1993 Armagh District Council election

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1993 Armagh District Council election

19 May 1993 (1993-05-19)
All 22 seats to Armagh District Council 12 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party UUP SDLP DUP Seats won 10 9 2 Seat change 1 1   Fourth party   Party Sinn Féin Seats won 1 Seat change

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

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	UUP	10	0	1	1	45.5	44.5	11,309	2.1
	SDLP	9	1	0	1	40.9	35.6	9,052	3.9
	DUP	2	0	0		9.1	11.5	2,914	0.7
	Sinn Féin	1	0	0		4.5	8.4	2,121	0.2

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Armagh District Council election, 1993
by district

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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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

Crossmore - 5 seats

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

Cusher - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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

The Orchard - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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%)