The_Fews_(District_Electoral_Area)
The Fews (District Electoral Area)
District electoral areas in Newry and Mourne, Northern Ireland
The Fews was one of the three district electoral areas in Newry and Mourne, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 2014. The district elected six members to Newry and Mourne District Council, and formed part of the Newry and Armagh constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Newry and Mourne Areas D and E which had existed since 1973, and contained the wards of Bessbrook, Camlough, Derrymore, Donaghmore, Newtownhamilton and Tullyhappy. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections and largely replaced with the Slieve Gullion DEA.
| Election | Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) |
Councillor (Party) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Turlough Murphy (Sinn Féin) |
Jimmy McCreesh (Sinn Féin) |
Patrick McGinn (Sinn Féin) |
John Feehan (SDLP) |
Andy Moffett (UUP) |
David Taylor (UUP) | ||||||
| 2005 | Brendan Lewis (Sinn Féin) |
Glenn Oliver (DUP) |
Danny Kennedy (UUP) | |||||||||
| 2001 | Andy Moffett (UUP) | |||||||||||
| 1997 | Stephen McGinn (SDLP) |
Charlie Smyth (SDLP) | ||||||||||
| 1993 | Conor Murphy (Sinn Féin) |
James Savage (SDLP) |
Arthur Lockhart (UUP) | |||||||||
| 1989 | Andy Moffett (UUP) | |||||||||||
| 1985 | Brendan Lewis (Sinn Féin) |
Nan Sands (SDLP) |
Gordon Heslip (DUP) | |||||||||
2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2005-2011 Change: UUP gain from DUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Andy Moffett* | 18.41% | 1,421 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | Turlough Murphy | 16.83% | 1,299 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | Patrick McGinn* | 15.60% | 1,204 | ||||||
| SDLP | John Feehan* | 15.43% | 1,191 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | Jimmy McCreesh* | 13.80% | 1,065 | 1,066.15 | 1,242.95 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | David Taylor | 5.51% | 425 | 667.42 | 667.58 | 667.74 | 668.49 | 1,146.39 | |
| SDLP | Kevin O'Hare | 7.85% | 606 | 611.75 | 621.99 | 654.47 | 749.47 | 759.79 | |
| DUP | Glenn Oliver* | 4.29% | 331 | 368.49 | 369.13 | 369.61 | 370.61 | ||
| TUV | Barrie Halliday | 2.31% | 178 | 203.3 | 203.62 | 204.1 | 204.85 | ||
| Electorate: 12,613 Valid: 7,720 (61.21%) Spoilt: 167 Quota: 1,103 Turnout: 7,887 (62.53%) | |||||||||
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Patrick McGinn* | 15.15% | 1,246 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Jimmy McCreesh* | 14.47% | 1,190 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Brendan Lewis* | 13.80% | 1,135 | 1,184.7 | |||
| SDLP | John Feehan* | 11.63% | 957 | 963.2 | 1,218.2 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | Danny Kennedy* | 14.21% | 1,169 | 1,169.75 | 1,179.75 | ||
| DUP | Glenn Oliver | 8.28% | 681 | 681 | 681 | 1,064.05 | |
| SDLP | Susan Mackin | 8.73% | 718 | 720.25 | 918.95 | 992.25 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Andy Moffett* | 7.25% | 596 | 596.6 | 601.65 | ||
| SDLP | Noelle McGarvey | 6.49% | 534 | 535.7 | |||
| Electorate: 11,551 Valid: 8,226 (71.21%) Spoilt: 168 Quota: 1,176 Turnout: 8,394 (72.67%) | |||||||
1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Jimmy McCreesh* | 14.39% | 1,279 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin | Patrick McGinn | 13.98% | 1,243 | 1,279 | |||||
| SDLP | John Feehan | 12.05% | 1,071 | 1,271 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | Danny Kennedy* | 13.85% | 1,231 | 1,233 | 1,608 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Andy Moffett* | 8.18% | 727 | 740 | 968 | 1,300.76 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Brendan Lewis* | 13.18% | 1,172 | 1,198 | 1,198 | 1,199.88 | 1,199.88 | 1,199.88 | |
