Newry and Mourne District Council

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Newry and Mourne District
Comhairle an Iúir agus Mhúrn

Cooncil o'er tha Newrie an tha Mourn Kintra [1]
Image:NorthernIrelandNewryandMourne.png
Geography
Area
- Total
- % Water		 Ranked 3rd
902 km²
? %
Admin HQ Newry
ISO 3166-2 GB-NYM
ONS code 95P
Demographics
Population
- Total (2006)
- Density		 Ranked 4th
93,400
103 / km²
Community Protestant: 18.5%
Catholic: 80.6%
Politics
Newry and Mourne District Council
http://www.newryandmourne.gov.uk
MPs Eddie McGrady
Conor Murphy

Newry and Mourne District Council is a local council in Northern Ireland. It includes much of the south of County Armagh and the south of County Down and has a population of approximately 93,400[2]. Council headquarters are in Newry, the largest settlement and only city in the area with a population of 28,850. Other towns in the council area include Crossmaglen and Bessbrook in County Armagh and Warrenpoint, Rostrevor, Hilltown, Annalong and Kilkeel (an important fishing port) in County Down.

The Newry and Mourne District Council area consists of 5 electoral areas: Crotlieve, Fews, Newry Town, Slieve Gullion and The Mournes. At the elections of 2005 30 members were elected from the following political parties: 13 Sinn Féin, 9 Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), 2 Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), 2 Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), 2 Independents, 1 Green Party and 1 United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) who defected in February 2007 from the UUP[3]. For 2007-2008 the Mayor is Councillor Michael Cole (SDLP) and the Deputy Mayor is Councillor Charlie Casey (SF).[4]

In elections for the Westminster Parliament and the Northern Ireland Assembly it is split between the Newry & Armagh constituency and the South Down constituency.

Contents

[edit] 2005 Election results

Party seats change +/-
• Sinn Féin 13 =
• Social Democratic and Labour Party 9 -1
• Ulster Unionist Party 3 [2] -1
• Democratic Unionist Party 2 +1
• Green Party in Northern Ireland 1 +1
• Independent 2 =

[edit] Mayor of Newry

[edit] Review of Public Administration

Under the Review of Public Administration (RPA) the Council is due to merge with Down District Council in 2011 to form a single council for the enlarged area totalling 1539 Sq Km and a population of 150,886.[11] The next election was due to take place in May 2009, but on April 25, 2008, Shaun Woodward, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland announced that the scheduled 2009 district council elections were to be postponed until the introduction of the eleven new councils in 2011.[12]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Newry and Mourne Homepage
  2. ^ NISRA - see section 2.3
  3. ^ UKIP Councillor[1]
  4. ^ Mayor and Deputy Mayor 2007-08. Newry and Mourne District Council. Retrieved on 2008-05-31.
  5. ^ "City's first mayor appointed", Newry Democrat, 4 March 2003
  6. ^ "Patterson is new mayor", Newry Democrat, 11 June 2003
  7. ^ "Sinn Fein fury over new Mayor", Newry Democrat, 15 June 2004
  8. ^ "Mayor pledges to be uniting force", Newry Democrat, 25 May 2005
  9. ^ Carr elected as Newry Mayor, Social Democratic and Labour Party, 12 June 2006
  10. ^ Mayor & Deputy Mayor 2007/2008, Newry and Mourne District Council
  11. ^ Minister Foster announces decisions on Local Government Reform. DoE. Retrieved on 2008-05-31.
  12. ^ Northern Ireland elections are postponed, BBC News, April 25, 2008, accessed April 27, 2008

[edit] External links

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