1993 Castlereagh Borough Council election

Local government election in Northern Ireland

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1993

1993 Castlereagh Borough Council election | <- 1989 | 19 May 1993 (1993-05-19) | 1997 ->

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All 23 seats to Castlereagh Borough Council
12 seats needed for a majority
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Party  | DUP | UUP | Alliance
Seats won  | 9  | 6  | 5
Seat change  |  0  |  0  |  1

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| Fourth party  | Fifth party
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Party  | Ind. Unionist | UPUP
Seats won  | 2  | 1
Seat change  |  1  |  0

Elections to Castlereagh Borough 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

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Castlereagh Borough Council Election Result 1993[1] Party  | Seats  | Gains  | Losses  | Net gain/loss  | Seats %  | Votes %  | Votes  | +/−

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| DUP | 9  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 39.1  | 44.1 | 8,877 | 0.9
| UUP | 6  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 26.1  | 21.9  | 4,405  | 5.1
| Alliance | 5  | 1  | 0  | 1 | 21.7  | 21.9  | 4,412  | 0.4
| Ind. Unionist | 2  | 1  | 0  | 1 | 8.7  | 3.8  | 759  | 0.0
| UPUP | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 4.3  | 2.8  | 557  | 0.3
| NI Conservatives | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0.0  | 5.5  | 1,104  | New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

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Results of the Castlereagh Borough Council election, 1993
by district[1] Ward  | %
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Cllrs

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DUP | UUP | Alliance | UPUP | Others
Castlereagh Central  | 57.4  | 3  | 15.1  | 1  | 18.6  | 1  | 0.0  | 0  | 8.9  | 1  | 6
Castlereagh East  | 52.0  | 3  | 8.9  | 1  | 15.3  | 1  | 9.3  | 1  | 14.5  | 1  | 7
Castlereagh South  | 30.5  | 1  | 31.0  | 2  | 31.1  | 2  | 0.0  | 0  | 7.4  | 0  | 5
Castlereagh West  | 31.8  | 2  | 37.9  | 2  | 25.6  | 1  | 0.0  | 0  | 4.7  | 0  | 5
Total | 44.1  | 9  | 21.9  | 6  | 21.9  | 5  | 2.8  | 1  | 9.3  | 2  | 23

## Districts results

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### Castlereagh Central

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1993: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

Castlereagh Central \- 6 seats[2] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
| DUP | Peter Robinson*  | 53.27%  | 2,775 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Alliance | Patrick Mitchell*  | 15.01%  | 782 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| UUP | Alan Carson*  | 12.57%  | 655  | 802 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| DUP | John Norris | 0.90%  | 47  | 770.75 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| DUP | Cecil Moore | 2.17%  | 113  | 689  | 695  | 707.8  | 708  | 723.74  | 737.31  | 746.31 |
| Ind. Unionist | Grant Dillon*  | 6.53%  | 340  | 450.25  | 452.75  | 471.31  | 471.83  | 472.63  | 505.81  | 570.92  | 645.92
| DUP | Mary Fairfield  | 1.06%  | 55  | 417.25  | 423  | 431.32  | 431.48  | 433.5  | 442.41  | 469  | 493
| Alliance | Ann Smith  | 3.55%  | 185  | 209.75  | 214.5  | 216.1  | 245.22  | 245.34  | 292.08  | 320.1  |
| UUP | Ellen Gray*  | 1.98%  | 103  | 142  | 164  | 174.24  | 174.6  | 174.84  | 206.33  |  |
| NI Conservatives | Leeburn Stitt  | 2.42%  | 126  | 144.75  | 146.75  | 151.23  | 151.75  | 151.81  |  |  |
| UUP | John Ferris  | 0.54%  | 28  | 46  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 11,260  Valid: 5,209 (46.26%)  Spoilt: 202  Quota: 745  Turnout: 5,411 (48.06%)

### Castlereagh East

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1993: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UPUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

Castlereagh East \- 7 seats[2] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
| DUP | Iris Robinson*  | 45.13%  | 2,690 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Alliance | Peter Osborne | 15.27%  | 910 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| DUP | Matthew Anderson*  | 3.89%  | 232  | 1,364.94 |  |  |  |  |  |
| DUP | Sandy Geddis | 1.44%  | 86  | 298.38  | 831.58 |  |  |  |  |
| UPUP | Tommy Jeffers*  | 9.34%  | 557  | 676.88  | 688.88  | 732.66  | 736.36 |  |  |
| UUP | John Bell*  | 8.00%  | 477  | 531.02  | 539.02  | 563.44  | 607.76  | 608.36  | 632.44  | 723.44
| Ind. Unionist | William Abraham*  | 7.03%  | 419  | 493.74  | 502.14  | 523.48  | 532.1  | 532.88  | 547.56  | 624.02
| NI Conservatives | David Munster  | 3.88%  | 231  | 262.08  | 264.48  | 294.18  | 295.18  | 295.48  | 496.52  | 520.6
| DUP | Will Kelly  | 1.54%  | 92  | 362.1  | 395.3  | 399.48  | 409.52  | 484.1  | 491.2  |
| NI Conservatives | Barbara Finney  | 3.52%  | 210  | 231.46  | 235.06  | 266.3  | 267.52  | 267.88  |  |
| UUP | John Boyle*  | 0.95%  | 57  | 76.98  | 81.38  | 89.74  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 15,253  Valid: 5,961 (39.08%)  Spoilt: 125  Quota: 746  Turnout: 6,086 (39.90%)

### Castlereagh South

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1993: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP

Castlereagh South \- 5 seats[2] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
| UUP | John Beattie | 22.75%  | 1,003 |  |  |  |  |
| DUP | Myreve Chambers*  | 22.14%  | 976 |  |  |  |  |
| Alliance | Geraldine Rice*  | 18.94%  | 835 |  |  |  |  |
| Alliance | Margaret Marshall | 12.18%  | 537  | 543.48  | 553.48  | 557.73  | 654.1  | 749.5
| UUP | Marie Luney | 8.23%  | 363  | 585.48  | 586.48  | 601.73  | 726.95  | 728.15
| DUP | Charlie Tosh  | 8.35%  | 368  | 379.88  | 380.88  | 592.88  | 625.54  | 626.62
| NI Conservatives | Michael Henderson  | 6.37%  | 281  | 299.09  | 329.36  | 335.61  |  |
| NI Conservatives | Joyce Young  | 1.04%  | 46  | 46.81  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 10,556  Valid: 4,409 (41.77%)  Spoilt: 118  Quota: 735  Turnout: 4,527 (42.89%)

### Castlereagh West

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1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

Castlereagh West \- 5 seats[2] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
| UUP | John Taylor*  | 34.16%  | 1,549 |  |  |  |  |
| DUP | Ernest Harper*  | 21.81%  | 989 |  |  |  |  |
| Alliance | David Andrews | 20.40%  | 925 |  |  |  |  |
| UUP | William Stevenson | 3.75%  | 170  | 781 |  |  |  |
| DUP | William Clulow | 8.05%  | 365  | 434.16  | 493.68  | 496.2  | 518.84  | 796.44
| Alliance | Sara Duncan  | 5.25%  | 238  | 264  | 266.4  | 420.66  | 531.52  | 546.64
| DUP | William Smyth  | 2.95%  | 89  | 139.96  | 309.16  | 310.42  | 349.78  |
| NI Conservatives | Andrew Fee  | 4.63%  | 210  | 232.36  | 232.84  | 237.34  |  |
Electorate: 10,557  Valid: 4,535 (42.96%)  Spoilt: 120  Quota: 756  Turnout: 4,655 (44.09%)

## References

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1. ^ a b "Castlereagh Council Election Results 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
2. ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

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