The Social Democratic and Labour Party is a social-democratic and Irish nationalist political party in Northern Ireland. The SDLP currently has seven members in the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLAs) and two members of Parliament (MPs) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.
Edward Kevin McGrady was an Irish nationalist politician of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP),who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Down from 1987 to 2010.
Newry and Mourne District Council was a local council in Northern Ireland. It merged with Down District Council in May 2015 under local government reorganisation in Northern Ireland to become Newry,Mourne and Down District Council.
Down District Council was a Local Council in County Down in Northern Ireland. It merged with Newry and Mourne District Council in April 2015 under local government reorganisation in Northern Ireland to become Newry,Mourne and Down District Council.
Newry and Armagh is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. The current MP is Mickey Brady of Sinn Féin.
South Down is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. The current MP for the constituency is Chris Hazzard of Sinn Féin.
Conor Terence Murphy is an Irish republican Sinn Féin politician,who has served as Minister for the Economy since 2024. He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Northern Ireland for Newry and Armagh. He served as the Member of Parliament for Newry and Armagh from 2005 until 2015.
Willie Clarke is an Irish Sinn Féin politician,serving as a Newry,Mourne and Down Councillor for The Mournes DEA since 2014. He was a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for South Down from 2003 to 2012.
John Fitzgerald Fee was an Irish nationalist politician who served as a Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Newry and Armagh from 1998 to 2003.
Frank Feely is an Irish nationalist politician in Northern Ireland.
Justin McNulty MLA is an Irish Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician,a Gaelic football manager,and a former player at senior level for the Armagh county team. He has sat in the Northern Ireland Assembly since 2016 as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Newry and Armagh.
The 2016 Northern Ireland Assembly election was held on Thursday,5 May 2016. It was the fifth election to take place since the devolved assembly was established in 1998. 1,281,595 individuals were registered to vote in the election. Turnout in the 2016 Assembly election was 703,744 (54.9%),a decline of less than one percentage point from the previous Assembly Election in 2011,but down 15 percentage points from the first election to the Assembly held in 1998.
The first election to Newry,Mourne and Down District Council,part of the Northern Ireland local elections on 22 May 2014,returned 41 members to the newly formed council via Single Transferable Vote. Sinn Féin and the Social Democratic and Labour Party won the most seats,with 14 each,with Sinn Féin taking a plurality of first-preference votes.
Colin McGrath MLA is an Irish Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) politician from Northern Ireland. He has been a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for South Down since the 2016 election.
Harold McKee is a Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) politician and farmer from Northern Ireland,who was a Newry Mourne and Down Councillor for The Mournes DEA from 2014 to 2016,and then again from 2019 until 2023.
Slieve Croob is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Newry,Mourne and Down,Northern Ireland. The district elects five members to Newry,Mourne and Down District Council and contains the wards of Ballydugan,Ballyward,Castlewellan,Drumaness and Dundrum. Slieve Croob forms part of the South Down constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
Crotlieve is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Newry,Mourne and Down,Northern Ireland. The district elects six members to Newry,Mourne and Down District Council and contains the wards of Burren,Derryleckagh,Hilltown,Mayobridge,Rostrevor and Warrenpoint. Crotlieve forms part of the South Down constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
Newry is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Newry,Mourne and Down,Northern Ireland. The district elects six members to Newry,Mourne and Down District Council and contains the wards of Abbey,Ballybot,Damolly,Drumalane,Fathom and St. Patrick's. Newry forms part of the Newry and Armagh constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
Slieve Gullion is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Newry,Mourne and Down,Northern Ireland. The district elects seven members to Newry,Mourne and Down District Council and contains the wards of Bessbrook,Camlough,Crossmaglen,Forkhill,Mullaghbane,Newtownhamilton and Whitecross. Slieve Gullion forms part of the Newry and Armagh constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
Newry and Mourne Area B was one of the six district electoral areas in Newry and Mourne,Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected four members to Newry and Mourne District Council,and formed part of the South Down constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
