1993 Cookstown District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1993.

Election Name:	1993 Cookstown District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1989 Cookstown District Council election
Previous Year:	1989
Next Election:	1997 Cookstown District Council election
Next Year:	1997
Seats For Election:	All 16 seats to Cookstown District Council
Majority Seats:	9
Party1:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats1:	5
Seat Change1:	0
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	5
Seat Change2:	2
Party3:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	2
Party4:	Sinn Féin
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	0
Party5:	Independent Unionist
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	0

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

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Others|-|align="left"|Ballinderry|bgcolor="#99FF66"|33.0|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2|21.0|2|22.6|1|23.4|1|0.0|0|6|-|align="left"|Cookstown Central|30.9|2|bgcolor="40BFF5"|37.6|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|15.8|1|13.8|0|1.9|0|5|-|align="left"|Drum Manor|bgcolor="#99FF66"|25.6|bgcolor="#99FF66"|1|22.4|1|12.6|1|23.9|1|15.5|1|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| 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

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

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