# 1993 Craigavon Borough Council election

Elections to Craigavon 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 26 councillors.

## Election results

Craigavon Borough Council Election Result 1993 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 42.3 | 41.1 | 11,859 | 1.3 |
| SDLP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.1 | 24.9 | 7,184 | 3.9 |
| DUP | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15.4 | 16.1 | 4,628 | 1.7 |
| Sinn Féin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7.7 | 9.2 | 2,649 | 0.8 |
| Alliance | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 6.2 | 1,788 | 0.4 |
| Workers' Party | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 510 | 2.5 |
| NI Conservatives | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 208 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Craigavon Borough Council election, 1993 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | DUP | DUP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Alliance | Alliance | Workers' Party | Workers' Party | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Craigavon Central | 42.6 | 3 | 19.5 | 1 | 15.2 | 1 | 11.2 | 1 | 7.8 | 1 | 3.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Loughside | 9.8 | 0 | 62.1 | 3 | 2.3 | 0 | 21.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Lurgan | 60.0 | 5 | 9.2 | 1 | 20.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 7.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2.7 | 0 | 7 |
| Portadown | 43.8 | 3 | 18.4 | 1 | 22.8 | 2 | 8.0 | 0 | 7.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 41.1 | 11 | 24.9 | 6 | 16.1 | 4 | 9.2 | 2 | 6.2 | 2 | 1.8 | 1 | 0.7 | 0 | 26 |

## District results
### Craigavon Central

1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance 1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Alliance 1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
Craigavon Central - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | UUP | Kenneth Twyble | 16.12% | 1,246 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | William Allen | 15.16% | 1,172 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Frederick Crowe* | 9.92% | 767 | 808.36 | 907.36 | 910.36 | 982.36 | | |
| | UUP | Samuel McCammick* | 8.47% | 655 | 736.18 | 773.98 | 779.42 | 872.78 | 1,195.78 | |
| | SDLP | Patricia Mallon | 11.01% | 851 | 851.22 | 851.4 | 933.4 | 934.4 | 936.02 | 937.02 |
| | Sinn Féin | Brendan Curran* | 11.19% | 865 | 865.22 | 865.58 | 884.58 | 884.58 | 884.8 | 884.8 |
| | Alliance | Sean Hagan* | 7.79% | 602 | 613.44 | 615.24 | 686.04 | 698.8 | 786.92 | 857.92 |
| | SDLP | Gabriel O'Dowd | 8.49% | 656 | 656.44 | 626.62 | 709.62 | 709.62 | 714.34 | 718.34 |
| | UUP | Elizabeth McClurg* | 4.90% | 379 | 471.84 | 500.28 | 505.12 | 630.08 | | |
| | UUP | Pauline Lindsay* | 3.26% | 252 | 291.6 | 320.04 | 321.04 | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Tom French* | 3.69% | 285 | 286.98 | 287.52 | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,087 Valid: 7,730 (51.24%) Spoilt: 250 Quota: 967 Turnout: 7,980 (52.89%) |||||||||||

### Loughside

1989: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party 1993: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party 1989-1993 Change: No change
Loughside - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | SDLP | Sean McCavanagh* | 25.49% | 1,470 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Hugh Casey* | 22.43% | 1,294 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Brendan McConville | 21.86% | 1,261 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Dolores Kelly | 14.16% | 817 | 1,272.1 | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Peter Smyth | 3.90% | 225 | 264.59 | 584.17 | 757.7 | 761.39 | 994.39 |
| | UUP | Thomas Crozier | 9.83% | 567 | 568.11 | 573.33 | 577.77 | 700.83 | 708.83 |
| | DUP | Anne Hanlon | 2.32% | 134 | 135.85 | 141.07 | 141.81 | | |
| Electorate: 11,256 Valid: 5,768 (51.24%) Spoilt: 213 Quota: 962 Turnout: 5,981 (53.14%) ||||||||||

### Lurgan

1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1993: 5 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1989-1993 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Lurgan - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | UUP | Audrey Savage* | 18.77% | 1,472 | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Ruth Allen* | 15.03% | 1,179 | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Sydney Cairns* | 12.31% | 965 | 1,048.16 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Samuel Lutton* | 11.44% | 897 | 1,007.22 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Meta Crozier* | 10.86% | 852 | 959.91 | 987.28 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Donald MacKay | 3.67% | 288 | 318.03 | 324.15 | 385.81 | 417.31 | 428.59 | 431.03 | 687.6 | 927.54 |
| | SDLP | Mary McNally* | 9.17% | 719 | 720.65 | 720.99 | 724.99 | 724.99 | 725.07 | 725.07 | 726.07 | 858.48 |
| | DUP | David Martin | 5.59% | 438 | 463.08 | 616.59 | 640.61 | 645.41 | 648.05 | 649.77 | 713.26 | 760.02 |
| | Alliance | Wilson Freeburn | 7.47% | 586 | 591.61 | 593.31 | 638.97 | 643.77 | 644.25 | 644.57 | 671.49 | |
| | UUP | William McCullough | 3.03% | 238 | 343.93 | 349.54 | 395.17 | 420.37 | 429.41 | 430.41 | | |
| | NI Conservatives | Colette Jones | 2.65% | 208 | 217.9 | 220.45 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,012 Valid: 7,842 (55.97%) Spoilt: 173 Quota: 981 Turnout: 8,015 (57.20%) |||||||||||||

### Portadown

1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1989-1993 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Portadown - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | DUP | Mervyn Carrick | 18.96% | 1,419 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Ignatius Fox* | 18.39% | 1,377 | | | | | |
| | UUP | James Gillespie* | 17.98% | 1,346 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Joseph Trueman* | 13.40% | 1,003 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Brian Maguinness* | 7.20% | 539 | 611.08 | 613.42 | 924.97 | 1,229.97 | |
| | Alliance | William Ramsay* | 8.01% | 600 | 612.92 | 919.07 | 928.06 | 963.06 | |
| | DUP | John Tate | 3.82% | 286 | 636.54 | 636.93 | 650.88 | 749.74 | 921.24 |
| | Sinn Féin | John Dunbar | 6.99% | 523 | 523.34 | 647.36 | 647.98 | 650.33 | 650.33 |
| | UUP | Anna Moore* | 5.25% | 393 | 427 | 427.39 | 498.07 | | |
| Electorate: 13,876 Valid: 7,486 (53.95%) Spoilt: 171 Quota: 936 Turnout: 7,657 (55.18%) ||||||||||