1993 Castlereagh Borough Council election

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1993 Castlereagh Borough Council election

19 May 1993 (1993-05-19)
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 0 0 1   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Ind. Unionist UPUP Seats won 2 1 Seat change 1 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

Castlereagh Borough Council Election Result 1993

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	DUP	9	0	0	0	39.1	44.1	8,877	0.9
	UUP	6	0	0	0	26.1	21.9	4,405	5.1
	Alliance	5	1	0	1	21.7	21.9	4,412	0.4
	Ind. Unionist	2	1	0	1	8.7	3.8	759	0.0
	UPUP	1	0	0	0	4.3	2.8	557	0.3
	NI Conservatives	0	0	0	0	0.0	5.5	1,104	New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Castlereagh Borough Council election, 1993
by district

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

Castlereagh Central

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

Castlereagh Central - 6 seats

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

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

Castlereagh East - 7 seats

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

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

Castlereagh South - 5 seats

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

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

Castlereagh West - 5 seats

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%)