Rowallane 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 Ballynahinch, Crossgar and Killyleagh, Derryboy, Kilmore and Saintfield. 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.
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
2023: 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
2019âÂÂ2023 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
2014: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP<br />
2019: 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP<br />
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<br />
2011: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent<br />
2005-2011 Change: Independent gain from UUP
2001: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP<br />
2005: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP<br />
2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP<br />
2001: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP<br />
1997-2001 Change: No change
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP<br />
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP<br />
1993-1997 Change: No change
1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP<br />
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP<br />
1989-1993 Change: No change
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP<br />
1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP<br />
1985-1989 Change: No change
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP