Newry and Mourne Area F

Newry and Mourne Area F was one of the six district electoral areas in Newry and Mourne, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected four members to Newry and Mourne District Council, and formed part of the South Down constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Drumgullion, St. Mary's, St. Patrick's and Winsor Hill. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Newry Town DEA.

Councillors

Election	Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)		Councillor (Party)
1981		William McCaigue (UUP)		Freddie Kearns (IIP)		Arthur Ruddy (SDLP)		Patrick McElroy (SDLP)
1977				Michael McVerry (Alliance)				Daniel Hughes (SDLP)
1973		Hugh Breslin (Alliance)						Sean Hollywood (SDLP)

1981 Election

1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

1981: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x IIP

1977-1981 Change: IIP gain from Alliance

Newry and Mourne Area F - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	UUP	William McCaigue*	16.19%	752	752	754	755	979
	SDLP	Arthur Ruddy*	18.81%	874	879	893	914	914	915.06	941.06
	Irish Independence	Freddie Kearns	10.31%	479	487	492	518	520	520	642	900	932
	SDLP	Patrick McElroy	14.33%	666	670	676	690	690	693.18	702.18	732.18	862.42
	SDLP	Louis McGuigan	10.22%	475	477	482	492	492	493.06	545.06	562.06	637.65
	Alliance	Michael McVerry*	6.59%	306	310	354	365	376	419.46	421.46	424.46
	Irish Independence	Kevin McAleenan	5.96%	277	281	281	296	300	300	339
	Irish Independence	P. J. McCann	5.34%	248	249	254	268	270	270
	DUP	Gordon Heslip	5.55%	258	258	258	258
	Republican Clubs	Edward McKeown	2.26%	105	105	105
	Republican Clubs	Michael McLoughlin	1.87%	87	89	90
	Alliance	Edward Turley	1.83%	85	86
	Independent	James Malone	0.73%	34
Electorate: 7,263   Valid: 4,646 (63.97%)   Spoilt: 187   Quota: 930   Turnout: 4,833 (66.54%)

1977 Election

1973: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Alliance

1977: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP

1973-1977 Change: UUP gain from Alliance

Newry and Mourne Area F - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	UUP	William McCaigue	23.59%	958
	SDLP	Arthur Ruddy*	19.13%	777	777.87	851.87
	Alliance	Michael McVerry*	9.97%	405	485.33	513.33	516.23	813.55
	SDLP	Daniel Hughes	14.63%	594	617.49	643.49	646.97	726.87
	SDLP	William Feely	13.94%	566	567.45	624.45	643.01	722.52
	Alliance	John McClelland	9.95%	404	440.83	499.83	513.17
	Republican Clubs	Alan Wadforth	8.79%	357	357
Electorate: 7,173   Valid: 4,061 (56.62%)   Spoilt: 234   Quota: 813   Turnout: 4,295 (59.88%)

1973 Election

1973: 2 x Alliance, 2 x SDLP

Newry and Mourne Area F - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Alliance	Michael McVerry	26.16%	973
	Alliance	Hugh Breslin	15.89%	591	733.62
	SDLP	Sean Hollywood	16.32%	607	620.11	624.01	629.01	682.23	752.23
	SDLP	Arthur Ruddy	8.85%	329	332.68	334.78	342.01	366	464.38	484.9	749.9
	Republican Clubs	Samuel Dowling	8.58%	319	321.07	321.37	363.37	388.55	398.07	587.13	615.13
	SDLP	Patrick Crilly	7.23%	269	274.29	279.15	279.21	303.44	340.57	352.86
	Republican Clubs	Colman Rowntree	3.93%	146	147.15	147.21	217.39	230.8	234.8
	SDLP	Kevin Reynolds	5.35%	199	205.44	209.34	209.4	227.64
	Irish Labour	Francis Burns	4.06%	151	156.75	166.89	178.18
	Republican Clubs	Jean Rooney	1.91%	71	71.23	71.47
	Republican Clubs	Peter Shields	1.72%	64	64.23	64.41
Electorate: 6,649   Valid: 3,719 (55.93%)   Spoilt: 269   Quota: 744   Turnout: 3,988 (59.98%)