1993 Craigavon Borough Council election

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1993 Craigavon Borough Council election
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All 26 seats to Craigavon Borough Council
14 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party UUP SDLP DUP
Seats won 11 6 4
Seat change Decrease 1 Steady 0 Steady 0
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Alliance Workers' Party
Seats won 2 2 1
Seat change Increase 1 Steady 0 Steady 0

Elections to

councillors
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Election results

Craigavon Borough Council Election Result 1993[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  UUP 11 1 2 Decrease1 42.3 41.1 11,859 Decrease1.3
  SDLP 6 0 0 Steady0 23.1 24.9 7,184 Increase3.9
  DUP 4 1 1 Steady0 15.4 16.1 4,628 Increase1.7
  Sinn Féin 2 1 0 Increase1 7.7 9.2 2,649 Increase0.8
  Alliance 2 0 0 Steady0 7.7 6.2 1,788 Increase0.4
  Workers' Party 1 0 0 Steady0 3.8 1.8 510 Decrease2.5
  NI Conservatives 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.7 208 New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Craigavon Borough Council election, 1993
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
UUP SDLP DUP Sinn Féin Alliance Workers' Party Others
Craigavon Central
 42.6 3 19.5 1 15.2 1 11.2 1 7.8 1 3.7 0 0.0 0 7
Loughside 9.8 0 62.1 3 2.3 0 21.9 1 0.0 0 3.9 1 0.0 0 5
Lurgan 60.0 5 9.2 1 20.6 1 0.0 0 7.5 0 0.0 0 2.7 0 7
Portadown 43.8 3 18.4 1 22.8 2 8.0 0 7.0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 7
Total 41.1 11 24.9 6 16.1 4 9.2 2 6.2 2 1.8 1 0.7 0 26

District results

Craigavon Central

1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance
1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP

Craigavon Central - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
UUP Kenneth Twyble 16.12% 1,246            
DUP William Allen 15.16% 1,172            
UUP Frederick Crowe* 9.92% 767 808.36 907.36 910.36 982.36    
UUP Samuel McCammick* 8.47% 655 736.18 773.98 779.42 872.78 1,195.78  
SDLP Patricia Mallon 11.01% 851 851.22 851.4 933.4 934.4 936.02 937.02
Sinn Féin Brendan Curran* 11.19% 865 865.22 865.58 884.58 884.58 884.8 884.8
Alliance Sean Hagan* 7.79% 602 613.44 615.24 686.04 698.8 786.92 857.92
SDLP Gabriel O'Dowd 8.49% 656 656.44 626.62 709.62 709.62 714.34 718.34
UUP Elizabeth McClurg* 4.90% 379 471.84 500.28 505.12 630.08    
UUP Pauline Lindsay* 3.26% 252 291.6 320.04 321.04      
Workers' Party Tom French* 3.69% 285 286.98 287.52        
Electorate: 15,087   Valid: 7,730 (51.24%)   Spoilt: 250   Quota: 967   Turnout: 7,980 (52.89%)  

Loughside

1989: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party
1993: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party
1989-1993 Change: No change

Loughside - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SDLP Sean McCavanagh* 25.49% 1,470          
SDLP Hugh Casey* 22.43% 1,294          
Sinn Féin Brendan McConville 21.86% 1,261          
SDLP Dolores Kelly 14.16% 817 1,272.1        
Workers' Party Peter Smyth 3.90% 225 264.59 584.17 757.7 761.39 994.39
UUP Thomas Crozier 9.83% 567 568.11 573.33 577.77 700.83 708.83
DUP Anne Hanlon 2.32% 134 135.85 141.07 141.81    
Electorate: 11,256   Valid: 5,768 (51.24%)   Spoilt: 213   Quota: 962   Turnout: 5,981 (53.14%)  

Lurgan

1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993: 5 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1989-1993 Change: UUP gain from DUP

Lurgan - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
UUP Audrey Savage* 18.77% 1,472                
DUP Ruth Allen* 15.03% 1,179                
UUP Sydney Cairns* 12.31% 965 1,048.16              
UUP Samuel Lutton* 11.44% 897 1,007.22              
UUP Meta Crozier* 10.86% 852 959.91 987.28            
UUP Donald MacKay 3.67% 288 318.03 324.15 385.81 417.31 428.59 431.03 687.6 927.54
SDLP Mary McNally* 9.17% 719 720.65 720.99 724.99 724.99 725.07 725.07 726.07 858.48
DUP David Martin 5.59% 438 463.08 616.59 640.61 645.41 648.05 649.77 713.26 760.02
Alliance Wilson Freeburn 7.47% 586 591.61 593.31 638.97 643.77 644.25 644.57 671.49  
UUP William McCullough 3.03% 238 343.93 349.54 395.17 420.37 429.41 430.41    
NI Conservatives Colette Jones 2.65% 208 217.9 220.45            
Electorate: 14,012   Valid: 7,842 (55.97%)   Spoilt: 173   Quota: 981   Turnout: 8,015 (57.20%)  

Portadown

1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1989-1993 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Portadown - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
DUP Mervyn Carrick 18.96% 1,419          
SDLP Ignatius Fox* 18.39% 1,377          
UUP James Gillespie* 17.98% 1,346          
UUP Joseph Trueman* 13.40% 1,003          
UUP Brian Maguinness* 7.20% 539 611.08 613.42 924.97 1,229.97  
Alliance William Ramsay* 8.01% 600 612.92 919.07 928.06 963.06  
DUP John Tate 3.82% 286 636.54 636.93 650.88 749.74 921.24
Sinn Féin John Dunbar 6.99% 523 523.34 647.36 647.98 650.33 650.33
UUP Anna Moore* 5.25% 393 427 427.39 498.07    
Electorate: 13,876   Valid: 7,486 (53.95%)   Spoilt: 171   Quota: 936   Turnout: 7,657 (55.18%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Craigavon Borough Council, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
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