# 1993 Strabane District Council election

Elections to Strabane District Council were held on 19 May 1993 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 16 councillors.

## Election results

Strabane District Council Election Result 1993 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| SDLP | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 31.3 | 27.3 | 4,603 | 9.4 |
| UUP | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 | 19.9 | 3,349 | 0.4 |
| DUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.8 | 19.9 | 3,361 | 0.2 |
| Sinn Féin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 21.1 | 3,561 | 0.0 |
| Ind. Nationalist | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 886 | 9.5 |
| Ind. Unionist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 3.3 | 551 | 1.7 |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 367 | 1.1 |
| Democratic Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 136 | New |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 39 | 0.2 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Strabane District Council election, 1993 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | SDLP | SDLP | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Derg | 20.0 | 1 | 19.0 | 1 | 26.2 | 1 | 24.3 | 1 | 10.5 | 1 | 5 |
| Glenelly | 22.9 | 1 | 24.9 | 2 | 35.7 | 2 | 8.8 | 0 | 7.7 | 0 | 5 |
| Mourne | 38.3 | 3 | 16.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 29.0 | 1 | 16.4 | 1 | 6 |
| Total | 27.3 | 5 | 19.9 | 4 | 19.9 | 3 | 21.1 | 3 | 11.8 | 1 | 16 |

## District results
### Derg

1989: 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist 1993: 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist 1989-1993 Change: No change
Derg - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | SDLP | Laurence McNamee* | 19.95% | 1,131 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Edward Turner* | 18.97% | 1,075 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Charles McHugh* | 17.52% | 993 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Thomas Kerrigan* | 15.98% | 906 | 909.74 | 917.44 | 965.56 | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Derek Hussey* | 9.72% | 551 | 556.44 | 569.54 | 626.42 | 636.16 | 649.16 |
| | DUP | Samuel Allison | 10.18% | 577 | 579.72 | 580.4 | 601.16 | 610.92 | 616.92 |
| | Sinn Féin | Sean Elliott | 6.81% | 386 | 488.68 | 506.24 | 506.36 | | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Denis McCrory | 0.86% | 49 | 117 | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,995 Valid: 5,668 (70.89%) Spoilt: 166 Quota: 945 Turnout: 5,834 (72.97%) ||||||||||

### Glenelly

1989: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 1989-1993 Change: UUP gain from Alliance
Glenelly - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | SDLP | John Gallagher* | 18.39% | 968 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | James Emery* | 16.64% | 876 | 879 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Allan Bresland | 15.67% | 825 | 830 | 830.5 | 974.5 | | | |
| | DUP | John Donnell* | 14.32% | 754 | 765 | 765.1 | 890.1 | | | |
| | UUP | Samuel Martin | 8.26% | 435 | 435 | 435.1 | 453.1 | 544.18 | 546.38 | 686.45 |
| | Sinn Féin | Patrick Kelly | 8.83% | 465 | 466 | 472.5 | 472.5 | 472.5 | 544.1 | 595.3 |
| | Alliance | John Devine | 6.97% | 367 | 380 | 391.9 | 394 | 397.96 | 506.66 | |
| | SDLP | Bernard McDermott | 4.50% | 237 | 239 | 308.6 | 308.6 | 309.59 | | |
| | DUP | Derek Reaney | 5.68% | 299 | 299 | 299.2 | | | | |
| | Independent | Hughes Colhoun* | 0.74% | 39 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,432 Valid: 5,265 (70.84%) Spoilt: 143 Quota: 878 Turnout: 5,408 (72.77%) |||||||||||

### Mourne

1989: 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP 1993: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1989-1993 Change: SDLP (two seats) gain from Independent Nationalist and due to the addition of one seat
Mourne - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Sinn Féin | Ivan Barr* | 20.76% | 1,229 | | | | |
| | UUP | John Cummings* | 16.27% | 963 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Mary McElroy | 15.63% | 925 | | | | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | James O'Kane* | 14.14% | 837 | 879.24 | | | |
| | SDLP | Thomas Mullen | 12.72% | 753 | 813.39 | 855.39 | | |
| | SDLP | Paul O'Hare | 9.95% | 589 | 610.78 | 643.75 | 759.03 | 831.73 |
| | Sinn Féin | Elayne McNicholl | 8.24% | 488 | 723.29 | 737.6 | 738.48 | 740.68 |
| | Democratic Left | Francis McCay | 2.30% | 136 | 150.85 | | | |
| Electorate: 9,783 Valid: 5,920 (60.51%) Spoilt: 231 Quota: 846 Turnout: 6,151 (62.87%) |||||||||