2023 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council election

2023 Newry, Mourne and Down District Council election

18 May 2023

All 41 council seats
21 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Michelle O'Neill Colum Eastwood Jeffrey Donaldson
Party Sinn Féin SDLP DUP
Last election 16 11 3
Seats won 20 8 5
Seat change 4 3 2
Popular vote 37,032 13,170 9,124
Percentage 48.3% 17.2% 11.9%
Swing 11.8% 5.8% 3.4%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Naomi Long No leader Doug Beattie
Party Alliance Independent UUP
Last election 2 5 4
Seats won 5 2 1
Seat change 3 3 3
Popular vote 7,176 3,608 4,062
Percentage 9.4% 4.7% 5.3%
Swing 2.0% 7.8% 4.7%

Newry, Mourne and Down 2023 Council Election Results by DEA (Shaded by the plurality of FPVs)

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

TBC

The 2023 election to Newry, Mourne and Down District Council was held on 18 May 2023, alongside other local elections in Northern Ireland, two weeks after local elections in England. The Northern Ireland elections were delayed by 2 weeks to avoid overlapping with the coronation of King Charles III.

41 members were returned to the council via Single Transferable Vote.