The Fews was one of the three district electoral areas in Newry and Mourne, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 2014. The district elected six members to Newry and Mourne District Council, and formed part of the Newry and Armagh constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Newry and Mourne Areas D and E which had existed since 1973, and contained the wards of Bessbrook, Camlough, Derrymore, Donaghmore, Newtownhamilton and Tullyhappy. It was abolished for the 2014 local elections and largely replaced with the Slieve Gullion DEA.
Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | ||||||
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2011 | Turlough Murphy (Sinn Féin) | Jimmy McCreesh (Sinn Féin) | Patrick McGinn (Sinn Féin) | John Feehan (SDLP) | Andy Moffett (UUP) | David Taylor (UUP) | ||||||
2005 | Brendan Lewis (Sinn Féin) | Glenn Oliver (DUP) | Danny Kennedy (UUP) | |||||||||
2001 | Andy Moffett (UUP) | |||||||||||
1997 | Stephen McGinn (SDLP) | Charlie Smyth (SDLP) | ||||||||||
1993 | Conor Murphy (Sinn Féin) | James Savage (SDLP) | Arthur Lockhart (UUP) | |||||||||
1989 | Andy Moffett (UUP) | |||||||||||
1985 | Brendan Lewis (Sinn Féin) | Nan Sands (SDLP) | Gordon Heslip (DUP) | |||||||||
2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2011: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2005-2011 Change: UUP gain from DUP
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
2005: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP
2001: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1997: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989-1993 Change: No change
1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from DUP
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP