1993 Lisburn Borough Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1993

1993 Lisburn Borough Council election

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All 30 seats to Lisburn Borough Council 16 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party UUP DUP Sinn Féin Seats won 16 3 3 Seat change 1 2 1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party SDLP Alliance Ulster Democratic Seats won 3 2 1 Seat change 0 0 1   Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party   Party NI Conservatives Ind. Unionist Ind. Conservative Seats won 1 1 0 Seat change 1 1 1
Party with the most votes by district.

Elections to Lisburn Borough Council were held on 19 May 1993 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.

Election results

Lisburn Borough Council Election Result 1993 ^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	UUP	16	1	0	1	53.3	39.1	13,216	10.8
	DUP	3	0	2	2	10.0	15.8	5,350	2.0
	Sinn Féin	3	1	0	1	10.0	9.3	3,138	1.7
	SDLP	3	0	0	0	10.0	7.9	2,661	0.1
	Alliance	2	0	0	0	6.7	12.3	4,169	1.6
	Ulster Democratic	1	1	0	1	3.3	4.8	1,617	4.1
	NI Conservatives	1	1	0	1	3.3	4.1	1,402	New
	Ind. Unionist	1	1	0	1	3.3	4.1	1,394	4.1
	Workers' Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.8	598	1.3
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.8	281	0.8

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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Results of the Lisburn Borough Council election, 1993
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	UUP		DUP		Sinn Féin		SDLP		Alliance		UDP		Conservative		Others
Downshire	41.6	3	24.7	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	13.2	0	4.7	1	15.7	1	0.0	0	5
Dunmurry Cross	22.5	2	5.5	0	37.3	3	21.0	2	5.1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	8.6	0	7
Killultagh	48.4	3	26.3	1	0.0	0	16.0	1	9.3	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	5
Lisburn Town North	34.3	3	18.9	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	17.9	1	5.9	0	2.9	0	20.1	1	7
Lisburn Town South	56.0	4	8.3	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	17.1	1	14.1	1	3.7	0	0.8	0	6
Total	39.1	16	15.8	3	9.3	3	7.9	3	12.3	2	4.8	1	4.1	1	6.7	3	30

Districts results

Downshire

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Conservative

Downshire - 5 seats ^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	UUP	Thomas Lilburn*	18.38%	1,104
	DUP	Charles Poots *	16.49%	990	1,030
	NI Conservatives	William Bleakes *	15.73%	945	999	1,010.61
	UUP	William Falloon*	13.62%	818	863	907.91	1,042.91
	UUP	William McConnell	9.64%	579	601	632.41	868.02	906.02
	Alliance	Kenneth Hull*	13.25%	796	811	813.34	831.7	833.6
	DUP	James McCann	8.18%	491	552	557.67
	Ulster Democratic	David Adams	8.18%	283
Electorate: 12,290  Valid: 6,006 (48.87%)  Spoilt: 124  Quota: 1,002  Turnout: 6,130 (49.88%)

Dunmurry Cross

1993: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP

Dunmurry Cross - 7 seats ^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Rice*	16.83%	1,417
	UUP	William McAllister*	15.02%	1,265
	SDLP	Hugh Lewsley*	12.78%	1,076
	Sinn Féin	Michael Ferguson *	11.16%	940	1,215.34
	UUP	Billy Bell *	7.43%	626	626	797.36	797.51	812.7	812.76	818.76	1,244.76
	Sinn Féin	Anne Marie Armstrong	9.28%	781	841.58	841.58	994.13	1,011.65	1,012.37	1,041.14	1,041.31
	SDLP	William McDonnell*	8.25%	695	707.22	707.56	710.11	816.04	833.72	1,035.6	1,037.6
	Alliance	Elizabeth Campbell	5.07%	427	428.04	432.97	433.12	504.8	505.72	592.1	611.39
	DUP	Jonathan Craig	5.50%	463	463	492.24	492.24	497.75	497.77	502.11
	Workers' Party	Anne-Marie Lowry	5.33%	449	453.16	453.84	454.29	491.63	492.83
	Independent	Peter McAnespie	3.34%	281	283.34	286.23	286.98
Electorate: 16,184  Valid: 8,420 (52.03%)  Spoilt: 307  Quota: 1,053  Turnout: 8,727 (53.92%)

Killultagh

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

Killultagh - 5 seats ^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	UUP	Jim Dillon*	27.83%	1,550
	DUP	Cecil Calvert *	17.33%	965
	SDLP	Peter O'Hagan*	15.98%	890	890.8	890.89	1,064.89
	UUP	David Greene*	7.61%	424	827.6	834.86	977.86
	UUP	Kenneth Watson	12.91%	719	863	867.44	966.44
	DUP	William Stevenson	8.98%	500	538	553.54	581.02
	Alliance	Eileen Drayne	9.36%	521	543.8	544.73
Electorate: 11,781  Valid: 5,569 (47.27%)  Spoilt: 115  Quota: 929  Turnout: 5,684 (48.25%)

Lisburn Town North

1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

Lisburn Town North - 7 seats ^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Ind. Unionist	Ronnie Crawford*	18.75%	1,394
	DUP	William Beattie *	17.03%	1,266
	UUP	William Gardiner-Watson*	8.16%	607	718.86	751.8	753.8	770.56	812.47	959.71
	UUP	Samuel Semple*	9.91%	737	791.4	822.99	823.26	867.9	903.06	951.22
	UUP	William Lewis*	9.71%	722	805.98	833.52	833.52	865	908.43	930.43
	Alliance	Frazer McCammond	9.68%	720	746.18	747.53	794.55	794.55	846.21	850.73	852.16	852.97	870.19
	UUP	Lorraine Martin	4.55%	338	383.9	397.13	398.47	439.07	458.01	511.12	535.56	553.11	793.83
	Alliance	William Whitley	8.22%	611	635.48	637.64	675.34	681.38	706.39	709.68	709.81	710.08	738.1
	Ulster Democratic	Raymond Smallwoods	5.84%	434	452.36	469.1	470.1	487.88	492.49	544.38	546.2	548.63
	DUP	Josephine Challis	1.88%	140	177.4	363.43	364.43	375.95	392.44
	NI Conservatives	Leonard Jarvis	2.95%	219	250.96	259.33	263.33	266.16
	UUP	Andrew Park	1.98%	147	168.08	178.61	179.61
	Workers' Party	J. J. Magee	1.34%	100	103.06	103.6
Electorate: 16,142  Valid: 7,435 (46.06%)  Spoilt: 142  Quota: 930  Turnout: 7,577 (46.94%)

Lisburn Town South

1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UDP

Lisburn Town South - 6 seats ^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	UUP	Ivan Davis *	31.21%	1,996
	Alliance	Seamus Close *	15.37%	983
	UUP	William Belshaw*	12.57%	804	1,158.2
	Ulster Democratic	Gary McMichael	14.07%	900	1,013.3
	UUP	Joseph Lockhart	6.18%	395	536.9	593.48	606.68	620.98	628.78	786.48	811.7	916.7
	UUP	George Morrison *	3.88%	248	494.95	588.43	622.53	636.44	648.14	717.64	766.81	885.67
	DUP	Edwin Poots	4.38%	280	309.15	317.35	327.8	332.35	335.5	346.31	537.12	572.76
	NI Conservatives	Anne Blake*	3.72%	238	274.85	292.07	301.97	344.13	376.83	395.01	416.28
	DUP	Robin McMaster*	3.99%	255	285.25	300.01	308.81	313.91	317.66	327.02
	UUP	John Curry	2.14%	137	226.65	276.26	286.71	303.38	309.98
	Alliance	Trevor Lunn	1.74%	111	137.95	140.82	143.02
	Workers' Party	Gerard Dunlop	0.77%	49	50.65	51.06	51.06
Electorate: 13,615  Valid: 6,396 (46.98%)  Spoilt: 134  Quota: 914  Turnout: 6,530 (47.96%)

References

1. "Lisburn Borough Council, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
2. "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.