1993 Northern Ireland local elections

Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland on 19 May 1993.

1993 Northern Ireland local elections

19 May 1993

All council seats
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party UUP SDLP DUP
Seats won 197 127 103
Seat change 3 6 6

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Alliance Independent
Seats won 51 44 24
Seat change 8 6 1

Colours denote the winning party with outright control
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Results

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

Larne

Limavady

Lisburn

Magherafelt

Moyle

Newry and Mourne

Newtownabbey

North Down

Omagh

Strabane

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