2011 Newry and Mourne District Council election
# 2011 Newry and Mourne District Council election

Elections to Newry and Mourne District Council were held on 5 May 2011 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.

## Election results

Newry and Mourne District Council Election Result 2011 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sinn Féin | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 46.7 | 45.2 | 17,877 | 3.1 |
| SDLP | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30.0 | 28.9 | 11,443 | 0.6 |
| Ulster Unionist | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 10.3 | 4,078 | 0.5 |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 2,262 | 3.2 |
| UKIP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 1,910 | New |
| DUP | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 1,172 | 3.7 |
| TUV | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 408 | New |
| Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 382 | 1.0 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Newry and Mourne District Council election, 2011 by district :

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | SDLP | SDLP | UUP | UUP | UKIP | UKIP | DUP | DUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Crotlieve | 38.1 | 3 | 46.1 | 4 | 7.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 8.2 | 0 | 7 |
| Newry Town | 43.8 | 3 | 27.2 | 2 | 5.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 23.4 | 2 | 7 |
| Slieve Gullion | 78.0 | 4 | 22.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| The Fews | 46.2 | 2 | 23.3 | 1 | 23.9 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.3 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 6 |
| The Mournes | 19.5 | 1 | 20.7 | 1 | 15.6 | 1 | 27.7 | 1 | 12.2 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 45.2 | 14 | 28.9 | 9 | 10.3 | 3 | 4.8 | 1 | 3.0 | 1 | 7.8 | 2 | 30 |

## Districts results

### Crotlieve

2005: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Green, 1 x Independent 2011: 4 x SDLP, 3 x Sinn Féin 2005-2011 Change: SDLP and Sinn Féin gain from Green and Independent

### Newry Town

2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 3 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent 2005-2011 Change: Independent gain from SDLP

### Slieve Gullion

2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 2011: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 2005-2011 Change: No change

### The Fews

2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2005-2011 Change: UUP gain from DUP

### The Mournes

2005: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 2011: 1 x UKIP, x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 2005-2011 Change: UKIP gain from UUP

