| Rowallane | |
| Type: | Newry, Mourne and Down District Council DEA |
| Year: | 1985 |
| Seats: | 5 (1985-) |
| Members Label: | Councillors |
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.
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.
| 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 Defection | ||||||||||
| June 2021 Defection | ||||||||||
| October 2019 Co-Option | ||||||||||
| 2019 | 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) | |||||||||
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP