1993 Armagh District Council election
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All 22 seats to Armagh District Council
12 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Ulster Unionist SDLP DUP
Seats won 10 9 2
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1 Steady
  Fourth party
 
Party Sinn Féin
Seats won 1
Seat change Steady

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

Armagh District Council Election Result 1993[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Ulster Unionist 10 0 1 Decrease1 45.5 44.5 11,309 Decrease2.1
  SDLP 9 1 0 Increase1 40.9 35.6 9,052 Increase3.9
  DUP 2 0 0 Steady 9.1 11.5 2,914 Decrease0.7
  Sinn Féin 1 0 0 Steady 4.5 8.4 2,121 Increase0.2

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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

Armagh City - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SDLP John Agnew* 18.75% 1,156        
SDLP Pat Brannigan* 16.42% 1,012        
Ulster Unionist Gordon Frazer 16.09% 992        
Sinn Féin Noel Sheridan 15.59% 961        
SDLP Anna Brolly* 11.52% 710 981.18      
Ulster Unionist 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

Crossmore - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
SDLP Thomas Kavanagh* 22.87% 1,379    
SDLP James McKernan* 17.05% 1,028    
Ulster Unionist 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
Ulster Unionist 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

Cusher - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Ulster Unionist Robert McWilliams 22.94% 1,685    
Ulster Unionist Eric Speers* 21.40% 1,572    
SDLP Thomas Canavan* 15.85% 1,164    
DUP Margaret Black* 14.30% 1,050    
Ulster Unionist Robert Turner* 12.62% 927 1,370.2  
Ulster Unionist 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

The Orchard - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Ulster Unionist Jim Speers* 27.66% 1,620    
SDLP John Kernan* 24.08% 1,410    
DUP Brian Hutchinson 20.05% 1,174    
Ulster Unionist Charles Rollston 12.79% 749 991  
Ulster Unionist 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

  1. ^ a b "Armagh District Council, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
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