| Newry and Mourne District | |
| Geography | |
| Area - Total |
Ranked 3rd of 26 902 km² |
|---|---|
| Admin HQ | Newry |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-NYM |
| ONS code | 95P |
| Demographics | |
| Population - Total (2010) - Density |
Ranked 4th 99,900 111 / km² |
| Community | Catholic: 80.6% Protestant: 18.5% |
| Politics | |
| Control | No overall control Sinn Féin: 14 SDLP: 9 UUP: 3 DUP: 1 UKIP: 1 Green: 1 |
| MLAs | Newry and Armagh & South Down Sinn Féin: 5 SDLP: 3 DUP: 2 UUP: 2 |
| MPs | Conor Murphy (Sinn Féin) Margaret Ritchie (SDLP) |
| Meeting place | |
| Website | |
| http://www.newryandmourne.gov.uk | |
Newry and Mourne District Council (Irish: Comhairle an Iúir agus Mhúrn)[1] is a local council in Northern Ireland. It includes much of the south of County Armagh and the south of County Down and has a population of approximately 93,400.[2] Council headquarters are in Newry, the largest settlement and only city in the area; it has a population of 28,850. Other towns in the council area include Crossmaglen and Bessbrook in County Armagh and Warrenpoint, Rostrevor, Hilltown, Annalong and Kilkeel (an important fishing port) in County Down.
From 1973 to 1985, the council area consisted of six electoral areas. In 1985, this was reduced to the current five electoral areas: Crotlieve, Fews, Newry Town, Slieve Gullion and The Mournes. One of its 30 wards, Rathfriland, was transferred to Banbridge council in 1993. At the elections of 2005, 30 members were elected from the following political parties: 14 Sinn Féin, 9 Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), 3 Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), 1 Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), 2 Independents and 1 United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP).[3] For 2010-2011 the Mayor is Councillor Mick Murphy (SF) and the Deputy Mayor is Councillor Karen McKevitt (SDLP).[4]
In elections for the Westminster Parliament and the Northern Ireland Assembly it is split between the Newry & Armagh constituency and the South Down constituency.
Contents |
| Party | seats | change +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|
| • | Sinn Féin | 14 | +1 |
| • | Social Democratic and Labour Party | 9 | = |
| • | Ulster Unionist Party | 3 | = |
| • | Democratic Unionist Party | 1 | -1 |
| • | Green Party in Northern Ireland | 1 | = |
| • | UK Independence Party | 1 | +1 |
| • | Independent | 2 | = |
| Party | seats | change +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|
| • | Sinn Féin | 13 | = |
| • | Social Democratic and Labour Party | 9 | -1 |
| • | Ulster Unionist Party | 3 [1] | -1 |
| • | Democratic Unionist Party | 2 | +1 |
| • | Green Party in Northern Ireland | 1 | +1 |
| • | Independent | 2 | = |
The title Mayor of Newry replace the office of Chairman of Newry & Mourne District Council after Newry's elevation to city status in 2002.
Under the Review of Public Administration (RPA) the Council is due to merge with Down District Council in 2011 to form a single council for the enlarged area totalling 1539 km² and a population of 150,886.[11] The next election was due to take place in May 2009, but on 25 April 2008, Shaun Woodward, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland announced that the scheduled 2009 district council elections were to be postponed until the introduction of the eleven new councils in 2011.[12]
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