1993 Limavady Borough Council election
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All 15 seats to Limavady Borough Council 8 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Limavady Borough 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 15 councillors.
Election results
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Social Democratic and Labour | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 46.7 | 40.3 | 5,054 | 3.7 | |
Ulster Unionist | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 40.0 | 39.9 | 5,003 | 0.0 | |
Democratic Unionist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 10.8 | 1,358 | 1.0 | |
Sinn Féin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 9.0 | 1,129 | 0.6 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
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SDLP | UUP | DUP | Sinn Féin | Others | |||||||
Bellarena | 53.7 | 3 | 36.8 | 2 | 9.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Benbradagh | 33.3 | 2 | 37.5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 29.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Limavady Town | 34.1 | 2 | 44.6 | 2 | 21.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 40.3 | 7 | 39.9 | 6 | 10.8 | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 15 |
District results
Bellarena
1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1989–1993 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Stanley Gault* | 21.42% | 880 | |||
Social Democratic and Labour | Arthur Doherty* | 20.84% | 856 | |||
Social Democratic and Labour | Thomas Mullan* | 16.77% | 689 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Robert Grant* | 15.43% | 634 | 809.34 | ||
Social Democratic and Labour | John McKinney* | 16.09% | 661 | 661 | 826.48 | |
Democratic Unionist | Ernest Murray | 9.44% | 388 | 402.74 | 405.26 | |
Electorate: 6,221 Valid: 4,108 (66.03%) Spoilt: 75 Quota: 685 Turnout: 4,183 (67.24%) |
Benbradagh
1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989–1993 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | David Robinson* | 26.86% | 1,042 | |||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Michael Coyle | 25.75% | 999 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Thomas Donaghy* | 20.68% | 802 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | Max Gault* | 10.70% | 415 | 800.32 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Gerard Lynch* | 7.58% | 294 | 295.14 | 610.34 | 614.34 | 636.38 | |
Sinn Féin | Kevin Kelly | 8.43% | 327 | 327.76 | 364.16 | 509.16 | 509.54 | |
Electorate: 6,155 Valid: 3,879 (63.02%) Spoilt: 97 Quota: 647 Turnout: 3,976 (64.60%) |
Limavady Town
1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1989–1993 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | George Robinson* | 19.40% | 884 | |||
Social Democratic and Labour | Barry Doherty* | 17.60% | 802 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Ronald Cartwright* | 17.34% | 790 | |||
Ulster Unionist | John Dolan* | 15.80% | 720 | 771 | ||
Social Democratic and Labour | Desmond Lowry | 16.52% | 753 | 755 | 758.23 | |
Ulster Unionist | Norman Reynolds* | 12.11% | 522 | 548 | 665.13 | |
Democratic Unionist | John Murray | 1.89% | 86 | |||
Electorate: 6,959 Valid: 4,557 (65.48%) Spoilt: 66 Quota: 760 Turnout: 4,623 (66.43%) |
References
- ^ a b "Limavady Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 17 July 2021.