1993 Armagh District Council election

Local govt election in Northern Ireland

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19 May 1993 (1993-05-19)

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All 22 seats to Armagh District Council
12 seats needed for a majority

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
	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.

Results of the Armagh District Council election, 1993
by district
Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	UUP		SDLP		DUP		Sinn Féin		Others		Total Cllrs
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

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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%)

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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%)

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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%)

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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%)

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