# 1993 Armagh District Council election

Elections to Armagh District 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 22 councillors.

## Election results

Armagh District Council Election Result 1993 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 45.5 | 44.5 | 11,309 | 2.1 |
| SDLP | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40.9 | 35.6 | 9,052 | 3.9 |
| DUP | 2 | 0 | 0 | | 9.1 | 11.5 | 2,914 | 0.7 |
| Sinn Féin | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 4.5 | 8.4 | 2,121 | 0.2 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Armagh District Council election, 1993 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | DUP | DUP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Armagh City | 26.5 | 2 | 46.7 | 3 | 11.2 | 0 | 15.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Crossmore | 31.0 | 1 | 59.7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 9.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Cusher | 66.5 | 4 | 15.8 | 1 | 14.3 | 1 | 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
| The Orchard | 49.9 | 3 | 24.1 | 1 | 20.1 | 1 | 5.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 44.5 | 10 | 35.6 | 9 | 11.5 | 2 | 8.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 22 |

## District results
### Armagh City

1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1989-1993 Change: No change
Armagh City - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | SDLP | John Agnew* | 18.75% | 1,156 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Pat Brannigan* | 16.42% | 1,012 | | | | |
| | UUP | Gordon Frazer | 16.09% | 992 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Noel Sheridan | 15.59% | 961 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Anna Brolly* | 11.52% | 710 | 981.18 | | | |
| | UUP | Sylvia McRoberts | 10.45% | 644 | 645.82 | 758.46 | 839.31 | 860.89 |
| | DUP | Harold Carson | 11.19% | 690 | 691.82 | 709.42 | 735.6 | 743.92 |
| Electorate: 9,590 Valid: 6,165 (64.29%) Spoilt: 182 Quota: 881 Turnout: 6,347 (66.18%) |||||||||

### Crossmore

1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP 1993: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 1989-1993 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
Crossmore - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | SDLP | Thomas Kavanagh* | 22.87% | 1,379 | | |
| | SDLP | James McKernan* | 17.05% | 1,028 | | |
| | UUP | Jim Nicholson* | 16.75% | 1,010 | | |
| | SDLP | James Lennon | 10.93% | 659 | 800.68 | 954.72 |
| | SDLP | James McGleenan | 8.86% | 534 | 717.68 | 919.92 |
| | UUP | William Hamilton | 14.23% | 858 | 859.12 | 869.52 |
| | Sinn Féin | Brian Cunningham | 9.32% | 562 | 597.56 | |
| Electorate: 7,741 Valid: 6,030 (77.90%) Spoilt: 126 Quota: 1,006 Turnout: 6,156 (79.52%) |||||||

### Cusher

1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1989-1993 Change: No change
Cusher - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | UUP | Robert McWilliams | 22.94% | 1,685 | | |
| | UUP | Eric Speers* | 21.40% | 1,572 | | |
| | SDLP | Thomas Canavan* | 15.85% | 1,164 | | |
| | DUP | Margaret Black* | 14.30% | 1,050 | | |
| | UUP | Robert Turner* | 12.62% | 927 | 1,370.2 | |
| | UUP | James Clayton* | 9.49% | 697 | 879.4 | 1,393.03 |
| | Sinn Féin | Margaret McNally | 3.40% | 250 | 250.4 | 253.13 |
| Electorate: 10,288 Valid: 7,345 (71.39%) Spoilt: 127 Quota: 1,050 Turnout: 7,472 (72.63%) |||||||

### The Orchard

1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1989-1993 Change: No change
The Orchard - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | UUP | Jim Speers* | 27.66% | 1,620 | | |
| | SDLP | John Kernan* | 24.08% | 1,410 | | |
| | DUP | Brian Hutchinson | 20.05% | 1,174 | | |
| | UUP | Charles Rollston | 12.79% | 749 | 991 | |
| | UUP | Olive Whitten* | 9.48% | 555 | 940.2 | 985.95 |
| | Sinn Féin | Brendan Casey | 5.94% | 348 | 348.8 | 733.55 |
| Electorate: 8,581 Valid: 5,856 (68.24%) Spoilt: 93 Quota: 977 Turnout: 5,949 (69.33%) |||||||