1993_Armagh_District_Council_election

1993 Armagh District Council election

Local govt election in Northern Ireland

Elections to Armagh District 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 22 councillors.

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District results

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Ulster Unionist	10	0	1	1	45.5	44.5	11,309	2.1
SDLP	9	1	0	1	40.9	35.6	9,052	3.9
DUP	2	0	0		9.1	11.5	2,914	0.7
Sinn Féin	1	0	0		4.5	8.4	2,121	0.2

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	UUP		SDLP		DUP		Sinn Féin		Others		Total Cllrs
Armagh City	26.5	2	46.7	3	11.2	0	15.6	1	0.0	0	6
Crossmore	31.0	1	59.7	4	0.0	0	9.3	0	0.0	0	5
Cusher	66.5	4	15.8	1	14.3	1	3.4	0	0.0	0	6
The Orchard	49.9	3	24.1	1	20.1	1	5.9	0	0.0	0	5
Total	44.5	10	35.6	9	11.5	2	8.4	1	0.0	0	22

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	SDLP	John Agnew*	18.75%	1,156
	SDLP	Pat Brannigan*	16.42%	1,012
	Ulster Unionist	Gordon Frazer	16.09%	992
	Sinn Féin	Noel Sheridan	15.59%	961
	SDLP	Anna Brolly*	11.52%	710	981.18
	Ulster Unionist	Sylvia McRoberts	10.45%	644	645.82	758.46	839.31	860.89
	DUP	Harold Carson	11.19%	690	691.82	709.42	735.6	743.92
Electorate: 9,590 Valid: 6,165 (64.29%) Spoilt: 182 Quota: 881 Turnout: 6,347 (66.18%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	SDLP	Thomas Kavanagh*	22.87%	1,379
	SDLP	James McKernan*	17.05%	1,028
	Ulster Unionist	Jim Nicholson*	16.75%	1,010
	SDLP	James Lennon	10.93%	659	800.68	954.72
	SDLP	James McGleenan	8.86%	534	717.68	919.92
	Ulster Unionist	William Hamilton	14.23%	858	859.12	869.52
	Sinn Féin	Brian Cunningham	9.32%	562	597.56
Electorate: 7,741 Valid: 6,030 (77.90%) Spoilt: 126 Quota: 1,006 Turnout: 6,156 (79.52%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	Ulster Unionist	Robert McWilliams	22.94%	1,685
	Ulster Unionist	Eric Speers*	21.40%	1,572
	SDLP	Thomas Canavan*	15.85%	1,164
	DUP	Margaret Black*	14.30%	1,050
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Turner*	12.62%	927	1,370.2
	Ulster Unionist	James Clayton*	9.49%	697	879.4	1,393.03
	Sinn Féin	Margaret McNally	3.40%	250	250.4	253.13
Electorate: 10,288 Valid: 7,345 (71.39%) Spoilt: 127 Quota: 1,050 Turnout: 7,472 (72.63%)

The Orchard - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	Ulster Unionist	Jim Speers*	27.66%	1,620
	SDLP	John Kernan*	24.08%	1,410
	DUP	Brian Hutchinson	20.05%	1,174
	Ulster Unionist	Charles Rollston	12.79%	749	991
	Ulster Unionist	Olive Whitten*	9.48%	555	940.2	985.95
	Sinn Féin	Brendan Casey	5.94%	348	348.8	733.55
Electorate: 8,581 Valid: 5,856 (68.24%) Spoilt: 93 Quota: 977 Turnout: 5,949 (69.33%)