Administration
The headquarters of Newry and Mourne District Council are in Newry. The area has a majority nationalist population, leading to a council dominated by Sinn Féin and the Social Democratic and Labour Party, but there are three Ulster Unionist and one Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) councillors. Former UUP member Henry Reilly was re-elected in 2011 as a UKIP candidate. Newry and Mourne District Council was scheduled to be merged with the adjoining Down District Council in 2011 as part of the reorganisation of local government in Northern Ireland but these plans were shelved.
As a result of the 2011 Northern Ireland Council elections the council is as follows:
| Name | District Electoral Area | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Feehan | Newry Town | Social Democratic and Labour Party | |
| John McArdle | Newry Town | Social Democratic and Labour Party | |
| Charlie Casey | Newry Town | Sinn Féin | |
| Brendan Curran | Newry Town | Sinn Féin | |
| Valerie Harte | Newry Town | Sinn Féin | |
| Davy Hyland | Newry Town | Independent | |
| Jack Patterson | Newry Town | Independent | |
| Mickey Ruane | Crotlieve | Sinn Féin | |
| Mick Murphy | Crotlieve | Sinn Féin | |
| Peter Kearney | Crotlieve | Sinn Féin | |
| Connaire McGreevy | Crotlieve | Social Democratic and Labour Party | |
| Michael Carr | Crotlieve | Social Democratic and Labour Party | |
| Sean O’Hare | Crotlieve | Social Democratic and Labour Party | |
| Declan McAtteer | Crotlieve | Social Democratic and Labour Party | |
| John Feehan | The Fews | Social Democratic and Labour Party | |
| Jimmy McCreesh | The Fews | Sinn Féin | |
| Pat McGinn | The Fews | Sinn Féin | |
| Turlough Murphy | The Fews | Sinn Féin | |
| Andy Moffett | The Fews | Ulster Unionist Party | |
| David Taylor | The Fews | Ulster Unionist Party | |
| Colman Burns | Slieve Gullion | Sinn Féin | |
| Anthony Flynn | Slieve Gullion | Sinn Féin | |
| Packie McDonald | Slieve Gullion | Sinn Féin | |
| Terry Hearty | Slieve Gullion | Sinn Féin | |
| Geraldine Donnelly | Slieve Gullion | Social Democratic and Labour Party | |
| Sean Doran | The Mournes | Sinn Féin | |
| Sean Rodgers | The Mournes | Social Democratic and Labour Party | |
| James William Burns | The Mournes | Democratic Unionist Party | |
| Harold McKee | The Mournes | Ulster Unionist Party | |
| Henry Riely | The Mournes | UKIP |
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