Rowallane_(District_Electoral_Area)

Rowallane
Rowallane
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created	1985
Seats	5 (1985-)
Councillors	Terry Andrews (SDLP); Callum Bowsie (DUP); Jonny Jackson (DUP); Tierna Kelly (APNI); David Lee-Surginor (APNI);

Rowallane (District Electoral Area)

District electoral area in Northern Ireland

Rowallane is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland.^[1] The district elects five members to Newry, Mourne and Down District Council and contains the wards of Ballynahinch, Crossgar and Killyleagh, Derryboy, Kilmore and Saintfield.^[2] Rowallane forms part of the Strangford constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament and part of the South Down constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

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It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Down Area A which had existed since 1973, where it contained five wards (Crossgar, Derryboy, Killyleagh, Kilmore and Saintfield). For the 2014 local elections it gained Ballynahinch from the abolished Ballynahinch DEA.

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Election
2023	Terry Andrews (SDLP)/ (Independent)	David Lee-Surginor (Alliance)	Tierna Kelly (Alliance)	Callum Bowsie (DUP)	Jonny Jackson (DUP)
December 2022 Co-Options			Robert Burgess (UUP)	Callum Bowsie (DUP)	Jonny Jackson (DUP)
October 2022 Co-Option				Yvonne Moore (DUP)	Kathryn Owen (DUP)/ (Independent)
May 2022 Co-Option				William Walker (DUP)/ (Independent)
February 2022 Defection		Patrick Brown (Alliance)
September 2021 Defection
June 2021 Defection
October 2019 Co-Option
2019					Harry Harvey (DUP)
2014					Harry Harvey (DUP)
2011		Maria McCarthy (SDLP)			William Dick (DUP)
2005	Margaret Ritchie (SDLP)	Edward Rea (UUP)
2001		Edward Rea (UUP)		Albert Colmer (UUP)
1997		Samuel Osborne (UUP)	William Biggerstaff (UUP)
1993
1989
1985				Dermot Nesbitt (UUP)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	DUP	Jonny Jackson*	17.60%	1,414
	SDLP	Terry Andrews*	16.42%	1,319	1,335	1,860
	DUP	Callum Bowsie*	16.57%	1,331	1,337	1,340
	Alliance	Tierna Kelly	12.01%	965	996	1,118	1,403
	Alliance	David Lee-Surginor*	12.58%	1,011	1,056	1,199	1,347
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Burgess*	11.66%	937	1,018	1,021	1,024
	Sinn Féin	Dermot Kennedy	10.78%	866	872
	Ulster Unionist	Rachel Gracey	1.26%	101
	Green (NI)	Ali McColl	1.12%	90
Electorate: 15,865 Valid: 8,034 (50.64%) Spoilt: 81 Quota: 1,340 Turnout: 8,115 (51.15%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Alliance	Patrick Brown* †	18.60%	1,416
	SDLP	Terry Andrews*	15.57%	1,211	1,322
	DUP	Harry Harvey* ††	16.27%	1,265	1,270	1,275.28	1,329.28
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Burgess*	10.81%	842	865	892.83	1,075.37	1,082.96	1,142.81
	DUP	William Walker* ‡††	12.67%	985	989	994.5	1,037.04	1,058.43	1,073.65
	Ulster Unionist	Walter Lyons	8.58%	667	682	692.89	746.95	751.78	772.54
	Sinn Féin	Marianne Cleary	8.00%	622	652	671.47	709.67	709.67
	Independent	Martyn Todd	6.13%	477	525	570.54
	Green (NI)	Emma Cairns	2.34%	182
	Aontú	Liam Mulhern	1.27%	99
Electorate: 14,896 Valid: 7,776 (52.20%) Spoilt: 73 Quota: 1,296 Turnout: 7,839 (52.62%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	SDLP	Terry Andrews*	19.02%	1,321
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Burgess*	16.49%	1,145	1,153.45	1,202.45
	DUP	Harry Harvey	13.71%	952	958.89	982.54	1,139.1	1,144.1	1,148.1
	DUP	Billy Walker*	13.58%	943	959.64	980.94	1,070.98	1,072.98	1,081.98
	Alliance	Patrick Brown	7.34%	510	563.95	710.97	723.36	734.36	992.36
	Ulster Unionist	Walter Lyons*	9.68%	672	674.86	699.64	873.81	898.81	913.81
	Sinn Féin	Eddie Hughes	7.95%	552	595.68	689.88	692.01	692.01
	TUV	Philip Hamilton	6.24%	433	437.81	456.46
	NI21	Alistair Straney	3.85%	267	275.19
	Independent	Mickey Coogan*	2.15%	149	160.31
Electorate: 14,526 Valid: 6,944 (49.54%) Spoilt: 78 Quota: 1,158 Turnout: 7,022 (50.44%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	DUP	William Dick*	17.21%	1,007
	SDLP	Maria McCarthy	13.82%	809	1,092
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Burgess*	14.30%	837	840	969	982.26
	DUP	William Walker*	15.72%	920	927	971	976.46
	Independent	Terry Andrews	12.03%	704	763	884	976.04
	Ulster Unionist	Graham Furey	11.96%	700	705	761	764.9
	Alliance	Patrick Brown	8.10%	474	491
	Sinn Féin	Catriona Mackel	4.89%	286
	SDLP	Patricia McKay	1.97%	115
Electorate: 11,090 Valid: 5,852 (52.77%) Spoilt: 83 Quota: 976 Turnout: 5,935 (53.52%)

