1993 Antrim Borough Council election

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1993 Antrim Borough Council election
  1989 19 May 1993 (1993-05-19) 1997  

All 19 seats to Antrim Borough Council
10 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party UUP SDLP DUP
Seats won843
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 2Steady2.svg 0Decrease2.svg 1

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party Alliance Sinn Féin Ind. Unionist
Seats won211
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1

Antrim 1993 election.svg
Party with the most votes by district.

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.

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Election results

Antrim Borough Council Election Result 1993 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  UUP 802Decrease2.svg242.138.55,701Decrease2.svg5.2
  SDLP 400Steady2.svg021.121.03,108Increase2.svg2.9
  DUP 301Decrease2.svg115.816.32,412Decrease2.svg7.7
  Alliance 200Increase2.svg110.58.51,250Increase2.svg1.5
  Ind. Unionist 110Increase2.svg15.38.71,280Increase2.svg8.2
  Sinn Féin 110Increase2.svg15.34.3612Decrease2.svg1.0
  Democratic Left 000Steady2.svg00.01.2179New
  Workers' Party 000Steady2.svg00.00.582Decrease2.svg0.6

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Antrim Borough Council election, 1993
by district
Ward%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
UUP SDLP DUP Alliance Sinn Féin Others
Antrim North West32.6136.1217.010.0014.310.005
Antrim South East35.0314.6116.319.612.6021.917
Antrim Town 48.7414.7115.6115.210.005.807
Total38.5821.0416.338.525.3110.4119

District 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]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345
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%437441.18 818.9  
Sinn Féin Henry Cushinan14.28%628628 656.12 723.95 723.99
UUP Roderick Swann*6.12%269692.7 700.68 714.17 721.09
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]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    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%546702.64 739.44   
    Alliance David Ford 9.58%561571.56 576.04 638.04 739.02 
    UUP Howard Campbell*7.38%432517.8 541.48 546.48 557.53 767.29
    DUP Samuel Dunlop*9.56%560638.76 645.16 647.16 648.35 679.23
    DUP William Harkness6.76%396486.64 494.16 494.16 495.86 526.34
    UUP Roy Stinson*3.40%199319.12 378.96 378.96 379.81  
    Sinn Féin Joseph McCavana2.56%150150 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]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789
      UUP Paddy Marks*17.45%791        
      UUP Jack Allen*15.86%719        
      SDLP Oran Keenan*14.67%665        
      DUP James Brown*12.31%558570.76       
      UUP Andrew Ritchie6.57%298398.05 472.81 473.61 475.82 548.8 557.01 638.01 
      Alliance James McConnell*8.80%399405.38 413.15 448.03 473.51 476.01 525.08 531.08 532.08
      UUP Andrew Thompson*5.56%252291.73 312.52 312.68 312.68 341.6 343.76 461.13 516.13
      Alliance Mary Wallace6.40%290292.9 295.63 328.27 355.03 358.03 435.51 448.46 450.46
      UUP Avril Swann*3.31%150202.2 224.25 224.25 224.25 248.3 252.93   
      Democratic Left Patrick McGinley3.95%179180.16 181.42 192.14 217.62 219.83    
      DUP James Porter3.33%151158.54 174.5 174.66 175.66     
      Workers' Party Eamon Gillen1.81%8282 83.47 100.75      
      Electorate: 11,484  Valid: 4,534 (39.48%)  Spoilt: 131  Quota: 567  Turnout: 4,665 (40.62%)  

        References

        1. 1 2 "Antrim Borough Council, 1993-2001". www.ark.ac.uk.
        2. 1 2 3 "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.