1993 North Down Borough Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1993

1993 North Down Borough Council election

←  1989 19 May 1993 (1993-05-19) 1997  →
All 25 seats to North Down Borough Council 13 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party UUP Alliance NI Conservatives Seats won 6 5 4 Seat change 1 1 2   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party DUP Ind. Unionist Independent Seats won 3 3 2 Seat change 1 2 0   Seventh party   Party UPUP Seats won 2 Seat change 0
Party with the most votes by district.

Elections to North Down Borough Council were held on 19 May 1993 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 25 councillors.

Election results

North Down Borough Council Election Result 1993 ^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	UUP	6	1	0	2	24.0	18.7	3,709	3.0
	Alliance	5	1	0	1	20.0	22.7	4,520	2.0
	NI Conservatives	4	0	2	2	16.0	11.1	2,198	13.8
	DUP	3	0	1	1	12.0	16.2	3,218	0.7
	Ind. Unionist	3	3	1	2	12.0	12.4	2,467	9.6
	Independent	2	1	1	0	8.0	13.0	2,585	6.1
	UPUP	2	0	0	0	8.0	5.9	1,173	0.0

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

^[1]

Results of the North Down Borough Council election, 1993
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	UUP		Alliance		Conservative		DUP		UPUP		Others
Abbey	15.5	1	15.5	1	9.3	1	20.6	1	29.8	2	9.3	0	6
Ballyholme and Groomsport	19.0	2	18.0	1	9.8	1	14.1	1	0.0	0	39.1	2	7
Bangor West	20.5	1	32.7	2	12.9	1	18.8	1	0.0	0	15.1	1	7
Holywood	18.9	1	22.9	1	11.9	1	11.8	0	0.0	0	34.5	2	5
Total	24.9	6	21.7	5	20.7	4	15.5	4	5.9	2	11.3	3	25

Districts results

Abbey

1989: 2 x UPUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Conservative
1993: 2 x UPUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Conservative
1989-1993 Change: No change

Abbey - 6 seats ^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	UPUP	Valerie Kinghan*	18.26%	719
	Alliance	Stephen Farry	15.52%	611
	UUP	Irene Cree*	14.45%	408	539	569.13
	UPUP	Cecil Braniff*	11.53%	454	468	537.92	546.83	635.83
	NI Conservatives	Ann Thompson	9.34%	368	386	408.08	419.06	508.58	530.58
	DUP	Ivy Cooling	10.41%	410	423	437.26	438.16	471.8	479.8
	DUP	Geoffrey Bairsto	10.41%	403	412	420.28	421.9	442.94	460.94
	Independent	William Gordon	9.29%	366	372	381.89	403.85
	UUP	Karl McLean	5.05%	199
Electorate: 12,961  Valid: 3,938 (30.38%)  Spoilt: 133  Quota: 563  Turnout: 4,071 (31.41%)

Ballyholme and Groomsport

1989: 2 x Conservative, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Conservative
1989-1993 Change: UUP and Independent Unionist gain from Conservative and due to the addition of one seat

Ballyholme and Groomsport - 7 seats ^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Ind. Unionist	Alan Chambers	32.04%	1,892
	DUP	Raymond Stewart	14.06%	830
	UUP	Leslie Cree *	11.50%	679	925.37
	Alliance	Marsden Fitzsimons	11.04%	652	838.73
	NI Conservatives	Bruce Mulligan*	5.52%	326	389.19	397.38	403.68	408.62	466.44	614.27	683.9	732.7
	UUP	Ian Henry	3.57%	211	283.42	384.22	389.26	432.29	437.55	452.2	477.96	719.58
	Ind. Unionist	Austen Lennon	4.89%	289	582.94	590.5	600.58	603.7	612.54	617.67	666.14	690.56
	Alliance	Siobhan Laird	6.98%	412	421.23	426.9	487.38	488.81	496.07	501.07	538.24	557.49
	UUP	James Kingan	3.88%	229	332.66	380.54	385.58	409.89	423.67	428.48	457.33
	Independent	Joseph Thompson	2.22%	131	240.34	247.9	253.36	258.56	268.92	282.65
	NI Conservatives	Bill McLean	2.30%	136	162.27	168.57	169.83	172.04	212.89
	NI Conservatives	William Palmer	2.00%	118	154.21	155.47	159.25	165.62
Electorate: 15,787  Valid: 5,905 (37.40%)  Spoilt: 110  Quota: 739  Turnout: 6,015 (38.10%)

Bangor West

1989: 2 x Conservative, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
1993: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x Independent Unionist
1989-1993 Change: Alliance and Independent Unionist gain from Conservative and Independent

Bangor West - 7 seats ^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Alliance	Brian Wilson *	21.91%	1,228
	DUP	William Baxter*	14.36%	805
	UUP	Hazel Bradford*	13.45%	754
	Alliance	Eileen Bell	10.76%	603	969.93
	UUP	Roy Bradford *	7.03%	394	418.64	449.04	456.32	498.67	508.46	508.46	511.24	520.32	532.92	557.6	701.43
	Ind. Unionist	Ian Sinclair	5.10%	286	313.72	352.12	353.29	354.41	368.68	378.85	392.02	423.55	488.67	563.26	615.52
	NI Conservatives	George Green *	6.10%	342	357.4	376.2	379.71	381.67	385.47	391.27	436.38	443.62	458.9	480.58	508.31
	NI Conservatives	James O'Fee*	4.76%	267	295.16	325.56	325.95	327.77	335.57	339.17	399.07	405.35	422.39	467.67	485.3
	DUP	Harold Blemings	4.41%	247	263.28	272.48	358.54	360.64	361.64	362.64	363.59	371.13	379.57	389.97
	Independent	Ann-Marie Foster*	2.64%	148	157.68	218.48	218.74	219.02	226.1	246.34	249.94	285.66	361.6
	Independent	Arthur Gadd	2.05%	115	123.8	143.4	143.79	143.93	149.37	210.64	212.64	260.33
	Independent	Ernest Steele	2.59%	145	157.32	174.12	174.77	174.91	180.31	194.63	194.63
	NI Conservatives	Elizabeth Maguire	2.02%	113	120.04	132.84	133.88	134.72	137.52	137.52
	Independent	Robert Mooney	1.80%	101	105.4	121.4	121.53	121.67	125.87
	Independent	Edward Lindsay	1.03%	58	61.96	72.76	72.89	72.96
Electorate: 15,097  Valid: 5,606 (37.13%)  Spoilt: 189  Quota: 701  Turnout: 5,795 (38.39%)

Holywood

1989: 1 x Alliance, 1 x Conservative, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
1993: 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Conservative
1989-1993 Change: Independent gain from DUP

Holywood - 5 seats ^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Dennis Ogborn*	19.70%	871
	UUP	Ellie McKay*	18.89%	835
	Alliance	Susan O'Brien*	15.27%	675	721.24	723.73	738
	Independent	James White	7.69%	340	353.76	358.92	366.84	623.76	737.76
	NI Conservatives	Laurence Kennedy*	9.36%	414	442.48	524.56	551.92	565.56	680.68
	DUP	Gordon Dunne*	11.83%	523	537.4	548.88	582	600.96	615.76
	Alliance	John Coates	7.67%	339	354.68	364.84	369.88	382.44
	Independent	Robert Irvine	7.01%	310	318.16	322.16	327.8
	NI Conservatives	Lindsay Cumming	2.58%	114	117.68
Electorate: 10,411  Valid: 4,421 (42.46%)  Spoilt: 89  Quota: 737  Turnout: 4,510 (43.32%)

References

1. "North Down Council Elections 1997-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
2. "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.