1993 Antrim Borough Council election

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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 Ulster Unionist 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

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Election results

Antrim Borough Council Election Result 1993[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Ulster Unionist 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
Ulster Unionist 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
Ulster Unionist 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          
Ulster Unionist Edgar Wallace* 14.99% 878          
SDLP Robert Burns* 14.60% 855          
Ulster Unionist Mervyn Rea* 9.32% 546 702.64 739.44      
Alliance David Ford 9.58% 561 571.56 576.04 638.04 739.02  
Ulster Unionist 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
Ulster Unionist 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
Ulster Unionist Paddy Marks* 17.45% 791                
Ulster Unionist Jack Allen* 15.86% 719                
SDLP Oran Keenan* 14.67% 665                
DUP James Brown* 12.31% 558 570.76              
Ulster Unionist 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
Ulster Unionist 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
Ulster Unionist 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.
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