# 1993 Cookstown District Council election

Elections to Cookstown 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

Cookstown District Council Election Result 1993 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| SDLP | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.3 | 30.0 | 5,084 | 4.2 |
| UUP | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 25.0 | 26.5 | 4,477 | 3.3 |
| DUP | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18.8 | 17.5 | 2,954 | 6.5 |
| Sinn Féin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 20.7 | 3,496 | 0.4 |
| Ind. Unionist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 4.8 | 818 | 0.2 |
| Democratic Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 51 | New |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 44 | 0.2 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Cookstown 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 |
| Ballinderry | 33.0 | 2 | 21.0 | 2 | 22.6 | 1 | 23.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Cookstown Central | 30.9 | 2 | 37.6 | 2 | 15.8 | 1 | 13.8 | 0 | 1.9 | 0 | 5 |
| Drum Manor | 25.6 | 1 | 22.4 | 1 | 12.6 | 1 | 23.9 | 1 | 15.5 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 30.0 | 5 | 26.5 | 5 | 17.5 | 3 | 20.7 | 2 | 5.3 | 1 | 16 |

## District results
### Ballinderry

1989: 2 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1993: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1989-1993 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Ballinderry - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | SDLP | Patsy McGlone | 20.05% | 1,314 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Seamus Campbell | 18.90% | 1,239 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Francis Rocks | 12.94% | 848 | 1,205.6 | | | |
| | DUP | Anne McCrea | 14.28% | 936 | 936.6 | 936.87 | 940.47 | |
| | UUP | Thomas Greer | 10.47% | 686 | 686.3 | 687.11 | 690.11 | 980.11 |
| | UUP | Victor McGahie* | 10.51% | 689 | 690.5 | 692.12 | 701.12 | 926.42 |
| | Sinn Féin | Noel Quinn | 4.50% | 295 | 310.3 | 602.98 | 702.58 | 702.58 |
| | DUP | Samuel McCartney* | 8.35% | 547 | 547.3 | 548.11 | 549.61 | |
| Electorate: 8,151 Valid: 6,554 (80.41%) Spoilt: 211 Quota: 937 Turnout: 6,765 (83.00%) |||||||||

### Cookstown Central

1989: 2 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP 1993: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP 1989-1993 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Cookstown Central - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | UUP | Trevor Wilson* | 29.70% | 1,514 | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Denis Haughey* | 18.42% | 939 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Ian Montgomery | 7.94% | 405 | 949.28 | | | | | |
| | DUP | William Larmour | 12.44% | 634 | 712.76 | 767 | 783.84 | 784.11 | 953.11 | |
| | SDLP | Margaret Laverty* | 12.46% | 635 | 635.44 | 637.36 | 672.68 | 748.19 | 758.59 | 779.59 |
| | Sinn Féin | Martin Conlon | 13.81% | 704 | 704 | 704.08 | 716.08 | 720.67 | 720.76 | 720.76 |
| | DUP | Rodney Mitchell | 3.37% | 172 | 201.48 | 231.16 | 239.84 | 240.02 | | |
| | Democratic Left | Edwin Espie | 1.00% | 51 | 54.08 | 55.68 | | | | |
| | Independent Labour | Harry Hutchinson | 0.86% | 44 | 44.44 | 45.56 | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,047 Valid: 5,098 (72.34%) Spoilt: 112 Quota: 850 Turnout: 5,210 (73.93%) |||||||||||

### Drum Manor

1989: 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist 1993: 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist 1989-1993 Change: No change
Drum Manor - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | UUP | Samuel Glasgow* | 22.44% | 1,183 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Sean Begley* | 20.35% | 1,073 | | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Samuel Parke* | 15.52% | 818 | 1,037.7 | | | |
| | DUP | William Cuddy | 12.61% | 665 | 739.62 | 739.62 | 884.97 | |
| | SDLP | James McGarvey* | 15.91% | 839 | 846.28 | 853.3 | 859 | 906.8 |
| | SDLP | Sean Mallon | 9.65% | 509 | 510.04 | 515.26 | 515.64 | 602.78 |
| | Sinn Féin | Finbar Conway | 3.51% | 185 | 185.52 | 360.12 | 360.12 | |
| Electorate: 6,335 Valid: 5,272 (83.22%) Spoilt: 147 Quota: 879 Turnout: 5,419 (85.54%) |||||||||