1993 Omagh District Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1993
1993 Omagh District Council election
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All 21 seats to Omagh District Council
11 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Sinn Féin SDLP UUP
Seats won 6 5 4
Seat change Steady 0 Decrease 1 Decrease 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party DUP Alliance Ind. Nationalist
Seats won 3 1 1
Seat change Steady 0 Increase 1 Steady 0
  Seventh party
 
Party Independent Labour
Seats won 1
Seat change Increase 1

Elections to Omagh 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 21 councillors.

Election results

Omagh District Council Election Result 1993[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Sinn Féin 6 0 0 Steady0 28.6 24.3 5,338 Decrease0.6
  SDLP 5 0 1 Decrease1 23.8 24.5 5,386 Decrease1.6
  UUP 4 0 1 Decrease1 19.0 20.0 4,008 Decrease1.9
  DUP 3 1 1 Steady0 14.3 15.4 3,393 Increase0.3
  Alliance 1 1 0 Increase1 4.8 5.0 1,092 Increase1.3
  Independent Labour 1 1 0 Increase1 4.8 4.2 921 Increase4.2
  Ind. Nationalist 1 0 0 Steady0 4.8 3.2 700 Decrease0.9
  Workers' Party 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.9 422 Increase2.3
  Democratic Left 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.5 340 New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Omagh District Council election, 1993
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
Sinn Féin SDLP UUP DUP Alliance Others
Mid Tyrone 38.4 3 18.7 1 16.9 1 10.6 1 1.8 0 13.6 1 7
Omagh Town 12.0 1 25.1 2 16.1 1 20.6 1 11.6 1 14.6 1 7
West Tyrone 20.9 2 29.8 2 26.6 2 15.6 1 2.3 0 4.8 0 7
Total 24.3 6 24.5 5 20.0 4 15.4 3 5.0 1 10.8 2 21

District results

Mid Tyrone

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

Mid Tyrone - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Sinn Féin Patrick McMahon* 15.90% 1,216                  
UUP Desmond Anderson* 13.18% 1,008                  
Sinn Féin Barney McAleer* 11.52% 881 1,007.5                
Sinn Féin Sean Clarke* 10.94% 837 936 936 936.15 983.31          
DUP Drew Baxter 6.55% 501 501 505 515.3 515.3 515.3 784.65 788.65 1,004.65  
SDLP Seamus Shields* 8.03% 614 630.94 644.16 644.91 646.71 650.85 651.9 747.56 753.21 934.3
Ind. Nationalist Brian McGrath* 9.15% 700 705.06 728.06 728.21 728.48 733.07 733.07 789.38 794.68 863.92
SDLP Nuala McSherry 6.20% 474 474.88 491.88 492.13 492.22 492.58 492.58 631.07 633.07 668.32
Democratic Left Patrick McClean 4.45% 340 346.16 369.6 370.15 370.69 371.14 375.14 391.36 409.71  
UUP William Oldcroft 3.77% 288 288 309 343.2 343.2 343.2 379.55 380.6    
SDLP Patrick McLaughlin 4.43% 339 340.76 356.76 356.86 357.4 357.76 357.76      
DUP Jim Patterson 4.09% 313 313 314 317.05 317.05 317.05        
Alliance James Lagan 1.80% 138 138.88                
Electorate: 9,970   Valid: 7,649 (76.72%)   Spoilt: 228   Quota: 957   Turnout: 7,877 (79.01%)  

Omagh Town

1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Labour
1989-1993 Change: Alliance gain from DUP, Independent Labour leaves SDLP

Omagh Town - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
DUP Oliver Gibson* 14.83% 995                
SDLP Patrick McGowan* 14.01% 940                
Independent Labour Johnny McLaughlin* 13.73% 921                
UUP Wilfred Breen* 12.05% 808 835.36 839.36            
Alliance Ann Gormley 7.50% 503 504.12 516.12 528 547.03 771.1 837.92 878.92  
Sinn Féin Francis Mackey* 12.03% 807 807 811 815.62 835.53 837.64 838.75 863.75  
SDLP Joe Byrne 6.41% 430 430.32 435.32 461.72 470.74 477.83 480.27 751.07 768.07
DUP Ivan Burnside 5.81% 390 498.48 499.48 499.48 501.46 506.46 693.24 693.35 693.35
SDLP Stephen McKenna* 4.68% 314 314.32 327.32 378.58 401.46 404.28 407.6    
UUP Reuben McKelvey 4.04% 271 286.52 289.52 290.4 293.26 321.23      
Alliance Ethne McClelland 4.10% 275 276.76 279.76 282.29 286.03        
Workers' Party Hugh Mullin 0.81% 54 54              
Electorate: 10,799   Valid: 6,708 (62.12%)   Spoilt: 179   Quota: 839   Turnout: 6,887 (63.77%)  

West Tyrone

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

West Tyrone - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
DUP Thomas Buchanan 15.62% 1,194            
SDLP Liam McQuaid* 15.60% 1,192            
UUP Arthur McFarland* 14.95% 1,143            
UUP Allan Rainey* 7.99% 611 779.59 780.64 933.44 973.44    
Sinn Féin Gerry McMenamin* 11.72% 896 896.46 903.81 903.81 907.81 910.81 957.81
SDLP John Duffy 7.72% 590 590.23 661.21 661.37 694.37 707.44 884.55
Sinn Féin Patrick Watters 9.17% 701 701.46 719.52 719.68 719.68 721.47 762.46
SDLP James Connolly 6.45% 493 493.69 597.43 597.91 619.65 638.57 698.26
Workers' Party Tommy Owens 4.81% 368 368.92 395.59 396.07 431.12 456.1  
UUP William Wilson 3.65% 279 338.34 339.6 362.8 383.3    
Alliance Eric Bullick 2.30% 176 181.75 185.11 187.03      
Electorate: 10,209   Valid: 7,643 (74.87%)   Spoilt: 200   Quota: 956   Turnout: 7,843 (76.82%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Omagh Council Elections, 1997-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 15 August 2021.