1993 Armagh District Council election
Local govt election in Northern Ireland
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Elections to Armagh 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
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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UUP | 10 | 0 | 1 | ![]() | 45.5 | 44.5 | 11,309 | ![]() | |
SDLP | 9 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | 40.9 | 35.6 | 9,052 | ![]() | |
DUP | 2 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 9.1 | 11.5 | 2,914 | ![]() | |
Sinn Féin | 1 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 4.5 | 8.4 | 2,121 | ![]() |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
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UUP | SDLP | DUP | Sinn Féin | Others | |||||||
Armagh City | 26.5 | 2 | 46.7 | 3 | 11.2 | 0 | 15.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
Crossmore | 31.0 | 1 | 59.7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 9.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Cusher | 66.5 | 4 | 15.8 | 1 | 14.3 | 1 | 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
The Orchard | 49.9 | 3 | 24.1 | 1 | 20.1 | 1 | 5.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 44.5 | 10 | 35.6 | 9 | 11.5 | 2 | 8.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 22 |
District results
Armagh City
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
SDLP | John Agnew* | 18.75% | 1,156 | |||||
SDLP | Pat Brannigan* | 16.42% | 1,012 | |||||
UUP | Gordon Frazer | 16.09% | 992 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Noel Sheridan | 15.59% | 961 | |||||
SDLP | Anna Brolly* | 11.52% | 710 | 981.18 | ||||
UUP | Sylvia McRoberts | 10.45% | 644 | 645.82 | 758.46 | 839.31 | 860.89 | |
DUP | Harold Carson | 11.19% | 690 | 691.82 | 709.42 | 735.6 | 743.92 | |
Electorate: 9,590 Valid: 6,165 (64.29%) Spoilt: 182 Quota: 881 Turnout: 6,347 (66.18%) |
Crossmore
1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1993: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
1989-1993 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
SDLP | Thomas Kavanagh* | 22.87% | 1,379 | |||
SDLP | James McKernan* | 17.05% | 1,028 | |||
UUP | Jim Nicholson* | 16.75% | 1,010 | |||
SDLP | James Lennon | 10.93% | 659 | 800.68 | 954.72 | |
SDLP | James McGleenan | 8.86% | 534 | 717.68 | 919.92 | |
UUP | William Hamilton | 14.23% | 858 | 859.12 | 869.52 | |
Sinn Féin | Brian Cunningham | 9.32% | 562 | 597.56 | ||
Electorate: 7,741 Valid: 6,030 (77.90%) Spoilt: 126 Quota: 1,006 Turnout: 6,156 (79.52%) |
Cusher
1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1989-1993 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
UUP | Robert McWilliams | 22.94% | 1,685 | |||
UUP | Eric Speers* | 21.40% | 1,572 | |||
SDLP | Thomas Canavan* | 15.85% | 1,164 | |||
DUP | Margaret Black* | 14.30% | 1,050 | |||
UUP | Robert Turner* | 12.62% | 927 | 1,370.2 | ||
UUP | James Clayton* | 9.49% | 697 | 879.4 | 1,393.03 | |
Sinn Féin | Margaret McNally | 3.40% | 250 | 250.4 | 253.13 | |
Electorate: 10,288 Valid: 7,345 (71.39%) Spoilt: 127 Quota: 1,050 Turnout: 7,472 (72.63%) |
The Orchard
1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1989-1993 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
UUP | Jim Speers* | 27.66% | 1,620 | |||
SDLP | John Kernan* | 24.08% | 1,410 | |||
DUP | Brian Hutchinson | 20.05% | 1,174 | |||
UUP | Charles Rollston | 12.79% | 749 | 991 | ||
UUP | Olive Whitten* | 9.48% | 555 | 940.2 | 985.95 | |
Sinn Féin | Brendan Casey | 5.94% | 348 | 348.8 | 733.55 | |
Electorate: 8,581 Valid: 5,856 (68.24%) Spoilt: 93 Quota: 977 Turnout: 5,949 (69.33%) |
References
- ^ a b "Armagh District Council, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 24 July 2021.