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1993 Castlereagh Borough Council election

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1993 Castlereagh Borough Council election
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All 23 seats to Castlereagh Borough Council
12 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party DUP UUP Alliance
Seats won 9 6 5
Seat change Steady 0 Steady 0 Increase 1

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Ind. Unionist UPUP
Seats won 2 1
Seat change Increase 1 Steady 0

Elections to Castlereagh 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 23 councillors.

Election results

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Castlereagh Borough Council Election Result 1993[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  DUP 9 0 0 Steady0 39.1 44.1 8,877 Decrease0.9
  UUP 6 0 0 Steady0 26.1 21.9 4,405 Decrease5.1
  Alliance 5 1 0 Increase1 21.7 21.9 4,412 Increase0.4
  Ind. Unionist 2 1 0 Increase1 8.7 3.8 759 Steady0.0
  UPUP 1 0 0 Steady0 4.3 2.8 557 Increase0.3
  NI Conservatives 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 5.5 1,104 New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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Results of the Castlereagh Borough Council election, 1993
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
DUP UUP Alliance UPUP Others
Castlereagh Central 57.4 3 15.1 1 18.6 1 0.0 0 8.9 1 6
Castlereagh East 52.0 3 8.9 1 15.3 1 9.3 1 14.5 1 7
Castlereagh South 30.5 1 31.0 2 31.1 2 0.0 0 7.4 0 5
Castlereagh West 31.8 2 37.9 2 25.6 1 0.0 0 4.7 0 5
Total 44.1 9 21.9 6 21.9 5 2.8 1 9.3 2 23

Districts results

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Castlereagh Central

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1993: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

Castlereagh Central - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
DUP Peter Robinson* 53.27% 2,775                
Alliance Patrick Mitchell* 15.01% 782                
UUP Alan Carson* 12.57% 655 802              
DUP John Norris 0.90% 47 770.75              
DUP Cecil Moore 2.17% 113 689 695 707.8 708 723.74 737.31 746.31  
Ind. Unionist Grant Dillon* 6.53% 340 450.25 452.75 471.31 471.83 472.63 505.81 570.92 645.92
DUP Mary Fairfield 1.06% 55 417.25 423 431.32 431.48 433.5 442.41 469 493
Alliance Ann Smith 3.55% 185 209.75 214.5 216.1 245.22 245.34 292.08 320.1  
UUP Ellen Gray* 1.98% 103 142 164 174.24 174.6 174.84 206.33    
NI Conservatives Leeburn Stitt 2.42% 126 144.75 146.75 151.23 151.75 151.81      
UUP John Ferris 0.54% 28 46              
Electorate: 11,260   Valid: 5,209 (46.26%)   Spoilt: 202   Quota: 745   Turnout: 5,411 (48.06%)  

Castlereagh East

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1993: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UPUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

Castlereagh East - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
DUP Iris Robinson* 45.13% 2,690              
Alliance Peter Osborne 15.27% 910              
DUP Matthew Anderson* 3.89% 232 1,364.94            
DUP Sandy Geddis 1.44% 86 298.38 831.58          
UPUP Tommy Jeffers* 9.34% 557 676.88 688.88 732.66 736.36      
UUP John Bell* 8.00% 477 531.02 539.02 563.44 607.76 608.36 632.44 723.44
Ind. Unionist William Abraham* 7.03% 419 493.74 502.14 523.48 532.1 532.88 547.56 624.02
NI Conservatives David Munster 3.88% 231 262.08 264.48 294.18 295.18 295.48 496.52 520.6
DUP Will Kelly 1.54% 92 362.1 395.3 399.48 409.52 484.1 491.2  
NI Conservatives Barbara Finney 3.52% 210 231.46 235.06 266.3 267.52 267.88    
UUP John Boyle* 0.95% 57 76.98 81.38 89.74        
Electorate: 15,253   Valid: 5,961 (39.08%)   Spoilt: 125   Quota: 746   Turnout: 6,086 (39.90%)  

Castlereagh South

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1993: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP

Castlereagh South - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
UUP John Beattie 22.75% 1,003          
DUP Myreve Chambers* 22.14% 976          
Alliance Geraldine Rice* 18.94% 835          
Alliance Margaret Marshall 12.18% 537 543.48 553.48 557.73 654.1 749.5
UUP Marie Luney 8.23% 363 585.48 586.48 601.73 726.95 728.15
DUP Charlie Tosh 8.35% 368 379.88 380.88 592.88 625.54 626.62
NI Conservatives Michael Henderson 6.37% 281 299.09 329.36 335.61    
NI Conservatives Joyce Young 1.04% 46 46.81        
Electorate: 10,556   Valid: 4,409 (41.77%)   Spoilt: 118   Quota: 735   Turnout: 4,527 (42.89%)  

Castlereagh West

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1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

Castlereagh West - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
UUP John Taylor* 34.16% 1,549          
DUP Ernest Harper* 21.81% 989          
Alliance David Andrews 20.40% 925          
UUP William Stevenson 3.75% 170 781        
DUP William Clulow 8.05% 365 434.16 493.68 496.2 518.84 796.44
Alliance Sara Duncan 5.25% 238 264 266.4 420.66 531.52 546.64
DUP William Smyth 2.95% 89 139.96 309.16 310.42 349.78  
NI Conservatives Andrew Fee 4.63% 210 232.36 232.84 237.34    
Electorate: 10,557   Valid: 4,535 (42.96%)   Spoilt: 120   Quota: 756   Turnout: 4,655 (44.09%)  

References

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  1. ^ a b "Castlereagh Council Election Results 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.