Down District Council

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Down District
Image:NorthernIrelandDownBorough.png
Geography
Area
- Total
- % Water		 Ranked 7th
647 km²
? %
Admin HQ Downpatrick
ISO 3166-2 GB-DOW
ONS code 95R
Demographics
Population
- Total (2005)
- Density		 Ranked 9th
67,436
104 / km²
Community Protestant: 35.5%
Catholic: 61.9%
Politics
Down District Council
http://www.downdc.gov.uk
MPs Iris Robinson
Eddie McGrady

Down District Council is a Local Council in County Down in Northern Ireland. The Council is headquartered in Downpatrick. Other towns in the Council area are Ardglass, Ballynahinch, Castlewellan, Clough, Crossgar, Dundrum, Killough, Killyleagh, Newcastle, Saintfield, Seaforde and Strangford. It covers a population of nearly 64,000.

The Down District Council area consists of 4 electoral areas: Ballynahinch, Downpatrick, Newcastle and Rowallane. At the last election in 2005 23 Councillors were elected from the following political parties: 10 Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), 5 Sinn Féin, 4 Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), 3 Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and 1 Green Party. One of the UUP councillors has since defected to the Conservative Party. The current Council Chairman is Councillor Robert Burgess (UUP) and the Vice Chair is Councillor Carmel O'Boyle (SDLP).

The next elections are due to take place in May 2009.

In elections for the Westminster Parliament it is split between the Strangford constituency and the South Down constituency.

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Districts of Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland

Subdivisions created by the Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971

Antrim • Ards • Armagh • Ballymena • Ballymoney • Banbridge • Belfast • Carrickfergus • Castlereagh • Coleraine • Cookstown • Craigavon • Derry • Down • Dungannon and South Tyrone • Fermanagh • Larne • Limavady • Lisburn • Magherafelt • Moyle • Newry and Mourne • Newtownabbey • North Down • Omagh • Strabane

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