1993 Strabane District Council election

Local govt election in Northern Ireland

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1993

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

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All 16 seats to Strabane District Council
9 seats needed for a majority
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Party  | SDLP | UUP | DUP
Seats won  | 5  | 4  | 3
Seat change  |  2  |  1  |  0

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| Fourth party  | Fifth party  | Sixth party
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Party  | Sinn Féin | Independent Nationalist | Ind. Unionist
Seats won  | 2  | 1  | 1
Seat change  |  0  |  1  |  0

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| Seventh party  |
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Party  | Alliance |
Seats won  | 0  |
Seat change  |  1  |

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.

## Election results[edit]

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

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| SDLP | 5  | 2  | 0  | 2 | 31.3  | 27.3 | 4,603 | 9.4
| UUP | 4  | 1  | 0  | 1 | 25.0  | 19.9  | 3,349  | 0.4
| DUP | 3  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 18.8  | 19.9  | 3,361  | 0.2
| Sinn Féin | 2  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 25.0  | 21.1  | 3,561  | 0.0
| Independent Nationalist | 1  | 0  | 1  | 1 | 6.3  | 5.3  | 886  | 9.5
| Ind. Unionist | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 6.3  | 3.3  | 551  | 1.7
| Alliance | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1 | 0.0  | 2.2  | 367  | 1.1
| Democratic Left | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0.0  | 0.8  | 136  | New
| Independent | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0.0  | 0.2  | 39  | 0.2

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary[edit]

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

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SDLP | UUP | DUP | Sinn Féin | Others
Derg  | 20.0  | 1  | 19.0  | 1  | 26.2  | 1  | 24.3  | 1  | 10.5  | 1  | 5
Glenelly  | 22.9  | 1  | 24.9  | 2  | 35.7  | 2  | 8.8  | 0  | 7.7  | 0  | 5
Mourne  | 38.3  | 3  | 16.3  | 1  | 0.0  | 0  | 29.0  | 1  | 16.4  | 1  | 6
Total | 27.3  | 5  | 19.9  | 4  | 19.9  | 3  | 21.1  | 3  | 11.8  | 1  | 16

## District results[edit]

### Derg[edit]

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] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
| 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%  | 906  | 909.74  | 917.44  | 965.56 |  |
| Ind. Unionist | Derek Hussey*  | 9.72%  | 551  | 556.44  | 569.54  | 626.42  | 636.16  | 649.16
| DUP | Samuel Allison  | 10.18%  | 577  | 579.72  | 580.4  | 601.16  | 610.92  | 616.92
| Sinn Féin | Sean Elliott  | 6.81%  | 386  | 488.68  | 506.24  | 506.36  |  |
| Independent Nationalist | Denis McCrory  | 0.86%  | 49  | 117  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 7,995  Valid: 5,668 (70.89%)  Spoilt: 166  Quota: 945  Turnout: 5,834 (72.97%)

### Glenelly[edit]

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] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
| SDLP | John Gallagher*  | 18.39%  | 968 |  |  |  |  |  |
| UUP | James Emery*  | 16.64%  | 876  | 879 |  |  |  |  |
| DUP | Allan Bresland | 15.67%  | 825  | 830  | 830.5  | 974.5 |  |  |
| DUP | John Donnell*  | 14.32%  | 754  | 765  | 765.1  | 890.1 |  |  |
| UUP | Samuel Martin | 8.26%  | 435  | 435  | 435.1  | 453.1  | 544.18  | 546.38  | 686.45
| Sinn Féin | Patrick Kelly  | 8.83%  | 465  | 466  | 472.5  | 472.5  | 472.5  | 544.1  | 595.3
| Alliance | John Devine  | 6.97%  | 367  | 380  | 391.9  | 394  | 397.96  | 506.66  |
| SDLP | Bernard McDermott  | 4.50%  | 237  | 239  | 308.6  | 308.6  | 309.59  |  |
| DUP | Derek Reaney  | 5.68%  | 299  | 299  | 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[edit]

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] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
| Sinn Féin | Ivan Barr*  | 20.76%  | 1,229 |  |  |  |
| UUP | John Cummings*  | 16.27%  | 963 |  |  |  |
| SDLP | Mary McElroy | 15.63%  | 925 |  |  |  |
| Independent Nationalist | James O'Kane*  | 14.14%  | 837  | 879.24 |  |  |
| SDLP | Thomas Mullen | 12.72%  | 753  | 813.39  | 855.39 |  |
| SDLP | Paul O'Hare | 9.95%  | 589  | 610.78  | 643.75  | 759.03  | 831.73
| Sinn Féin | Elayne McNicholl  | 8.24%  | 488  | 723.29  | 737.6  | 738.48  | 740.68
| Democratic Left | Francis McCay  | 2.30%  | 136  | 150.85  |  |  |
Electorate: 9,783  Valid: 5,920 (60.51%)  Spoilt: 231  Quota: 846  Turnout: 6,151 (62.87%)

## References[edit]

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

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