1993 Antrim Borough Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1993
1993 Antrim Borough Council election
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All 19 seats to Antrim Borough Council
10 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party UUP SDLP DUP
Seats won 8 4 3
Seat change Decrease 2 Steady 0 Decrease 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Alliance Sinn Féin Ind. Unionist
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 1 Increase 1

Elections to Antrim Borough 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 19 councillors.

Election results

Antrim Borough Council Election Result 1993[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  UUP 8 0 2 Decrease2 42.1 38.5 5,701 Decrease5.2
  SDLP 4 0 0 Steady0 21.1 21.0 3,108 Increase2.9
  DUP 3 0 1 Decrease1 15.8 16.3 2,412 Decrease7.7
  Alliance 2 0 0 Increase1 10.5 8.5 1,250 Increase1.5
  Ind. Unionist 1 1 0 Increase1 5.3 8.7 1,280 Increase8.2
  Sinn Féin 1 1 0 Increase1 5.3 4.3 612 Decrease1.0
  Democratic Left 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.2 179 New
  Workers' Party 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.5 82 Decrease0.6

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Antrim Borough Council election, 1993
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
UUP SDLP DUP Alliance Sinn Féin Others
Antrim North West 32.6 1 36.1 2 17.0 1 0.0 0 14.3 1 0.0 0 5
Antrim South East 35.0 3 14.6 1 16.3 1 9.6 1 2.6 0 21.9 1 7
Antrim Town 48.7 4 14.7 1 15.6 1 15.2 1 0.0 0 5.8 0 7
Total 38.5 8 21.0 4 16.3 3 8.5 2 5.3 1 10.4 1 19

Districts results

Antrim North West

1989: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1993: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP

Antrim North West - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
UUP James Graham* 26.53% 1,167        
SDLP Robert Loughran* 26.17% 1,151        
DUP Wilson Clyde* 16.98% 747        
SDLP Donovan McClelland* 9.93% 437 441.18 818.9    
Sinn Féin Henry Cushinan 14.28% 628 628 656.12 723.95 723.99
UUP Roderick Swann* 6.12% 269 692.7 700.68 714.17 721.09
Electorate: 7,627   Valid: 4,399 (57.68%)   Spoilt: 131   Quota: 734   Turnout: 4,530 (59.39%)  

Antrim South East

1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1989-1993 Change: Alliance gain from UUP, Independent Unionist leaves DUP

Antrim South East - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Ind. Unionist Roy Thompson* 21.85% 1,280          
UUP Edgar Wallace* 14.99% 878          
SDLP Robert Burns* 14.60% 855          
UUP Mervyn Rea* 9.32% 546 702.64 739.44      
Alliance David Ford 9.58% 561 571.56 576.04 638.04 739.02  
UUP Howard Campbell* 7.38% 432 517.8 541.48 546.48 557.53 767.29
DUP Samuel Dunlop* 9.56% 560 638.76 645.16 647.16 648.35 679.23
DUP William Harkness 6.76% 396 486.64 494.16 494.16 495.86 526.34
UUP Roy Stinson* 3.40% 199 319.12 378.96 378.96 379.81  
Sinn Féin Joseph McCavana 2.56% 150 150 150      
Electorate: 11,431   Valid: 5,857 (51.24%)   Spoilt: 128   Quota: 733   Turnout: 5,985 (52.36%)  

Antrim Town

1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1989-1993 Change: No change

Antrim Town - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
UUP Paddy Marks* 17.45% 791                
UUP Jack Allen* 15.86% 719                
SDLP Oran Keenan* 14.67% 665                
DUP James Brown* 12.31% 558 570.76              
UUP Andrew Ritchie 6.57% 298 398.05 472.81 473.61 475.82 548.8 557.01 638.01  
Alliance James McConnell* 8.80% 399 405.38 413.15 448.03 473.51 476.01 525.08 531.08 532.08
UUP Andrew Thompson* 5.56% 252 291.73 312.52 312.68 312.68 341.6 343.76 461.13 516.13
Alliance Mary Wallace 6.40% 290 292.9 295.63 328.27 355.03 358.03 435.51 448.46 450.46
UUP Avril Swann* 3.31% 150 202.2 224.25 224.25 224.25 248.3 252.93    
Democratic Left Patrick McGinley 3.95% 179 180.16 181.42 192.14 217.62 219.83      
DUP James Porter 3.33% 151 158.54 174.5 174.66 175.66        
Workers' Party Eamon Gillen 1.81% 82 82 83.47 100.75          
Electorate: 11,484   Valid: 4,534 (39.48%)   Spoilt: 131   Quota: 567   Turnout: 4,665 (40.62%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Antrim Borough Council, 1993-2001". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.