Newry (District Electoral Area)

[1] The district elects six members to Newry, Mourne and Down District Council and contains the wards of Abbey, Ballybot, Damolly, Drumalane, Fathom and St.

[2] Newry forms part of the Newry and Armagh constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, where it was called Newry Town until 2014, replacing Newry and Mourne Areas D and F which had existed since 1973, and originally contained seven wards (Ballybot, Daisy Hill, Drumalane, Drumgallion, St. Mary's, St. Patrick's and Windsor Hill).

For the 2014 local elections it was reduced by one ward.

2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 2023: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP 2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Independent 2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 2014-2019 Change: No change 2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 2 x Independent 2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 2011-2014 Change: Independent loss due to the reduction of one seat 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 2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 3 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 3 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 2001-2005 Change: No change 1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent, 1 x Independent Nationalist 2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 3 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin and SDLP gain from UUP and Independent Nationalist 1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 1997: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1993-1997 Change: Independent Nationalist gain from SDLP 1989: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin and Independent gain from SDLP and Independent Nationalist 1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x IIP 1989: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1985-1989 Change: Independent Nationalist leaves IIP 1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x IIP, 1 x UUP