1993 Magherafelt District Council election

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1993 Magherafelt District Council election

19 May 1993 (1993-05-19)
All 16 seats to Magherafelt District Council 9 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party SDLP Sinn Féin DUP Seats won 5 4 4 Seat change 1 1 1   Fourth party Fifth party   Party UUP Ind. Nationalist Seats won 3 0 Seat change 1 1

Elections to Magherafelt 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

Magherafelt District Council Election Result 1993

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SDLP	5	1	0	1	31.3	32.9	6,137	6.2
	Sinn Féin	4	1	0	1	25.0	23.5	4,392	1.4
	DUP	4	1	0	1	25.0	21.4	3,989	2.0
	UUP	3	0	1	1	18.8	20.3	3,781	0.4
	Workers' Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.9	363	1.4

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Magherafelt District Council election, 1993
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	SDLP		Sinn Féin		DUP		UUP		Others
Magherafelt Town	31.8	2	16.5	1	33.5	2	18.2	1	0.0	0	6
Moyola	26.8	1	21.5	1	23.4	2	25.9	1	2.4	0	5
Sperrin	39.8	2	33.1	2	6.2	0	17.3	1	3.6	0	5
Total	32.9	5	23.5	4	21.4	4	20.3	3	1.9	0	16

District results

Magherafelt Town

1989: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989-1993 Change: SDLP gain due to the addition of one seat

Magherafelt Town - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	DUP	William McCrea*	31.73%	2,142
	SDLP	Patrick Kilpatrick*	21.11%	1,425
	Sinn Féin	John Hurl*	16.50%	1,114
	UUP	Ernest Caldwell*	13.79%	931	1,088.3
	SDLP	Joseph McBride	10.65%	719	720.65	1,173.53
	DUP	Paul McLean*	1.30%	88	950.75	960.09
	UUP	George Shiels	4.44%	300	380.85	382.21
	DUP	Daniel McAllister	0.47%	32	85.35	88.41
Electorate: 9,376   Valid: 6,751 (72.00%)   Spoilt: 131   Quota: 965   Turnout: 6,882 (73.40%)

Moyola

1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP

Moyola - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SDLP	Patrick McErlean	22.21%	1,276
	Sinn Féin	Margaret McKenna*	13.61%	782	797.34	812.42	1,204.84
	UUP	John Junkin*	14.46%	831	831	838	838	838	1,307.26
	DUP	Thomas Catherwood*	11.68%	671	671	674	674	674	780	994.05
	DUP	Thomas Wilson	11.70%	672	672	672.26	672.26	672.26	745.26	834.06
	SDLP	Francis Madden	4.56%	262	529.54	610.46	642.14	720.8	720.8	723.02
	UUP	Norman Montgomery*	11.40%	655	655.26	658.26	658.26	658.26
	Sinn Féin	Paul Henry	7.90%	454	465.44	476
	Workers' Party	Patrick Scullion	2.47%	142	164.52
Electorate: 7,935   Valid: 5,745 (72.40%)   Spoilt: 179   Quota: 958   Turnout: 5,924 (74.66%)

Sperrin

1989: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin from Independent Nationalist

Sperrin - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Groogan	20.18%	1,244
	UUP	Robert Montgomery*	17.26%	1,064
	SDLP	Kathleen Lagan	15.16%	935	950.3	1,090.64
	Sinn Féin	John Walsh	12.94%	798	967.2	990.18
	SDLP	Ghislaine O'Keeney*	14.08%	868	882.94	915.3
	SDLP	Francis McKendry	10.57%	652	654.88	689.78
	DUP	Wesley Brown	6.23%	384	384.18
	Workers' Party	Francis Donnelly	3.58%	221	227.84
Electorate: 8,201   Valid: 6,166 (75.19%)   Spoilt: 134   Quota: 1,028   Turnout: 6,300 (76.82%)