Down District Council

Down District
Sign bearing Down District Council logo
Area	647 km2 (250 sq mi)  Ranked 7th of 26
District HQ	Downpatrick
Catholic	62.5%
Protestant	32.1%
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Councillors	MLAs South Down & Strangford DUP: 3 UUP: 1 Sinn Féin: 2 SDLP: 1 Alliance Party: 3 MPs Chris Hazzard (SF) Jim Shannon (DUP)
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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.

The Council was headquartered in Downpatrick. Other towns in the Council area were Ardglass, Ballynahinch, Castlewellan, Clough, Crossgar, Dundrum, Killough, Killyleagh, Newcastle, Saintfield, Seaforde and Strangford.

The Down District Council area consisted of 4 electoral areas: Ballynahinch, Downpatrick, Newcastle and Rowallane. At the last election in 2011, 23 Councillors were elected from the following political parties: 9 SDLP, 5 Sinn Féin, 3 DUP, 3 UUP, 1 Alliance Party, 1 Green Party, 1 Independent. The Council Chairman for the 2011/2012 council term was Councillor Dermot Curran (SDLP) and the Vice Chair is Councillor Liam Johnston (Sinn Féin).

In elections for the Westminster Parliament, Down was split between the Strangford constituency and the South Down constituency.