1993 Newry and Mourne District Council election

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1993 Newry and Mourne District Council election
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All 30 seats to Newry and Mourne District Council
16 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party SDLP Ulster Unionist Sinn Féin
Seats won 15 6 5
Seat change Decrease 2 Steady 0 Increase 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Independent Nationalist DUP
Independent
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change Steady 0 Increase 1 Increase 1
  Seventh party
 
Party
Protestant Unionist
Seats won 0
Seat change Decrease 1

Elections to

councillors
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Election results

Newry and Mourne District Council Election Result 1993[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SDLP 15 0 2 Decrease2 50.0 47.9 17,517 Decrease1.5
  Ulster Unionist 6 0 0 Steady0 20.0 20.9 7,655 Increase2.4
  Sinn Féin 5 1 0 Increase1 16.7 18.1 6,619 Increase4.1
  Independent Nationalist 2 1 1 Steady0 6.7 5.5 2,016 Increase0.4
 
Independent
 1 1 0 Increase1 3.3 3.6 1,319 Decrease0.1
  DUP 1 1 0 Increase1 3.3 2.3 856 Decrease0.9
  Workers' Party 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.0 381 Increase0.1
 
Independent Labour
 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.6 210 Increase0.6

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Newry and Mourne District Council election, 1993
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
SDLP UUP Sinn Féin DUP Others
Crotlieve 58.6 4 12.1 1 4.8 0 0.0 0 24.5 2 7
Newry Town 43.7 3 11.2 1 22.8 2 0.0 0 22.3 1 7
Slieve Gullion 54.0 3 0.0 0 46.0 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 5
The Fews 44.7 3 36.5 2 18.8 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 6
The Mournes 36.8 2 46.8 2 3.6 0 12.8 1 0.0 0 5
Total 47.9 15 20.9 6 18.1 5 2.3 1 10.8 3 30

District results

Crotlieve

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

Crotlieve - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SDLP P. J. Bradley* 19.48% 1,698        
SDLP Hugh Carr* 12.45% 1,085 1,330.31      
Independent Nationalist Anthony Williamson 12.13% 1,057 1,070.69 1,085.43 1,159.43  
Independent Nationalist Ciaran Mussen* 11.00% 959 980.46 1,000.05 1,124.05  
SDLP Jim McCart* 9.51% 829 944.44 970.29 1,011.66 1,185.56
Ulster Unionist Gordon Heslip 12.14% 1,058 1,060.59 1,065.96 1,066.96 1,073.99
SDLP Mary O'Hare 10.21% 890 949.94 976.23 1,014.71 1,035.8
SDLP Brian Mulligan* 6.91% 602 723.36 732.69 782.17 810.29
Sinn Féin Ann Marie Willis 4.83% 421 425.81 441.92    
Workers' Party Raymond McEvoy 1.33% 116 135.24      
Electorate: 13,640   Valid: 8,715 (63.89%)   Spoilt: 227   Quota: 1,090   Turnout: 8,942 (65.56%)  

Newry Town

1989: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin and Independent gain from SDLP and Independent Nationalist

Newry Town - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Sinn Féin Davy Hyland 12.41% 997 1,002 1,015      
Independent
 Jack Patterson 7.44% 598 621 650 800 1,019  
SDLP Patrick McElroy* 10.33% 830 857 893 913 943 1,014
SDLP Frank Feely* 8.49% 682 690 704 720 737 1,013
SDLP Arthur Ruddy* 10.26% 824 841 850 874 932 982
Sinn Féin Brendan Curran* 10.36% 832 849 863 893 933 958
Ulster Unionist William McCaigue* 11.24% 903 911 920 925 939 945
SDLP Sean Gallogly* 7.94% 638 645 674 695 705 805
SDLP Patrick Courtney 6.64% 533 542 554 578 601  
Independent
 Richard Rodgers 4.92% 395 423 449 505    
Independent
 James Markey 4.06% 326 339 384      
Workers' Party Anthony Hutchinson 3.30% 265 277        
Independent Labour
 Noel Sloan 2.61% 210          
Electorate: 13,701   Valid: 8,033 (58.63%)   Spoilt: 296   Quota: 1,005   Turnout: 8,329 (60.79%)  

Slieve Gullion

1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1989-1993 Change: No change

Slieve Gullion - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
SDLP John Fee* 20.08% 1,227    
Sinn Féin Jim McAllister* 17.77% 1,086    
Sinn Féin Patrick McDonald 16.82% 1,028    
SDLP Pat Toner* 14.15% 865 1,121  
SDLP Terry Mulkerns 13.01% 795 885 1,061.75
Sinn Féin Patrick Brennan 11.42% 698 718 743.75
SDLP Michael McShane 6.74% 412    
Electorate: 9,214   Valid: 6,111 (66.32%)   Spoilt: 208   Quota: 1,019   Turnout: 6,319 (68.58%)  

The Fews

1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989-1993 Change: No change

The Fews - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Ulster Unionist Danny Kennedy* 25.17% 1,765      
SDLP Stephen McGinn* 17.18% 1,205      
Ulster Unionist Arthur Lockhart 11.32% 794 1,541.56    
SDLP James Savage* 13.68% 959 962.96 1,030.72  
SDLP Charlie Smyth* 13.89% 974 977.96 1,028.12  
Sinn Féin Conor Murphy* 10.85% 761 761.44 762.32 907.87
Sinn Féin Jimmy McCreesh 7.90% 554 554.44 556.64 613.44
Electorate: 10,399   Valid: 7,012 (67.43%)   Spoilt: 270   Quota: 1,002   Turnout: 7,282 (70.03%)  

The Mournes

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

The Mournes - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Ulster Unionist Henry Reilly* 24.57% 1,647    
Ulster Unionist Isaac Hanna 22.20% 1,488    
SDLP Emmett Haughian* 22.13% 1,483    
DUP William Burns 12.77% 856 1,371.55  
SDLP Austin Crawford* 14.71% 986 997.2 1,198.2
Sinn Féin Michael McAleenan 3.61% 242 242.35 245.35
Electorate: 9,729   Valid: 6,702 (68.89%)   Spoilt: 191   Quota: 1,118   Turnout: 6,893 (70.85%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Newry and Mourne Council Elections, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
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