1993 Newry and Mourne District Council election
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Elections to Newry and Mourne District Council were held on 19 May 1993 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.
Election results[edit]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Social Democratic and Labour | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 47.9 | 17,517 | 1.5 | |
Ulster Unionist | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 20.9 | 7,655 | 2.4 | |
Sinn Féin | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16.7 | 18.1 | 6,619 | 4.1 | |
Independent Nationalist | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 2,016 | 0.4 | |
Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 1,319 | 0.1 | |
Democratic Unionist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 856 | 0.9 | |
Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 381 | 0.1 | |
Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 210 | 0.6 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary[edit]
Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
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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[edit]
Crotlieve[edit]
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | P. J. Bradley* | 19.48% | 1,698 | |||||
Social Democratic and Labour | 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 | ||
Social Democratic and Labour | 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 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Mary O'Hare | 10.21% | 890 | 949.94 | 976.23 | 1,014.71 | 1,035.8 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | 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[edit]
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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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 | ||
Social Democratic and Labour | Patrick McElroy* | 10.33% | 830 | 857 | 893 | 913 | 943 | 1,014 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Frank Feely* | 8.49% | 682 | 690 | 704 | 720 | 737 | 1,013 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | 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 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Sean Gallogly* | 7.94% | 638 | 645 | 674 | 695 | 705 | 805 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | 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[edit]
1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1989-1993 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | John Fee* | 20.08% | 1,227 | |||
Sinn Féin | Jim McAllister* | 17.77% | 1,086 | |||
Sinn Féin | Patrick McDonald | 16.82% | 1,028 | |||
Social Democratic and Labour | Pat Toner* | 14.15% | 865 | 1,121 | ||
Social Democratic and Labour | Terry Mulkerns | 13.01% | 795 | 885 | 1,061.75 | |
Sinn Féin | Patrick Brennan | 11.42% | 698 | 718 | 743.75 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | 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[edit]
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Danny Kennedy* | 25.17% | 1,765 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Stephen McGinn* | 17.18% | 1,205 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Arthur Lockhart | 11.32% | 794 | 1,541.56 | |||
Social Democratic and Labour | James Savage* | 13.68% | 959 | 962.96 | 1,030.72 | ||
Social Democratic and Labour | 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[edit]
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Henry Reilly* | 24.57% | 1,647 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Isaac Hanna | 22.20% | 1,488 | |||
Social Democratic and Labour | Emmett Haughian* | 22.13% | 1,483 | |||
Democratic Unionist | William Burns | 12.77% | 856 | 1,371.55 | ||
Social Democratic and Labour | 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[edit]
- ^ a b "Newry and Mourne Council Elections, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c d e "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 29 July 2021.