1993 Northern Ireland local elections

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

1993 Northern Ireland local elections

← 1989 19 May 1993 1997 →

All council seats
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader James Molyneaux John Hume Ian Paisley
Party UUP SDLP DUP
Seats won 197 127 103
Seat change Increase 3 Increase 6 Decrease 6
Popular vote 184,082 136,760 108,680
Percentage 29.3% 21.7% 17.3%
Swing Decrease2.0% Increase0.7% Decrease0.4%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Gerry Adams John Alderdice N/A
Party Sinn Féin Alliance Independent
Seats won 51 44 24
Seat change Increase 8 Increase 6 Increase 1
Popular vote 77,600 47,658 25,987
Percentage 12.3% 7.6% 4.1%
Swing Increase1.1% Increase0.7% Increase0.3%

Colours denote the winning party with outright control

Results

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Map showing the party that received the most votes by district electoral area.

Overall

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Party[1] Councillors Votes
Total +/- % share Total
UUP 197 +3 29 184,082
SDLP 127 +6 22 136,760
DUP 103 -6 17 108,680
Sinn Féin 51 +8 12 77,600
Alliance 44 +6 8 47,658
Independent 24 +1 4 25,987
Ind. Unionist 21 +6 3 19,506
NI Conservatives 6 0 1 9,438
Workers' Party 1 -3 1 4,827
Newtownabbey Labour 1 0 1 3,981
PUP 1 -2 0.4 2,350
Democratic Left 1 +1 0.4 2,288
Ulster Democratic 1 0 0.4 2,181
UPUP 3 +1 0.3 1,730
Green (NI) 0 0 0.2 1,257
Action 93 1 +1 0.1 871

By council

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Antrim

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Antrim North West[2][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP James Graham 1,167
SDLP Robert Loughran 1,151
DUP Wilson Clyde 747
Sinn Féin Henry Cushinan 628
SDLP Donovan McClelland 437
UUP Roderick Swann 269
Turnout 4,530
Sinn Fein gain from UUP
Antrim South East[2][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Ind. Unionist Roy Thompson 1,280
UUP Edgar Wallace 878
SDLP Robert Burns 855
Alliance David Ford 561
DUP Samuel Dunlop 560
UUP Mervyn Rea 546
UUP Howard Campbell 432
DUP William Harkness 396
UUP Roy Stinson 199
Sinn Féin Joseph McCavana 150
Turnout 5,985
Roy Thompson leaves DUP
Alliance gain from DUP
Antrim Town[2][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Paddy Marks 791
UUP Jack Allen 719
SDLP Oran Keenan 665
DUP James Brown 558
Alliance James McConnell 399
UUP Andrew Ritchie 298
Alliance Mary Wallace 290
UUP Andrew Thompson 252
Democratic Left Patrick McGinley 179
DUP James Porter 151
UUP Avril Swann 150
Workers' Party Eamon Gillen 82
Turnout 4,665
No change

Ards

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Ards East[4]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Thomas Benson 956
DUP Jeffrey Magill 866
UUP John Shields 741
Alliance Laurence Thomson 721
DUP St Clair McAlister 661
UUP Ronald Ferguson 505
NI Conservatives Gavin Walker 365
Turnout 4,935
New district
Ards Peninsula[4]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Alliance Kieran McCarthy 1,546
DUP Jim Shannon 896
UUP Robert Ambrose 713
Independent James McMullan 656
DUP Thomas Cully 485
UUP Samuel Brown 261
Alliance William Sheldon 216
Turnout 4,931
Seats reduced from seven to five: DUP & UUP loss, Independent gain
Ards West[4]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Robert Gibson 1,318
DUP Simpson Gibson 736
UUP Margaret Craig 645
Alliance Thomas McBriar 634
Alliance Kathleen Coulter 616
DUP Richard Finlay 481
NI Conservatives Robert Darnley 292
UUP Stanley McCoy 269
Turnout 5,109
Alliance gain from DUP
Newtownards[4]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP David Smyth 817
Alliance Alan McDowell 768
Independent Nancy Orr 638
DUP Wilbert Magill 554
DUP George Ennis 545
Ind. Unionist Bobby McBride 500
UUP Tom Hamilton 458
DUP John Purdy 214
NI Conservatives Andrew Thomson 162
Turnout 4,797
Seats reduced from seven to six; DUP loss

Armagh

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Armagh City[5]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP John Agnew 1,156
SDLP Pat Brannigan 1,012
UUP Gordon Frazer 992
Sinn Féin Noel Sheridan 961
SDLP Anna Brolly 710
DUP Harold Carson 690
UUP Sylvia McRoberts 644
Turnout 6,347
No change
Crossmore[5]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP Thomas Kavanagh 1,379
SDLP James McKernan 1,028
UUP Jim Nicholson 1,010
UUP William Hamilton 858
SDLP James Lennon 659
Sinn Féin Brian Cunningham 562
SDLP James McGleenan 534
Turnout 6,156
SDLP gain from UUP
Cusher[5]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Robert McWilliams 1,685
UUP Eric Speers 1,572
SDLP Thomas Canavan 1,164
DUP Heather Black 1,050
UUP Robert Turner 927
UUP James Clayton 697
Sinn Féin Margaret McNally 250
Turnout 7,472
No change
The Orchard[5]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Jim Speers 1,620
SDLP John Kernan 1,410
DUP Brian Hutchinson 1,174
UUP Charles Rollston 749
UUP Olive Whitten 555
Sinn Féin Brendan Casey 348
Turnout 5,949
No change

Ballymena

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Ballymena North[6]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Independent Samuel Henry 964
SDLP Patrick McAvoy 860
UUP William Wright 820
Alliance John Williams 727
UUP James Alexander 681
Alliance Ethel Kenny 494
UUP Joseph McKernan 493
DUP Maurice Mills 450
DUP John Wilson 344
DUP John Carson 290
Ulster Democratic Samuel Balmer 95
Turnout 6,290
New district
Ballymena South[6]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Ind. Unionist William Brownlees 1,301
SDLP Declan O'Loan 1,021
UUP John Scott 828
UUP James Currie 592
DUP Martin Clarke 574
DUP James McCosh 549
DUP Frederick Coulter 266
DUP John McKendry 234
Ulster Party Agnes McLeister 224
Independent Melvyn McKendry 91
Independent Charles Magill 66
Turnout 5,887
New district
Bannside[6]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Robert Coulter 1,239
UUP John Johnston 904
SDLP James Laverty 802
DUP Thomas Nicholl 791
DUP Roy Gillespie 663
DUP Sandy Spence 662
DUP Hubert Nicholl 652
Turnout 5,815
New district
Braid[6]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP David Clyde 1,304
UUP Desmond Armstrong 1,039
UUP Robert Forsythe 791
DUP Samuel Hanna 653
DUP David McClintock 437
DUP Samuel Wallace 385
DUP Samuel Martin 166
Turnout 4,918
New district

Ballymoney

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Ballymoney Town[7]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Cecil Cousley 636
Independent Robert McComb 541
DUP Samuel McConaghie 333
UUP James Simpson 296
UUP Thomas McKeown 269
UUP Helen McKeown 214
Alliance Hugh McFarland 181
Independent Robert McVicker 174
Turnout 2,700
No change
Bann Valley[7]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Joe Gaston 865
DUP Robert Halliday 619
SDLP Charley O'Kane 613
DUP Robert Wilson 462
SDLP Malachy McCamphill 346
UUP John Watt 312
Sinn Féin Pearse McMahon 288
DUP Daniel Taylor 179
Turnout 3,764
No change
Bushvale[7]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP Harry Connolly 752
DUP Frank Campbell 490
UUP William Logan 434
DUP William Kennedy 395
UUP John Ramsay 385
UUP William Johnston 246
Turnout 2,776
No change

Banbridge

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Banbridge Town[8]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Kathleen Baird 1,352
SDLP James Walsh 1,186
UUP Archie McKelvey 722
UUP John Dobson 517
UUP Ian Burns 507
DUP Margaret Davis 353
Alliance Frank McQuaid 289
Turnout 5,014
Seats increased from five to six; UUP and Alliance gain, DUP loss
Dromore[8]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Drew Nelson 980
SDLP Catherine McDermott 951
DUP David Herron 873
UUP William Martin 771
UUP William McCracken 745
UUP Robert Hill 673
Turnout 5,063
DUP gain from UUP
Knockiveagh[8]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP Seamus Doyle 1,229
UUP John Ingram 1,083
DUP Wilfred McFadden 977
UUP Violet Cromie 782
Independent Laurence McCartan 732
UUP John Hanna 672
UUP Samuel Walker 614
SDLP Liam McDermott 339
Turnout 6,535
Seats increased from five to six; UUP gain

Belfast

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Balmoral[9]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP Dorita Field 2,262
DUP John Parkes 2,076
UUP Margaret Crooks 1,616
UUP Jim Kirkpatrick 1,396
Alliance Philip McGarry 1,273
Alliance Mark Long 923
DUP Harry Smith 697
UUP Bob Stoker 611
NI Conservatives Esmond Birnie 279
NI Conservatives Billy Dickson 264
Green (NI) Roderick McAlister 124
Independent Labour Niall Cusack 113
Democratic Left Jean Craig 97
NI Conservatives Hubert Mullan 50
Workers' Party Shaun McKeown 48
Turnout 12,160
DUP gain additional seat
Castle[9]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Nigel Dodds 2,470
UUP David Browne 1,830
SDLP Alban Maginness 1,589
UUP John Carson 1,556
Alliance Tom Campbell 1,172
SDLP Jonathan Stephenson 1,090
Ind. Unionist Nelson McCausland 1,070
Sinn Féin Gerard McGuigan 575
Green (NI) Alan Warren 251
NI Conservatives Margaret Redpath 246
Workers' Party Paul Treanor 136
Turnout 12,331
SDLP gain from Alliance
UUP gain from Independent Unionist
Court[9]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Eric Smyth 2,385
UUP Fred Cobain 1,674
PUP Hugh Smyth 1,609
UUP Chris McGimpsey 1,472
Ind. Unionist Joe Coggle 792
UUP Herbert Ditty 572
Protestant Unionist Elizabeth Seawright 558
Alliance Irene Galway 371
Workers' Party Peter Cullen 116
Turnout 9,881
Seats reduced from six to five: Protestant Unionist loss
Laganbank[9]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Jim Clarke 1,845
SDLP Alasdair McDonnell 1,500
SDLP Peter O'Reilly 1,052
DUP Caroline Bingham 1,000
Sinn Féin Sean Hayes 892
Alliance Steve McBride 836
Alliance Hugh Greer 727
UUP Michael McGimpsey 545
UUP Dennis Rogan 236
Workers' Party Patrick Lynn 222
Green (NI) Andrew Frew 202
NI Conservatives Graham Montgomery 198
Militant Peter Hadden 142
Democratic Left Michael Craig 95
Turnout 9,805
SDLP gain from DUP
Lower Falls[9]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Sinn Féin Tom Hartley 2,573
Sinn Féin Fra McCann 2,393
Sinn Féin Patsy McGeown 2,352
Sinn Féin Marie Moore 1,946
SDLP Mary Muldoon 1,749
SDLP Margaret Walsh 987
Workers' Party John Lowry 794
Alliance Patrick Woods 108
Democratic Left Mary McMahon 101
Turnout 13,512
Sinn Féin gain from Social Democratic and Labour
Oldpark[9]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Sinn Féin Joe Austin 2,229
UUP Fred Proctor 2,045
Sinn Féin Paddy McManus 1,769
SDLP Martin Morgan 1,763
Sinn Féin Bobby Lavery 1,617
UUP Fred Rodgers 1,343
DUP David Smylie 1,324
Democratic Left Seamus Lynch 853
SDLP Peter Prendiville 588
Alliance Beatrice Boyd 473
Green (NI) Peter Emerson 393
Workers' Party Margaret Smith 259
NI Conservatives David Tarr 206
Turnout 15,373
Sinn Féin gain from Workers' Party
Pottinger[9]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Sammy Wilson 2,784
Alliance Mervyn Jones 1,417
UUP Reg Empey 1,295
DUP Robert Clelland 982
UUP Sandy Blair 897
DUP Jim Walker 793
UUP Margaret Clarke 768
Sinn Féin Joe O'Donnell 709
NI Conservatives Dorothy Dunlop 538
Independent Labour Colin Ballentine 271
Workers' Party Joseph Bell 227
Ind. Unionist Samuel Walker 133
Green (NI) Thaddeus Bradley 107
Turnout 11,389
DUP gain from Independent Unionist
Upper Falls[9]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP Alex Attwood 3,203
Sinn Féin Una Gillsepie 2,765
Sinn Féin Alex Maskey 2,735
Sinn Féin Máirtín Ó Muilleoir 2,093
SDLP Patricia Lewsley 798
SDLP Terence Tracey 702
Independent Cormac Boomer 378
DUP David McNerlin 174
Workers' Party James Maxwell 164
Alliance Julie Greaves 145
Militant Billy Lynn 144
Turnout 13,725
No change
Victoria[9]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Alliance John Alderdice 3,337
DUP Wallace Browne 2,153
UUP Tommy Patton 1,801
DUP Robin Newton 1,729
UUP Ian Adamson 1,316
Alliance Maureen McConnell 768
NI Conservatives Jim McCormick 684
UUP Jim Rodgers 600
Alliance Danny Dow 552
UUP John Norris 407
Green (NI) Michael Bell 180
Turnout 13,887
No change

