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.
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All 23 seats to Castlereagh Borough Council 12 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Election results edit
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| DUP | 9 | 0 | 0 |  0
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39.1 | 44.1 | 8,877 |  0.9
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| Ulster Unionist | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0
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26.1 | 21.9 | 4,405 | 5.1
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| Alliance | 5 | 1 | 0 |  1
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21.7 | 21.9 | 4,412 | 0.4
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| Ind. Unionist | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1
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8.7 | 3.8 | 759 | 0.0
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| UPUP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
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4.3 | 2.8 | 557 | 0.3
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| NI Conservatives | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
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0.0 | 5.5 | 1,104 | New | |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary edit
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| 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 edit
Castlereagh Central edit
1993: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| DUP | Peter Robinson* | 53.27% | 2,775 | |||||||||
| Alliance | Patrick Mitchell* | 15.01% | 782 | |||||||||
| Ulster Unionist | 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 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | 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 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | 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 edit
1993: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UPUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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| 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 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | 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 | |||
| Ulster Unionist | 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 edit
1993: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | 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 | |
| Ulster Unionist | 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 edit
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | John Taylor* | 34.16% | 1,549 | ||||||
| DUP | Ernest Harper* | 21.81% | 989 | ||||||
| Alliance | David Andrews | 20.40% | 925 | ||||||
| Ulster Unionist | 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 edit
- ^ 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.