1993 Craigavon Borough Council election

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1993 Craigavon Borough Council election

19 May 1993 (1993-05-19)
All 26 seats to Craigavon Borough Council 14 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Ulster Unionist SDLP DUP Seats won 11 6 4 Seat change 1 0 0   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Sinn Féin Alliance Workers' Party Seats won 2 2 1 Seat change 1 0 0

Elections to Craigavon Borough 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 26 councillors.

Election results

Craigavon Borough Council Election Result 1993

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Ulster Unionist	11	1	2	1	42.3	41.1	11,859	1.3
	SDLP	6	0	0	0	23.1	24.9	7,184	3.9
	DUP	4	1	1	0	15.4	16.1	4,628	1.7
	Sinn Féin	2	1	0	1	7.7	9.2	2,649	0.8
	Alliance	2	0	0	0	7.7	6.2	1,788	0.4
	Workers' Party	1	0	0	0	3.8	1.8	510	2.5
	NI Conservatives	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.7	208	New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Craigavon Borough Council election, 1993
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	UUP		SDLP		DUP		Sinn Féin		Alliance		Workers' Party		Others
Craigavon Central	42.6	3	19.5	1	15.2	1	11.2	1	7.8	1	3.7	0	0.0	0	7
Loughside	9.8	0	62.1	3	2.3	0	21.9	1	0.0	0	3.9	1	0.0	0	5
Lurgan	60.0	5	9.2	1	20.6	1	0.0	0	7.5	0	0.0	0	2.7	0	7
Portadown	43.8	3	18.4	1	22.8	2	8.0	0	7.0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	7
Total	41.1	11	24.9	6	16.1	4	9.2	2	6.2	2	1.8	1	0.7	0	26

District results

Craigavon Central

1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance
1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP

Craigavon Central - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Ulster Unionist	Kenneth Twyble	16.12%	1,246
	DUP	William Allen	15.16%	1,172
	Ulster Unionist	Frederick Crowe*	9.92%	767	808.36	907.36	910.36	982.36
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel McCammick*	8.47%	655	736.18	773.98	779.42	872.78	1,195.78
	SDLP	Patricia Mallon	11.01%	851	851.22	851.4	933.4	934.4	936.02	937.02
	Sinn Féin	Brendan Curran*	11.19%	865	865.22	865.58	884.58	884.58	884.8	884.8
	Alliance	Sean Hagan*	7.79%	602	613.44	615.24	686.04	698.8	786.92	857.92
	SDLP	Gabriel O'Dowd	8.49%	656	656.44	626.62	709.62	709.62	714.34	718.34
	Ulster Unionist	Elizabeth McClurg*	4.90%	379	471.84	500.28	505.12	630.08
	Ulster Unionist	Pauline Lindsay*	3.26%	252	291.6	320.04	321.04
	Workers' Party	Tom French*	3.69%	285	286.98	287.52
Electorate: 15,087   Valid: 7,730 (51.24%)   Spoilt: 250   Quota: 967   Turnout: 7,980 (52.89%)

Loughside

1989: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party
1993: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party
1989-1993 Change: No change

Loughside - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SDLP	Sean McCavanagh*	25.49%	1,470
	SDLP	Hugh Casey*	22.43%	1,294
	Sinn Féin	Brendan McConville	21.86%	1,261
	SDLP	Dolores Kelly	14.16%	817	1,272.1
	Workers' Party	Peter Smyth	3.90%	225	264.59	584.17	757.7	761.39	994.39
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Crozier	9.83%	567	568.11	573.33	577.77	700.83	708.83
	DUP	Anne Hanlon	2.32%	134	135.85	141.07	141.81
Electorate: 11,256   Valid: 5,768 (51.24%)   Spoilt: 213   Quota: 962   Turnout: 5,981 (53.14%)

Lurgan

1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993: 5 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1989-1993 Change: UUP gain from DUP

Lurgan - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Ulster Unionist	Audrey Savage*	18.77%	1,472
	DUP	Ruth Allen*	15.03%	1,179
	Ulster Unionist	Sydney Cairns*	12.31%	965	1,048.16
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Lutton*	11.44%	897	1,007.22
	Ulster Unionist	Meta Crozier*	10.86%	852	959.91	987.28
	Ulster Unionist	Donald MacKay	3.67%	288	318.03	324.15	385.81	417.31	428.59	431.03	687.6	927.54
	SDLP	Mary McNally*	9.17%	719	720.65	720.99	724.99	724.99	725.07	725.07	726.07	858.48
	DUP	David Martin	5.59%	438	463.08	616.59	640.61	645.41	648.05	649.77	713.26	760.02
	Alliance	Wilson Freeburn	7.47%	586	591.61	593.31	638.97	643.77	644.25	644.57	671.49
	Ulster Unionist	William McCullough	3.03%	238	343.93	349.54	395.17	420.37	429.41	430.41
	NI Conservatives	Colette Jones	2.65%	208	217.9	220.45
Electorate: 14,012   Valid: 7,842 (55.97%)   Spoilt: 173   Quota: 981   Turnout: 8,015 (57.20%)

Portadown

1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1989-1993 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Portadown - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Mervyn Carrick	18.96%	1,419
	SDLP	Ignatius Fox*	18.39%	1,377
	Ulster Unionist	James Gillespie*	17.98%	1,346
	Ulster Unionist	Joseph Trueman*	13.40%	1,003
	Ulster Unionist	Brian Maguinness*	7.20%	539	611.08	613.42	924.97	1,229.97
	Alliance	William Ramsay*	8.01%	600	612.92	919.07	928.06	963.06
	DUP	John Tate	3.82%	286	636.54	636.93	650.88	749.74	921.24
	Sinn Féin	John Dunbar	6.99%	523	523.34	647.36	647.98	650.33	650.33
	Ulster Unionist	Anna Moore*	5.25%	393	427	427.39	498.07
Electorate: 13,876   Valid: 7,486 (53.95%)   Spoilt: 171   Quota: 936   Turnout: 7,657 (55.18%)