Newcastle (District Electoral Area)

Newcastle was one of the four district electoral areas in Down, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 2014.

The district elected six members to Down District Council, and formed 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 C which had existed since 1973, and contained the wards of Castlewellan, Donard, Dundrum, Murlough, Shimna and Tollymore.

It was abolished for the 2014 local elections, with Donard, Murlough, Shimna and Tollymore moving to The Mournes DEA and Castlewellan and Dundrum moving to the Slieve Croob DEA.

2005: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP 2011: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 2005-2011 Change: Alliance gain from SDLP 2001: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP 2005: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP 2001-2005 Change: No change 1997: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Women's Coalition 2001: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP 1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Women's Coalition 1993: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP 1997: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Women's Coalition 1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin and Women's Coalition gain from SDLP and DUP 1989: 4 x SDLP, 2 x UUP 1993: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP 1989-1993 Change: DUP gain from UUP 1985: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP 1989: 4 x SDLP, 2 x UUP 1985-1989 Change: SDLP and UUP gain from Sinn Féin and DUP 1985: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP