2005 Northern Ireland local elections

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2005 Northern Ireland local elections
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 First partySecond partyThird party
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Leader Ian Paisley Gerry Adams David Trimble
Party DUP Sinn Féin UUP
Seats won182126115
Seat changeIncrease2.svg51Increase2.svg18Decrease2.svg39
First Preference vote208,278163,205126,317
Percentage29.6%23.2%18.0%
SwingIncrease2.svg8.2%Increase2.svg2.5%Decrease2.svg4.9%
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Leader Mark Durkan David Ford N/A
Party SDLP Alliance Independent
Seats won1013020
Seat changeDecrease2.svg16Increase2.svg2Decrease2.svg14
First Preference vote121,99135,14927,677
Percentage17.4%5.0%4.0%
SwingDecrease2.svg2.0%Decrease2.svg0.1%Decrease2.svg2.6%
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Colours denote the winning party with outright control over each council

Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland on 5 May 2005, contesting 582 seats in all, along with the 2005 general election across the entire United Kingdom and local elections in England.

Contents

Results

Party [1] CouncillorsVotes
ChangeTotal % shareTotal
DUP +5118229.6208,278
Sinn Féin +1812623.2163,205
UUP -3911518.0126,317
SDLP -1610117.4121,991
Alliance +2305.035,149
Independent -14204.027,677
Green (NI) +330.85,703
PUP -220.74,591
United Unionist 020.32,064
Newtownabbey Ratepayers 010.31,897
Socialist Environmental 000.21,321
NI Conservatives 000.21,164
Workers' Party 000.11,052
Socialist Party 000.1828
NI Women's Coalition -100.1738
UK Unionist -200.1734

By council

CouncilCouncil Seats by Party [2] [3]
Total
Alliance DUP Green PUP SDLP SF UUP Others Ind.
Antrim 26––335––19
Ards 312––1–7––23
Armagh –6––655––22
Ballymena –14––315–124
Ballymoney –8––232–116
Banbridge 17––315––17
Belfast 415–28147–151
Carrickfergus 38––––4–217
Castlereagh 413––2–4––23
Coleraine –9––318–122
Cookstown –3––553––16
Craigavon –9––466–126
Derry –5––14101––30
Down –311054––23
Dungannon –5––494––22
Fermanagh –4––595––23
Larne 25––2–4–215
Limavady –3––3621 UUC –15
Lisburn 313––347––30
Magherafelt –4––282––16
Moyle –2––343–315
Newry and Mourne –21–9133–230
Newtownabbey 212––1162
(1 UUC
1 NR)		125
North Down 681––8–225
Omagh –3––3103–221
Strabane –3––282––16
Total3018232101126115320582
Change+2+51+3-2-16+18-39-3-14-2 UKU
-1 NIWC
Elected 200128131–41171081546342 UKU
2 UU
1 NR
1 NIWC

Councils

Antrim

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Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes
Antrim North West [4]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Robert Loughran1,008
Sinn Féin Henry Cushinan875
UUP Stephen Nicholl734
DUP Trevor Clarke 696
Sinn Féin Anthony Brady621
DUP Wilson Clyde 598
SDLP Donovan McClelland 418
Independent Brian Johnston225
Turnout 5,315
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Antrim South East [4]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Thomas Burns 1,435
DUP Samuel Dunlop1,066
UUP Danny Kinahan 904
UUP Mervyn Rea793
DUP Mel Lucas603
Alliance Alan Lawther598
DUP Roy Thompson 513
Sinn Féin Annemarie Logue452
DUP William Harkness309
UUP Kenneth Swann271
Sinn Féin Bernard McCrory197
Independent Patricia Murray49
Turnout 7,294
Alliance gain from UUP
Antrim Town [4]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP John Smyth705
UUP Adrian Cochrane-Watson 669
Alliance David Ford 616
DUP Pam Lewis 479
Sinn Féin Gerard Magee475
DUP Brian Graham465
SDLP Oran Keenan427
UUP Drew Ritchie423
UUP Paul Michael371
SDLP Brian Duffin345
Independent Darran Smyth136
PUP Kenneth Wilkinson110
UUP James Sands38
Independent Áine Gribbon28
Turnout 5,410
DUP gain from UUP
Alliance gain from SDLP

Ards

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Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes
Ards East [5]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Jonathan Bell 1,515
DUP Terence Williams994
UUP Ronnie Ferguson993
DUP Hamilton Gregory943
Alliance Linda Cleland850
DUP Colville Elliott814
UUP Jeffrey Magill624
UUP Tom Smith560
Green (NI) John McCullough182
Independent Thomas Sheridan132
Turnout 7,788
DUP gain from UUP and Alliance
Ards Peninsula [5]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Jim Shannon 1,944
Alliance Kieran McCarthy 990
SDLP Joe Boyle913
UUP Angus Carson703
DUP Robin Drysdale663
DUP Colin Kennedy408
Sinn Féin Anthony Lacken292
Independent Danny McCarthy270
Turnout 6,313
No change
Ards West [5]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Margaret Craig1,227
Alliance James McBriar1,070
UUP Robert Gibson984
DUP William Montgomery959
DUP Mervyn Oswald880
UUP James Fletcher796
DUP David Gilmore645
UUP Philip Smith 446
Turnout 7,147
No change
Newtownards [5]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP George Ennis 1,296
Alliance Alan McDowell823
UUP Tom Hamilton 736
UUP David Smyth651
DUP Michelle Mcilveen623
Independent Wilbert Magill604
DUP Hamilton Lawther496
DUP Simon Hamilton 490
Turnout 5,849
DUP gain from Independent

Armagh

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Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes
Armagh City [6]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Freda Donnelly1,004
SDLP Pat Brannigan932
UUP Sylvia McRoberts931
Sinn Féin Cathy Rafferty898
Sinn Féin Noel Sheridan639
Independent John Nixon591
Sinn Féin John Crowley491
SDLP Mealla Bratton468
SDLP Michael Carson334
Turnout 6,407
No change
Crossmore [6]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Noel Donnelly922
SDLP Thomas O'Hanlon 891
Sinn Féin Cathal Boylan 864
Sinn Féin Pat O'Rawe 850
UUP Billy Morton810
Sinn Féin Willie Monaghan643
SDLP Gerald Mallon605
SDLP James Lennon545
Turnout 6,245
DUP gain from UUP
Cusher [6]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Paul Berry 3,263
UUP Eric Speers1,296
SDLP Sharon Haughey794
UUP Robert Turner698
Sinn Féin Siobhan Vallely655
UUP James Clayton450
DUP Gareth Wilson332
Independent Paul Bowbanks324
DUP Margaret Black249
Turnout 8,186
DUP gain from UUP
The Orchard [6]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP William Irwin1,809
UUP Jim Speers 1,219
Sinn Féin Paul Corrigan1,194
SDLP John Campbell1,136
UUP Charles Rollston718
DUP Robert Steenson381
Turnout 6,552
No change

Ballymena

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Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes
Ballymena North [7]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP James Alexander1,503
DUP Maurice Mills930
Independent James Henry906
SDLP Patrick McAvoy755
UUP Neil Armstrong656
DUP John Carson566
UUP Joe McKernan431
Alliance Jayne Dunlop404
UUP Peter Brown370
Sinn Féin Padraig McShane341
Turnout 6,963
DUP gain from Independent
Ballymena South [7]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Beth Adger960
DUP Davy Tweed 792
DUP Martin Clarke777
DUP Hubert Nicholl745
SDLP Declan O'Loan 718
UUP James Currie674
Sinn Féin Daniel O'Connell346
DUP Deirdre Nelson346
UUP Robin Swann 246
UUP Colette Gilmour209
PUP William McCaughey94
Turnout 6,046
DUP gain from UUP
Bannside [7]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Roy Gillespie1,664
UUP William McNeilly1,373
DUP Sam Gaston978
DUP Tommy Nicholl959
DUP William Wilkinson919
Sinn Féin Monica Digney733
SDLP Seamus Laverty626
Turnout 7,344
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Braid [7]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Paul Frew 1,524
DUP Sam Hanna1,094
DUP Robin Stirling 854
UUP Robin Cherry748
SDLP Margaret Gribben645
UUP Lexie Scott596
Sinn Féin Laurence O'Neill589
UUP Robert Wilson404
Turnout 6,537
DUP gain from UUP

Ballymoney

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Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes
Ballymoney Town [8]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Robert Storey888
DUP Cecil Cousley 824
DUP Ian Stevenson662
SDLP Justin McCamphill456
UUP Thomas McKeown411
UUP James Simpson260
Turnout 3,578
No change
Bann Valley [8]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Philip McGuigan1,062
DUP John Finlay795
DUP Roy Wilson740
DUP Audrey Patterson715
Sinn Féin Daithí McKay 689
UUP Joe Gaston 646
SDLP Malachy McCamphill392
SDLP Charley O'Kane158
Turnout 5,297
Sinn Féin gain from UUP
Bushvale [8]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Anita Cavlan711
DUP Frank Campbell573
DUP Evelyne Robinson532
SDLP Harry Connolly506
Independent Bill Kennedy473
DUP Robert Holmes298
UUP William Johnston274
UUP William Logan269
Turnout 3,696
Sinn Féin gain from UUP
DUP gain from UUP
Bill Kennedy leaves DUP

Banbridge

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Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes
Banbridge Town [9]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP Joan Baird1,501
SDLP Patrick McAleenan1,236
DUP Jim McElroy1,089
DUP Junior McCrum947
Alliance Frank McQuaid556
UUP Ian Burns549
UUP Derick Bell331
Turnout 6,311
DUP gain from UUP
Dromore [9]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP Tyrone Howe 1,304
DUP Norah Beare 1,292
DUP Paul Rankin 870
DUP David Herron838
SDLP Cassie McDermott712
UUP William Martin580
Sinn Féin Francis Branniff429
Turnout 6,119
Norah Beare leaves UUP
Knockiveagh [9]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Seamus Doyle1,051
DUP Stephen Herron1,026
UUP John Ingram878
Sinn Féin Dessie Ward758
DUP Wilfred McFadden740
UUP John Hanna593
Independent Malachy McCartan498
DUP Ian Wilson449
UUP John McCallister 386
Alliance David Griffin300
Turnout 6,796
Sinn Féin gain from Independent

Belfast

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Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes
Balmoral [10]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Carmel Hanna 2,030
Alliance Tom Ekin 1,508
DUP Jim Kirkpatrick 1,473
Sinn Féin Stiofán Long1,202
UUP Bob Stoker 1,180
DUP Ruth Patterson1,130
UUP Esmond Birnie 1,125
SDLP Mary Kennedy943
SDLP Bernie Kelly906
Independent Thomas Wilson213
Turnout 11,902
DUP gain from UUP
Castle [10]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Nigel Dodds 3,161
SDLP Pat Convery1,818
UUP David Browne 1,148
SDLP Cathal Mullaghan1,136
Sinn Féin Tierna Cunningham1,029
Sinn Féin David Kennedy1,001
DUP Sarah Patterson618
DUP Ian Crozier438
Alliance Marjorie Hawkins270
Green (NI) Shane Ó Heorpa183
Workers' Party John Lavery112
Turnout 11,167
No change
Court [10]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Diane Dodds 4,176
PUP Hugh Smyth 799
Independent Frank McCoubrey 794
DUP William Humphrey 679
UUP Chris McGimpsey575
Sinn Féin Francis Hamilton249
DUP Elaine McMillen221
Turnout 7,726
DUP gain from UUP
Laganbank [10]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Alex Maskey 1,600
SDLP Patrick McCarthy 1,459
SDLP Peter O'Reilly1,376
DUP Christopher Stalford 1,362
UUP Michael McGimpsey 1,332
Alliance Alan Leonard859
Green (NI) Andrew Frew369
UUP Paula Bradshaw 364
Socialist Party James Barbour175
Workers' Party Patrick Lynn107
Turnout 9,208
DUP gain from UUP
Lower Falls [10]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Janice Austin2,071
Sinn Féin Fra McCann 2,045
Sinn Féin Tom Hartley 1,962
Sinn Féin Máire Cush1,764
SDLP Margaret Walsh1,265
Sinn Féin Marie Moore1,245
Workers' Party John Lowry 314
Turnout 11,058
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Oldpark [10]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Nelson McCausland 2,642
Sinn Féin Daniel Lavery2,093
Sinn Féin Margaret McCleneghan1,829
SDLP Alban Maginness 1,411
Sinn Féin Carál Ní Chuilín1,242
UUP Fred Cobain 938
SDLP Andrew Harding476
Sinn Féin Mary Mackessy467
PUP Billy Hutchinson 455
Green (NI) Peter Emerson 249
Workers' Party Paul Treanor60
Turnout 12,191
UUP gain from PUP
Pottinger [10]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Sammy Wilson 2,385
UUP Reg Empey 1,968
DUP May Campbell1,302
PUP David Ervine 1,156
Sinn Féin Deborah Devenny944
Alliance Máire Hendron 795
DUP Margaret McKenzie717
SDLP Mary Muldoon670
UUP Sonia Copeland277
Socialist Party Thomas Black163
Workers' Party Joseph Bell105
UUP Henry Wallace72
Turnout 10,935
DUP gain from UUP
Alliance gain from Sinn Féin
Upper Falls [10]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Paul Maskey 3,084
SDLP Tim Attwood2,815
Sinn Féin Gerard O'Neill2,448
Sinn Féin Michael Browne2,257
Sinn Féin Christine Mhic Giolla Mhín1,428
Sinn Féin Caoimhin Mac Giolla Mhín571
SDLP Roisin Mulholland413
Turnout 13,453
No change
Victoria [10]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Wallace Browne 2,689
Alliance Naomi Long 2,565
UUP Jim Rodgers 2,441
DUP Robin Newton 2,004
UUP Ian Adamson 1,877
Alliance Mervyn Jones811
DUP David Rodway725
UUP Alan Crowe459
SDLP John Ó Doherty340
PUP John McQuillan303
NI Conservatives Peter Gray243
Turnout 14,806
DUP gain from UUP

Carrickfergus

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Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes
Carrick Castle [11]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP David Hilditch 1,052
Alliance Sean Neeson 792
Independent William Hamilton421
UUP Albert Ferguson275
Independent Philip Mannis203
DUP Patricia McKinney186
Independent Nicholas Wady80
Turnout 3,092
No change
Kilroot [11]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Billy Ashe1,775
Independent Charles Brown1,162
Alliance Isobel Day709
Alliance Robert Logan636
UUP Eric Ferguson622
DUP Terence Clements375
DUP Lynn McClurg252
UUP Carolyn Howarth186
Turnout 5,838
DUP gain from Alliance
Knockagh Monument [11]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP May Beattie1,718
UUP Roy Beggs Jr 1,007
Alliance Stewart Dickson 785
DUP James McClurg443
Alliance Shireen Bell296
Independent Robert Rice293
UUP Mark Cosgrove253
DUP Louise Marsden214
UUP Jackie Glover165
Turnout 5,285
DUP gain from Alliance

Castlereagh

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Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes
Castlereagh Central [12]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Peter Robinson 1,431
Alliance Michael Long905
DUP Joanne Bunting 895
UUP Michael Copeland 541
DUP John Norris421
SDLP Sean Mullan363
PUP Thomas Sandford356
DUP Andrew Ramsey272
Independent Alan Carson209
UUP Alan Martin152
Turnout 5,700
DUP gain from PUP
Castlereagh East [12]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Iris Robinson 2,090
Alliance Judith Cochrane 957
DUP Tommy Jeffers857
DUP Gareth Robinson 778
UUP David Drysdale618
UUP Mervyn Bailie580
Independent Francis Gallagher551
DUP Charlie Tosh426
DUP Jim White417
UUP Hazel Legge263
PUP Colin Neill181
Turnout 7,897
DUP gain from Independent
Castlereagh South [12]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Jimmy Spratt 1,317
DUP Jack Beattie1,219
Alliance Geraldine Rice1,180
SDLP Brian Hanvey1,112
UUP Michael Henderson977
SDLP Leo Van Es421
Sinn Féin Dermot Kennedy395
UUP Barbara McBurney288
Turnout 7,008
DUP gain from UUP
Castlereagh West [12]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Ann-Marie Beattie1,417
Alliance Sara Duncan1,177
UUP Cecil Hall835
SDLP Rosaleen Hughes794
DUP Myreve Chambers596
SDLP Gary Vaugh441
UUP Bill White379
Independent Cyril Kernaghan266
Turnout 6,050
No change

