1993 Cookstown District Council election

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1993 Cookstown District Council election

19 May 1993 (1993-05-19)
All 16 seats to Cookstown District Council 9 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party SDLP Ulster Unionist DUP Seats won 5 5 3 Seat change 0 2 2   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Sinn Féin Ind. Unionist Seats won 2 1 Seat change 0 0

Elections to Cookstown 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

Cookstown District Council Election Result 1993

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SDLP	5	0	0	0	31.3	30.0	5,084	4.2
	Ulster Unionist	5	2	0	2	25.0	26.5	4,477	3.3
	DUP	3	0	2	2	18.8	17.5	2,954	6.5
	Sinn Féin	2	0	0	0	12.5	20.7	3,496	0.4
	Ind. Unionist	1	0	0	0	6.3	4.8	818	0.2
	Democratic Left	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.3	51	New
	Independent Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	44	0.2

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Cookstown District Council election, 1993
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	SDLP		UUP		DUP		Sinn Féin		Others
Ballinderry	33.0	2	21.0	2	22.6	1	23.4	1	0.0	0	6
Cookstown Central	30.9	2	37.6	2	15.8	1	13.8	0	1.9	0	5
Drum Manor	25.6	1	22.4	1	12.6	1	23.9	1	15.5	1	5
Total	30.0	5	26.5	5	17.5	3	20.7	2	5.3	1	16

District results

Ballinderry

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

Ballinderry - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SDLP	Patsy McGlone	20.05%	1,314
	Sinn Féin	Seamus Campbell	18.90%	1,239
	SDLP	Francis Rocks	12.94%	848	1,205.6
	DUP	Anne McCrea	14.28%	936	936.6	936.87	940.47
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Greer	10.47%	686	686.3	687.11	690.11	980.11
	Ulster Unionist	Victor McGahie*	10.51%	689	690.5	692.12	701.12	926.42
	Sinn Féin	Noel Quinn	4.50%	295	310.3	602.98	702.58	702.58
	DUP	Samuel McCartney*	8.35%	547	547.3	548.11	549.61
Electorate: 8,151   Valid: 6,554 (80.41%)   Spoilt: 211   Quota: 937   Turnout: 6,765 (83.00%)

Cookstown Central

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

Cookstown Central - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Ulster Unionist	Trevor Wilson*	29.70%	1,514
	SDLP	Denis Haughey*	18.42%	939
	Ulster Unionist	Ian Montgomery	7.94%	405	949.28
	DUP	William Larmour	12.44%	634	712.76	767	783.84	784.11	953.11
	SDLP	Margaret Laverty*	12.46%	635	635.44	637.36	672.68	748.19	758.59	779.59
	Sinn Féin	Martin Conlon	13.81%	704	704	704.08	716.08	720.67	720.76	720.76
	DUP	Rodney Mitchell	3.37%	172	201.48	231.16	239.84	240.02
	Democratic Left	Edwin Espie	1.00%	51	54.08	55.68
	Independent Labour	Harry Hutchinson	0.86%	44	44.44	45.56
Electorate: 7,047   Valid: 5,098 (72.34%)   Spoilt: 112   Quota: 850   Turnout: 5,210 (73.93%)

Drum Manor

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

Drum Manor - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Glasgow*	22.44%	1,183
	Sinn Féin	Sean Begley*	20.35%	1,073
	Ind. Unionist	Samuel Parke*	15.52%	818	1,037.7
	DUP	William Cuddy	12.61%	665	739.62	739.62	884.97
	SDLP	James McGarvey*	15.91%	839	846.28	853.3	859	906.8
	SDLP	Sean Mallon	9.65%	509	510.04	515.26	515.64	602.78
	Sinn Féin	Finbar Conway	3.51%	185	185.52	360.12	360.12
Electorate: 6,335   Valid: 5,272 (83.22%)   Spoilt: 147   Quota: 879   Turnout: 5,419 (85.54%)