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All 23 seats to Down District Council 12 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Down 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 23 councillors.
Election results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDLP | 13 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
56.5 | 51.2 | 13,102 | ![]() | |
UUP | 7 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
30.4 | 28.5 | 7,300 | ![]() | |
DUP | 3 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
13.0 | 9.9 | 2,545 | ![]() | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
0.0 | 3.8 | 971 | ![]() | |
Sinn Féin | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 3.2 | 815 | ![]() | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 2.7 | 694 | ![]() | |
Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.6 | 151 | ![]() |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
[edit]Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDLP | UUP | DUP | Others | ||||||
Ballynahinch | 49.4 | 2 | 30.8 | 2 | 19.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Downpatrick | 65.3 | 6 | 13.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 21.3 | 0 | 7 |
Newcastle | 56.4 | 4 | 20.9 | 1 | 6.7 | 1 | 16.0 | 0 | 6 |
Rowallane | 29.0 | 1 | 54.4 | 3 | 16.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 51.2 | 13 | 28.5 | 7 | 9.9 | 3 | 10.4 | 0 | 23 |
District results
[edit]Ballynahinch
[edit]1989: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1993: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1989-1993 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
SDLP | Patrick Toman* | 25.41% | 1,480 | |||
SDLP | Anne Marie McAleenan | 23.97% | 1,396 | |||
DUP | William Alexander | 19.81% | 1,154 | |||
UUP | James Cochrane* | 16.12% | 939 | 1,025 | ||
UUP | Walter Lyons* | 8.38% | 488 | 648 | 867 | |
UUP | Janet Crothers | 6.32% | 368 | 450 | 583 | |
Electorate: 8,953 Valid: 5,825 (65.06%) Spoilt: 132 Quota: 971 Turnout: 5,957 (66.54%) |
Downpatrick
[edit]1989: 5 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1993: 6 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
1989-1993 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
SDLP | Dermot Curran* | 14.30% | 1,075 | |||||||||||
SDLP | John Doris* | 13.79% | 1,037 | |||||||||||
SDLP | John Ritchie* | 13.71% | 1,031 | |||||||||||
UUP | Jack McIlheron | 13.37% | 1,005 | |||||||||||
SDLP | Malachi Curran* | 9.63% | 724 | 800.18 | 829.28 | 858.26 | 859.69 | 874.21 | 912.37 | 957.37 | ||||
SDLP | Francis McCann | 7.57% | 569 | 582 | 625.4 | 643.4 | 643.62 | 657.8 | 662.06 | 694.44 | 729.72 | 781.35 | 787.83 | |
SDLP | Owen Adams | 6.33% | 476 | 489.52 | 506.72 | 539.39 | 540.27 | 543.56 | 552.95 | 585.08 | 634.5 | 714.13 | 724.39 | |
Alliance | Michael Healy* | 5.89% | 443 | 447.55 | 449.75 | 452.09 | 488.94 | 516.91 | 534.34 | 544.6 | 592.25 | 720.56 | 721.1 | |
Independent | Keith Bradford | 3.87% | 291 | 293.47 | 295.87 | 298.39 | 312.69 | 340.4 | 351.17 | 383.5 | 409.54 | |||
Independent | Patrick O'Connor | 3.14% | 236 | 244.45 | 244.55 | 245.18 | 249.14 | 258.32 | 340.86 | 365.35 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Patrick McGreevy | 4.18% | 314 | 316.6 | 317.6 | 318.32 | 318.54 | 324.82 | 328.21 | |||||
Independent | James Masson | 2.22% | 167 | 175.84 | 176.14 | 176.23 | 178.87 | 180.87 | ||||||
Workers' Party | Desmond O'Hagan | 2.01% | 151 | 151.65 | 152.65 | 154 | 155.87 | |||||||
Electorate: 12,290 Valid: 7,519 (61.18%) Spoilt: 150 Quota: 940 Turnout: 7,669 (62.40%) |
Newcastle
[edit]1989: 4 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1993: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1989-1993 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
SDLP | Michael Boyd* | 21.83% | 1,405 | |||||||
SDLP | Eamon O'Neill* | 17.87% | 1,150 | |||||||
UUP | Gerald Douglas* | 14.73% | 948 | |||||||
SDLP | Peter Fitzpatrick* | 10.36% | 667 | 723 | 724.98 | 870.98 | ||||
SDLP | Frances Flynn | 6.39% | 411 | 631.68 | 706.86 | 753.66 | 760.66 | 920.9 | ||
DUP | John Finlay | 6.68% | 430 | 432.16 | 432.79 | 432.79 | 682.79 | 684.42 | 700.95 | |
Alliance | Anne Carr | 8.20% | 528 | 571.92 | 580.53 | 582.13 | 637.68 | 676.05 | 681.93 | |
Sinn Féin | Sean Fitzpatrick | 7.78% | 501 | 521.52 | 544.62 | 547.72 | 547.72 | |||
UUP | William Brown* | 6.15% | 396 | 401.04 | 401.67 | 401.77 | ||||
Electorate: 10,170 Valid: 6,436 (63.28%) Spoilt: 182 Quota: 920 Turnout: 6,618 (65.07%) |
Rowallane
[edit]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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
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1 | 2 | ||||
UUP | Samuel Osborne* | 22.80% | 1,322 | ||
SDLP | Margaret Ritchie* | 20.20% | 1,171 | ||
UUP | Albert Colmer* | 15.21% | 882 | 1,067.36 | |
UUP | William Biggerstaff* | 16.42% | 952 | 1,058.12 | |
DUP | William Dick* | 16.57% | 961 | 1,017.56 | |
SDLP | Hugh Flynn | 8.80% | 510 | 514.76 | |
Electorate: 9,320 Valid: 5,798 (62.21%) Spoilt: 110 Quota: 967 Turnout: 5,908 (63.39%) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Down Council Elections, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 27 July 2021.