1993 Strabane District Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1993
1993 Strabane District Council election
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All 16 seats to Strabane District Council
9 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party SDLP UUP DUP
Seats won 5 4 3
Seat change Increase 2 Increase 1 Steady 0
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Ind. Nationalist Ind. Unionist
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change Steady 0 Decrease 1 Steady 0
  Seventh party
 
Party Alliance
Seats won 0
Seat change Decrease 1

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

Strabane District Council Election Result 1993[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SDLP 5 2 0 Increase2 31.3 27.3 4,603 Increase9.4
  UUP 4 1 0 Increase1 25.0 19.9 3,349 Decrease0.4
  DUP 3 0 0 Steady0 18.8 19.9 3,361 Increase0.2
  Sinn Féin 2 0 0 Steady0 25.0 21.1 3,561 Steady0.0
  Ind. Nationalist 1 0 1 Decrease1 6.3 5.3 886 Decrease9.5
  Ind. Unionist 1 0 0 Steady0 6.3 3.3 551 Decrease1.7
  Alliance 0 0 1 Decrease1 0.0 2.2 367 Increase1.1
  Democratic Left 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.8 136 New
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.2 39 Increase0.2

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Strabane District Council election, 1993
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
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

Derg

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

Derg - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SDLP Laurence McNamee* 19.95% 1,131          
UUP Edward Turner* 18.97% 1,075          
Sinn Féin Charles McHugh* 17.52% 993          
DUP 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
DUP 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    
Ind. 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

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

Glenelly - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SDLP John Gallagher* 18.39% 968            
UUP James Emery* 16.64% 876 879          
DUP Allan Bresland 15.67% 825 830 830.5 974.5      
DUP John Donnell* 14.32% 754 765 765.1 890.1      
UUP 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  
SDLP Bernard McDermott 4.50% 237 239 308.6 308.6 309.59    
DUP 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

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

Mourne - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Sinn Féin Ivan Barr* 20.76% 1,229        
UUP John Cummings* 16.27% 963        
SDLP Mary McElroy 15.63% 925        
Ind. Nationalist James O'Kane* 14.14% 837 879.24      
SDLP Thomas Mullen 12.72% 753 813.39 855.39    
SDLP 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

  1. ^ a b "Strabane Council Elections, 1997-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 10 August 2021.