# 1993 Magherafelt District Council election

Elections to Magherafelt 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

Magherafelt District Council Election Result 1993 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| SDLP | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31.3 | 32.9 | 6,137 | 6.2 |
| Sinn Féin | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 | 23.5 | 4,392 | 1.4 |
| DUP | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 | 21.4 | 3,989 | 2.0 |
| UUP | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18.8 | 20.3 | 3,781 | 0.4 |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 363 | 1.4 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Magherafelt District Council election, 1993 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | SDLP | SDLP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Magherafelt Town | 31.8 | 2 | 16.5 | 1 | 33.5 | 2 | 18.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Moyola | 26.8 | 1 | 21.5 | 1 | 23.4 | 2 | 25.9 | 1 | 2.4 | 0 | 5 |
| Sperrin | 39.8 | 2 | 33.1 | 2 | 6.2 | 0 | 17.3 | 1 | 3.6 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 32.9 | 5 | 23.5 | 4 | 21.4 | 4 | 20.3 | 3 | 1.9 | 0 | 16 |

## District results
### Magherafelt Town

1989: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1989-1993 Change: SDLP gain due to the addition of one seat
Magherafelt Town - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | DUP | William McCrea* | 31.73% | 2,142 | | |
| | SDLP | Patrick Kilpatrick* | 21.11% | 1,425 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | John Hurl* | 16.50% | 1,114 | | |
| | UUP | Ernest Caldwell* | 13.79% | 931 | 1,088.3 | |
| | SDLP | Joseph McBride | 10.65% | 719 | 720.65 | 1,173.53 |
| | DUP | Paul McLean* | 1.30% | 88 | 950.75 | 960.09 |
| | UUP | George Shiels | 4.44% | 300 | 380.85 | 382.21 |
| | DUP | Daniel McAllister | 0.47% | 32 | 85.35 | 88.41 |
| Electorate: 9,376 Valid: 6,751 (72.00%) Spoilt: 131 Quota: 965 Turnout: 6,882 (73.40%) |||||||

### Moyola

1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1993: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP
Moyola - 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 | Patrick McErlean | 22.21% | 1,276 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Margaret McKenna* | 13.61% | 782 | 797.34 | 812.42 | 1,204.84 | | | |
| | UUP | John Junkin* | 14.46% | 831 | 831 | 838 | 838 | 838 | 1,307.26 | |
| | DUP | Thomas Catherwood* | 11.68% | 671 | 671 | 674 | 674 | 674 | 780 | 994.05 |
| | DUP | Thomas Wilson | 11.70% | 672 | 672 | 672.26 | 672.26 | 672.26 | 745.26 | 834.06 |
| | SDLP | Francis Madden | 4.56% | 262 | 529.54 | 610.46 | 642.14 | 720.8 | 720.8 | 723.02 |
| | UUP | Norman Montgomery* | 11.40% | 655 | 655.26 | 658.26 | 658.26 | 658.26 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Paul Henry | 7.90% | 454 | 465.44 | 476 | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Patrick Scullion | 2.47% | 142 | 164.52 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,935 Valid: 5,745 (72.40%) Spoilt: 179 Quota: 958 Turnout: 5,924 (74.66%) |||||||||||

### Sperrin

1989: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1993: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP 1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin from Independent Nationalist
Sperrin - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Sinn Féin | Patrick Groogan | 20.18% | 1,244 | | |
| | UUP | Robert Montgomery* | 17.26% | 1,064 | | |
| | SDLP | Kathleen Lagan | 15.16% | 935 | 950.3 | 1,090.64 |
| | Sinn Féin | John Walsh | 12.94% | 798 | 967.2 | 990.18 |
| | SDLP | Ghislaine O'Keeney* | 14.08% | 868 | 882.94 | 915.3 |
| | SDLP | Francis McKendry | 10.57% | 652 | 654.88 | 689.78 |
| | DUP | Wesley Brown | 6.23% | 384 | 384.18 | |
| | Workers' Party | Francis Donnelly | 3.58% | 221 | 227.84 | |
| Electorate: 8,201 Valid: 6,166 (75.19%) Spoilt: 134 Quota: 1,028 Turnout: 6,300 (76.82%) |||||||