Coleraine

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Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes
Bann [13]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Adrian McQuillan 986
UUP Olive Church918
SDLP John Dallat 901
Sinn Féin Billy Leonard 895
UUP William King893
DUP Albert Cole817
DUP Jonathan Fielding573
UUP Jim Watt542
SDLP Eamon Mullan470
Turnout 7,116
DUP gain from UUP
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Coleraine Central [13]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP David McClarty 1,478
DUP James McClure 1,064
DUP Timothy Deans916
SDLP Gerald McLaughlin694
UUP Elizabeth Johnston471
UUP David Barbour449
Alliance Eamon O'Hara386
Independent Russell Watton 380
Sinn Féin Kevin Darragh366
DUP Adrian Parke366
Turnout 6,478
No change
Coleraine East [13]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Maurice Bradley 1,395
DUP William Creelman629
UUP Elizabeth Black417
UUP Robert McPherson416
UUP David Harding330
DUP Ellen Fielding267
SDLP John Montgomery227
Alliance Yvonne Boyle185
Sinn Féin Maria O'Neill121
Turnout 4,862
No change
The Skerries [13]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Independent Christine Alexander846
DUP Robert Stewart 773
UUP Norman Hillis 697
DUP Sandy Gilkinson549
Alliance Barney Fitzpatrick455
UUP Samuel Barr450
SDLP Maura Hickey418
Sinn Féin Valerie Leonard352
Independent Barbara Dempsey162
Turnout 4,767
DUP gain from UUP

Cookstown

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Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes
Ballinderry [14] [lower-alpha 1]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Patrick McAleerN/A
Sinn Féin Michael McIvorN/A
SDLP Mary BakerN/A
SDLP Patsy McGlone N/A
DUP Samuel McCartneyN/A
UUP Thomas GreerN/A
Turnout N/A
No change
  1. ↑ Because only six candidates had been nominated for the six seats, there was no vote and all six candidates were declared elected.
Cookstown Central [14]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Ian McCrea 1,246
UUP Trevor Wilson1,110
Sinn Féin John McNamee977
SDLP Peter Cassidy514
SDLP Tony Quinn493
Sinn Féin Ciarán McElhone358
Socialist Party Harry Hutchinson84
Turnout 4,854
SDLP gain from Sinn Féin
Drum Manor [14]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Sean Clarke 1,055
DUP Alice Lees997
Sinn Féin Oliver Molloy952
UUP Samuel Glasgow841
SDLP James McGarvey723
Independent Samuel Parke641
Turnout 5,268
DUP gain from Independent

Craigavon

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Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes
Craigavon Central [15]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Robert Smith1,587
UUP Kenneth Twyble1,308
Sinn Féin John O'Dowd 1,229
DUP William Smith928
SDLP Kieran Corr788
Sinn Féin Francis Murray693
DUP Philip Weir622
Alliance Alan Castle598
UUP Ronald Harkness525
SDLP Patricia Mallon450
UUP Fred Crowe421
UUP Robert Oliver254
Turnout 9,633
DUP gain from SDLP
Lurgan [15]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP Sam Gardiner 2,109
DUP Stephen Moutray 2,059
DUP Fergie Dawson1,101
UUP George Savage 803
Sinn Féin Maurice Magill734
SDLP Francis McAlinden633
Independent David Calvert 626
UUP Sydney Cairns582
UUP Meta Crozier434
DUP Anne Harrison373
DUP Mark Russell314
Turnout 9,939
DUP gain from UUP
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Loughside [15]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Mairead O'Dowd2,183
SDLP Dolores Kelly 1,625
Sinn Féin Michael Tallon948
SDLP Bernard Elliott680
Sinn Féin Leah Small649
SDLP Mary McAlinden636
UUP Joy Savage306
DUP Ivan Russell302
Workers' Party Tom French 155
Turnout 7,712
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Portadown [15]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP David Simpson 2,325
DUP Sidney Anderson 809
Sinn Féin Brian McKeown781
UUP George Hatch736
SDLP Thomas Fox703
Sinn Féin Ciaran Tennyson515
Independent David Jones419
SDLP Elaine Sterritt334
Independent Mervyn Carrick 310
Alliance John Hagan216
UUP Mark Neale213
DUP Alan Carson211
UUP David Thompson191
Independent Jim Dickson104
Turnout 8,048
DUP gain from UUP

Derry

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Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes
Cityside [16]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Peter Anderson997
SDLP Pat Ramsey 980
Sinn Féin Patricia Logue801
Sinn Féin Barney O'Hagan763
SDLP Jim Clifford722
Sinn Féin Kevin Campbell696
Independent Gary Donnelly 493
SDLP Liam Boyle488
Socialist Environmental Liam Friel182
Turnout 6,344
No change
Northland [16]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Mark H. Durkan 2,369
Sinn Féin Gerry MacLochlainn1,124
SDLP Helen Quigley1,079
Sinn Féin Billy Page1,001
Sinn Féin Maeve McLaughlin 849
SDLP Seana Hume788
SDLP John Kerr653
SDLP Sean Carr637
Sinn Féin Joanne McDaid630
Sinn Féin Sharon Duddy486
Socialist Environmental Colm Bryce353
Socialist Environmental Oisín Kehoe221
Turnout 10,470
No change
Rural [16]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP William Hay 1,413
SDLP Thomas Conway1,368
DUP Maurice Devenney 1,275
Sinn Féin Paul Fleming1,137
SDLP Liam Boyle1,015
SDLP James McKeever675
Sinn Féin Thomas McGlinchey623
UUP Ernest Hamilton533
UUP Earl Storey450
SDLP Thomas Harty381
Socialist Environmental Eamonn McCann 371
Independent Annie Courtney369
Turnout 9,817
DUP gain from UUP
Shantallow [16]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Mary Bradley 2,180
SDLP Colum Eastwood 1,311
Sinn Féin Elisha McLaughlin 1,264
Sinn Féin Gearóid Ó hEára1,119
SDLP Shaun Gallagher1,119
Sinn Féin Tony Hassan925
Sinn Féin Oliver Green798
SDLP Helena Kearney627
Independent Tommy Mullan340
Turnout 9,910
No change
Waterside [16]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Gregory Campbell 1,521
SDLP Gerard Diver 1,508
DUP Joe Miller1,187
Sinn Féin Lynn Fleming1,084
UUP Mary Hamilton1,017
DUP Drew Thompson986
DUP Mildred Garfield883
SDLP Martin Reilly567
Sinn Féin Jim Logue447
Socialist Environmental David McAuley194
Turnout 9,602
No change

Down

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Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes
Ballynahinch [17]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Jim Wells 1,305
Sinn Féin Michael Coogan1,248
SDLP Patrick Toman877
UUP Peter Bowles807
SDLP Anne McAleenan746
SDLP Francis Casement462
UUP Walter Lyons438
DUP Samuel Hanna375
Turnout 6,364
No change
Downpatrick [17]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Eamonn McConvey1,259
SDLP Peter Craig1,060
SDLP Dermot Curran939
SDLP John Doris865
Sinn Féin Liam Johnston722
UUP William Murphy650
SDLP Colin McGrath 624
Green (NI) Bill Corry565
Sinn Féin Caitríona Mackel483
SDLP Daniel McEvoy400
Workers' Party Desmond O'Hagan 97
Turnout 7,833
Sinn Féin gain from UUP
Green gain from Independent
Newcastle [17]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Eamon O'Neill 1,379
Sinn Féin William Clarke1,301
SDLP Carmel O'Boyle936
UUP Gerald Douglas808
DUP Stanley Priestley744
SDLP Peter Fitzpatrick573
Sinn Féin Aíne McEvoy541
Sinn Féin Hugh McDowell469
Alliance Charles McGrath252
Green (NI) Peter McCarron148
Turnout 7,323
No change
Rowallane [17]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP William Dick1,326
SDLP Margaret Ritchie 1,105
UUP Robert Burgess928
DUP William Walker721
UUP Edward Rea580
UUP Albert Colmer537
Alliance Lorna Dunn333
Sinn Féin Mary Robb313
SDLP Patricia McKay310
Green (NI) Philip Orr187
Turnout 6,429
DUP gain from UUP

Dungannon and South Tyrone

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Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes
Blackwater [18]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Roger Burton1,309
Sinn Féin Phelim Gildernew1,095
DUP Samuel Brush995
UUP Jim Hamilton864
SDLP Patrick Daly765
UUP Sammy Stewart470
Sinn Féin Josefa Watters411
DUP Denver Thompson260
Turnout 6,266
DUP gain from UUP
Clogher Valley [18]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Anthony McGonnell1,134
DUP William McIlwrath837
DUP Frances Burton836
Sinn Féin Sean McGuigan806
UUP Robert Mulligan773
Sinn Féin Colla McMahon756
UUP Ken Maginnis 479
Sinn Féin Bronwyn McGahan 368
Turnout 6,063
No change
Dungannon Town [18]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Maurice Morrow 1,029
SDLP Vincent Currie871
UUP Walter Cuddy835
Sinn Féin John McLarnon817
Sinn Féin Barry Monteith713
DUP Gilbert Greenaway497
Sinn Féin Tony Slevin377
UUP Victor McNickle283
Turnout 5,502
DUP gain from UUP
Torrent [18]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Michael Gillespie1,392
Sinn Féin O'Neill Michelle1,270
Sinn Féin Francie Molloy 1,173
SDLP Jim Cavanagh956
Independent Jim Canning923
Sinn Féin Desmond Donnelly815
UUP Norman Badger732
DUP Robert McFarland369
Turnout 7,720
Sinn Féin gain from Independent

Fermanagh

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Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes
Enniskillen [19]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Arlene Foster 2,054
Sinn Féin Pat Cox 964
SDLP Frank Britton916
Sinn Féin Gerry McHugh 838
Sinn Féin Paddy Gilgunn684
UUP Raymond Ferguson 682
SDLP Patricia Rodgers668
UUP Robert Irvine576
UUP Basil Johnston527
Socialist Party Samuel Dunne406
DUP Joe Dodds 400
Turnout 8,878
DUP gain from UUP
SDLP gain from Independent
Erne East [19]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Paul Robinson1,277
Sinn Féin Ruth Lynch 1,197
Sinn Féin Thomas O'Reilly 1,179
SDLP Fergus McQuillan1,157
Sinn Féin Brian McCaffrey1,132
Sinn Féin Sean Lynch 1,110
UUP Harold Andrews1,022
UUP Jean McVitty719
Turnout 8,933
DUP gain from UUP
Erne North [19]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUP Thomas Elliott 1,686
Sinn Féin Breege McSorley1,166
DUP Bert Johnston1,036
SDLP John O'Kane 749
DUP Mandy Mahon720
SDLP Julie Dervan517
UUP Gary Wilson210
UUP Bertie Kerr204
Turnout 6,399
No change
Erne West [19]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Gerard Gallagher1,559
Sinn Féin Poilin Ui Cathain1,134
Sinn Féin Stephen Huggett1,121
Sinn Féin Bernice Swift1,086
DUP Cyril Brownlee912
UUP Alex Baird689
UUP Derrick Nixon515
Independent Kevin Nolan115
Green (NI) Laurence Speight79
Turnout 7,345
No change

Larne

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Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes
Coast Road [20]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Winston Fulton770
SDLP Daniel O'Connor 564
DUP Rachel Rea507
UUP Brian Dunn501
Sinn Féin James McKeown441
Alliance Gerardine Mulvenna411
UUP Joan Drummond259
Independent William Cunning212
Turnout 3,665
No change
Larne Lough [20]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Bobby McKee 1,589
UUP Roy Beggs 931
Alliance John Mathews862
UUP Andrew Wilson585
UUP Jonathan Moore418
DUP Gregg McKeen182
Turnout 4,567
No change
Larne Town [20]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Jack McKee 939
SDLP Gerard Wilson511
Independent Roy Craig435
UUP Martin Dunn307
Independent John Anderson246
Independent Lindsay Mason 244
Alliance Elena Aceves-Cully175
PUP Billy Adamson131
Independent Robert Shaw122
DUP Sharon McKeen114
UUP Maxi Burns101
Independent Thomas Robinson 57
Independent David Todd47
Green (NI) Mary Ringland46
Turnout 3,475
No change

Limavady

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Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes
Bellarena [21]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Joseph Cubitt1,189
UUP Edwin Stevenson759
Sinn Féin Gerard Butcher667
SDLP Michael Carten630
Sinn Féin John McElhinney603
SDLP John McKinney501
SDLP Deborah Crewe359
DUP Arnold Shannon320
Turnout 5,105
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Benbradagh [21]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UUC Boyd Douglas 922
Sinn Féin Cathal Hassan666
SDLP Michael Coyle 635
Sinn Féin Brenda Chivers611
Sinn Féin Marion Donaghy484
Sinn Féin Martin McGuigan442
UUC Samuel Oliver406
SDLP Evelyn Donaghy256
Turnout 4,519
No change
Limavady Town [21]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP George Robinson 876
DUP Alan Robinson768
Sinn Féin Anne Brolly 657
UUP John Rankin472
SDLP Gerry Mullan 414
UUP John Dolan281
SDLP Gareth Peoples259
Turnout 3,785
Sinn Féin gain from Independent
DUP gain from UUP

Lisburn

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Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes
Downshire [22]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Edwin Poots 1,929
UUP Basil McCrea 1,601
DUP Allan Ewart1,502
Alliance Elizabeth Campbell1,087
UUP William Ward636
DUP Joseph Lockhart577
UUP James Baird559
UUP William Scott237
Sinn Féin David Hall104
Turnout 8,346
DUP gain from UUP
Dunmurry Cross [22]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Paul Butler 1,823
Sinn Féin Michael Ferguson 1,464
DUP Stephen Moore1,393
SDLP Patricia Lewsley 1,369
Sinn Féin Máireád Uí Adhmaill1,464
Sinn Féin Angela Nelson1,010
Sinn Féin Veronica Willis940
SDLP Brian Heading834
UUP Kenneth Bishop691
Turnout 10,958
DUP gain from UUP
Killultagh [22]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Robert Beckett1,751
DUP James Tinsley1,279
DUP Cecil Calvert 1,049
UUP Jim Dillon1,046
SDLP Peter O'Hagan 977
Sinn Féin Chris Donnelly652
Alliance Owen Gawith578
UUP Samuel Johnston460
NI Conservatives Neil Johnston333
UUP David Green306
Turnout 8,553
DUP gain from UUP
Lisburn Town North [22]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Jonathan Craig 1,794
DUP Paul Givan 1,506
Alliance Trevor Lunn 1,080
DUP William Leathem1,064
UUP Ronnie Crawford759
UUP William Gardiner-Watson678
UUP Kenneth Armstrong647
UUP David Archer644
SDLP John Drake568
UUP Ellen Hillen379
Green (NI) Michael Rogan284
Sinn Féin Jacqui Currie222
Alliance Frazer McCammond160
Turnout 9,984
Ronnie Crawford joins UUP
DUP gain from UUP
Lisburn Town South [22]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Jeffrey Donaldson 2,109
Alliance Seamus Close 1,002
UUP Ivan Davis 587
DUP Paul Porter550
DUP Jennifer Palmer 420
DUP Andrew Ewing315
UUP Thomas Archer229
UUP Denis Troughton166
Sinn Féin Martin Parker152
SDLP Yvonne Byrne146
Turnout 5,820
DUP gain from UUP and Independent

