1993 Newry and Mourne District Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1993

1993 Newry and Mourne District Council election

←  1989 19 May 1993 (1993-05-19) 1997  →
All 30 seats to Newry and Mourne District Council 16 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party SDLP UUP Sinn Féin Seats won 15 6 5 Seat change 2 0 1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Ind. Nationalist DUP Independent Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 0 1 1   Seventh party   Party Protestant Unionist Seats won 0 Seat change 1
Party with the most votes by district.

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

Newry and Mourne District Council Election Result 1993 ^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SDLP	15	0	2	2	50.0	47.9	17,517	1.5
	UUP	6	0	0	0	20.0	20.9	7,655	2.4
	Sinn Féin	5	1	0	1	16.7	18.1	6,619	4.1
	Ind. Nationalist	2	1	1	0	6.7	5.5	2,016	0.4
	Independent	1	1	0	1	3.3	3.6	1,319	0.1
	DUP	1	1	0	1	3.3	2.3	856	0.9
	Workers' Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.0	381	0.1
	Independent Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.6	210	0.6

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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Results of the Newry and Mourne District Council election, 1993
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	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

Crotlieve

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

Crotlieve - 7 seats ^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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

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

Newry Town - 7 seats ^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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

1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1989-1993 Change: No change

Slieve Gullion - 5 seats ^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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

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

The Fews - 6 seats ^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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

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

The Mournes - 5 seats ^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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

1. "Newry and Mourne Council Elections, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
2. "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 29 July 2021.