1993 Newry and Mourne District Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1993
1993 Newry and Mourne District Council election
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All 30 seats to Newry and Mourne District Council
16 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party SDLP UUP Sinn Féin
Seats won 15 6 5
Seat change Decrease 2 Steady 0 Increase 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Ind. Nationalist DUP Independent
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change Steady 0 Increase 1 Increase 1
  Seventh party
 
Party Protestant Unionist
Seats won 0
Seat change Decrease 1

Elections to Newry and Mourne District Council were held on 19 May 1993 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.

Election results

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Newry and Mourne District Council Election Result 1993[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SDLP 15 0 2 Decrease2 50.0 47.9 17,517 Decrease1.5
  UUP 6 0 0 Steady0 20.0 20.9 7,655 Increase2.4
  Sinn Féin 5 1 0 Increase1 16.7 18.1 6,619 Increase4.1
  Ind. Nationalist 2 1 1 Steady0 6.7 5.5 2,016 Increase0.4
  Independent 1 1 0 Increase1 3.3 3.6 1,319 Decrease0.1
  DUP 1 1 0 Increase1 3.3 2.3 856 Decrease0.9
  Workers' Party 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.0 381 Increase0.1
  Independent Labour 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.6 210 Increase0.6

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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Results of the Newry and Mourne District Council election, 1993
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
SDLP UUP Sinn Féin DUP Others
Crotlieve 58.6 4 12.1 1 4.8 0 0.0 0 24.5 2 7
Newry Town 43.7 3 11.2 1 22.8 2 0.0 0 22.3 1 7
Slieve Gullion 54.0 3 0.0 0 46.0 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 5
The Fews 44.7 3 36.5 2 18.8 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 6
The Mournes 36.8 2 46.8 2 3.6 0 12.8 1 0.0 0 5
Total 47.9 15 20.9 6 18.1 5 2.3 1 10.8 3 30

District results

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Crotlieve

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1989: 5 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993: 4 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x UUP
1989-1993 Change: Independent Nationalist gain from SDLP

Crotlieve - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SDLP P. J. Bradley* 19.48% 1,698        
SDLP Hugh Carr* 12.45% 1,085 1,330.31      
Ind. Nationalist Anthony Williamson 12.13% 1,057 1,070.69 1,085.43 1,159.43  
Ind. Nationalist Ciaran Mussen* 11.00% 959 980.46 1,000.05 1,124.05  
SDLP Jim McCart* 9.51% 829 944.44 970.29 1,011.66 1,185.56
UUP Gordon Heslip 12.14% 1,058 1,060.59 1,065.96 1,066.96 1,073.99
SDLP Mary O'Hare 10.21% 890 949.94 976.23 1,014.71 1,035.8
SDLP Brian Mulligan* 6.91% 602 723.36 732.69 782.17 810.29
Sinn Féin Ann Marie Willis 4.83% 421 425.81 441.92    
Workers' Party Raymond McEvoy 1.33% 116 135.24      
Electorate: 13,640   Valid: 8,715 (63.89%)   Spoilt: 227   Quota: 1,090   Turnout: 8,942 (65.56%)  

Newry Town

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1989: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin and Independent gain from SDLP and Independent Nationalist

Newry Town - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Sinn Féin Davy Hyland 12.41% 997 1,002 1,015      
Independent Jack Patterson 7.44% 598 621 650 800 1,019  
SDLP Patrick McElroy* 10.33% 830 857 893 913 943 1,014
SDLP Frank Feely* 8.49% 682 690 704 720 737 1,013
SDLP Arthur Ruddy* 10.26% 824 841 850 874 932 982
Sinn Féin Brendan Curran* 10.36% 832 849 863 893 933 958
UUP William McCaigue* 11.24% 903 911 920 925 939 945
SDLP Sean Gallogly* 7.94% 638 645 674 695 705 805
SDLP Patrick Courtney 6.64% 533 542 554 578 601  
Independent Richard Rodgers 4.92% 395 423 449 505    
Independent James Markey 4.06% 326 339 384      
Workers' Party Anthony Hutchinson 3.30% 265 277        
Independent Labour Noel Sloan 2.61% 210          
Electorate: 13,701   Valid: 8,033 (58.63%)   Spoilt: 296   Quota: 1,005   Turnout: 8,329 (60.79%)  

Slieve Gullion

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1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1989-1993 Change: No change

Slieve Gullion - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
SDLP John Fee* 20.08% 1,227    
Sinn Féin Jim McAllister* 17.77% 1,086    
Sinn Féin Patrick McDonald 16.82% 1,028    
SDLP Pat Toner* 14.15% 865 1,121  
SDLP Terry Mulkerns 13.01% 795 885 1,061.75
Sinn Féin Patrick Brennan 11.42% 698 718 743.75
SDLP Michael McShane 6.74% 412    
Electorate: 9,214   Valid: 6,111 (66.32%)   Spoilt: 208   Quota: 1,019   Turnout: 6,319 (68.58%)  

The Fews

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1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989-1993 Change: No change

The Fews - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
UUP Danny Kennedy* 25.17% 1,765      
SDLP Stephen McGinn* 17.18% 1,205      
UUP Arthur Lockhart 11.32% 794 1,541.56    
SDLP James Savage* 13.68% 959 962.96 1,030.72  
SDLP Charlie Smyth* 13.89% 974 977.96 1,028.12  
Sinn Féin Conor Murphy* 10.85% 761 761.44 762.32 907.87
Sinn Féin Jimmy McCreesh 7.90% 554 554.44 556.64 613.44
Electorate: 10,399   Valid: 7,012 (67.43%)   Spoilt: 270   Quota: 1,002   Turnout: 7,282 (70.03%)  

The Mournes

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1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Protestant Unionist
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1989-1993 Change: DUP gain from Protestant Unionist

The Mournes - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
UUP Henry Reilly* 24.57% 1,647    
UUP Isaac Hanna 22.20% 1,488    
SDLP Emmett Haughian* 22.13% 1,483    
DUP William Burns 12.77% 856 1,371.55  
SDLP Austin Crawford* 14.71% 986 997.2 1,198.2
Sinn Féin Michael McAleenan 3.61% 242 242.35 245.35
Electorate: 9,729   Valid: 6,702 (68.89%)   Spoilt: 191   Quota: 1,118   Turnout: 6,893 (70.85%)  

References

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  1. ^ a b "Newry and Mourne Council Elections, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
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