1993 Banbridge District Council election

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1993 Banbridge District Council election
  1989 19 May 1993 (1993-05-19) 1997  

All 17 seats to Banbridge District Council
9 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party UUP SDLP DUP
Seats won1032
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Steady2.svg 0Steady2.svg 0

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party Alliance Ind. Nationalist
Seats won11
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg 0

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

Elections to Banbridge District 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 17 councillors.

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Election results

Banbridge District Council Election Result 1993 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  UUP 1021Increase2.svg158.857.69,418Decrease2.svg0.4
  SDLP 300Steady2.svg017.622.73,705Increase2.svg3.5
  DUP 211Steady2.svg011.813.52,203Steady2.svg0.0
  Ind. Nationalist 100Steady2.svg05.94.4732Decrease2.svg0.7
  Alliance 110Increase2.svg15.91.8289Decrease2.svg0.4

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Banbridge District Council election, 1993
by district
Ward%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
UUP SDLP DUP Alliance Others
Banbridge Town 62.9424.117.205.810.006
Dromore 63.5319.0117.510.000.005
Knockiveagh49.0324.4115.210.0011.416
Total57.61022.7313.521.814.4117

District results

Banbridge Town

1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1989-1993 Change: UUP and Alliance gain from DUP and due to the addition of one seat

Banbridge Town - 6 seats [2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123
UUP Joan Baird*27.45%1,352  
SDLP James Walsh*24.08%1,186  
UUP Archie McKelvey*14.66%722  
UUP Ian Burns10.29%507830.4 
UUP John Dobson*10.50%517744.85 
Alliance Frank McQuaid5.87%289303.21 776.25
DUP Margaret Davis7.17%353426.01 320.87
Electorate: 9,533  Valid: 4,926 (51.67%)  Spoilt: 88  Quota: 704  Turnout: 5,014 (52.60%)  

    Dromore

    1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
    1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
    1989-1993 Change: DUP gain from UUP

    Dromore - 5 seats [2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123
    UUP Drew Nelson*19.63%980  
    SDLP Cassie McDermott*19.05%951  
    DUP David Herron17.48%873  
    UUP William Martin*15.44%771794.4 854.85
    UUP William McCracken*14.92%745826 845.53
    UUP Robert Hill*13.48%673711.1 748.61
    Electorate: 7,917  Valid: 4,993 (63.07%)  Spoilt: 70  Quota: 833  Turnout: 5,063 (63.95%)  

      Knockiveagh

      1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
      1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
      1989-1993 Change: UUP gain due to the addition of one seat

      Knockiveagh - 6 seats [2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456
      SDLP Seamus Doyle*19.12%1,229     
      UUP John Ingram16.85%1,083     
      DUP Wilfred McFadden*15.20%977     
      Ind. Nationalist Laurence McCartan*11.39%732811.3 812.8 1,047.8  
      UUP Violet Cromie12.17%782785.9 902 921.38  
      UUP John Hanna10.45%672672.52 690.52 695.42 714.42 741.3
      UUP Samuel Walker*9.55%614614.26 638.56 648.88 663.88 693.42
      SDLP Liam McDermott5.27%339559.74 559.74    
      Electorate: 9,323  Valid: 6,428 (68.95%)  Spoilt: 107  Quota: 919  Turnout: 6,535 (70.10%)  

        References

        1. 1 2 "Banbridge District Council, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
        2. 1 2 3 "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 21 July 2021.