Downpatrick (District Electoral Area)

Downpatrick is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland.

[1] The district elects five members to Newry, Mourne and Down District Council and contains the wards of Cathedral, Knocknashinna, Lecale, Quoile and Strangford.

[2] Downpatrick forms part of the South Down constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Down Area B which had existed since 1973, where it contained seven wards (Ardglass, Audleys Acre, Cathedral, Flying Horse, Killough, Quoile and Strangford).

2019: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent 2023: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin and Alliance gain from SDLP and Independent 2014: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent 2019: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent 2014-2019 Change: No change 2011: 4 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Green 2014: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent 2011-2014 Change: SDLP and Sinn Féin loss due to the reduction of two seats, Independent leaves Greens 2005: 4 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Green 2011: 4 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Green 2005-2011 Change: No change 2001: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 2005: 4 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Green 2001-2005 Change: Sinn Féin and Green gain from UUP and Independent 1997: 5 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP 2001: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 1997-2001 Change: Independent gain from SDLP 1993: 6 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 1997: 5 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP 1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP 1989: 5 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 1993: 6 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 1989-1993 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance 1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party 1989: 5 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 1985-1989 Change: SDLP and Alliance gain from Sinn Féin and Workers' Party 1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party