana Pitt
          SDLP Will Polland
          Valid:   Quota:  

            Slieve Gullion

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

            2023:

            2019–2023 Change:

            Slieve Gullion - 7 seats[3]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            1
            SDLP Pete Byrne*
            SDLP Killian Feehan
            Sinn Féin Aoife Finnegan*
            Alliance Caolán Gregory
            DUP Linda Henry
            Sinn Féin Mickey Larkin*
            Sinn Féin Oonagh Magennis*
            Sinn Féin Declan Murphy*
            Sinn Féin Áine Quinn
            Green (NI) Molly Ní Mhánais
            Sinn Féin Barra Ó'Muirí*
            Aontú Liam Reichenberg
            Ulster Unionist David Taylor*
            Valid:   Quota:  

              The Mournes

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

              2023:

              2019–2023 Change:

              The Mournes - 7 seats[3]
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              1
              Sinn Féin Willie Clarke*
              SDLP Laura Devlin*
              Ulster Unionist Lloyd Douglas
              DUP Glyn Hanna*
              Sinn Féin Leeanne McEvoy*
              TUV Harold McKee*
              Green (NI) Sean O Baoill
              SDLP Dominic O'Reilly
              DUP Henry Reilly*
              Sinn Féin Michael Rice*
              Alliance Jill Truesdale
              Valid:   Quota:  

                Notes
                1. The leader of Sinn Féin is Mary Lou McDonald, who sits as a TD in the Irish Dáil Éireann for Dublin Central. O'Neill is the leader of the party in Northern Ireland.

                References
                1. "Local government elections in Northern Ireland". www.electoralcommission.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
                2. "NI council election moved to avoid coronation clash". BBC News. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
                3. "Northern Ireland council election: List of all the candidates in the May 2023 poll". Belfast Live. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
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