| SDLP | Charlie Smyth* | 9.89% | 879 | 1,158 | 1,160 | 1,160.94 | 1,190.44 | 1,190.44 | |
| DUP | Craig Baxter | 7.80% | 693 | 694 | |||||
| SDLP | Angela Savage | 6.69% | 595 | ||||||
| Electorate: 11,457 Valid: 8,890 (77.59%) Spoilt: 231 Quota: 1,271 Turnout: 9,121 (79.61%) | |||||||||
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1997: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Danny Kennedy* | 22.27% | 1,610 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Brendan Lewis | 15.25% | 1,103 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | Andy Moffett | 13.17% | 952 | 1,510.72 | ||
| SDLP | Stephen McGinn* | 14.08% | 1,018 | 1,022.68 | 1,055.8 | |
| SDLP | Charlie Smyth* | 13.48% | 975 | 976.44 | 1,035.84 | |
| Sinn Féin | Jimmy McCreesh | 12.21% | 883 | 884.08 | 885.52 | |
| SDLP | James Savage* | 6.69% | 690 | 691.44 | 746.88 | |
| Electorate: 10,907 Valid: 7,231 (66.30%) Spoilt: 219 Quota: 1,034 Turnout: 7,450 (68.30%) | ||||||
1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989-1993 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Danny Kennedy* | 25.17% | 1,765 | ||||
| SDLP | Stephen McGinn* | 17.18% | 1,205 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Arthur Lockhart | 11.32% | 794 | 1,541.56 | |||
| SDLP | James Savage* | 13.68% | 959 | 962.96 | 1,030.72 | ||
| SDLP | Charlie Smyth* | 13.89% | 974 | 977.96 | 1,028.12 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Conor Murphy* | 10.85% | 761 | 761.44 | 762.32 | 907.87 | |
| Sinn Féin | Jimmy McCreesh | 7.90% | 554 | 554.44 | 556.64 | 613.44 | |
| Electorate: 10,399 Valid: 7,012 (67.43%) Spoilt: 270 Quota: 1,002 Turnout: 7,282 (70.03%) | |||||||
1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from DUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Danny Kennedy* | 18.19% | 1,406 | |||||
| SDLP | Stephen McGinn | 14.98% | 1,158 | |||||
| SDLP | James Savage* | 14.27% | 1,103 | 1,124 | ||||
| SDLP | Charlie Smyth | 14.27% | 1,103 | 1,111 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Andy Moffett* | 13.66% | 1,056 | 1,079 | 1,350.74 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Conor Murphy | 9.12% | 705 | 713 | 713.21 | 713.21 | 1,126.21 | |
| DUP | Gordon Heslip* | 7.95% | 614 | 615 | 635.58 | 878.38 | 878.38 | |
| Sinn Féin | Patrick Quinn | 6.30% | 487 | 491 | 491 | 491 | ||
| Workers' Party | Brian Mulligan | 1.24% | 96 | |||||
| Electorate: 10,545 Valid: 7,728 (73.29%) Spoilt: 223 Quota: 1,105 Turnout: 7,951 (75.40%) | ||||||||
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Brendan Lewis | 18.94% | 1,302 | ||||||||
| SDLP | James Savage* | 13.25% | 911 | 1,011 | |||||||
| Ulster Unionist | Andy Moffett* | 11.16% | 767 | 768.2 | 779.6 | 1,051.6 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | Danny Kennedy | 10.91% | 750 | 750.4 | 754.8 | 810.2 | 828.7 | 863.7 | 1,300.7 | ||
| SDLP | Nan Sands* | 11.10% | 763 | 803 | 844 | 846 | 846.25 | 947.25 | 951.45 | 955.45 | |
| DUP | Gordon Heslip | 7.90% | 543 | 543 | 544 | 589 | 593.5 | 599.9 | 686.15 | 917.15 | |
| SDLP | John McElherron | 6.55% | 450 | 525.2 | 583.2 | 583.2 | 583.2 | 789.8 | 792.8 | 793.8 | |
| Ulster Unionist | David McMullan | 7.19% | 494 | 494.8 | 495.2 | 508.2 | 552.7 | 562.7 | |||
| Alliance | Victor Frizell | 5.18% | 356 | 387.6 | 428.2 | 428.2 | 428.2 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Florence Henning | 5.72% | 393 | 393.4 | 393.4 | ||||||
| Workers' Party | Brian Mulligan | 1.32% | 91 | 109.4 | |||||||
| Irish Independence | Francis McCamley* | 0.79% | 54 | 104 | |||||||
| Electorate: 9,873 Valid: 6,874 (69.62%) Spoilt: 141 Quota: 983 Turnout: 7,015 (71.05%) | |||||||||||
- "The Fews Result Sheet" (PDF). EONI. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 30 July 2021.