1993 Dungannon District Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1993
1993 Dungannon District Council election
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All 22 seats to Dungannon District Council
12 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party UUP Sinn Féin SDLP
Seats won 8 5 4
Seat change Steady 0 Increase 2 Decrease 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party DUP Democratic Left Ind. Nationalist
Seats won 3 1 1
Seat change Steady 0 Increase 1 Decrease 1
  Seventh party
 
Party Workers' Party
Seats won 0
Seat change Decrease 1

Elections to Dungannon District Council were held on 19 May 1993 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 22 councillors.

Election results

Dungannon District Council Election Result 1993[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  UUP 8 0 0 Steady0 36.4 31.8 7,680 Decrease5.7
  Sinn Féin 5 2 0 Increase2 22.7 24.1 5,818 Increase5.4
  SDLP 4 0 1 Decrease1 18.2 20.4 4,934 Increase0.3
  DUP 3 0 0 Steady0 13.6 14.8 3,562 Increase1.7
  Ind. Nationalist 1 0 1 Decrease1 4.5 6.3 1,511 Decrease3.2
  Democratic Left 1 1 0 Increase1 4.5 1.9 457 New
  Ind. Unionist 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.7 174 Increase0.7

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Dungannon District Council election, 1993
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
UUP Sinn Féin SDLP DUP DL Others
Blackwater 43.7 3 9.5 0 18.2 1 28.6 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 5
Clogher Valley 33.5 2 19.5 1 28.9 1 18.1 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 5
Dungannon Town 33.6 2 20.4 1 12.3 1 15.6 1 7.9 1 10.2 0 6
Torrent 19.2 1 43.0 3 21.9 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 15.9 1 6
Total 31.8 8 24.1 5 20.4 4 14.8 3 1.9 1 7.0 1 22

District results

Blackwater

1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1989-1993 Change: No change

Blackwater - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
DUP James Ewing* 18.58% 1,038    
SDLP Patrick Daly* 18.20% 1,017    
UUP Derek Irwin* 14.93% 834 849.3 871.3
UUP Jim Brady* 14.98% 837 848 864
UUP Jim Hamilton* 13.76% 769 776.7 788.7
DUP Robert McFarland 10.01% 559 627 635
Sinn Féin Anthony Fox 9.54% 533 533  
Electorate: 7,461   Valid: 5,587 (74.88%)   Spoilt: 98   Quota: 932   Turnout: 5,685 (76.20%)  

Clogher Valley

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

Clogher Valley - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Sinn Féin Raymond McMahon* 19.45% 1,141    
UUP Noel Mulligan* 18.87% 1,107    
SDLP Anthony McGonnell* 18.16% 1,065    
DUP William McIlwrath* 18.07% 1,060    
UUP Robert Mulligan 14.68% 861 863.73 991.17
SDLP Bernadette McGirr 10.76% 631 787.39 788.71
Electorate: 7,228   Valid: 5,865 (81.14%)   Spoilt: 99   Quota: 978   Turnout: 5,964 (82.51%)  

Dungannon Town

1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Workers' Party, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Democratic Left
1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Independent Nationalist, Workers' Party joins Democratic Left

Dungannon Town - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Sinn Féin Vincent Kelly 20.35% 1,180            
DUP Maurice Morrow* 15.61% 905            
UUP Leslie Holmes 13.82% 801 801.65 876.65        
UUP William Brown* 11.54% 669 669 691.65 714.87 725.79 1,129.79  
SDLP Vincent Currie* 10.16% 589 641 746.7 747.06 748.88 771.43 834.43
Democratic Left Gerry Cullen* 7.88% 457 524.6 566.8 579.76 589.77 642.03 708.03
Ind. Nationalist Michael McLoughlin* 7.17% 416 613.6 631.55 632.09 632.09 644.03 670.03
UUP Ken Maginnis* 8.31% 482 489.15 529.15 564.25 588.82    
Ind. Unionist Simon Dilworth 3.00% 174 174.65          
SDLP Peggy Devlin 2.16% 125 148.4          
Electorate: 8,451   Valid: 5,798 (68.61%)   Spoilt: 75   Quota: 829   Turnout: 5,873 (69.49%)  

Torrent

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

Torrent - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Sinn Féin Francie Molloy 21.52% 1,482          
UUP Norman Badger 19.17% 1,320          
Ind. Nationalist Jim Canning* 15.90% 1,095          
Sinn Féin Brendan Doris* 10.33% 711 1,138.32        
SDLP Jim Cavanagh* 11.98% 825 835.44 982.8 985.14    
Sinn Féin Denise Sutton 11.20% 771 810.6 811.56 955.99 962.49 978.88
SDLP Angela Donnelly* 4.65% 320 323.6 471.92 472.05 516.25 817.95
SDLP Joe Gervin 5.26% 362 368.12 403.16 404.85 462.44  
Electorate: 9,047   Valid: 6,886 (76.11%)   Spoilt: 166   Quota: 984   Turnout: 7,052 (77.95%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Dungannon Borough Council, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 August 2021.