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 Increase 1 Increase 1 Increase 1   Fourth party Fifth party   Party UUP Ind. Nationalist Seats won 3 0 Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 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	Increase1	31.3	32.9	6,137	Increase6.2
	Sinn Féin	4	1	0	Increase1	25.0	23.5	4,392	Increase1.4
	DUP	4	1	0	Increase1	25.0	21.4	3,989	Decrease2.0
	UUP	3	0	1	Decrease1	18.8	20.3	3,781	Decrease0.4
	Workers' Party	0	0	0	Steady0	0.0	1.9	363	Decrease1.4

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
	Democratic Unionist Party	William McCrea*	31.73%	2,142
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Patrick Kilpatrick*	21.11%	1,425
	Sinn Féin	John Hurl*	16.50%	1,114
	UUP	Ernest Caldwell*	13.79%	931	1,088.3
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Joseph McBride	10.65%	719	720.65	1,173.53
	Democratic Unionist Party	Paul McLean*	1.30%	88	950.75	960.09
	UUP	George Shiels	4.44%	300	380.85	382.21
	Democratic Unionist Party	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
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	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
	Democratic Unionist Party	Thomas Catherwood*	11.68%	671	671	674	674	674	780	994.05
	Democratic Unionist Party	Thomas Wilson	11.70%	672	672	672.26	672.26	672.26	745.26	834.06
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	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
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Kathleen Lagan	15.16%	935	950.3	1,090.64
	Sinn Féin	John Walsh	12.94%	798	967.2	990.18
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Ghislaine O'Keeney*	14.08%	868	882.94	915.3
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Francis McKendry	10.57%	652	654.88	689.78
	Democratic Unionist Party	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%)