1993 Moyle District Council election

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1993 Moyle District Council election

19 May 1993 (1993-05-19)
All 15 seats to Moyle District Council 8 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party SDLP DUP Ulster Unionist Seats won 3 3 2 Seat change 1 0 0   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Independent Ind. Unionist Independent Republican Seats won 2 2 1 Seat change 0 0 1   Seventh party Eighth party   Party Independent Nationalist Sinn Féin Seats won 1 1 Seat change 0 0

Elections to Moyle 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 15 councillors.

Election results

Moyle District Council Election Result 1993

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SDLP	3	0	1	1	20.0	25.8	1,695	3.8
	DUP	3	0	0	0	20.0	18.4	1,211	0.9
	Ulster Unionist	2	0	0	0	13.3	7.5	494	1.3
	Ind. Unionist	2	0	0	0	13.3	13.7	901	1.8
	Independent	2	0	0	0	13.3	12.1	798	2.6
	Sinn Féin	1	0	0	0	6.7	8.3	548	2.7
	Independent Republican	1	1	0	1	6.7	8.2	538	8.2
	Independent Nationalist	1	0	0	0	6.7	5.2	340	0.2

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Moyle District Council election, 1993
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	SDLP		DUP		UUP		Sinn Féin		Others
Ballycastle	26.2	1	22.6	1	8.9	1	6.8	0	35.5	2	5
Giant's Causeway	0.0	0	28.0	2	19.8	1	0.0	0	52.2	2	5
The Glens	42.7	2	8.4	0	0.0	0	15.2	1	33.7	2	5
Total	25.8	3	18.4	3	7.5	2	8.3	1	40.0	6	15

District results

Ballycastle

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

Ballycastle - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Gardiner Kane*	22.61%	499
	Independent	Christopher McCaughan	17.26%	381
	SDLP	Richard Kerr	14.18%	313	313.28	314.56	316.24	328.09	394.09
	Independent	Seamus Blaney	13.41%	296	296.56	297.56	300.56	333.11	355.69	460.69
	Ulster Unionist	Helen Harding	8.88%	196	310.52	317.48	318.38	337	338.06	338.09
	SDLP	Anna Edwards	6.80%	150	151.12	153.12	154.32	161.56	180.89	202.92
	Sinn Féin	Paul Little	6.84%	151	151.28	151.28	151.43	152.46	153.46
	SDLP	Michael O'Cleary*	5.26%	116	116.28	116.28	117.18	133.69
	Independent	Archibald McAuley*	4.26%	94	102.68	106.08	108.63
	Independent	Elizabeth McConaghy	0.50%	11	16.04
Electorate: 3,621   Valid: 2,207 (60.95%)   Spoilt: 41   Quota: 368   Turnout: 2,248 (62.08%)

Giant's Causeway

1989: 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1993: 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1989-1993 Change: No change

Giant's Causeway - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Ind. Unionist	Price McConaghy*	26.48%	465
	Ind. Unionist	Robert McIlroy*	18.28%	321
	DUP	Thomas Brennan	14.46%	254	264.66	293.66
	DUP	David McAllister	13.55%	238	267.93	281.93	288.95	299.95
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Getty*	10.25%	180	216.08	221.72	227.48	298.48
	Ind. Unionist	James Rodgers*	6.55%	115	161.74	173.48	182.48	208.48
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Thompson	6.72%	118	149.98	158.26	162.31
	Ind. Unionist	Ronnie McIlvar	2.79%	49	60.07
	Independent	Thomas Palmer	0.91%	16	20.1
Electorate: 3,143   Valid: 1,756 (55.87%)   Spoilt: 40   Quota: 293   Turnout: 1,796 (57.14%)

The Glens

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

The Glens - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Independent Republican	Oliver McMullan	20.61%	538
	SDLP	Malachy McSparran*	19.49%	509
	Independent Nationalist	Randal McDonnell*	13.02%	340	380.11	413.41	452.41
	Sinn Féin	James McCarry*	15.20%	397	429.34	433.09	433.51
	SDLP	Patrick McBride*	13.75%	359	363.41	373.01	400.16
	SDLP	Joseph Mitchell*	9.50%	248	270.47	294.62	294.83
	DUP	Elizabeth Brennan	8.43%	220	221.26	221.41
Electorate: 3,787   Valid: 2,611 (68.95%)   Spoilt: 42   Quota: 436   Turnout: 2,653 (70.06%)