1993 Fermanagh District Council election

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1993 Fermanagh District Council election

19 May 1993 (1993-05-19)
All 23 seats to Fermanagh District Council 12 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party UUP SDLP Sinn Féin Seats won 10 5 3 Seat change 0 0 1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party DUP Ind. Nationalist Independent Socialist Seats won 2 2 1 Seat change 0 1 1   Seventh party   Party Workers' Party Seats won 0 Seat change 1

Elections to Fermanagh 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 23 councillors.

Election results

Fermanagh District Council Election Result 1993

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	UUP	10	0	0	0	43.5	39.5	11,512	0.4
	SDLP	5	0	0	0	21.7	19.3	5,629	0.6
	Sinn Féin	3	0	1	1	13.0	17.1	4,976	3.3
	DUP	2	0	0	0	8.7	9.5	2,782	0.9
	Ind. Nationalist	2	1	0	1	8.7	9.4	2,725	4.1
	Independent Socialist	1	1	0	1	4.3	3.3	953	2.7
	Ind. Republican	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.9	563	0.3

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Fermanagh District Council election, 1993
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	UUP		Sinn Féin		SDLP		DUP		Others
Enniskillen	47.6	3	12.3	1	17.3	1	10.9	1	11.9	1	7
Erne East	36.6	3	25.5	1	17.0	1	5.2	0	15.7	1	6
Erne North	42.9	2	6.9	1	30.0	2	20.2	1	0.0	0	5
Erne West	30.6	2	22.2	1	15.1	1	3.0	0	29.1	1	5
Total	39.5	10	19.3	5	17.1	3	9.5	2	14.6	3	23

District results

Enniskillen

1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x Workers' Party
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Socialist
1989-1993 Change: Independent Socialist leaves Workers' Party

Enniskillen - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	UUP	Samuel Foster*	20.12%	1,605
	UUP	Raymond Ferguson*	14.53%	1,159
	SDLP	James Lunny*	8.74%	697	699.66	702.88	703.02	1,247.02
	Independent Socialist	Davy Kettyles*	11.95%	953	965.16	971.74	980.54	1,041.54
	Sinn Féin	John McManus	12.26%	978	978	978.14	978.14	1,007.14
	UUP	William Hetherington*	9.23%	736	920.68	949.52	984.06	985.2	1,006.2
	DUP	Joseph Dodds	6.05%	483	527.84	533.86	875.44	875.58	876.58	877.58
	UUP	Ethel Gregg	3.75%	299	619.72	728.08	757.66	761.8	817.8	823.8
	SDLP	James Donnelly	8.51%	679	679.38	680.08	682.08
	DUP	Frederick Black	4.86%	388	422.58	427.34
Electorate: 12,304   Valid: 7,977 (64.83%)   Spoilt: 131   Quota: 998   Turnout: 8,108 (65.90%)

Erne East

1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1989-1993 Change: Independent Nationalist gain from Sinn Féin

Erne East - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SDLP	Fergus McQuillan*	17.01%	1,398
	UUP	Jean McVitty*	13.71%	1,127	1,132.94
	Ind. Nationalist	Tony McPhillips	8.78%	722	806.78	829.4	829.4	1,235.9
	Sinn Féin	Gerry McHugh	9.54%	784	794.08	1,085.6	1,085.78	1,188.78
	UUP	Cecil Noble*	11.87%	976	976.36	976.36	1,171.36	1,173.44	1,225.12
	UUP	Albert Liddle*	11.01%	905	906.44	906.44	1,038.44	1,043.16	1,081.24	1,083.22	1,128.78
	Sinn Féin	Brian McCaffrey*	10.15%	834	844.44	922.34	923.34	1,009.5	1,009.5	1,039.38	1,039.38
	Ind. Republican	John McCusker	6.85%	563	659.48	701.54	702.72
	DUP	Paul Robinson	5.84%	480	480.36	480.36
	Sinn Féin	Philip McDonald	5.24%	431	439.46
Electorate: 10,129   Valid: 8,220 (81.15%)   Spoilt: 158   Quota: 1,175   Turnout: 8,378 (82.71%)

Erne North

1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1989-1993 Change: No change

Erne North - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	UUP	Caldwell McClaughry*	24.53%	1,486
	DUP	Bert Johnston*	17.04%	1,032
	SDLP	Tommy Gallagher*	16.33%	989	991.56	992.56	1,172.56
	UUP	Bertie Kerr	11.13%	674	847.44	947.68	948.68	949.68
	SDLP	John O'Kane*	13.65%	827	831.48	832.8	960.8	1,092.8
	UUP	Simon Loane*	7.21%	437	704.52	779.36	780.36	781.36
	Sinn Féin	Desmond Donnelly	6.95%	421	421	426
	DUP	John Armstrong	3.17%	192	210.24
Electorate: 8,201   Valid: 6,058 (73.87%)   Spoilt: 113   Quota: 1,010   Turnout: 6,171 (75.25%)

Erne West

1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1989-1993 Change: No change

Erne West - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	UUP	Wilson Elliott*	21.89%	1,507
	Ind. Nationalist	Patrick McCaffrey*	21.23%	1,462
	SDLP	Gerry Gallagher*	15.09%	1,039	1,042.12	1,120.55	1,159.55
	UUP	Derrick Nixon*	8.73%	601	937.48	939.78	1,139.82	1,160.82
	Sinn Féin	Robin Martin	10.60%	730	730.24	785.67	844.44	937.13	939.13
	Sinn Féin	Francis Doherty	7.96%	548	548.24	578.6	708.51	915.78	915.78
	Ind. Nationalist	Patrick Flanagan	7.86%	541	542.92	674.94	696.72
	SDLP	Stephen Huggett	3.63%	250	250.72	260.61
	DUP	Jack Thompson	3.01%	207	220.44	221.13
Electorate: 8,474   Valid: 6,885 (81.25%)   Spoilt: 180   Quota: 1,148   Turnout: 7,065 (83.37%)