1993 Strabane District Council election
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Elections to Strabane District Council were held on 19 May 1993 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 16 councillors.
Election results[edit]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Social Democratic and Labour | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 31.3 | 27.3 | 4,603 | 9.4 | |
Ulster Unionist | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 | 19.9 | 3,349 | 0.4 | |
Democratic Unionist | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.8 | 19.9 | 3,361 | 0.2 | |
Sinn Féin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 21.1 | 3,561 | 0.0 | |
Independent Nationalist | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 886 | 9.5 | |
Ind. Unionist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 3.3 | 551 | 1.7 | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 367 | 1.1 | |
Democratic Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 136 | New | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 39 | 0.2 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary[edit]
Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
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SDLP | UUP | DUP | Sinn Féin | Others | |||||||
Derg | 20.0 | 1 | 19.0 | 1 | 26.2 | 1 | 24.3 | 1 | 10.5 | 1 | 5 |
Glenelly | 22.9 | 1 | 24.9 | 2 | 35.7 | 2 | 8.8 | 0 | 7.7 | 0 | 5 |
Mourne | 38.3 | 3 | 16.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 29.0 | 1 | 16.4 | 1 | 6 |
Total | 27.3 | 5 | 19.9 | 4 | 19.9 | 3 | 21.1 | 3 | 11.8 | 1 | 16 |
District results[edit]
Derg[edit]
1989: 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1993: 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1989-1993 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Laurence McNamee* | 19.95% | 1,131 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | Edward Turner* | 18.97% | 1,075 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | Charles McHugh* | 17.52% | 993 | ||||||
Democratic Unionist | Thomas Kerrigan* | 15.98% | 906 | 909.74 | 917.44 | 965.56 | |||
Ind. Unionist | Derek Hussey* | 9.72% | 551 | 556.44 | 569.54 | 626.42 | 636.16 | 649.16 | |
Democratic Unionist | Samuel Allison | 10.18% | 577 | 579.72 | 580.4 | 601.16 | 610.92 | 616.92 | |
Sinn Féin | Sean Elliott | 6.81% | 386 | 488.68 | 506.24 | 506.36 | |||
Independent Nationalist | Denis McCrory | 0.86% | 49 | 117 | |||||
Electorate: 7,995 Valid: 5,668 (70.89%) Spoilt: 166 Quota: 945 Turnout: 5,834 (72.97%) |
Glenelly[edit]
1989: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1989-1993 Change: UUP gain from Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | John Gallagher* | 18.39% | 968 | |||||||
Ulster Unionist | James Emery* | 16.64% | 876 | 879 | ||||||
Democratic Unionist | Allan Bresland | 15.67% | 825 | 830 | 830.5 | 974.5 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | John Donnell* | 14.32% | 754 | 765 | 765.1 | 890.1 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Samuel Martin | 8.26% | 435 | 435 | 435.1 | 453.1 | 544.18 | 546.38 | 686.45 | |
Sinn Féin | Patrick Kelly | 8.83% | 465 | 466 | 472.5 | 472.5 | 472.5 | 544.1 | 595.3 | |
Alliance | John Devine | 6.97% | 367 | 380 | 391.9 | 394 | 397.96 | 506.66 | ||
Social Democratic and Labour | Bernard McDermott | 4.50% | 237 | 239 | 308.6 | 308.6 | 309.59 | |||
Democratic Unionist | Derek Reaney | 5.68% | 299 | 299 | 299.2 | |||||
Independent | Hughes Colhoun* | 0.74% | 39 | |||||||
Electorate: 7,432 Valid: 5,265 (70.84%) Spoilt: 143 Quota: 878 Turnout: 5,408 (72.77%) |
Mourne[edit]
1989: 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
1993: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1989-1993 Change: SDLP (two seats) gain from Independent Nationalist and due to the addition of one seat
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Ivan Barr* | 20.76% | 1,229 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | John Cummings* | 16.27% | 963 | |||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Mary McElroy | 15.63% | 925 | |||||
Independent Nationalist | James O'Kane* | 14.14% | 837 | 879.24 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Thomas Mullen | 12.72% | 753 | 813.39 | 855.39 | |||
Social Democratic and Labour | Paul O'Hare | 9.95% | 589 | 610.78 | 643.75 | 759.03 | 831.73 | |
Sinn Féin | Elayne McNicholl | 8.24% | 488 | 723.29 | 737.6 | 738.48 | 740.68 | |
Democratic Left | Francis McCay | 2.30% | 136 | 150.85 | ||||
Electorate: 9,783 Valid: 5,920 (60.51%) Spoilt: 231 Quota: 846 Turnout: 6,151 (62.87%) |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Strabane Council Elections, 1997-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 10 August 2021.