Magherafelt

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Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes
Magherafelt Town [23]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP William McCrea 2,286
Sinn Féin Peter Bateson1,270
SDLP Jim Campbell937
Sinn Féin Sean McPeake846
UUP George Shiels691
SDLP Brendan Scott524
Sinn Féin Seamus O'Brien409
DUP Paul McLean250
Turnout 7,213
No change
Moyola [23]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Thomas Catherwood1,557
Sinn Féin James O'Neill1,202
Sinn Féin Oliver Hughes1,139
Sinn Féin Ian Milne 831
SDLP Elizabeth Foster760
UUP John Crawford617
Independent John Junkin 426
Turnout 6,532
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Sperrin [23]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Patrick Groogan 1,396
Sinn Féin Kathleen McEldowney1,135
Sinn Féin John Kerr1,117
SDLP Kathleen Lagan999
DUP Elizabeth Forde790
SDLP Hugh Kelly675
Independent Robert Montgomery609
Sinn Féin Hugh Mullan491
Workers' Party Francis Donnelly102
Turnout 7,314
DUP gain from Independent

Moyle

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Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes
Ballycastle [24]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Cara McShane545
SDLP Madeline Black371
UUP Helen Harding323
Independent Seamus Blaney302
Sinn Féin Cathal Newcombe293
SDLP Michael Molloy265
DUP Ian Chestnutt171
DUP Christine McFaul125
Turnout 2,439
Sinn Féin gain from DUP and SDLP
Giant's Causeway [24]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP David McAllister481
DUP George Hartin470
UUP William Graham326
Independent Price McConaghy222
UUP Robert McIlroy172
Independent Thomas Palmer22
Turnout 1,743
No change
The Glens [24]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Oliver McMullan 682
SDLP Orla Black437
Independent Randal McDonnell403
SDLP Catherine McCambridge321
Sinn Féin Marie McKeegan315
Sinn Féin Maria O'Hara221
DUP Walter Greer201
Turnout 2,623
Oliver McMullan joins Sinn Féin

Newry and Mourne

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Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes
Crotlieve [25]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Karen McKevitt 1,150
Sinn Féin Michael Ruane1,071
SDLP Michael Carr1,041
SDLP Josephine O'Hare966
Sinn Féin Peter Kearney921
Green (NI) Ciaran Mussen863
Sinn Féin Mick Murphy 852
Independent Thomas McCann745
Independent Anthony Williamson707
SDLP Brendan Murney529
UUP Kenneth Donaldson510
SDLP Paul McKibben498
Sinn Féin Geraldine McAteer477
DUP Wilma McCulllough300
Turnout 10,828
Green gain from SDLP
Newry Town [25]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Independent Jackie Patterson1,186
Sinn Féin Charlie Casey1,128
SDLP John McCardle899
Sinn Féin Marian Mathers831
Sinn Féin Brendan Curran723
Sinn Féin Ewan Morgan712
SDLP Frank Feely 655
Sinn Féin Catherine McMahon581
SDLP Gary Stokes558
UUP David Taylor550
SDLP Terry Ruddy494
Independent Gerry Markey190
Independent Vincent Markey47
Turnout 8,756
No change
Slieve Gullion [25]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Colman Burns1,399
Sinn Féin Terry Hearty1,295
Sinn Féin Anthony Flynn1,243
Sinn Féin Mary Campbell1,223
SDLP Geraldine Donnelly1,151
Sinn Féin Packie McDonald1,105
SDLP Peter McEvoy822
Turnout 8,405
No change
The Fews [25]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Pat McGinn1,246
Sinn Féin Jimmy McCreesh1,190
UUP Danny Kennedy 1,169
Sinn Féin Aodh Lewis1,135
SDLP John Feehan 957
SDLP Susan Mackin718
DUP Glenn Oliver681
UUP Andy Moffett596
SDLP Noelle McGarvey534
Turnout 8,394
DUP gain from UUP
The Mournes [25]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP William Burns1,793
UUP Henry Reilly 1,238
SDLP Michael Cole950
Sinn Féin Martin Connolly867
SDLP Marian Fitzpatrick693
Independent Martin Cunningham559
UUP Isaac Hanna549
Independent Arthur Coulter362
DUP Linda Burns75
Turnout 7,225
No change

Newtownabbey

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Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes
Antrim Line [26]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Nigel Hamilton1,901
SDLP Noreen McClelland 1,106
UUP Janet Crilly1,101
Alliance Tom Campbell859
DUP Paula Bradley 810
Sinn Féin Briege Meehan780
Sinn Féin Martin Meehan 670
UUP Ivan Hunter516
SDLP Tommy McTeague515
DUP Mandy Girvan425
Newtownabbey Ratepayers' Association Jennifer Irvine298
Independent Arthur Templeton64
Turnout 9,235
DUP gain from UUP
Alliance gain from SDLP
Ballyclare [26]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Paul Girvan 3,402
UUP Jim Bingham925
UUP Vera McWilliams735
UUP Ted Turkington603
Alliance Patrick Sweeney451
NI Conservatives Alan Greer235
DUP Pamela Hunter180
DUP Etta Mann174
Turnout 6,860
DUP gain from UUP
Macedon [26]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP William DeCourcy1,670
Newtownabbey Ratepayers' Association Billy Webb821
DUP Victor Robinson748
Independent Tommy Kirkham 582
UUP John Scott551
Sinn Féin Sean Oliver321
DUP Dineen Walker292
PUP Catherine Robinson291
SDLP Michael McBrien200
Turnout 5,629
DUP gain from Independent
University [26]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP William Ball2,025
UUP Ken Robinson 1,431
Alliance Lynn Frazer1,074
DUP John Mann865
Newtownabbey Ratepayers' Association John Blair 778
UUP Barbara Gilliland751
UUC Fraser Agnew 736
DUP Robert Hill631
UUP Vi Scott468
Turnout 8,845
DUP gain from UUP

North Down

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Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes
Abbey [27]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Ruby Cooling1,044
DUP Wesley Irvine842
UUP Harry Dunlop756
Alliance Stephen Farry 713
DUP William Montgomery622
Green (NI) Kelly Andrews 378
UUP Roberta Dunlop347
PUP Mark Gordon334
Independent Irene Cree308
UK Unionist Valerie Kinghan292
NI Conservatives Dean Russell174
Independent Christopher Carter141
Turnout 6,154
DUP gain from UKUP
Ballyholme and Groomsport [27]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Peter Weir 1,571
Independent Alan Chambers 1,557
DUP Alex Easton 1,460
Alliance Marsden Fitzsimons1,039
NI Women's Coalition Patricia Wallace738
UUP Ian Henry724
UUP Leslie Cree 701
UUP Mark Brooks669
Independent Austen Lennon620
Independent Henry Gordon176
UK Unionist Joseph Teggart68
Turnout 9,479
DUP gain from Women's Coalition
Bangor West [27]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Green (NI) Brian Wilson 1,593
DUP Robert Graham1,483
UUP Marion Smith1,024
Alliance Anne Wilson757
DUP Alan Leslie597
SDLP William Logan526
Alliance Tony Hill441
UUP James McKerrow432
UK Unionist William Keery374
PUP James Rea317
Independent Alan Field312
NI Conservatives Julian Robertson179
Turnout 8,203
Brian Wilson joins Green
DUP gain from UKUP
Holywood [27]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Gordon Dunne 1,282
Alliance David Alderdice 1,240
UUP Ellie McKay999
UUP Diana Peacocke603
Green (NI) John Barry 577
Alliance Ian Parsley 343
Turnout 5,127
Alliance gain from Independent

Omagh

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Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes
Mid Tyrone [28]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin John Clarke1,480
Sinn Féin Michael McAnespie1,203
UUP Bert Wilson1,084
SDLP Seamus Shields1,008
DUP Charles Chittick1,000
Sinn Féin Sharon O'Brien900
Sinn Féin Declan McAleer 855
Sinn Féin Cathal McCrory741
SDLP Gerry O'Doherty692
Turnout 9,150
DUP gain from SDLP
Omagh Town [28]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Clive McFarland1,264
Sinn Féin Sean Begley1,153
Independent Paddy McGowan 885
SDLP Josephine Deehan862
UUP Ross Hussey 831
Independent Johnny McLaughlin641
Sinn Féin Martin McColgan568
SDLP Joe Byrne 551
Turnout 6,923
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
West Tyrone [28]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Thomas Buchanan 1,810
Sinn Féin Barry McElduff 1,471
SDLP Patrick McDonnell1,060
Sinn Féin Ann Quinn983
Sinn Féin Frankie Donnelly790
UUP Allan Rainey735
Sinn Féin Peter Kelly718
SDLP Liam McQuaid534
UUP William Bleakley518
Turnout 8,792
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Strabane

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Election results, shaded by plurality of First Preference Votes
Derg [29]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Thomas Kerrigan1,125
UUP Derek Hussey 1,106
Sinn Féin Charles McHugh1,079
Sinn Féin Kieran McGuire821
Sinn Féin Gerard Foley729
DUP Kathleen Craig588
SDLP Bernadette McNamee526
PUP Roy Reid64
Turnout 6,151
Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Glenelly [29]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Allan Bresland 1,539
Sinn Féin Claire McGill 1,186
DUP John Donnell920
UUP James Emery885
SDLP Thomas McBride825
Sinn Féin Thomas O'Neill438
Turnout 5,876
No change
Mourne [29]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Eugene McMenamin 1,236
Sinn Féin Brian McMahon1,067
Sinn Féin Jarlath McNulty1,047
Sinn Féin Ivan Barr908
Independent James O'Kane737
UUP Alistair Patterson655
Sinn Féin Daniel Breslin566
Independent Paul Gallagher325
SDLP Ann Bell237
SDLP Arthur McGarrigle167
Turnout 7,077
Independent gain from SDLP

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  15. 1 2 3 4 Craigavon District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 Derry City Council 1993–2005, Northern Ireland Elections
  17. 1 2 3 4 Down District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  18. 1 2 3 4 Dungannon District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  19. 1 2 3 4 Fermanagh District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  20. 1 2 3 Larne District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  21. 1 2 3 Limavady District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  22. 1 2 3 4 5 Lisburn District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  23. 1 2 3 Magherafelt District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  24. 1 2 3 Moyle District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  25. 1 2 3 4 5 Newry & Mourne District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  26. 1 2 3 4 Newtownabbey District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  27. 1 2 3 4 North Down District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  28. 1 2 3 Omagh District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  29. 1 2 3 Strabane District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
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