1993 Castlereagh Borough Council election

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^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
DUP	9	0		39.1	44.1	8,877	0.9
UUP	6	0		26.1	21.9	4,405	5.1
Alliance	5	1	1	21.7	21.9	4,412	0.4
Ind U	2	1	1	8.7	3.8	759
UPUP	1	0		4.3	2.8	557	0.3
NI Conservatives	0	0	New	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^[1]
Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	DUP		UUP		Alliance		UPUP		Others		Total Cllrs
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^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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 U	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^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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 U	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	5.01%	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^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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[]

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

[Castlereagh-1] "Castlereagh Council Election Results 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.

[Results-2] "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

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