Mourne (District Electoral Area)

Mourne was one of the three district electoral areas in Strabane, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 2014.

The district elected five members to Strabane District Council until 1993, and six members until 2014, and formed part of the West Tyrone constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Strabane Area C and part of Strabane Area A, and originally contained the wards of East, North, Sion Mills, South and West.

For the 1993 local elections, it gained an additional ward, Ballycolman.

2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP 2005-2011 Change: Independent gain from Sinn Féin 2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP 2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 2001-2005 Change: Independent gain from SDLP 1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Nationalist 2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP 1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin (two seats) gain from SDLP and Independent Nationalist 1993: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1997: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP 1989: 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP 1993: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1989-1993 Change: SDLP (two seats) gain from Independent Nationalist and due to the addition of one seat 1985: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1989: 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP 1985-1989 Change: Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP 1985: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist