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 | +/− | |
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SDLP | 15 | 0 | 2 | ![]() | 50.0 | 47.9 | 17,517 | ![]() | |
UUP | 6 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 20.0 | 20.9 | 7,655 | ![]() | |
Sinn Féin | 5 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | 16.7 | 18.1 | 6,619 | ![]() | |
Ind. Nationalist | 2 | 1 | 1 | ![]() | 6.7 | 5.5 | 2,016 | ![]() | |
Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | 3.3 | 3.6 | 1,319 | ![]() | |
DUP | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | 3.3 | 2.3 | 856 | ![]() | |
Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 1.0 | 381 | ![]() | |
Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0.6 | 210 | ![]() |
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 | ||||
SDLP | P. J. Bradley* | 19.48% | 1,698 | |||||
SDLP | Hugh Carr* | 12.45% | 1,085 | 1,330.31 | ||||
Ind. Nationalist | Anthony Williamson | 12.13% | 1,057 | 1,070.69 | 1,085.43 | 1,159.43 | ||
Ind. 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 | |
UUP | 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
[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 | ||
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 | |
UUP | 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
[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 | ||||
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
[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 | ||||
UUP | Danny Kennedy* | 25.17% | 1,765 | ||||
SDLP | Stephen McGinn* | 17.18% | 1,205 | ||||
UUP | 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
[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 | ||||
UUP | Henry Reilly* | 24.57% | 1,647 | |||
UUP | 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
[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.