1993 Cookstown District Council election

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

Elections to Cookstown 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

Cookstown District Council Election Result 1993[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SDLP 5 0 0 Steady0 31.3 30.0 5,084 Increase4.2
  UUP 5 2 0 Increase2 25.0 26.5 4,477 Increase3.3
  DUP 3 0 2 Decrease2 18.8 17.5 2,954 Decrease6.5
  Sinn Féin 2 0 0 Steady0 12.5 20.7 3,496 Increase0.4
  Ind. Unionist 1 0 0 Steady0 6.3 4.8 818 Increase0.2
  Democratic Left 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.3 51 New
  Independent Labour 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.2 44 Increase0.2

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Cookstown District Council election, 1993
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
SDLP UUP DUP Sinn Féin Others
Ballinderry 33.0 2 21.0 2 22.6 1 23.4 1 0.0 0 6
Cookstown Central 30.9 2 37.6 2 15.8 1 13.8 0 1.9 0 5
Drum Manor 25.6 1 22.4 1 12.6 1 23.9 1 15.5 1 5
Total 30.0 5 26.5 5 17.5 3 20.7 2 5.3 1 16

District results

Ballinderry

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

Ballinderry - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SDLP Patsy McGlone 20.05% 1,314        
Sinn Féin Seamus Campbell 18.90% 1,239        
SDLP Francis Rocks 12.94% 848 1,205.6      
DUP Anne McCrea 14.28% 936 936.6 936.87 940.47  
UUP Thomas Greer 10.47% 686 686.3 687.11 690.11 980.11
UUP Victor McGahie* 10.51% 689 690.5 692.12 701.12 926.42
Sinn Féin Noel Quinn 4.50% 295 310.3 602.98 702.58 702.58
DUP Samuel McCartney* 8.35% 547 547.3 548.11 549.61  
Electorate: 8,151   Valid: 6,554 (80.41%)   Spoilt: 211   Quota: 937   Turnout: 6,765 (83.00%)  

Cookstown Central

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

Cookstown Central - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
UUP Trevor Wilson* 29.70% 1,514            
SDLP Denis Haughey* 18.42% 939            
UUP Ian Montgomery 7.94% 405 949.28          
DUP William Larmour 12.44% 634 712.76 767 783.84 784.11 953.11  
SDLP Margaret Laverty* 12.46% 635 635.44 637.36 672.68 748.19 758.59 779.59
Sinn Féin Martin Conlon 13.81% 704 704 704.08 716.08 720.67 720.76 720.76
DUP Rodney Mitchell 3.37% 172 201.48 231.16 239.84 240.02    
Democratic Left Edwin Espie 1.00% 51 54.08 55.68        
Independent Labour Harry Hutchinson 0.86% 44 44.44 45.56        
Electorate: 7,047   Valid: 5,098 (72.34%)   Spoilt: 112   Quota: 850   Turnout: 5,210 (73.93%)  

Drum Manor

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

Drum Manor - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
UUP Samuel Glasgow* 22.44% 1,183        
Sinn Féin Sean Begley* 20.35% 1,073        
Ind. Unionist Samuel Parke* 15.52% 818 1,037.7      
DUP William Cuddy 12.61% 665 739.62 739.62 884.97  
SDLP James McGarvey* 15.91% 839 846.28 853.3 859 906.8
SDLP Sean Mallon 9.65% 509 510.04 515.26 515.64 602.78
Sinn Féin Finbar Conway 3.51% 185 185.52 360.12 360.12  
Electorate: 6,335   Valid: 5,272 (83.22%)   Spoilt: 147   Quota: 879   Turnout: 5,419 (85.54%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Cookstown District Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 5 August 2021.