# 1993 Newry and Mourne District Council election

Elections to Newry and Mourne District Council were held on 19 May 1993 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.

## Election results

Newry and Mourne District Council Election Result 1993 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| SDLP | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 47.9 | 17,517 | 1.5 |
| UUP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 20.9 | 7,655 | 2.4 |
| Sinn Féin | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16.7 | 18.1 | 6,619 | 4.1 |
| Ind. Nationalist | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 2,016 | 0.4 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 1,319 | 0.1 |
| DUP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 856 | 0.9 |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 381 | 0.1 |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 210 | 0.6 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Newry and Mourne District Council election, 1993 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | SDLP | SDLP | UUP | UUP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | DUP | DUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Crotlieve | 58.6 | 4 | 12.1 | 1 | 4.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 24.5 | 2 | 7 |
| Newry Town | 43.7 | 3 | 11.2 | 1 | 22.8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 22.3 | 1 | 7 |
| Slieve Gullion | 54.0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 46.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| The Fews | 44.7 | 3 | 36.5 | 2 | 18.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
| The Mournes | 36.8 | 2 | 46.8 | 2 | 3.6 | 0 | 12.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 47.9 | 15 | 20.9 | 6 | 18.1 | 5 | 2.3 | 1 | 10.8 | 3 | 30 |

## District results
### Crotlieve

1989: 5 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1993: 4 x SDLP, 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x UUP 1989-1993 Change: Independent Nationalist gain from SDLP
Crotlieve - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | SDLP | P. J. Bradley* | 19.48% | 1,698 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Hugh Carr* | 12.45% | 1,085 | 1,330.31 | | | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Anthony Williamson | 12.13% | 1,057 | 1,070.69 | 1,085.43 | 1,159.43 | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Ciaran Mussen* | 11.00% | 959 | 980.46 | 1,000.05 | 1,124.05 | |
| | SDLP | Jim McCart* | 9.51% | 829 | 944.44 | 970.29 | 1,011.66 | 1,185.56 |
| | UUP | Gordon Heslip | 12.14% | 1,058 | 1,060.59 | 1,065.96 | 1,066.96 | 1,073.99 |
| | SDLP | Mary O'Hare | 10.21% | 890 | 949.94 | 976.23 | 1,014.71 | 1,035.8 |
| | SDLP | Brian Mulligan* | 6.91% | 602 | 723.36 | 732.69 | 782.17 | 810.29 |
| | Sinn Féin | Ann Marie Willis | 4.83% | 421 | 425.81 | 441.92 | | |
| | Workers' Party | Raymond McEvoy | 1.33% | 116 | 135.24 | | | |
| Electorate: 13,640 Valid: 8,715 (63.89%) Spoilt: 227 Quota: 1,090 Turnout: 8,942 (65.56%) |||||||||

### Newry Town

1989: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin and Independent gain from SDLP and Independent Nationalist
Newry Town - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Sinn Féin | Davy Hyland | 12.41% | 997 | 1,002 | 1,015 | | | |
| | Independent | Jack Patterson | 7.44% | 598 | 621 | 650 | 800 | 1,019 | |
| | SDLP | Patrick McElroy* | 10.33% | 830 | 857 | 893 | 913 | 943 | 1,014 |
| | SDLP | Frank Feely* | 8.49% | 682 | 690 | 704 | 720 | 737 | 1,013 |
| | SDLP | Arthur Ruddy* | 10.26% | 824 | 841 | 850 | 874 | 932 | 982 |
| | Sinn Féin | Brendan Curran* | 10.36% | 832 | 849 | 863 | 893 | 933 | 958 |
| | UUP | William McCaigue* | 11.24% | 903 | 911 | 920 | 925 | 939 | 945 |
| | SDLP | Sean Gallogly* | 7.94% | 638 | 645 | 674 | 695 | 705 | 805 |
| | SDLP | Patrick Courtney | 6.64% | 533 | 542 | 554 | 578 | 601 | |
| | Independent | Richard Rodgers | 4.92% | 395 | 423 | 449 | 505 | | |
| | Independent | James Markey | 4.06% | 326 | 339 | 384 | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Anthony Hutchinson | 3.30% | 265 | 277 | | | | |
| | Independent Labour | Noel Sloan | 2.61% | 210 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,701 Valid: 8,033 (58.63%) Spoilt: 296 Quota: 1,005 Turnout: 8,329 (60.79%) ||||||||||

### Slieve Gullion

1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin 1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin 1989-1993 Change: No change
Slieve Gullion - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | SDLP | John Fee* | 20.08% | 1,227 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Jim McAllister* | 17.77% | 1,086 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Patrick McDonald | 16.82% | 1,028 | | |
| | SDLP | Pat Toner* | 14.15% | 865 | 1,121 | |
| | SDLP | Terry Mulkerns | 13.01% | 795 | 885 | 1,061.75 |
| | Sinn Féin | Patrick Brennan | 11.42% | 698 | 718 | 743.75 |
| | SDLP | Michael McShane | 6.74% | 412 | | |
| Electorate: 9,214 Valid: 6,111 (66.32%) Spoilt: 208 Quota: 1,019 Turnout: 6,319 (68.58%) |||||||

### The Fews

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
The Fews - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | UUP | Danny Kennedy* | 25.17% | 1,765 | | | |
| | SDLP | Stephen McGinn* | 17.18% | 1,205 | | | |
| | UUP | Arthur Lockhart | 11.32% | 794 | 1,541.56 | | |
| | SDLP | James Savage* | 13.68% | 959 | 962.96 | 1,030.72 | |
| | SDLP | Charlie Smyth* | 13.89% | 974 | 977.96 | 1,028.12 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Conor Murphy* | 10.85% | 761 | 761.44 | 762.32 | 907.87 |
| | Sinn Féin | Jimmy McCreesh | 7.90% | 554 | 554.44 | 556.64 | 613.44 |
| Electorate: 10,399 Valid: 7,012 (67.43%) Spoilt: 270 Quota: 1,002 Turnout: 7,282 (70.03%) ||||||||

### The Mournes

1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Protestant Unionist 1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1989-1993 Change: DUP gain from Protestant Unionist
The Mournes - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | UUP | Henry Reilly* | 24.57% | 1,647 | | |
| | UUP | Isaac Hanna | 22.20% | 1,488 | | |
| | SDLP | Emmett Haughian* | 22.13% | 1,483 | | |
| | DUP | William Burns | 12.77% | 856 | 1,371.55 | |
| | SDLP | Austin Crawford* | 14.71% | 986 | 997.2 | 1,198.2 |
| | Sinn Féin | Michael McAleenan | 3.61% | 242 | 242.35 | 245.35 |
| Electorate: 9,729 Valid: 6,702 (68.89%) Spoilt: 191 Quota: 1,118 Turnout: 6,893 (70.85%) |||||||