The Mournes (District Electoral Area)

[1] The district elects seven members to Newry, Mourne and Down District Council and contains the wards of Annalong, Binnian, Donard, Kilkeel, Lisnacree, Murlough and Tollymore.

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

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Newry and Mourne Area A which had existed since 1973, where it originally contained five wards (Annalong, Binnian, Kilkeel Central, Kilkeel South and Lisnacree).

For the 2014 local elections it gained two additional wards, gaining Donard, Murlough and Tollymore from the abolished Newcastle DEA, while Kilkeel was merged into a single ward.

2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 2019–2023 Change: DUP and Alliance gain from UUP and Independent 2014: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UKIP 2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 2014-2019 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP, Independent leaves UKIP 2011: 1 x UKIP, x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 2014: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UKIP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP 2011-2014 Change: Sinn Féin and SDLP gain due to the addition of two seats 2005: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 2011: 1 x UKIP, x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 2005-2011 Change: UKIP gain from UUP 2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 2005: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 2001-2005 Change: No change 1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 2001: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1997-2001 Change: No change 1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1997: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1993-1997 Change: No change 1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Protestant Unionist 1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1989-1993 Change: DUP gain from Protestant Unionist 1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Protestant Unionist 1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin, Protestant Unionist leaves DUP 1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin