1993 Northern Ireland local elections

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1993 Northern Ireland local elections
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  1989 19 May 1993 1997  

All council seats
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Leader James Molyneaux John Hume Ian Paisley
Party Ulster Unionist SDLP DUP
Seats won197127103
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Popular vote184,082136,760108,680
Percentage29.3%21.7%17.3%
SwingDecrease2.svg2.0%Increase2.svg0.7%Decrease2.svg0.4%

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Leader Gerry Adams John Alderdice N/A
Party Sinn Féin Alliance Independent
Seats won514424
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 8Increase2.svg 6Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote77,60047,65825,987
Percentage12.3%7.6%4.1%
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Northern Ireland local elections, 1993 (Council Control).svg
Colours denote the winning party with outright control

Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland on 19 May 1993.

Contents

Results

Map showing the party that received the most votes by district electoral area. Northern Ireland local elections, 1993 (by ward).svg
Map showing the party that received the most votes by district electoral area.

Overall

Party [1] CouncillorsVotes
Total+/- % shareTotal
Ulster Unionist 197+329184,082
SDLP 127+622136,760
DUP 103-617108,680
Sinn Féin 51+81277,600
Alliance 44+6847,658
Independent 24+1425,987
Ind. Unionist 21+6319,506
NI Conservatives 6019,438
Workers' Party 1-314,827
Newtownabbey Labour 1013,981
PUP 1-20.42,350
Democratic Left 1+10.42,288
Ulster Democratic 100.42,181
UPUP 3+10.31,730
Green (NI) 000.21,257
Action 93 1+10.1871

By council

Antrim

Antrim North West [2] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist James Graham1,167
SDLP Robert Loughran1,151
DUP Wilson Clyde 747
Sinn Féin Henry Cushinan628
SDLP Donovan McClelland 437
Ulster Unionist Roderick Swann269
Turnout 4,530
Sinn Fein gain from UUP
Antrim South East [2] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ind. Unionist Roy Thompson 1,280
Ulster Unionist Edgar Wallace878
SDLP Robert Burns855
Alliance David Ford 561
DUP Samuel Dunlop560
Ulster Unionist Mervyn Rea546
Ulster Unionist Howard Campbell432
DUP William Harkness396
Ulster Unionist Roy Stinson199
Sinn Féin Joseph McCavana150
Turnout 5,985
Roy Thompson leaves DUP
Alliance gain from DUP
Antrim Town [2] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Paddy Marks791
Ulster Unionist Jack Allen719
SDLP Oran Keenan665
DUP James Brown558
Alliance James McConnell399
Ulster Unionist Andrew Ritchie298
Alliance Mary Wallace290
Ulster Unionist Andrew Thompson252
Democratic Left Patrick McGinley179
DUP James Porter151
Ulster Unionist Avril Swann150
Workers' Party Eamon Gillen82
Turnout 4,665
No change

Ards

Ards East [4]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Thomas Benson 956
DUP Jeffrey Magill866
Ulster Unionist John Shields741
Alliance Laurence Thomson721
DUP St Clair McAlister 661
Ulster Unionist Ronald Ferguson505
NI Conservatives Gavin Walker365
Turnout 4,935
New district
Ards Peninsula [4]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Alliance Kieran McCarthy 1,546
DUP Jim Shannon 896
Ulster Unionist Robert Ambrose713
Independent James McMullan656
DUP Thomas Cully485
Ulster Unionist Samuel Brown261
Alliance William Sheldon216
Turnout 4,931
Seats reduced from seven to five: DUP & UUP loss, Independent gain
Ards West [4]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Robert Gibson1,318
DUP Simpson Gibson 736
Ulster Unionist Margaret Craig645
Alliance Thomas McBriar634
Alliance Kathleen Coulter616
DUP Richard Finlay481
NI Conservatives Robert Darnley292
Ulster Unionist Stanley McCoy269
Turnout 5,109
Alliance gain from DUP
Newtownards [4]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist David Smyth817
Alliance Alan McDowell768
Independent Nancy Orr638
DUP Wilbert Magill554
DUP George Ennis 545
Ind. Unionist Bobby McBride500
Ulster Unionist Tom Hamilton 458
DUP John Purdy214
NI Conservatives Andrew Thomson162
Turnout 4,797
Seats reduced from seven to six; DUP loss

Armagh

Armagh City [5]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP John Agnew1,156
SDLP Pat Brannigan1,012
Ulster Unionist Gordon Frazer992
Sinn Féin Noel Sheridan961
SDLP Anna Brolly710
DUP Harold Carson690
Ulster Unionist Sylvia McRoberts644
Turnout 6,347
No change
Crossmore [5]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Thomas Kavanagh1,379
SDLP James McKernan1,028
Ulster Unionist Jim Nicholson 1,010
Ulster Unionist William Hamilton858
SDLP James Lennon659
Sinn Féin Brian Cunningham562
SDLP James McGleenan534
Turnout 6,156
SDLP gain from UUP
Cusher [5]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Robert McWilliams1,685
Ulster Unionist Eric Speers1,572
SDLP Thomas Canavan1,164
DUP Heather Black1,050
Ulster Unionist Robert Turner927
Ulster Unionist James Clayton697
Sinn Féin Margaret McNally250
Turnout 7,472
No change
The Orchard [5]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Jim Speers 1,620
SDLP John Kernan1,410
DUP Brian Hutchinson1,174
Ulster Unionist Charles Rollston749
Ulster Unionist Olive Whitten555
Sinn Féin Brendan Casey348
Turnout 5,949
No change

Ballymena

Ballymena North [6]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Independent Samuel Henry964
SDLP Patrick McAvoy860
Ulster Unionist William Wright 820
Alliance John Williams727
Ulster Unionist James Alexander681
Alliance Ethel Kenny494
Ulster Unionist Joseph McKernan493
DUP Maurice Mills450
DUP John Wilson344
DUP John Carson290
Ulster Democratic Samuel Balmer95
Turnout 6,290
New district
Ballymena South [6]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ind. Unionist William Brownlees1,301
SDLP Declan O'Loan 1,021
Ulster Unionist John Scott828
Ulster Unionist James Currie592
DUP Martin Clarke574
DUP James McCosh549
DUP Frederick Coulter266
DUP John McKendry234
Ulster PartyAgnes McLeister224
Independent Melvyn McKendry91
Independent Charles Magill66
Turnout 5,887
New district
Bannside [6]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Robert Coulter 1,239
Ulster Unionist John Johnston904
SDLP James Laverty802
DUP Thomas Nicholl791
DUP Roy Gillespie663
DUP Sandy Spence662
DUP Hubert Nicholl652
Turnout 5,815
New district
Braid [6]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist David Clyde1,304
Ulster Unionist Desmond Armstrong1,039
Ulster Unionist Robert Forsythe791
DUP Samuel Hanna653
DUP David McClintock437
DUP Samuel Wallace385
DUP Samuel Martin166
Turnout 4,918
New district

Ballymoney

Ballymoney Town [7]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Cecil Cousley 636
Independent Robert McComb541
DUP Samuel McConaghie333
Ulster Unionist James Simpson296
Ulster Unionist Thomas McKeown269
Ulster Unionist Helen McKeown214
Alliance Hugh McFarland181
Independent Robert McVicker174
Turnout 2,700
No change
Bann Valley [7]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Joe Gaston 865
DUP Robert Halliday619
SDLP Charley O'Kane613
DUP Robert Wilson462
SDLP Malachy McCamphill346
Ulster Unionist John Watt312
Sinn Féin Pearse McMahon288
DUP Daniel Taylor179
Turnout 3,764
No change
Bushvale [7]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Harry Connolly752
DUP Frank Campbell490
Ulster Unionist William Logan434
DUP William Kennedy395
Ulster Unionist John Ramsay385
Ulster Unionist William Johnston246
Turnout 2,776
No change

Banbridge

Banbridge Town [8]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Kathleen Baird1,352
SDLP James Walsh1,186
Ulster Unionist Archie McKelvey722
Ulster Unionist John Dobson517
Ulster Unionist Ian Burns507
DUP Margaret Davis353
Alliance Frank McQuaid289
Turnout 5,014
Seats increased from five to six; UUP and Alliance gain, DUP loss
Dromore [8]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Drew Nelson 980
SDLP Catherine McDermott951
DUP David Herron873
Ulster Unionist William Martin771
Ulster Unionist William McCracken745
Ulster Unionist Robert Hill673
Turnout 5,063
DUP gain from UUP
Knockiveagh [8]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Seamus Doyle1,229
Ulster Unionist John Ingram1,083
DUP Wilfred McFadden977
Ulster Unionist Violet Cromie782
Independent Laurence McCartan732
Ulster Unionist John Hanna672
Ulster Unionist Samuel Walker614
SDLP Liam McDermott339
Turnout 6,535
Seats increased from five to six; UUP gain

Belfast

Balmoral [9]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Dorita Field 2,262
DUP John Parkes2,076
Ulster Unionist Margaret Crooks1,616
Ulster Unionist Jim Kirkpatrick 1,396
Alliance Philip McGarry1,273
Alliance Mark Long923
DUP Harry Smith697
Ulster Unionist Bob Stoker 611
NI Conservatives Esmond Birnie 279
NI Conservatives Billy Dickson 264
Green (NI) Roderick McAlister124
Independent Labour Niall Cusack113
Democratic Left Jean Craig97
NI Conservatives Hubert Mullan50
Workers' Party Shaun McKeown48
Turnout 12,160
DUP gain additional seat
Castle [9]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Nigel Dodds 2,470
Ulster Unionist David Browne 1,830
SDLP Alban Maginness 1,589
Ulster Unionist John Carson 1,556
Alliance Tom Campbell1,172
SDLP Jonathan Stephenson 1,090
Ind. Unionist Nelson McCausland 1,070
Sinn Féin Gerard McGuigan575
Green (NI) Alan Warren251
NI Conservatives Margaret Redpath246
Workers' Party Paul Treanor136
Turnout 12,331
SDLP gain from Alliance
UUP gain from Independent Unionist
Court [9]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Eric Smyth 2,385
Ulster Unionist Fred Cobain 1,674
PUP Hugh Smyth 1,609
Ulster Unionist Chris McGimpsey1,472
Ind. Unionist Joe Coggle792
Ulster Unionist Herbert Ditty 572
Protestant Unionist Elizabeth Seawright 558
Alliance Irene Galway371
Workers' Party Peter Cullen116
Turnout 9,881
Seats reduced from six to five: Protestant Unionist loss
Laganbank [9]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Jim Clarke 1,845
SDLP Alasdair McDonnell 1,500
SDLP Peter O'Reilly1,052
DUP Caroline Bingham1,000
Sinn Féin Sean Hayes892
Alliance Steve McBride 836
Alliance Hugh Greer727
Ulster Unionist Michael McGimpsey 545
Ulster Unionist Dennis Rogan236
Workers' Party Patrick Lynn222
Green (NI) Andrew Frew202
NI Conservatives Graham Montgomery198
Militant Peter Hadden 142
Democratic Left Michael Craig95
Turnout 9,805
SDLP gain from DUP
Lower Falls [9]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Tom Hartley 2,573
Sinn Féin Fra McCann 2,393
Sinn Féin Patsy McGeown2,352
Sinn Féin Marie Moore1,946
SDLP Mary Muldoon1,749
SDLP Margaret Walsh987
Workers' Party John Lowry 794
Alliance Patrick Woods108
Democratic Left Mary McMahon101
Turnout 13,512
Sinn Féin gain from Social Democratic and Labour
Oldpark [9]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Joe Austin2,229
Ulster Unionist Fred Proctor2,045
Sinn Féin Paddy McManus1,769
SDLP Martin Morgan 1,763
Sinn Féin Bobby Lavery1,617
Ulster Unionist Fred Rodgers1,343
DUP David Smylie1,324
Democratic Left Seamus Lynch 853
SDLP Peter Prendiville588
Alliance Beatrice Boyd473
Green (NI) Peter Emerson 393
Workers' Party Margaret Smith259
NI Conservatives David Tarr206
Turnout 15,373
Sinn Féin gain from Workers' Party
Pottinger [9]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Sammy Wilson 2,784
Alliance Mervyn Jones1,417
Ulster Unionist Reg Empey 1,295
DUP Robert Clelland982
Ulster Unionist Sandy Blair897
DUP Jim Walker793
Ulster Unionist Margaret Clarke768
Sinn Féin Joe O'Donnell709
NI Conservatives Dorothy Dunlop 538
Independent Labour Colin Ballentine271
Workers' Party Joseph Bell227
Ind. Unionist Samuel Walker133
Green (NI) Thaddeus Bradley107
Turnout 11,389
DUP gain from Independent Unionist
Upper Falls [9]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Alex Attwood 3,203
Sinn Féin Una Gillsepie2,765
Sinn Féin Alex Maskey 2,735
Sinn Féin Máirtín Ó Muilleoir 2,093
SDLP Patricia Lewsley 798
SDLP Terence Tracey702
Independent Cormac Boomer378
DUP David McNerlin174
Workers' Party James Maxwell164
Alliance Julie Greaves145
Militant Billy Lynn144
Turnout 13,725
No change
Victoria [9]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Alliance John Alderdice 3,337
DUP Wallace Browne 2,153
Ulster Unionist Tommy Patton 1,801
DUP Robin Newton 1,729
Ulster Unionist Ian Adamson 1,316
Alliance Maureen McConnell768
NI Conservatives Jim McCormick684
Ulster Unionist Jim Rodgers 600
Alliance Danny Dow552
Ulster Unionist John Norris407
Green (NI) Michael Bell180
Turnout 13,887
No change

Carrickfergus

Carrick Castle [10]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Alliance Sean Neeson 1,096
DUP David Hilditch 696
Independent William Hamilton580
Ulster Unionist Samuel McCamley231
PUP Samuel Stewart183
Ulster Unionist Robert McCartney174
Alliance Arthur McQuitty92
Turnout 3,119
Independent gain from PUP
Kilroot [10]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Alliance Janet Crampsey850
Ulster Unionist James Brown521
Ulster Unionist Alexander Beggs463
NI Conservatives Samuel Crowe460
DUP William Cross403
Alliance William Donaldson389
Independent Robert Patton389
Independent Workers RepresentativesNorman Dixon229
DUP Eric Higgins145
Independent Workers RepresentativesWilliam Venables123
NI Conservatives Robert Wilson101
Ulster Unionist Ronald Mowat93
Ulster Unionist Eric Ferguson56
Turnout 4,331
Seats increased from five to six; Alliance and NI Conservatives gain, DUP loss
Knockagh Monument [10]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Alliance Stewart Dickson 947
Ulster Unionist David Apsley684
Independent Charles Johnston492
DUP William Haggan419
DUP May Beattie 361
Ulster Unionist Joseph Reid231
Ulster Unionist Mary McFall175
Alliance Noreen McIlwrath146
NI Conservatives Nicola Eakin121
NI Conservatives Charles Moffett94
Turnout 3,766
Seats increased from five to six; Alliance and UUP gain, Independent Unionist loss

Castlereagh

Castlereagh Central [11]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Peter Robinson 2,775
Alliance Patrick Mitchell782
Ulster Unionist Alan Carson655
Ind. Unionist Grant Dillon340
Alliance Ann Smith185
NI Conservatives Leeburn Stitt126
DUP Cecil Moore113
Ulster Unionist Ellen Gray103
DUP Mary Fairfield55
DUP John Norris47
Ulster Unionist John Ferris28
Turnout 5,411
Seats reduced from seven to six; DUP loss
Grant Dillon leaves UUP
Castlereagh East [11]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Iris Robinson 2,690
Alliance Peter Osborne910
UPUP Thomas Jeffers557
Ulster Unionist John Bell477
Ind. Unionist William Abraham419
DUP Matthew Anderson232
NI Conservatives David Munster231
NI Conservatives Barbara Finney210
DUP Wilfred Kelly92
DUP Alexander Geddis86
Ulster Unionist John Boyle57
Turnout 6,086
No change
Castlereagh South [11]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist John Beattie1,003
DUP Beatrice Chambers976
Alliance Geraldine Rice835
Alliance Margaret Marshall537
DUP Charles Tosh368
Ulster Unionist Marie Luney363
NI Conservatives Michael Henderson281
NI Conservatives Joyce Young46
Turnout 4,527
Seats reduced from seven to five; UUP and DUP loss
Castlereagh West [11]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist John Taylor 1,549
DUP Ernest Harper989
Alliance David Andrews925
DUP William Clulow365
Alliance Sara Duncan238
NI Conservatives Andrew Fee210
Ulster Unionist William Stevenson170
DUP William Smyth89
Turnout 4,655
New district

Coleraine

Bann [12]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist William Watt1,072
Ulster Unionist Olive Church1,028
Ulster Unionist William King1,002
SDLP John Dallat 969
SDLP Gerard O'Kane880
DUP Robert Bolton 782
Ulster Unionist Robert McPherson433
Alliance Ian McEwan171
Turnout 6,479
Seats reduced from seven to six; UUP loss
Coleraine Central [12]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP James McClure 1,206
Ulster Unionist Robert White 787
SDLP Gerald McLaughlin627
Ulster Unionist David McClarty 544
Ulster Unionist Elizabeth Johnston387
Alliance William Mathews369
Ulster Unionist John Moody336
Ulster Unionist Daniel Christie329
Independent Patrick McFeely301
DUP Donald Clifton190
Alliance Lara McIlroy119
Turnout 5,278
New district
Coleraine East [12]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Elizabeth Black825
DUP William Creelman764
Ulster Unionist David Gilmour436
Ulster Unionist William Glenn435
Ulster Unionist William Johnston393
DUP Marie McAllister308
Alliance Hilary McCartney251
Alliance Amyan MacFadyen118
Independent Trevor Cooke81
Turnout 3,736
New district
The Skerries [12]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Robert Stewart 909
Alliance Patrick McGowan853
Ulster Unionist Pauline Armitage 772
Ulster Unionist Samuel Kane544
Ulster Unionist Norman Hillis 510
Alliance Catherine Condy416
NI Conservatives Robert Mitchell 250
DUP Siobhan Watterson98
Turnout 4,475
Seats reduced from seven to five; DUP and Independent Unionist loss

Cookstown

Ballinderry [13]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Patsy McGlone 1,314
Sinn Féin Seamus Campbell1,239
DUP Anne McCrea936
SDLP Francis Rocks848
Ulster Unionist Victor McGahie689
Ulster Unionist Thomas Greer686
DUP Samuel McCartney547
Sinn Féin Noel Quinn295
Turnout 6,765
UUP gain from DUP
Cookstown Central [13]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Trevor Wilson1,514
SDLP Denis Haughey 939
Sinn Féin Martin Conlon704
SDLP Peggy Laverty635
DUP William Larmour634
Ulster Unionist Ian Montgomery405
DUP Rodney Mitchell172
Democratic Left Edwin Espie51
Militant Labour Harry Hutchinson44
Turnout 5,210
UUP gain from DUP
Drum Manor [13]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Samuel Glasgow1,183
Sinn Féin Sean Begley1,073
SDLP James McGarvey839
Ind. Unionist Samuel Parke818
DUP William Cuddy665
SDLP Sean Mallon509
Sinn Féin Finbar Conway185
Turnout 6,335
No change

Craigavon

Craigavon Central [14]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Kenneth Twyble1,246
DUP William Allen1,172
Sinn Féin Brendan Curran865
SDLP Pat Mallon851
Ulster Unionist Frederick Crowe767
SDLP Gabriel O'Dowd656
Ulster Unionist James McCammick655
Alliance Sean Hagan602
Ulster Unionist Elizabeth McClurg379
Workers' Party Tom French 285
Ulster Unionist Pauline Lindsay252
Turnout 7,980
Sinn Fein gain from UUP
Loughside [14]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Sean McKavanagh1,470
SDLP Hugh Casey 1,294
Sinn Féin Brendan McConville1,261
SDLP Dolores Kelly 817
Ulster Unionist John Crozier567
Workers' Party Peter Smyth225
DUP Anne Hanlon134
Turnout 5,981
No change
Lurgan [14]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Audrey Savage1,472
DUP Ruth Allen1,179
Ind. Unionist Sydney Cairns965
Ulster Unionist Samuel Lutton897
Ulster Unionist Meta Crozier852
SDLP Mary McNally719
Alliance Wilson Freeburn586
DUP David Martin438
Ulster Unionist Donald MacKay288
Ulster Unionist William McCullough238
NI Conservatives Colette Jones208
Turnout 8,015
Sydney Cairns leaves UUP
UUP gain from DUP
Portadown [14]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Mervyn Carrick 1,419
SDLP Ignatius Fox1,377
Ulster Unionist James Gillespie1,346
Ulster Unionist Joe Trueman1,003
Alliance William Ramsay600
Ulster Unionist Brian Maguinness539
Sinn Féin John Dunbar523
Ulster Unionist Anna Moore393
DUP John Tate286
Turnout 7,657
DUP gain from UUP

Derry

Cityside [15] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Hugh Brady1,363
SDLP James Clifford1,089
SDLP Patrick Devine1,004
SDLP Pat Ramsey 917
Sinn Féin Bernadette Bradley705
Sinn Féin Dominic Doherty623
Labour Anthony Martin189
Workers' Party Eamon Melaugh135
Turnout 6,274
Seats reduced from six to five; Sinn Fein loss
Northland [15] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP John Tierney 1,506
Sinn Féin Mitchel McLaughlin 1,380
SDLP Mark Durkan 1,311
SDLP Martin Bradley1,162
Sinn Féin Mary Nelis 758
SDLP John Kerr710
SDLP Kathleen McCloskey619
Ind. Unionist David Davis516
Independent Tony Carlin345
Independent Nationalist William McCorriston291
Ulster Unionist Gladys Carey231
Labour Patrick Muldowney187
Labour Richard Foster175
Alliance Nigel Cooke116
Workers' Party Gordon McKenzie42
Workers' Party Noel Lynch36
Turnout 9,625
Seats increased from six to seven; Sinn Fein and SDLP gain, Independent Unionist loss
Rural [15] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Annie Courtney 1,545
SDLP John McNickle1,049
DUP William Hay 881
SDLP George Peoples844
Ulster Unionist Richard Dallas790
DUP Mervyn Lindsay696
Ulster Unionist Ernest Hamilton508
Sinn Féin Bernard McFadden450
Ulster Unionist George Duddy383
SDLP Patrick Murray379
Turnout 7,725
Seats reduced from seven to six; UUP loss
Shantallow [15] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Mary Bradley 1,976
Sinn Féin Gearoid O'Heara1,116
SDLP Shaun Gallagher772
SDLP Margaret McCartney735
SDLP William O'Connell723
Sinn Féin James McKnight603
Labour Robert Lindsay295
DUP William Dougherty196
Workers' Party Edward Sharkey54
Turnout 6,702
No change
Waterside [15] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Gregory Campbell 1,469
DUP Joe Miller1,157
SDLP Gerald Toland869
SDLP Wilfred White843
Ulster Unionist John Adams830
Sinn Féin Gary Fleming780
DUP Bill Irwin743
Ind. Unionist James Guy617
Ulster Unionist Derry Burgess395
Alliance Snoo Sinclair253
Ulster Democratic James Millar238
Ulster Democratic Kenneth Kerr231
Ulster Unionist Jacqueline Colhoun214
Ulster Unionist William Houston193
Community CandidateDavid Nicholl141
Labour William Anderson139
Turnout 9,338
Seats increased from six to seven; DUP and SDLP gain, UDP loss

Down

Ballynahinch [16]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Patrick Toman1,480
SDLP Anne Marie McAleenan1,396
DUP William Alexander1,154
Ulster Unionist James Cochrane939
Ulster Unionist Walter Lyons488
Ulster Unionist Janet Crothers368
Turnout 5,957
No change
Downpatrick [16]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Dermot Curran1,075
SDLP John Doris1,037
SDLP John Ritchie1,031
Ulster Unionist Oliver Mcllheron1,005
SDLP Malachi Curran 724
SDLP Francis McCann569
SDLP Owen Adams476
Alliance Michael Healy443
Sinn Féin Patrick McGreevy314
Independent Keith Bradford291
Independent Patrick O'Connor236
Independent James Masson167
Workers' Party Desmond O'Hagan 151
Turnout 7,669
SDLP gain from Alliance
Newcastle [16]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Michael Boyd1,405
SDLP Eamon O'Neill 1,150
Ulster Unionist Gerald Douglas948
SDLP Peter Fitzpatrick667
Alliance Catherine Carr528
Sinn Féin Sean Fitzpatrick501
DUP John Finlay430
SDLP Frances Flynn411
Ulster Unionist William Brown396
Turnout 6,618
DUP gain from UUP
Rowallane [16]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Samuel Osborne1,332
SDLP Margaret Ritchie 1,171
DUP William Dick961
Ulster Unionist William Biggerstaff952
Ulster Unionist Albert Colmer882
SDLP Hugh Flynn510
Turnout 5,908
No change

Dungannon

Blackwater [17]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP James Ewing1,038
SDLP Patsy Daly1,017
Ulster Unionist Jim Brady837
Ulster Unionist Derek Irwin834
Ulster Unionist Jim Hamilton769
DUP Robert McFarland559
Sinn Féin Anthony Fox533
Turnout 5,685
No change
Clogher Valley [17]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Raymond McMahon1,141
Ulster Unionist Noel Mulligan1,107
SDLP Anthony McGonnell1,065
DUP Johnston McIlwrath1,060
Ulster Unionist Robert Mulligan861
SDLP Bernadette McGirr631
Turnout 5,964
No change
Dungannon Town [17]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Vincent Kelly1,180
DUP Maurice Morrow 905
Ulster Unionist Leslie Holmes801
Ulster Unionist William Brown669
SDLP Vincent Currie589
Ulster Unionist Ken Maginnis 482
Democratic Left Gerry Cullen457
Independent Nationalist Michael McLoughlin416
Ind. Unionist Simon Dilworth174
SDLP Peggy Devlin125
Turnout 5,873
Gerry Cullen leaves Workers' Party
Sinn Fein gain from Independent
Torrent [17]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Francie Molloy 1,482
Ulster Unionist Norman Badger1,320
Independent Nationalist Jim Canning1,095
SDLP Jim Cavanagh825
Sinn Féin Denise Sutton771
Sinn Féin Brendan Doris711
SDLP Joe Gervin362
SDLP Angela Donnelly320
Turnout 7,052
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP

Fermanagh

Enniskillen [18] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Samuel Foster 1,605
Ulster Unionist Raymond Ferguson 1,159
Sinn Féin John McManus978
Progressive SocialistDavid Kettyles953
Ulster Unionist William Hetherington736
SDLP James Lunny697
SDLP James Donnelly679
DUP Joe Dodds 483
DUP Frederick Black388
Ulster Unionist Ethel Gregg299
Turnout 8,108
David Kettyles leaves the Workers' Party
Erne East [18] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Fergus McQuillan1,398
Ulster Unionist Jean McVitty1,127
Ulster Unionist Cecil Noble976
Ulster Unionist Albert Liddle905
Sinn Féin Brian McCaffrey834
Sinn Féin Gerry McHugh 784
Independent Nationalist Tony McPhillips722
Independent John Joe McCusker563
DUP Paul Robinson480
Sinn Féin Philip McDonald431
Turnout 8,378
Seats reduced from seven to six: DUP and Sinn Fein loss, Independent Nationalist gain
Erne North [18] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Caldwell McClaughry1,486
DUP Bert Johnston1,032
SDLP Tommy Gallagher 989
SDLP John O'Kane827
Ulster Unionist Bertie Kerr674
Ulster Unionist Simon Loane437
Sinn Féin Desmond Donnelly421
DUP John Armstrong192
Turnout 6,171
No change
Erne West [18] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Wilson Elliott1,507
Independent Patrick McCaffrey1,462
SDLP Gerard Gallagher1,039
Sinn Féin Robin Martin730
Ulster Unionist Derrick Nixon601
Sinn Féin Francis Doherty548
Independent Patrick Flanagan541
Sinn Féin Stephen Hugget250
DUP Jack Thompson207
Turnout 7,065
No change

Larne

Coast Road [19]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Thomas Robinson 612
Independent Nationalist William Cunning600
Ulster Unionist Joan Drummond533
Alliance Amelia Kelly451
DUP Winston Fulton432
DUP Rachel Rea380
Turnout 3,102
No change
Larne Lough [19]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Roy Beggs 1,680
DUP Bobby McKee 512
DUP Samuel McAllister369
NI Conservatives Andrew Haggan216
Ulster Unionist Samuel Steele172
Ulster Unionist Thomas Caldwell172
Ulster Unionist Alexander Hunter121
Turnout 3,383
No change
Larne Town [19]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Jack McKee 851
Ulster Unionist Rosalie Armstrong581
Ulster Unionist Robert Robinson418
Alliance Patricia Kay410
1990s Lindsay Mason 339
Independent Roy Craig277
Community Candidate Pat Buckley 274
DUP Leonard Sluman82
Ulster Unionist Mary Steele71
Turnout 3,388
1990s gain from Independent

Limavady

Bellarena [20]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Stanley Gault880
SDLP Arthur Doherty 856
SDLP Thomas Mullan689
SDLP John McKinney661
Ulster Unionist Robert Grant634
DUP Ernest Murray388
Turnout 4,183
No change
Benbradagh [20]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist David Robinson1,042
SDLP Michael Coyle 999
Sinn Féin Thomas Donaghy802
Ulster Unionist Max Gault415
Sinn Féin Kevin Kelly327
SDLP John Lynch294
Turnout 3,976
No change
Limavady Town [20]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP George Robinson 884
SDLP Barry Doherty802
Ulster Unionist Ronald Cartwright790
SDLP Desmond Lowry753
Ulster Unionist Jackie Dolan720
Ulster Unionist Norman Reynolds522
DUP John Murray86
Turnout 4,623
SDLP gain from UUP

Lisburn

Downshire [21]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Thomas Lilburn1,104
DUP Charles Poots 990
NI Conservatives William Bleakes 945
Ulster Unionist William Falloon818
Alliance Kenneth Hull796
Ulster Unionist William McConnell579
DUP James McCann491
Ulster Democratic David Adams 283
Turnout 6,130
Seats reduced from seven to five; UUP, DUP and Alliance loss, NI Conservatives gain
Dunmurry Cross [21]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Patrick Rice1,417
Ulster Unionist William McAllister1,265
SDLP Hugh Lewsley1,076
Sinn Féin Michael Ferguson 940
Sinn Féin Annie Armstrong 781
SDLP William McDonnell695
Ulster Unionist Billy Bell 626
DUP David Craig463
Workers' Party Anne-Marie Lowry449
Alliance Elizabeth Campbell427
Independent Peter McAnespie281
Turnout 8,727
Sinn Fein gain from DUP
Killultagh [21]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Jim Dillon1,550
DUP Cecil Calvert 965
SDLP Peter O'Hagan 890
Ulster Unionist Kenneth Watson719
Alliance Eileen Drayne521
DUP William Stevenson500
Ulster Unionist David Greene424
Turnout 5,684
Seats reduced from seven to five; UUP loss
David Greene joins Ulster Unionist
Lisburn Town North [21]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ind. Unionist Ronnie Crawford1,394
DUP William Beattie 1,266
Ulster Unionist Samuel Semple737
Ulster Unionist William Lewis722
Alliance Frazer McCammond720
Alliance William Whitley611
Ulster Unionist William Gardiner-Watson607
Ulster Democratic Ray Smallwoods 434
Ulster Unionist Doreen Martin338
NI Conservatives Leonard Jarvis219
Ulster Unionist Andrew Park147
DUP Josephine Challis140
Workers' Party Johen Magee100
Turnout 7,577
New district
Lisburn Town South [21]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Ivan Davis 1,996
Alliance Seamus Close 983
Ulster Democratic Gary McMichael 900
Ulster Unionist William Belshaw804
Ulster Unionist Joseph Lockhart395
DUP Robin McMaster255
Ulster Unionist George Morrison 248
NI Conservatives Anne Blake238
DUP Edwin Poots 208
Ulster Unionist John Curry137
Alliance Trevor Lunn 111
Workers' Party Gerard Dunlop49
Turnout 6,530
New district

Magherafelt

Magherafelt Town [22]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP William McCrea 2,142
SDLP Patrick Kilpatrick1,425
Sinn Féin John Hurl1,114
Ulster Unionist Ernest Caldwell931
SDLP Joseph McBride719
Ulster Unionist George Shiels300
DUP Paul McLean88
DUP Daniel McAllister32
Turnout 6,882
Seats increased from five to six; SDLP gain
Moyola [22]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Patrick McErlean1,276
Ulster Unionist John Junkin 831
Sinn Féin Margaret McKenna782
DUP Thomas Wilson672
DUP Thomas Catherwood671
Ulster Unionist Norman Montgomery655
Sinn Féin Paul Henry454
SDLP Francis Madden262
Workers' Party Patrick Scullion142
Turnout 6,882
DUP gain from UUP
Sperrin [22]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Patrick Groogan 1,244
Ulster Unionist Robert Montgomery1,064
SDLP Kathleen Lagan935
SDLP Ghislaine O'Keeney868
Sinn Féin John Walsh798
SDLP Frank McKendry652
DUP Samuel Brown384
Workers' Party Francis Donnelly221
Turnout 6,300
Sinn Fein gain from Independent

Moyle

Ballycastle [23]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Gardiner Kane 499
Independent Christopher McCaughan381
SDLP Richard Kerr313
Independent Seamus Blaney296
Ulster Unionist Helen Harding196
Sinn Féin Paul Little151
SDLP Anna Edwards150
SDLP Michael O'Cleary116
Independent Archibald McAuley94
Independent Elizabeth McConaghy11
Turnout 2,248
No change
Giant's Causeway [23]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ind. Unionist Price McConaghy465
Ind. Unionist Robert McIlroy321
DUP Thomas Brennan254
DUP David McAllister238
Ulster Unionist Robert Getty180
Ulster Unionist Robert Thompson118
Ind. Unionist James Rodgers115
Ulster Unionist Ronnie McIlvar49
ChristianThomas Palmer16
Turnout 1,796
No change
The Glens [23]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Independent Republican Oliver McMullan 538
SDLP Malachy McSparran509
Sinn Féin James McCarry397
SDLP Patrick McBride359
Independent Nationalist Randal McDonnell340
SDLP Joseph Mitchell248
DUP Elizabeth Brennan220
Turnout 1,796
Independent Nationalist gain from SDLP

Newry and Mourne

Crotlieve [24] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Peadar Bradley1,698
SDLP Hugh Carr 1,085
Ulster Unionist Gordon Heslip1,058
Independent Nationalist Anthony Williamson1,057
Independent Nationalist Ciaran Mussen959
SDLP Mary O'Hare890
SDLP Jim McCart829
SDLP Brian Mulligan602
Sinn Féin Anne Marie Willis421
Workers' Party Raymond McEvoy116
Turnout 8,942
Independent Nationalist gain from SDLP
Newry Town [24] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Davy Hyland 997
Ulster Unionist William McCaigue903
Sinn Féin Brendan Curran832
SDLP Patrick McElroy830
SDLP Arthur Ruddy824
SDLP Frank Feely 682
SDLP Sean Gallogly638
Independent Jackie Patterson598
SDLP Patrick Courtney533
Independent Richard Rodgers395
Independent James Markey326
Workers' Party Anthony Hutchinson265
Independent Labour Noel Sloan210
Turnout 8,329
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
Slieve Gullion [24] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP John Fee 1,227
Sinn Féin Jim McAllister 1,086
Sinn Féin Patrick McDonald1,028
SDLP Pat Toner865
SDLP Terry Mulkerns795
Sinn Féin Patrick Brennan698
SDLP Michael McShane412
Turnout 6,319
No change
The Fews [24] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Danny Kennedy 1,765
SDLP Stephen McGinn1,205
SDLP Charles Smyth974
SDLP James Savage959
Ulster Unionist Arthur Lockhart794
Sinn Féin Conor Murphy 761
Sinn Féin James McCreesh554
Turnout 7,282
No change
The Mournes [24] [3]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Henry Reilly 1,647
Ulster Unionist Isaac Hanna1,488
SDLP Desmond Haughian1,483
SDLP Austin Crawford986
DUP William Burns856
Sinn Féin Michael McAleenan242
Turnout 6,893
DUP gain from "Protestant"

Newtownabbey

Antrim Line [25]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Tommy McTeague1,271
Ind. Unionist Arthur Templeton1,248
Ulster Unionist Edward Crilly904
DUP Billy Blair873
Alliance James Rooney728
DUP Tommy Kirkham 621
Alliance Elizabeth Frazer575
Ulster Unionist Joseph Kell563
Ulster Unionist Marell Hunter251
Workers' Party Brendan Harrison87
Turnout 7,281
Seats increased from five to seven; Alliance and Independent Unionist gain
Ballyclare [25]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ind. Unionist Sidney Cameron942
Ulster Unionist Stephen Turkington872
DUP Sam Cameron701
Ulster Unionist Thomas Bingham585
Alliance Trevor Strain511
Ulster Unionist Leonard Hardy311
DUP Greg Steele267
Turnout 4,301
UUP gain from Independent Unionist
Macedon [25]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ulster Unionist Andrew Beattie907
Newtownabbey Labour Party Mark Langhammer 813
Alliance John Blair769
DUP Billy Snoddy 649
Newtownabbey Labour Party Robert Kidd607
Ulster Unionist David Hollis546
Ind. Unionist Billy Boyd508
DUP Billy De Courcy486
Ulster Unionist Samuel Martin145
Ind. Unionist Norman Boyd 88
Newtownabbey Labour Party Thomas Davidson56
Turnout 5,792
New district
University [25]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Ind. Unionist Fraser Agnew 1,169
Ulster Unionist George Herron861
Alliance Gordon Mawhinney 583
Alliance William McKimmon573
DUP Tony Lough542
Ulster Unionist Ken Robinson 534
Ulster Unionist James Robinson524
DUP Alan Hewitt445
DUP Samuel Neill382
Ulster Unionist Barbara Gilliand361
Ulster Unionist Elizabeth McClenaghan220
Newtownabbey Labour Party Deborah Hayes112
Newtownabbey Labour Party Stafford Ward59
Newtownabbey Labour Party William McClinton44
Turnout 6,557
New district

North Down

Abbey [26]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
UPUP Valerie Kinghan719
Alliance Stephen Farry 611
UPUP Cecil Braniff454
DUP Ivy Cooling410
Ulster Unionist Irene Cree408
DUP Geoffrey Bairsto403
NI Conservatives Ann Thompson368
Action 1993William Gordon366
Ulster Unionist Karl McLean199
Turnout 4,071
No change
Ballyholme and Groomsport [26]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Independent Alan Chambers 1,892
DUP Raymond Stewart830
Ulster Unionist Leslie Cree 679
Alliance Marsden Fitzsimons652
Alliance Siobhan Laird412
NI Conservatives Bruce Mulligan326
Action 1993Austen Lennon289
Ulster Unionist James Kingan229
Ulster Unionist Ian Henry211
NI Conservatives Bill McLean136
Ind. Conservative Ivan Thompson131
NI Conservatives William Palmer118
Turnout 6,015
Seats increased from six to seven; UUP and Independent gain, Independent Unionist loss
Bangor West [26]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Alliance Brian Wilson 1,228
DUP William Baxter805
Ulster Unionist Hazel Bradford754
Alliance Helen Bell603
Ulster Unionist Roy Bradford 394
NI Conservatives George Green 342
Ind. Unionist Ian Sinclair286
NI Conservatives James O'Fee267
DUP Harold Blemings247
Independent Ann-Marie Foster148
Independent Ernest Steele145
Action 1993Arthur Gadd115
NI Conservatives Elizabeth Maguire113
Action 1993Robert Mooney101
Independent Edward Lindsay58
Turnout 5,795
Alliance gain from NI Conservatives
Independent Unionist gain from Independent
Holywood [26]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Independent Dennis Ogborn871
Ulster Unionist Ellie McKay835
Alliance Susan O'Brien675
DUP Gordon Dunne 523
NI Conservatives Laurence Kennedy414
Independent James White341
Alliance John Coates339
Independent Robert Irvine310
NI Conservatives Lindsay Cumming114
Turnout 4,510
Independent gain from DUP

Omagh

Mid Tyrone [27]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Patrick McMahon1,216
Ulster Unionist Desmond Anderson1,008
Sinn Féin Barney McAleer881
Sinn Féin Sean Clarke837
Independent Nationalist Brian McGrath700
SDLP Seamus Shields614
DUP Drew Baxter501
SDLP Nuala MacSherry474
Democratic Left Patrick McClean340
SDLP Patrick McLaughlin339
DUP Jim Patterson313
Ulster Unionist William Oldcroft288
Alliance James Lagan138
Turnout 7,877
DUP gain from UUP
Omagh Town [27]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Oliver Gibson 995
SDLP Paddy McGowan 940
Independent Johnny McLaughlin921
Ulster Unionist Wilfred Breen808
Sinn Féin Francis Mackey807
Alliance Ann Gormley503
SDLP Joe Byrne 430
DUP Ivan Burnside390
SDLP Stephen McKenna314
Alliance Ethne McClelland275
Ulster Unionist Reuben McKelvey271
Workers' Party Hugh Mullin54
Turnout 6,887
Johnny McLaughlin leaves SDLP
Alliance gain from DUP
West Tyrone [27]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
DUP Thomas Buchanan 1,194
SDLP Liam McQuaid1,192
Ulster Unionist Arthur McFarland1,143
Sinn Féin Gerry McMenamin896
Sinn Féin Patrick Watters701
Ulster Unionist George Rainey611
SDLP John Duffy590
SDLP James Connolly493
Workers' Party Tommy Owens368
Ulster Unionist William Wilson279
Alliance Eric Bullick176
Turnout 7,843
No change

Strabane

Derg [28]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP Laurence McNamee1,131
Ulster Unionist Edward Turner1,075
Sinn Féin Charles McHugh993
DUP Thomas Kerrigan906
DUP Samuel Allison577
Ind. Unionist Derek Hussey 551
Sinn Féin John Elliott386
Independent Nationalist Denis McCrory49
Turnout 5,834
No change
Glenelly [28]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
SDLP John Gallagher968
Ulster Unionist James Emery876
DUP David Bresland825
DUP John Donnell754
Sinn Féin Patrick Kelly465
Ulster Unionist Samuel Martin435
Alliance John Devine367
DUP Derek Reaney299
SDLP Bernard McDermott237
Independent Hughes Colhoun39
Turnout 5,408
UUP gain from Alliance
Mourne [28]
PartyCandidate1st Pref
Sinn Féin Ivan Barr1,229
Ulster Unionist John Cummings963
SDLP Mary McElroy925
Independent Nationalist James O'Kane837
SDLP Thomas Mullen753
SDLP Paul O'Hare589
Sinn Féin Elayne McNicholl488
Democratic Left Francis McCay136
Turnout 6,151
Seats increased from five to six; SDLP gain, Independent loss

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