Founded 1 April 2015 | Seats 41 | |
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Type District council of Newry, Mourne and Down Preceded by Down District Council
Newry and Mourne District Council Chairperson Gillian Fitzpatrick, SDLP Political groups Sinn Féin (14)
SDLP (13)
DUP (4)
UUP (3)
Alliance (2)
TUV (1)
Independents (5) | ||
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council is a local authority in Northern Ireland that was established on 1 April 2015. It replaces Down District Council and Newry and Mourne District Council and covers most of the southeast of Northern Ireland. The first elections to the authority were on 22 May 2014 and it acted as a shadow authority, prior to the creation of the Newry, Mourne and Down district on 1 April 2015.
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Councillors
For the purpose of elections the council is divided into seven district electoral areas (DEA):
Chairpersons of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
Population
The area covered by the new Council has a population of 171,533 residents according to the 2011 Northern Ireland census.
References
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA