1993 Newry and Mourne District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1993.

Election Name:	1993 Newry and Mourne District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1989 Newry and Mourne District Council election
Previous Year:	1989
Next Election:	1997 Newry and Mourne District Council election
Next Year:	1997
Seats For Election:	All 30 seats to Newry and Mourne District Council
Majority Seats:	16
Party1:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats1:	15
Seat Change1:	2
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	6
Seat Change2:	0
Party3:	Sinn Féin
Seats3:	5
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Independent Nationalist
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	0
Party5:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	1
Party6:	Independent (politician)
Seats6:	1
Seat Change6:	1
Party7:	Protestant Unionist
Seats7:	0
Seat Change7:	1

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

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Crotlieve|bgcolor="#99FF66"|58.6|bgcolor="#99FF66"|4|12.1|1|4.8|0|0.0|0|24.5|2|7|-|align="left"|Newry Town|bgcolor="#99FF66"|43.7|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3|11.2|1|22.8|2|0.0|0|22.3|1|7|-|align="left"|Slieve Gullion|bgcolor="#99FF66"|54.0|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3|0.0|0|46.0|2|0.0|0|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|The Fews|bgcolor="#99FF66"|44.7|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3|36.5|2|18.8|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|6|-|align="left"|The Mournes|36.8|2|bgcolor="40BFF5"|46.8|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|3.6|0|12.8|1|0.0|0|5|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| 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

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

Slieve Gullion

1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1989-1993 Change: No change

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 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