1993 Omagh District Council election

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1993 Omagh District Council election

19 May 1993 (1993-05-19)
All 21 seats to Omagh District Council 11 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Sinn Féin SDLP UUP Seats won 6 5 4 Seat change Steady 0 Decrease 1 Decrease 1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party DUP Alliance Ind. Nationalist Seats won 3 1 1 Seat change Steady 0 Increase 1 Steady 0   Seventh party   Party Independent Labour Seats won 1 Seat change Increase 1

Elections to Omagh 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 21 councillors.

Election results

Omagh District Council Election Result 1993

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Sinn Féin	6	0	0	Steady0	28.6	24.3	5,338	Decrease0.6
	SDLP	5	0	1	Decrease1	23.8	24.5	5,386	Decrease1.6
	UUP	4	0	1	Decrease1	19.0	20.0	4,008	Decrease1.9
	DUP	3	1	1	Steady0	14.3	15.4	3,393	Increase0.3
	Alliance	1	1	0	Increase1	4.8	5.0	1,092	Increase1.3
	Independent Labour	1	1	0	Increase1	4.8	4.2	921	Increase4.2
	Ind. Nationalist	1	0	0	Steady0	4.8	3.2	700	Decrease0.9
	Workers' Party	0	0	0	Steady0	0.0	1.9	422	Increase2.3
	Democratic Left	0	0	0	Steady0	0.0	1.5	340	New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Omagh District Council election, 1993
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	Sinn Féin		SDLP		UUP		DUP		Alliance		Others
Mid Tyrone	38.4	3	18.7	1	16.9	1	10.6	1	1.8	0	13.6	1	7
Omagh Town	12.0	1	25.1	2	16.1	1	20.6	1	11.6	1	14.6	1	7
West Tyrone	20.9	2	29.8	2	26.6	2	15.6	1	2.3	0	4.8	0	7
Total	24.3	6	24.5	5	20.0	4	15.4	3	5.0	1	10.8	2	21

District results

Mid Tyrone

1989: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1989-1993 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Mid Tyrone - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Sinn Féin	Patrick McMahon*	15.90%	1,216
	UUP	Desmond Anderson*	13.18%	1,008
	Sinn Féin	Barney McAleer*	11.52%	881	1,007.5
	Sinn Féin	Sean Clarke*	10.94%	837	936	936	936.15	983.31
	Democratic Unionist Party	Drew Baxter	6.55%	501	501	505	515.3	515.3	515.3	784.65	788.65	1,004.65
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Seamus Shields*	8.03%	614	630.94	644.16	644.91	646.71	650.85	651.9	747.56	753.21	934.3
	Ind. Nationalist	Brian McGrath*	9.15%	700	705.06	728.06	728.21	728.48	733.07	733.07	789.38	794.68	863.92
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Nuala McSherry	6.20%	474	474.88	491.88	492.13	492.22	492.58	492.58	631.07	633.07	668.32
	Democratic Left	Patrick McClean	4.45%	340	346.16	369.6	370.15	370.69	371.14	375.14	391.36	409.71
	UUP	William Oldcroft	3.77%	288	288	309	343.2	343.2	343.2	379.55	380.6
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Patrick McLaughlin	4.43%	339	340.76	356.76	356.86	357.4	357.76	357.76
	Democratic Unionist Party	Jim Patterson	4.09%	313	313	314	317.05	317.05	317.05
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	James Lagan	1.80%	138	138.88
Electorate: 9,970   Valid: 7,649 (76.72%)   Spoilt: 228   Quota: 957   Turnout: 7,877 (79.01%)

Omagh Town

1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993: 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Labour
1989-1993 Change: Alliance gain from DUP, Independent Labour leaves SDLP

Omagh Town - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Democratic Unionist Party	Oliver Gibson*	14.83%	995
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Patrick McGowan*	14.01%	940
	Independent Labour	Johnny McLaughlin*	13.73%	921
	UUP	Wilfred Breen*	12.05%	808	835.36	839.36
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	Ann Gormley	7.50%	503	504.12	516.12	528	547.03	771.1	837.92	878.92
	Sinn Féin	Francis Mackey*	12.03%	807	807	811	815.62	835.53	837.64	838.75	863.75
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Joe Byrne	6.41%	430	430.32	435.32	461.72	470.74	477.83	480.27	751.07	768.07
	Democratic Unionist Party	Ivan Burnside	5.81%	390	498.48	499.48	499.48	501.46	506.46	693.24	693.35	693.35
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Stephen McKenna*	4.68%	314	314.32	327.32	378.58	401.46	404.28	407.6
	UUP	Reuben McKelvey	4.04%	271	286.52	289.52	290.4	293.26	321.23
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	Ethne McClelland	4.10%	275	276.76	279.76	282.29	286.03
	Workers' Party	Hugh Mullin	0.81%	54	54
Electorate: 10,799   Valid: 6,708 (62.12%)   Spoilt: 179   Quota: 839   Turnout: 6,887 (63.77%)

West Tyrone

1989: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
1993: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
1989-1993 Change: No change

West Tyrone - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Democratic Unionist Party	Thomas Buchanan	15.62%	1,194
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Liam McQuaid*	15.60%	1,192
	UUP	Arthur McFarland*	14.95%	1,143
	UUP	Allan Rainey*	7.99%	611	779.59	780.64	933.44	973.44
	Sinn Féin	Gerry McMenamin*	11.72%	896	896.46	903.81	903.81	907.81	910.81	957.81
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	John Duffy	7.72%	590	590.23	661.21	661.37	694.37	707.44	884.55
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Watters	9.17%	701	701.46	719.52	719.68	719.68	721.47	762.46
	Social Democratic and Labour Party	James Connolly	6.45%	493	493.69	597.43	597.91	619.65	638.57	698.26
	Workers' Party	Tommy Owens	4.81%	368	368.92	395.59	396.07	431.12	456.1
	UUP	William Wilson	3.65%	279	338.34	339.6	362.8	383.3
	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland	Eric Bullick	2.30%	176	181.75	185.11	187.03
Electorate: 10,209   Valid: 7,643 (74.87%)   Spoilt: 200   Quota: 956   Turnout: 7,843 (76.82%)