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Rowallane - 5 seats^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	William Dick*	20.91%	1,326
	SDLP	Margaret Ritchie*	17.43%	1,105
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Burgess*	14.64%	928	961	975	975.72	979.76	1,065.76
	Ulster Unionist	Edward Rea*	9.15%	580	589	610.2	612.12	621.12	690.6	1,067.6
	DUP	William Walker	11.37%	721	913.8	921.2	921.56	926.6	940.8	1,027.24
	SDLP	Patricia McKay	4.89%	310	310.8	342.8	376.56	592.04	716.04	772
	Ulster Unionist	Albert Colmer*	8.47%	537	560.4	570.6	572.12	575.2	649.84
	Alliance	Lorna Dunn	5.25%	333	333.8	415	416.64	439.8
	Sinn Féin	Mary Robb	4.94%	313	313	319	322.08
	Green (NI)	Philip Orr	2.95%	187	188
Electorate: 10,330 Valid: 6,340 (61.37%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 1,057 Turnout: 6,429 (62.24%)

Rowallane - 5 seats^[8]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	SDLP	Margaret Ritchie*	21.00%	1,440
	DUP	William Dick*	17.47%	1,198
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Burgess	16.23%	1,113	1,117.41	1,144.41
	Ulster Unionist	Albert Colmer*	14.98%	1,027	1,035.4	1,051.24	1,058.71	1,262.71
	Ulster Unionist	Edward Rea	10.62%	728	732.83	760.83	762.25	901.46	1,018.5
	SDLP	Kathleen Stockton	4.07%	279	525.12	565.59	823.93	845.35	847.66
	DUP	William Walker	8.74%	599	600.47	622.68	623.68
	Sinn Féin	Anthony Lacken	4.43%	304	319.96	322.96
	Independent	James Marks	2.46%	169	172.36
Electorate: 10,464 Valid: 6,857 (65.53%) Spoilt: 142 Quota: 1,143 Turnout: 6,999 (66.89%)

Rowallane - 5 seats^[9]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	SDLP	Margaret Ritchie*	19.44%	1,044
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Osborne*	15.76%	846	847.96	888.24	1,105.24
	DUP	William Dick*	15.09%	810	810.56	819.56	963.56
	Ulster Unionist	Albert Colmer*	15.22%	817	817.84	865.26	899.26
	Ulster Unionist	William Biggerstaff*	12.94%	695	695.28	734.28	801.56	925.56
	SDLP	John Moffat	7.15%	384	516.58	584.82	602.52	605.52
	Ind. Unionist	William Walker	9.70%	521	522.82	543.96
	Alliance	Barry Corscadden	4.69%	252	255.5
Electorate: 10,036 Valid: 5,369 (53.50%) Spoilt: 78 Quota: 895 Turnout: 5,447 (54.27%)

Rowallane - 5 seats^[11]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	SDLP	Margaret Ritchie*	26.91%	1,509
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Osborne*	23.58%	1,322
	Ulster Unionist	Albert Colmer	13.93%	781	915	1,104.9
	Ulster Unionist	William Biggerstaff*	13.20%	740	892	969.4
	DUP	William Dick*	11.63%	652	678	717.3	779.1	1,013.1
	Ind. Unionist	William Walker	6.26%	351	413	461.9	480.8	488.8
	DUP	William Greer	4.49%	252	311	334.4	371.3
Electorate: 8,574 Valid: 5,607 (65.40%) Spoilt: 106 Quota: 935 Turnout: 5,713 (66.63%)