1993 Castlereagh Borough Council election

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1993 Castlereagh Borough Council election
  1989 19 May 1993 (1993-05-19) 1997  

All 23 seats to Castlereagh Borough Council
12 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party DUP UUP Alliance
Seats won965
Seat changeSteady2.svg 0Steady2.svg 0Increase2.svg 1

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party Ind. Unionist UPUP
Seats won21
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg 0

Castlereagh 1993 election.svg
Party with the most votes by district.

Elections to Castlereagh Borough Council were held on 19 May 1993 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 23 councillors.

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Election results

Castlereagh Borough Council Election Result 1993 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  DUP 900Steady2.svg039.144.18,877Decrease2.svg0.9
  UUP 600Steady2.svg026.121.94,405Decrease2.svg5.1
  Alliance 510Increase2.svg121.721.94,412Increase2.svg0.4
  Ind. Unionist 210Increase2.svg18.73.8759Steady2.svg0.0
  UPUP 100Steady2.svg04.32.8557Increase2.svg0.3
  NI Conservatives 000Steady2.svg00.05.51,104New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Castlereagh Borough Council election, 1993
by district
Ward%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
DUP UUP Alliance UPUP Others
Castlereagh Central57.4315.1118.610.008.916
Castlereagh East52.038.9115.319.3114.517
Castlereagh South30.5131.0231.120.007.405
Castlereagh West31.8237.9225.610.004.705
Total44.1921.9621.952.819.3223

Districts results

Castlereagh Central

1993: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

Castlereagh Central - 6 seats [2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456789
DUP Peter Robinson *53.27%2,775        
Alliance Patrick Mitchell*15.01%782        
UUP Alan Carson*12.57%655802       
DUP John Norris0.90%47770.75       
DUP Cecil Moore2.17%113689 695 707.8 708 723.74 737.31 746.31 
Ind. Unionist Grant Dillon*6.53%340450.25 452.75 471.31 471.83 472.63 505.81 570.92 645.92
DUP Mary Fairfield1.06%55417.25 423 431.32 431.48 433.5 442.41 469 493
Alliance Ann Smith3.55%185209.75 214.5 216.1 245.22 245.34 292.08 320.1  
UUP Ellen Gray*1.98%103142 164 174.24 174.6 174.84 206.33   
NI Conservatives Leeburn Stitt2.42%126144.75 146.75 151.23 151.75 151.81    
UUP John Ferris0.54%2846        
Electorate: 11,260  Valid: 5,209 (46.26%)  Spoilt: 202  Quota: 745  Turnout: 5,411 (48.06%)  

    Castlereagh East

    1993: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UPUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

    Castlereagh East - 7 seats [2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    DUP Iris Robinson *45.13%2,690       
    Alliance Peter Osborne15.27%910       
    DUP Matthew Anderson*3.89%2321,364.94      
    DUP Sandy Geddis1.44%86298.38 831.58     
    UPUP Tommy Jeffers*9.34%557676.88 688.88 732.66 736.36   
    UUP John Bell*8.00%477531.02 539.02 563.44 607.76 608.36 632.44 723.44
    Ind. Unionist William Abraham*7.03%419493.74 502.14 523.48 532.1 532.88 547.56 624.02
    NI Conservatives David Munster3.88%231262.08 264.48 294.18 295.18 295.48 496.52 520.6
    DUP Will Kelly1.54%92362.1 395.3 399.48 409.52 484.1 491.2  
    NI Conservatives Barbara Finney3.52%210231.46 235.06 266.3 267.52 267.88   
    UUP John Boyle*0.95%5776.98 81.38 89.74     
    Electorate: 15,253  Valid: 5,961 (39.08%)  Spoilt: 125  Quota: 746  Turnout: 6,086 (39.90%)  

      Castlereagh South

      1993: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP

      Castlereagh South - 5 seats [2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456
      UUP John Beattie22.75%1,003     
      DUP Myreve Chambers*22.14%976     
      Alliance Geraldine Rice*18.94%835     
      Alliance Margaret Marshall12.18%537543.48 553.48 557.73 654.1 749.5
      UUP Marie Luney8.23%363585.48 586.48 601.73 726.95 728.15
      DUP Charlie Tosh8.35%368379.88 380.88 592.88 625.54 626.62
      NI Conservatives Michael Henderson6.37%281299.09 329.36 335.61   
      NI Conservatives Joyce Young1.04%4646.81     
      Electorate: 10,556  Valid: 4,409 (41.77%)  Spoilt: 118  Quota: 735  Turnout: 4,527 (42.89%)  

        Castlereagh West

        1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

        Castlereagh West - 5 seats [2]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456
        UUP John Taylor *34.16%1,549     
        DUP Ernest Harper*21.81%989     
        Alliance David Andrews20.40%925     
        UUP William Stevenson3.75%170781    
        DUP William Clulow8.05%365434.16 493.68 496.2 518.84 796.44
        Alliance Sara Duncan5.25%238264 266.4 420.66 531.52 546.64
        DUP William Smyth2.95%89139.96 309.16 310.42 349.78  
        NI Conservatives Andrew Fee4.63%210232.36 232.84 237.34   
        Electorate: 10,557  Valid: 4,535 (42.96%)  Spoilt: 120  Quota: 756  Turnout: 4,655 (44.09%)  

          References

          1. 1 2 "Castlereagh Council Election Results 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
          2. 1 2 3 4 "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.