1993 Northern Ireland local elections
Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland on 19 May 1993.
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Northern Ireland 1973–98
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Results
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Map showing the party that received the most votes by district electoral area.
Overall
Party[1] | Councillors | Votes | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | +/- | % share | Total | ||
UUP | 197 | +3 | 29 | 184,082 | |
SDLP | 127 | +6 | 22 | 136,760 | |
DUP | 103 | -6 | 17 | 108,680 | |
Sinn Féin | 51 | +8 | 12 | 77,600 | |
Alliance | 44 | +6 | 8 | 47,658 | |
Independent | 24 | +1 | 4 | 25,987 | |
Independent Unionist | 21 | +6 | 3 | 19,506 | |
NI Conservatives | 6 | 0 | 1 | 9,438 | |
Workers' Party | 1 | -3 | 1 | 4,827 | |
Newtownabbey Labour | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3,981 | |
PUP | 1 | -2 | 0.4 | 2,350 | |
Democratic Left | 1 | +1 | 0.4 | 2,288 | |
Ulster Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0.4 | 2,181 | |
UPUP | 3 | +1 | 0.3 | 1,730 | |
Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1,257 | |
Action 93 | 1 | +1 | 0.1 | 871 |
By council
Antrim
Antrim North West[2][3] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
UUP | James Graham | 1,167 | |
SDLP | Robert Loughran | 1,151 | |
DUP | Samuel Clyde | 747 | |
Sinn Féin | Henry Cushinan | 628 | |
SDLP | Donovan McClelland | 437 | |
UUP | Kenneth Swann | 269 | |
Turnout | 4,530 | ||
Sinn Fein gain from UUP |
Antrim South East[2][3] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
Independent Unionist | Roy Thompson | 1,280 | |
UUP | Edgar Wallace | 878 | |
SDLP | Robert Burns | 855 | |
Alliance | David Ford | 561 | |
DUP | Samuel Dunlop | 560 | |
UUP | Mervyn Rea | 546 | |
UUP | Howard Campbell | 432 | |
DUP | William Harkness | 396 | |
UUP | Roy Stinson | 199 | |
Sinn Féin | Joseph McCavana | 150 | |
Turnout | 9,881 | ||
Roy Thompson leaves Ulster Unionist Party | |||
Alliance gain from Democratic Unionist Party |
Antrim Town[2][3] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
UUP | Paddy Marks | 791 | |
UUP | Jack Allen | 719 | |
SDLP | Oran Keenan | 665 | |
DUP | James Brown | 558 | |
Alliance | James McConnell | 399 | |
UUP | Andrew Ritchie | 298 | |
Alliance | Mary Wallace | 290 | |
UUP | Andrew Thompson | 252 | |
Democratic Left | Patrick McGinley | 179 | |
DUP | James Porter | 151 | |
UUP | Aevrille Swann | 150 | |
Workers' Party | Eamon Gillen | 82 | |
Turnout | 9,881 | ||
No change |
Ards
Ards East[4] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
UUP | Thomas Benson | 956 | |
DUP | Jeffrey Magill | 866 | |
UUP | John Shields | 741 | |
Alliance | Laurance Thomson | 721 | |
DUP | St Clair McAlister | 661 | |
UUP | Ronald Ferguson | 505 | |
NI Conservatives | Gavin Walker | 365 | |
Turnout | 4,935 | ||
New district |
Ards Peninsula[4] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
Alliance | Kieran McCarthy | 1,546 | |
DUP | Richard Shannon | 896 | |
UUP | Robert Ambrose | 713 | |
Independent | James McMullan | 656 | |
DUP | Thomas Cully | 485 | |
UUP | Samuel Brown | 261 | |
Alliance | William Sheldon | 216 | |
Turnout | 4,931 | ||
Seats reduced from seven to five: Democratic Unionist & Ulster Unionist loss, independent gain |
Ards West[4] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
UUP | Robert Gibson | 1,318 | |
DUP | Simpson Gibson | 736 | |
UUP | Margaret Craig | 645 | |
Alliance | Thomas McBriar | 634 | |
Alliance | Kathleen Coulter | 616 | |
DUP | Richard Finlay | 481 | |
NI Conservatives | Robert Darnley | 292 | |
UUP | Stanley McCoy | 269 | |
Turnout | 5,109 | ||
Alliance gain from DUP |
Newtownards[4] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
UUP | David Smyth | 817 | |
Alliance | Alan McDowell | 768 | |
Independent | Nancy Orr | 638 | |
DUP | Wilbert Magill | 554 | |
DUP | George Ennis | 545 | |
Independent Unionist | Bobby McBride | 500 | |
UUP | Tom Hamilton | 458 | |
DUP | John Purdy | 214 | |
NI Conservatives | Andrew Thomson | 162 | |
Turnout | 4,797 | ||
Seats reduced from seven to six; Democratic Unionist loss |
Armagh
Armagh City[5] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
SDLP | John Agnew | 1,156 | |
SDLP | Pat Brannigan | 1,012 | |
UUP | Gordon Frazer | 992 | |
Sinn Féin | Noel Sheridan | 961 | |
SDLP | Anna Brolly | 710 | |
DUP | Harold Carson | 690 | |
UUP | Sylvia McRoberts | 644 | |
Turnout | 6,347 | ||
No change |
Crossmore[5] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
SDLP | Thomas Kavanagh | 1,379 | |
SDLP | James McKernan | 1,028 | |
UUP | Jim Nicholson | 1,010 | |
UUP | William Hamilton | 858 | |
SDLP | James Lennon | 659 | |
Sinn Féin | Brian Cunningham | 562 | |
SDLP | James McGleenan | 534 | |
Turnout | 6,156 | ||
SDLP gain from UUP |
Cusher[5] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
UUP | Robert McWilliams | 1,685 | |
UUP | Eric Speers | 1,572 | |
SDLP | Thomas Canavan | 1,164 | |
DUP | Heather Black | 1,050 | |
UUP | Robert Turner | 927 | |
UUP | James Clayton | 697 | |
Sinn Féin | Margaret McNally | 250 | |
Turnout | 6,156 | ||
No change |
Ballymena
Banbridge
Belfast
Court[6] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
DUP | Eric Smyth | 2,385 | |
UUP | Fred Cobain | 1,674 | |
PUP | Hugh Smyth | 1,609 | |
UUP | Chris McGimpsey | 1,472 | |
Independent Unionist | Joe Coggle | 792 | |
UUP | Herbert Ditty | 572 | |
PUP | Elizabeth Seawright | 558 | |
Alliance | Irene Galway | 371 | |
Workers' Party | Peter Cullen | 116 | |
Turnout | 9,881 | ||
Seats reduced from six to five: Independent Unionist loss |
Pottinger[6] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
DUP | Sammy Wilson | 2,784 | |
Alliance | Mervyn Jones | 1,417 | |
UUP | Reg Empey | 1,295 | |
DUP | Robert Clelland | 982 | |
UUP | Sandy Blair | 897 | |
DUP | Jim Walker | 793 | |
UUP | Margaret Clarke | 768 | |
Sinn Féin | Joe O'Donnell | 709 | |
NI Conservatives | Dorothy Dunlop | 538 | |
Independent Labour | Colin Ballentine | 271 | |
Workers' Party | Joseph Bell | 227 | |
Independent Unionist | Samuel Walker | 133 | |
Green (NI) | Thaddeus Bradley | 107 | |
Turnout | 11,389 | ||
Democratic Unionist gain from Independent Unionist |
Victoria[6] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
Alliance | John Alderdice | 3,337 | |
DUP | Wallace Browne | 2,153 | |
UUP | Tommy Patton | 1,801 | |
DUP | Robin Newton | 1,729 | |
UUP | Ian Adamson | 1,316 | |
Alliance | Maureen McConnell | 768 | |
NI Conservatives | Jim McCormick | 684 | |
UUP | Jim Rodgers | 600 | |
Alliance | Danny Dow | 552 | |
UUP | John Norris | 407 | |
Green (NI) | Michael Bell | 180 | |
Turnout | 13,887 | ||
No change |
Balmoral[6] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
SDLP | Dorita Field | 2,262 | |
DUP | John Parkes | 2,076 | |
UUP | Margaret Crooks | 1,616 | |
UUP | Jim Kirkpatrick | 1,396 | |
Alliance | Philip McGarry | 1,273 | |
Alliance | Mark Long | 923 | |
DUP | Harry Smith | 697 | |
UUP | Bob Stoker | 611 | |
NI Conservatives | Esmond Birnie | 279 | |
NI Conservatives | Billy Dickson | 264 | |
Green (NI) | Roderick McAlister | 124 | |
Independent Labour | Niall Cusack | 113 | |
Democratic Left | Jean Craig | 97 | |
NI Conservatives | Hubert Mullan | 50 | |
Workers' Party | Shaun McKeown | 48 | |
Turnout | 12,160 | ||
Democratic Unionist gain additional seat |
Castle[6] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
DUP | Nigel Dodds | 2,470 | |
UUP | David Browne | 1,830 | |
SDLP | Alban Maginness | 1,589 | |
UUP | John Carson | 1,556 | |
Alliance | Tom Campbell | 1,172 | |
SDLP | Jonathan Stephenson | 1,090 | |
Independent Unionist | Nelson McCausland | 1,070 | |
Sinn Féin | Gerard McGuigan | 575 | |
Green (NI) | Alan Warren | 251 | |
NI Conservatives | Margaret Redpath | 246 | |
Workers' Party | Paul Treanor | 136 | |
Turnout | 12,331 | ||
Social Democratic and Labour gain from Alliance | |||
Ulster Unionist gain from Independent Unionist |
Oldpark[6] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
Sinn Féin | Joe Austin | 2,229 | |
UUP | Fred Proctor | 2,045 | |
Sinn Féin | Paddy McManus | 1,769 | |
SDLP | Martin Morgan | 1,763 | |
Sinn Féin | Bobby Lavery | 1,617 | |
UUP | Fred Rodgers | 1,343 | |
DUP | David Smylie | 1,324 | |
Democratic Left | Seamus Lynch | 853 | |
SDLP | Peter Prendiville | 588 | |
Alliance | Beatrice Boyd | 473 | |
Green (NI) | Peter Emerson | 393 | |
Workers' Party | Margaret Smith | 259 | |
NI Conservatives | David Tarr | 206 | |
Turnout | 15,373 | ||
Sinn Féin gain from Workers' Party |
Laganbank[6] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
UUP | Jim Clarke | 1,845 | |
SDLP | Alasdair McDonnell | 1,500 | |
SDLP | Peter O'Reilly | 1,052 | |
DUP | Caroline Bingham | 1,000 | |
Sinn Féin | Sean Hayes | 892 | |
Alliance | Steve McBride | 836 | |
Alliance | Hugh Greer | 727 | |
UUP | Michael McGimpsey | 545 | |
UUP | Dennis Rogan | 236 | |
Workers' Party | Patrick Lynn | 222 | |
Green (NI) | Andrew Frew | 202 | |
NI Conservatives | Graham Montgomery | 198 | |
Militant | Peter Hadden | 142 | |
Democratic Left | Michael Craig | 95 | |
Turnout | 9,805 | ||
Social Democratic and Labour gain from Democratic Unionist |
Upper Falls[6] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
SDLP | Alex Attwood | 3,203 | |
Sinn Féin | Una Gillsepie | 2,765 | |
Sinn Féin | Alex Maskey | 2,735 | |
Sinn Féin | Máirtín Ó Muilleoir | 2,093 | |
SDLP | Patricia Lewsley | 798 | |
SDLP | Terence Tracey | 702 | |
Independent | Cormac Boomer | 378 | |
DUP | David McNerlin | 174 | |
Workers' Party | James Maxwell | 164 | |
Alliance | Julie Greaves | 145 | |
Militant | Billy Lynn | 144 | |
Turnout | 13,725 | ||
No change |
Lower Falls[6] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
Sinn Féin | Tom Hartley | 2,573 | |
Sinn Féin | Fra McCann | 2,393 | |
Sinn Féin | Patsy McGeown | 2,352 | |
Sinn Féin | Marie Moore | 1,946 | |
SDLP | Mary Muldoon | 1,749 | |
SDLP | Margaret Walsh | 987 | |
Workers' Party | John Lowry | 794 | |
Alliance | Patrick Woods | 108 | |
Democratic Left | Mary McMahon | 101 | |
Turnout | 13,512 | ||
Sinn Féin gain from Social Democratic and Labour |
Carrickfergus
Castlereagh
Coleraine
Cookstown
Craigavon
Derry
Down
Dungannon
Fermanagh
Enniskillen[7][3] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
UUP | Sammy Foster | 1,605 | |
UUP | Raymond Ferguson | 1,159 | |
Sinn Féin | John McManus | 978 | |
Progressive Socialist | David Kettyles | 953 | |
UUP | William Hetherington | 736 | |
SDLP | James Lunny | 697 | |
SDLP | James Donnelly | 679 | |
DUP | Joseph Dodds | 483 | |
DUP | Frederick Black | 388 | |
UUP | Ethel Gregg | 299 | |
Turnout | 8,108 | ||
David Kettyles changes party from Workers' Party |
Erne East[7][3] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
SDLP | Fergus McQuillan | 1,398 | |
UUP | Jean McVitty | 1,127 | |
UUP | Cecil Noble | 976 | |
UUP | Albert Liddle | 905 | |
Sinn Féin | Brian McCaffrey | 834 | |
Sinn Féin | Gerard McHugh | 784 | |
Independent Nationalist | Antony McPhillips | 722 | |
Independent | John McCusker | 563 | |
DUP | Paul Robinson | 480 | |
Sinn Féin | Philip McDonald | 431 | |
Turnout | 8,378 | ||
Seats reduced from seven to six: Democratic Unionist loss |
Erne North[7][3] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
UUP | Caldwell McClaughry | 1,486 | |
DUP | Bert Johnston | 1,032 | |
SDLP | Tommy Gallagher | 989 | |
SDLP | John O'Kane | 827 | |
UUP | Bertie Kerr | 674 | |
UUP | Simon Loane | 437 | |
Sinn Féin | Desmond Donnelly | 421 | |
DUP | John Armstrong | 192 | |
Turnout | 6,171 | ||
No change |
Erne West[7][3] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | |
UUP | Wilson Elliott | 1,616 | |
Independent | Patrick McCaffrey | 1,250 | |
SDLP | Gerard Gallagher | 1,039 | |
Sinn Féin | Robin Martin | 730 | |
UUP | Derrick Nixon | 601 | |
Sinn Féin | Francis Doherty | 548 | |
Independent | Patrick Flanagan | 541 | |
Sinn Féin | Stephen Hugget | 250 | |
DUP | Jack Thompson | 207 | |
Turnout | 7,065 | ||
No change |
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Lisburn
Magherafelt
Moyle
Newry and Mourne
Newtownabbey
North Down
Omagh
Strabane
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References
- Local Government Elections 1993, Northern Ireland Elections
- Antrim District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
- Election results 1973-2001, Electoral Office for Northern Ireland,
- Ards District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
- Armagh District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
- Belfast City Council Elections 1993–2005, Northern Ireland Elections
- Fermanagh District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
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