Northern Ireland local elections, 1993

Northern Ireland local elections, 1993
All council seats
	300px Colours denote the winning party with outright control

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

Results

Overall

Party^[1]		Councillors		Votes
Party^[1]		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
	Conservative	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
	Ulster Popular Unionist	3	+1	0.3	1,730
	Green (NI)	0	0	0.2	1,257
	Action 93	1	+1	0.1	871

By council

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Antrim

Ards

Armagh

Ballymena

Banbridge

Belfast

Court^[2]
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^[2]
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
	Conservative	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^[2]
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
	Conservative	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^[2]
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
	Conservative	Esmond Birnie	279
	Conservative	Billy Dickson	264
	Green (NI)	Roderick McAlister	124
	Independent Labour	Niall Cusack	113
	Democratic Left	Jean Craig	97
	Conservative	Hubert Mullan	50
	Workers' Party	Shaun McKeown	48
Turnout			12,160
	Democratic Unionist gain additional seat

Castle^[2]
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
	Conservative	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^[2]
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
	Conservative	David Tarr	206
Turnout			15,373
	Sinn Féin gain from Workers' Party

Laganbank^[2]
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
	Conservative	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^[2]
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^[2]
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

Larne

Limavady

Lisburn

Magherafelt

Moyle

Newry and Mourne

Newtownabbey

North Down

Omagh

Strabane

References

↑ Local Government Elections 1993, Northern Ireland Elections
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 ^2.7 ^2.8 Belfast City Council Elections 1993–2005, Northern Ireland Elections

[1] Local Government Elections 1993, Northern Ireland Elections

[Belfast-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 ^2.7 ^2.8 Belfast City Council Elections 1993–2005, Northern Ireland Elections

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