Slieve Croob (District Electoral Area)

Slieve Croob 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 Ballydugan, Ballyward, Castlewellan, Drumaness and Dundrum.

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

It was created for the 2014 local elections, replacing parts of the Ballynahinch DEA and parts of the Newcastle DEA which had both existed since 1985.

2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance 2019–2023 Change: Sinn Féin and DUP gain from SDLP and UUP 2014: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 2019: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 2014-2019 Change: UUP gain from DUP 2014: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance