1993 Dungannon District Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1993

1993 Dungannon District Council election

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All 22 seats to Dungannon District Council 12 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party UUP Sinn Féin SDLP Seats won 8 5 4 Seat change 0 2 1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party DUP Democratic Left Ind. Nationalist Seats won 3 1 1 Seat change 0 1 1   Seventh party   Party Workers' Party Seats won 0 Seat change 1
Party with the most votes by district.

Elections to Dungannon District 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 22 councillors.

Election results

Dungannon District Council Election Result 1993 ^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	UUP	8	0	0	0	36.4	31.8	7,680	5.7
	Sinn Féin	5	2	0	2	22.7	24.1	5,818	5.4
	SDLP	4	0	1	1	18.2	20.4	4,934	0.3
	DUP	3	0	0	0	13.6	14.8	3,562	1.7
	Ind. Nationalist	1	0	1	1	4.5	6.3	1,511	3.2
	Democratic Left	1	1	0	1	4.5	1.9	457	New
	Ind. Unionist	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.7	174	0.7

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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Results of the Dungannon District Council election, 1993
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	UUP		Sinn Féin		SDLP		DUP		DL		Others
Blackwater	43.7	3	9.5	0	18.2	1	28.6	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	5
Clogher Valley	33.5	2	19.5	1	28.9	1	18.1	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	5
Dungannon Town	33.6	2	20.4	1	12.3	1	15.6	1	7.9	1	10.2	0	6
Torrent	19.2	1	43.0	3	21.9	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	15.9	1	6
Total	31.8	8	24.1	5	20.4	4	14.8	3	1.9	1	7.0	1	22

District results

Blackwater

1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1989-1993 Change: No change

Blackwater - 5 seats ^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	DUP	James Ewing*	18.58%	1,038
	SDLP	Patrick Daly*	18.20%	1,017
	UUP	Derek Irwin*	14.93%	834	849.3	871.3
	UUP	Jim Brady*	14.98%	837	848	864
	UUP	Jim Hamilton*	13.76%	769	776.7	788.7
	DUP	Robert McFarland	10.01%	559	627	635
	Sinn Féin	Anthony Fox	9.54%	533	533
Electorate: 7,461  Valid: 5,587 (74.88%)  Spoilt: 98  Quota: 932  Turnout: 5,685 (76.20%)

Clogher Valley

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

Clogher Valley - 5 seats ^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Sinn Féin	Raymond McMahon*	19.45%	1,141
	UUP	Noel Mulligan*	18.87%	1,107
	SDLP	Anthony McGonnell*	18.16%	1,065
	DUP	William McIlwrath*	18.07%	1,060
	UUP	Robert Mulligan	14.68%	861	863.73	991.17
	SDLP	Bernadette McGirr	10.76%	631	787.39	788.71
Electorate: 7,228  Valid: 5,865 (81.14%)  Spoilt: 99  Quota: 978  Turnout: 5,964 (82.51%)

Dungannon Town

1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Workers' Party, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Democratic Left
1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Independent Nationalist, Workers' Party joins Democratic Left

Dungannon Town - 6 seats ^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	Vincent Kelly	20.35%	1,180
	DUP	Maurice Morrow *	15.61%	905
	UUP	Leslie Holmes	13.82%	801	801.65	876.65
	UUP	William Brown*	11.54%	669	669	691.65	714.87	725.79	1,129.79
	SDLP	Vincent Currie*	10.16%	589	641	746.7	747.06	748.88	771.43	834.43
	Democratic Left	Gerry Cullen*	7.88%	457	524.6	566.8	579.76	589.77	642.03	708.03
	Ind. Nationalist	Michael McLoughlin*	7.17%	416	613.6	631.55	632.09	632.09	644.03	670.03
	UUP	Ken Maginnis*	8.31%	482	489.15	529.15	564.25	588.82
	Ind. Unionist	Simon Dilworth	3.00%	174	174.65
	SDLP	Peggy Devlin	2.16%	125	148.4
Electorate: 8,451  Valid: 5,798 (68.61%)  Spoilt: 75  Quota: 829  Turnout: 5,873 (69.49%)

Torrent

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

Torrent - 6 seats ^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sinn Féin	Francie Molloy	21.52%	1,482
	UUP	Norman Badger	19.17%	1,320
	Ind. Nationalist	Jim Canning*	15.90%	1,095
	Sinn Féin	Brendan Doris*	10.33%	711	1,138.32
	SDLP	Jim Cavanagh*	11.98%	825	835.44	982.8	985.14
	Sinn Féin	Denise Sutton	11.20%	771	810.6	811.56	955.99	962.49	978.88
	SDLP	Angela Donnelly*	4.65%	320	323.6	471.92	472.05	516.25	817.95
	SDLP	Joe Gervin	5.26%	362	368.12	403.16	404.85	462.44
Electorate: 9,047  Valid: 6,886 (76.11%)  Spoilt: 166  Quota: 984  Turnout: 7,052 (77.95%)

References

1. "Dungannon Borough Council, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
2. "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 August 2021.