1993 Dungannon District Council election

Last updated July 20, 2023

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]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Ulster Unionist	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
Independent 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
Ward	UUP		Sinn Féin		SDLP		DUP		DL		Others		Total Cllrs
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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	DUP	James Ewing*	18.58%	1,038
	SDLP	Patrick Daly*	18.20%	1,017
	Ulster Unionist	Derek Irwin*	14.93%	834	849.3	871.3
	Ulster Unionist	Jim Brady*	14.98%	837	848	864
	Ulster Unionist	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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	Sinn Féin	Raymond McMahon*	19.45%	1,141
	Ulster Unionist	Noel Mulligan*	18.87%	1,107
	SDLP	Anthony McGonnell*	18.16%	1,065
	DUP	William McIlwrath*	18.07%	1,060
	Ulster Unionist	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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Sinn Féin	Vincent Kelly	20.35%	1,180
	DUP	Maurice Morrow *	15.61%	905
	Ulster Unionist	Leslie Holmes	13.82%	801	801.65	876.65
	Ulster Unionist	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
	Independent Nationalist	Michael McLoughlin*	7.17%	416	613.6	631.55	632.09	632.09	644.03	670.03
	Ulster Unionist	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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sinn Féin	Francie Molloy	21.52%	1,482
	Ulster Unionist	Norman Badger	19.17%	1,320
	Independent 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%)

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References

1 2 "Dungannon Borough Council, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
1 2 3 4 "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

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