Slieve Croob (District Electoral Area)

Slieve Croob
Newry, Mourne and Down District CouncilDEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	2014
Seats	5 (2014-)
Councillors	Jim Brennan (SF) Róisín Howell (SF) Alan Lewis (DUP) Siobhan O'Hare (SF) Helena Young (APNI)

Slieve Croob DEA within Newry, Mourne and Down

Slieve Croobis one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) inNewry, Mourne and Down,Northern Ireland.The district elects five members toNewry, Mourne and Down District Counciland contains the wards of Ballydugan, Ballyward, Castlewellan, Drumaness and Dundrum.Slieve Croob forms part of the South Down constituencies for theNorthern Ireland AssemblyandUK Parliament.

It was created for the2014 local elections,replacing parts of theBallynahinch DEAand parts of theNewcastle DEAwhich had both existed since 1985.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
May 2024 co-option		Alan Lewis (DUP)/ (UUP)		Helena Young (Alliance)		Siobhan O'Hare (Sinn Féin)		Jim Brennan (Sinn Féin)		Róisín Howell (Sinn Féin)
2023				Andrew McMurray (Alliance)
August 2022 defection						Hugh Gallagher (SDLP)
June 2022 co-option
October 2019 co-option								Cathy Mason (Sinn Féin)
2019				Gregory Bain (Alliance)
February 2018 co-option		Garth Craig (DUP)		Andrew McMurray (Alliance)		Mark Murnin (SDLP)		John Rice (Sinn Féin)
January 2018 co-option										Stephen Burns (Sinn Féin)
November 2016 co-option								Pól Ó Gribín (Sinn Féin)
2014				Patrick Clarke (Alliance)

2023 Election

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

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

2019–2023 Change:Sinn Féin and DUP gain from SDLP and UUP

Slieve Croob - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Alan Lewis*	19.34%	1,723
	Sinn Féin	Jim Brennan*	17.61%	1,569
	Sinn Féin	Róisín Howell*	16.19%	1,443	1,443.14	1,447.14	1,484.39	1,531.39
	Alliance	Andrew McMurray*†	13.28%	1,183	1,189.02	1,244.02	1,246.77	1,327.02	1,521.02
	Sinn Féin	Siobhan O'Hare	13.76%	1,226	1,226.42	1,232.42	1,259.87	1,301.47	1,305.87
	SDLP	Hugh Gallagher*	8.48%	756	758.80	771.80	778.50	1,082.18	1,170.54
	UUP	Walter Lyons	4.30%	383	603.36	604.50	604.55	607.25
	SDLP	Will Polland	3.20%	285	286.40	299.40	302.45
	Aontú	Rosemary McGlone	2.75%	245	245.70	248.70	249.50
	Green (NI)	Seana Pitt	1.10%	98	98.70
Electorate:15,797Valid:8,911 (56.41%)Spoilt:92Quota:1,486Turnout:9,003 (56.99%)

2019 Election

2014:2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

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

2014-2019 Change:UUP gain from DUP

Slieve Croob - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	UUP	Alan Lewis‡	15.93%	1,303	1,307	2,115
	Sinn Féin	Roisin Howell*	12.65%	1,035	1,086	1,088	1,090	1,611
	Sinn Féin	Cathy Mason†	13.07%	1,069	1,117	1,119	1,120	1,373
	Alliance	Gregory Bain†	10.55%	863	915	932	1,194	1,217	1,241.84
	SDLP	Hugh Gallagher	10.76%	880	969	986	1,041	1,086	1,222.16
	SDLP	Mark Murnin*	9.73%	796	894	907	1,017	1,071	1,154.72
	Sinn Féin	John Rice*	10.81%	884	907	907	908
	DUP	Maynard Hanna	10.61%	868	889
	Aontú	Tracy Harkin	5.88%	481
Electorate:14,846Valid:8,179 (55.09%)Spoilt:111Quota:1,364Turnout:8,290 (55.84%)

2014 Election

2014:2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

Slieve Croob - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	Stephen Burns* †	18.87%	1,303
	DUP	Garth Craig*	14.78%	1,021	1,028	1,028	1,166
	SDLP	Mark Murnin	11.35%	784	794	794	797	929.16	1,261.16
	Sinn Féin	Pól Ó Gribín†	13.61%	940	948	1,042.44	1,046.44	1,072	1,164
	Alliance	Patrick Clarke†	9.99%	690	738	749.04	771.04	807.84	971.84	1,068.59
	UUP	Desmond Patterson*	10.40%	718	727	733.6	932.6	934.6	955.08	967.08
	SDLP	Audrey Byrne	7.44%	514	521	544.88	551.88	781.76
	SDLP	Shane King	6.05%	418	425	438.68	445.8
	UKIP	Alan Lewis	5.89%	407	413	413.24
	NI21	Matthew Morrison	1.61%	111
Electorate:13,939Valid:6,906 (47.80%)Spoilt:125Quota:1,152Turnout:7,031 (50.44%)