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The UUP's Harold McKee was re-elected this evening and is pictured with party worker Keith Agnew. Photograph: Columba O'Hare
The UUP's Harold McKee, right was re-elected this evening for The Mournes and is pictured with party worker Keith Agnew. Photograph: Columba O'Hare

The Count continues slowly but surely in Newry Sports Centre tonight with at this stage just 15 of the 41 seats taken for the new Council, provisionally named as Newry Mourne and Down.

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SDLP have 6, Sinn Fein have 5, UUP have 3 and UKIP 1.

Elected so far are:

Downpatrick:

Colin McGrath, SDLP, Dermot Curran, SDLP; Gareth Sharvin, SDLP

Rowallane:

Sinn Fein's Mickey Larkin, elected for Slieve Gullion with Daire Hughes and party worker Sean Hughes at the count tonight in Newry Sports Centre. Photograph: Columba O'Hare
Sinn Fein's Mickey Larkin, elected for Slieve Gullion with Daire Hughes and party worker Sean Hughes at the count tonight in Newry Sports Centre. Photograph: Columba O'Hare

Terry Andrews, SDLP; Robert Burgess, UUP

Slieve Gullion:

Terry Hearty, Sinn Féin; Geraldine Donnelly, SDLP; Mickey Larkin, Sinn Féin; David Taylor, UUP; Barra O’Muirí, Sinn Féin

Dermot Curran, left, successful SDLP candidate for Downpatrick chats to John Feehan and Margaret Ritchie at the count tonight. Photograph: Columba O'Hare
Dermot Curran, left, successful SDLP candidate for Downpatrick chats to John Feehan and Margaret Ritchie at the count tonight. Photograph: Columba O'Hare

The Mournes

Henry Reilly, UKIP; Laura Devlin, SDLP; Willie Clarke Sinn Féin; Sean Doran, Sinn Féin; Harold McKee, UUP

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