Rowallane is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland.Final Northern Ireland super council recommendations, BBC News, 13 December 2013, accessed 24 May 2014 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., ARK, accessed 8 July 2023 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. Following reviews and recommendations of Parliamentary Constituencies the Rowallane DEA was shared between Strangford and South Belfast & Mid Down Constituencies implemented for the 2024 Westminster elections and the next Assembly elections will be fought on these boundary changes in 2027/28.
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.
Councillors Election Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party) Councillor (Party)2023 Terry Andrews (SDLP)/ (Independent) David Lee-Surginor (Alliance) Tierna Kelly (Alliance) Jonny Jackson (DUP) Callum Bowsie (DUP)December 2022 Co-Options Robert Burgess (UUP)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 DefectionJune 2021 DefectionOctober 2019 Co-Option2019 Harry Harvey (DUP)2014 2011 Maria McCarthy (SDLP) William Dick (DUP) 2005 Margaret Ritchie (SDLP) Edward Rea (UUP) 2001 Albert Colmer (UUP) 1997 Samuel Osborne (UUP) William Biggerstaff (UUP) 1993 1989 1985 Dermot Nesbitt (UUP)
2023 Election
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
2019–2023 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
2019 Election
2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
2014-2019 Change: No change
2014 Election
2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
2011-2014 Change: Alliance gain from Independent
2011 Election
2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
2005-2011 Change: Independent gain from UUP
2005 Election
2001: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2005: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
2001 Election
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
2001: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: No change
1997 Election
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993-1997 Change: No change
1993 Election
1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1989-1993 Change: No change
1989 Election
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: No change
1985 Election
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
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