1993 Strabane District Council election

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1993 Strabane District Council election
  1989 19 May 1993 (1993-05-19) 1997  

All 16 seats to Strabane District Council
9 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party SDLP UUP DUP
Seats won543
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Increase2.svg 1Steady2.svg 0

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Ind. Nationalist Ind. Unionist
Seats won211
Seat changeSteady2.svg 0Decrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg 0

 Seventh party
 
Party Alliance
Seats won0
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1

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

Elections to Strabane District Council were held on 19 May 1993 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 16 councillors.

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Election results

Strabane District Council Election Result 1993 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  SDLP 520Increase2.svg231.327.34,603Increase2.svg9.4
  UUP 410Increase2.svg125.019.93,349Decrease2.svg0.4
  DUP 300Steady2.svg018.819.93,361Increase2.svg0.2
  Sinn Féin 200Steady2.svg025.021.13,561Steady2.svg0.0
  Ind. Nationalist 101Decrease2.svg16.35.3886Decrease2.svg9.5
  Ind. Unionist 100Steady2.svg06.33.3551Decrease2.svg1.7
  Alliance 001Decrease2.svg10.02.2367Increase2.svg1.1
  Democratic Left 000Steady2.svg00.00.8136New
  Independent 000Steady2.svg00.00.239Increase2.svg0.2

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Strabane District Council election, 1993
by district
Ward%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
SDLP UUP DUP Sinn Féin Others
Derg20.0119.0126.2124.3110.515
Glenelly22.9124.9235.728.807.705
Mourne38.3316.310.0029.0116.416
Total27.3519.9419.9321.1311.8116

District results

Derg

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

Derg - 5 seats [2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
SDLP Laurence McNamee*19.95%1,131     
UUP Edward Turner*18.97%1,075     
Sinn Féin Charles McHugh*17.52%993     
DUP Thomas Kerrigan*15.98%906909.74 917.44 965.56  
Ind. Unionist Derek Hussey *9.72%551556.44 569.54 626.42 636.16 649.16
DUP Samuel Allison10.18%577579.72 580.4 601.16 610.92 616.92
Sinn Féin Sean Elliott6.81%386488.68 506.24 506.36   
Ind. Nationalist Denis McCrory0.86%49117     
Electorate: 7,995  Valid: 5,668 (70.89%)  Spoilt: 166  Quota: 945  Turnout: 5,834 (72.97%)  

    Glenelly

    1989: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
    1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
    1989-1993 Change: UUP gain from Alliance

    Glenelly - 5 seats [2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    SDLP John Gallagher*18.39%968      
    UUP James Emery*16.64%876879     
    DUP Allan Bresland 15.67%825830 830.5 974.5   
    DUP John Donnell*14.32%754765 765.1 890.1   
    UUP Samuel Martin8.26%435435 435.1 453.1 544.18 546.38 686.45
    Sinn Féin Patrick Kelly8.83%465466 472.5 472.5 472.5 544.1 595.3
    Alliance John Devine6.97%367380 391.9 394 397.96 506.66  
    SDLP Bernard McDermott4.50%237239 308.6 308.6 309.59   
    DUP Derek Reaney5.68%299299 299.2     
    Independent Hughes Colhoun*0.74%39      
    Electorate: 7,432  Valid: 5,265 (70.84%)  Spoilt: 143  Quota: 878  Turnout: 5,408 (72.77%)  

      Mourne

      1989: 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
      1993: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
      1989-1993 Change: SDLP (two seats) gain from Independent Nationalist and due to the addition of one seat

      Mourne - 6 seats [2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      Sinn Féin Ivan Barr*20.76%1,229    
      UUP John Cummings*16.27%963    
      SDLP Mary McElroy15.63%925    
      Ind. Nationalist James O'Kane*14.14%837879.24   
      SDLP Thomas Mullen12.72%753813.39 855.39  
      SDLP Paul O'Hare9.95%589610.78 643.75 759.03 831.73
      Sinn Féin Elayne McNicholl8.24%488723.29 737.6 738.48 740.68
      Democratic Left Francis McCay2.30%136150.85    
      Electorate: 9,783  Valid: 5,920 (60.51%)  Spoilt: 231  Quota: 846  Turnout: 6,151 (62.87%)  

        References

        1. 1 2 "Strabane Council Elections, 1997-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
        2. 1 2 3 "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 10 August 2021.