1993 Magherafelt District Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1993
1993 Magherafelt District Council election
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All 16 seats to Magherafelt District Council
9 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party SDLP Sinn Féin DUP
Seats won 5 4 4
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 1 Increase 1
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party UUP Ind. Nationalist
Seats won 3 0
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 1

Elections to Magherafelt 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

Magherafelt District Council Election Result 1993[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SDLP 5 1 0 Increase1 31.3 32.9 6,137 Increase6.2
  Sinn Féin 4 1 0 Increase1 25.0 23.5 4,392 Increase1.4
  DUP 4 1 0 Increase1 25.0 21.4 3,989 Decrease2.0
  UUP 3 0 1 Decrease1 18.8 20.3 3,781 Decrease0.4
  Workers' Party 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.9 363 Decrease1.4

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Magherafelt District Council election, 1993
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
SDLP Sinn Féin DUP UUP Others
Magherafelt Town 31.8 2 16.5 1 33.5 2 18.2 1 0.0 0 6
Moyola 26.8 1 21.5 1 23.4 2 25.9 1 2.4 0 5
Sperrin 39.8 2 33.1 2 6.2 0 17.3 1 3.6 0 5
Total 32.9 5 23.5 4 21.4 4 20.3 3 1.9 0 16

District results

Magherafelt Town

1989: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989-1993 Change: SDLP gain due to the addition of one seat

Magherafelt Town - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
DUP William McCrea* 31.73% 2,142    
SDLP Patrick Kilpatrick* 21.11% 1,425    
Sinn Féin John Hurl* 16.50% 1,114    
UUP Ernest Caldwell* 13.79% 931 1,088.3  
SDLP Joseph McBride 10.65% 719 720.65 1,173.53
DUP Paul McLean* 1.30% 88 950.75 960.09
UUP George Shiels 4.44% 300 380.85 382.21
DUP Daniel McAllister 0.47% 32 85.35 88.41
Electorate: 9,376   Valid: 6,751 (72.00%)   Spoilt: 131   Quota: 965   Turnout: 6,882 (73.40%)  

Moyola

1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP

Moyola - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SDLP Patrick McErlean 22.21% 1,276            
Sinn Féin Margaret McKenna* 13.61% 782 797.34 812.42 1,204.84      
UUP John Junkin* 14.46% 831 831 838 838 838 1,307.26  
DUP Thomas Catherwood* 11.68% 671 671 674 674 674 780 994.05
DUP Thomas Wilson 11.70% 672 672 672.26 672.26 672.26 745.26 834.06
SDLP Francis Madden 4.56% 262 529.54 610.46 642.14 720.8 720.8 723.02
UUP Norman Montgomery* 11.40% 655 655.26 658.26 658.26 658.26    
Sinn Féin Paul Henry 7.90% 454 465.44 476        
Workers' Party Patrick Scullion 2.47% 142 164.52          
Electorate: 7,935   Valid: 5,745 (72.40%)   Spoilt: 179   Quota: 958   Turnout: 5,924 (74.66%)  

Sperrin

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

Sperrin - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Sinn Féin Patrick Groogan 20.18% 1,244    
UUP Robert Montgomery* 17.26% 1,064    
SDLP Kathleen Lagan 15.16% 935 950.3 1,090.64
Sinn Féin John Walsh 12.94% 798 967.2 990.18
SDLP Ghislaine O'Keeney* 14.08% 868 882.94 915.3
SDLP Francis McKendry 10.57% 652 654.88 689.78
DUP Wesley Brown 6.23% 384 384.18  
Workers' Party Francis Donnelly 3.58% 221 227.84  
Electorate: 8,201   Valid: 6,166 (75.19%)   Spoilt: 134   Quota: 1,028   Turnout: 6,300 (76.82%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Magherafelt Council Elections, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 3 August 2021.