1993 Magherafelt District Council election
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Elections to Magherafelt 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
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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SDLP | 5 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | 31.3 | 32.9 | 6,137 | ![]() | |
Sinn Féin | 4 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | 25.0 | 23.5 | 4,392 | ![]() | |
DUP | 4 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | 25.0 | 21.4 | 3,989 | ![]() | |
UUP | 3 | 0 | 1 | ![]() | 18.8 | 20.3 | 3,781 | ![]() | |
Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 1.9 | 363 | ![]() |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
[edit]Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
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SDLP | Sinn Féin | DUP | UUP | Others | |||||||
Magherafelt Town | 31.8 | 2 | 16.5 | 1 | 33.5 | 2 | 18.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
Moyola | 26.8 | 1 | 21.5 | 1 | 23.4 | 2 | 25.9 | 1 | 2.4 | 0 | 5 |
Sperrin | 39.8 | 2 | 33.1 | 2 | 6.2 | 0 | 17.3 | 1 | 3.6 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 32.9 | 5 | 23.5 | 4 | 21.4 | 4 | 20.3 | 3 | 1.9 | 0 | 16 |
District results
[edit]Magherafelt Town
[edit]1989: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989-1993 Change: SDLP gain due to the addition of one seat
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
DUP | William McCrea* | 31.73% | 2,142 | |||
SDLP | Patrick Kilpatrick* | 21.11% | 1,425 | |||
Sinn Féin | John Hurl* | 16.50% | 1,114 | |||
UUP | Ernest Caldwell* | 13.79% | 931 | 1,088.3 | ||
SDLP | Joseph McBride | 10.65% | 719 | 720.65 | 1,173.53 | |
DUP | Paul McLean* | 1.30% | 88 | 950.75 | 960.09 | |
UUP | George Shiels | 4.44% | 300 | 380.85 | 382.21 | |
DUP | Daniel McAllister | 0.47% | 32 | 85.35 | 88.41 | |
Electorate: 9,376 Valid: 6,751 (72.00%) Spoilt: 131 Quota: 965 Turnout: 6,882 (73.40%) |
Moyola
[edit]1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
SDLP | Patrick McErlean | 22.21% | 1,276 | |||||||
Sinn Féin | Margaret McKenna* | 13.61% | 782 | 797.34 | 812.42 | 1,204.84 | ||||
UUP | John Junkin* | 14.46% | 831 | 831 | 838 | 838 | 838 | 1,307.26 | ||
DUP | Thomas Catherwood* | 11.68% | 671 | 671 | 674 | 674 | 674 | 780 | 994.05 | |
DUP | Thomas Wilson | 11.70% | 672 | 672 | 672.26 | 672.26 | 672.26 | 745.26 | 834.06 | |
SDLP | Francis Madden | 4.56% | 262 | 529.54 | 610.46 | 642.14 | 720.8 | 720.8 | 723.02 | |
UUP | Norman Montgomery* | 11.40% | 655 | 655.26 | 658.26 | 658.26 | 658.26 | |||
Sinn Féin | Paul Henry | 7.90% | 454 | 465.44 | 476 | |||||
Workers' Party | Patrick Scullion | 2.47% | 142 | 164.52 | ||||||
Electorate: 7,935 Valid: 5,745 (72.40%) Spoilt: 179 Quota: 958 Turnout: 5,924 (74.66%) |
Sperrin
[edit]1989: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin from Independent Nationalist
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Patrick Groogan | 20.18% | 1,244 | |||
UUP | Robert Montgomery* | 17.26% | 1,064 | |||
SDLP | Kathleen Lagan | 15.16% | 935 | 950.3 | 1,090.64 | |
Sinn Féin | John Walsh | 12.94% | 798 | 967.2 | 990.18 | |
SDLP | Ghislaine O'Keeney* | 14.08% | 868 | 882.94 | 915.3 | |
SDLP | Francis McKendry | 10.57% | 652 | 654.88 | 689.78 | |
DUP | Wesley Brown | 6.23% | 384 | 384.18 | ||
Workers' Party | Francis Donnelly | 3.58% | 221 | 227.84 | ||
Electorate: 8,201 Valid: 6,166 (75.19%) Spoilt: 134 Quota: 1,028 Turnout: 6,300 (76.82%) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Magherafelt Council Elections, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 3 August 2021.