Carrickfergus

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Carrick Castle[10]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Alliance Sean Neeson 1,096
DUP David Hilditch 696
Independent William Hamilton 580
UUP Samuel McCamley 231
PUP Samuel Stewart 183
UUP Robert McCartney 174
Alliance Arthur McQuitty 92
Turnout 3,119
Independent gain from PUP
Kilroot[10]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Alliance Janet Crampsey 850
UUP James Brown 521
UUP Alexander Beggs 463
NI Conservatives Samuel Crowe 460
DUP William Cross 403
Alliance William Donaldson 389
Independent Robert Patton 389
Independent Workers Representatives Norman Dixon 229
DUP Eric Higgins 145
Independent Workers Representatives William Venables 123
NI Conservatives Robert Wilson 101
UUP Ronald Mowat 93
UUP Eric Ferguson 56
Turnout 4,331
Seats increased from five to six; Alliance and NI Conservatives gain, DUP loss
Knockagh Monument[10]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Alliance Stewart Dickson 947
UUP David Apsley 684
Independent Charles Johnston 492
DUP William Haggan 419
DUP May Beattie 361
UUP Joseph Reid 231
UUP Mary McFall 175
Alliance Noreen McIlwrath 146
NI Conservatives Nicola Eakin 121
NI Conservatives Charles Moffett 94
Turnout 3,766
Seats increased from five to six; Alliance and UUP gain, Independent Unionist loss

Castlereagh

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Castlereagh Central[11]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Peter Robinson 2,775
Alliance Patrick Mitchell 782
UUP Alan Carson 655
Ind. Unionist Grant Dillon 340
Alliance Ann Smith 185
NI Conservatives Leeburn Stitt 126
DUP Cecil Moore 113
UUP Ellen Gray 103
DUP Mary Fairfield 55
DUP John Norris 47
UUP John Ferris 28
Turnout 5,411
Seats reduced from seven to six; DUP loss
Grant Dillon leaves UUP
Castlereagh East[11]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Iris Robinson 2,690
Alliance Peter Osborne 910
UPUP Thomas Jeffers 557
UUP John Bell 477
Ind. Unionist William Abraham 419
DUP Matthew Anderson 232
NI Conservatives David Munster 231
NI Conservatives Barbara Finney 210
DUP Wilfred Kelly 92
DUP Alexander Geddis 86
UUP John Boyle 57
Turnout 6,086
No change
Castlereagh South[11]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP John Beattie 1,003
DUP Beatrice Chambers 976
Alliance Geraldine Rice 835
Alliance Margaret Marshall 537
DUP Charles Tosh 368
UUP Marie Luney 363
NI Conservatives Michael Henderson 281
NI Conservatives Joyce Young 46
Turnout 4,527
Seats reduced from seven to five; UUP and DUP loss
Castlereagh West[11]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP John Taylor 1,549
DUP Ernest Harper 989
Alliance David Andrews 925
DUP William Clulow 365
Alliance Sara Duncan 238
NI Conservatives Andrew Fee 210
UUP William Stevenson 170
DUP William Smyth 89
Turnout 4,655
New district

Coleraine

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Bann[12]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP William Watt 1,072
UUP Olive Church 1,028
UUP William King 1,002
SDLP John Dallat 969
SDLP Gerard O'Kane 880
DUP Robert Bolton 782
UUP Robert McPherson 433
Alliance Ian McEwan 171
Turnout 6,479
Seats reduced from seven to six; UUP loss
Coleraine Central[12]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP James McClure 1,206
UUP Robert White 787
SDLP Gerald McLaughlin 627
UUP David McClarty 544
UUP Elizabeth Johnston 387
Alliance William Mathews 369
UUP John Moody 336
UUP Daniel Christie 329
Independent Patrick McFeely 301
DUP Donald Clifton 190
Alliance Lara McIlroy 119
Turnout 5,278
New district
Coleraine East[12]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Elizabeth Black 825
DUP William Creelman 764
UUP David Gilmour 436
UUP William Glenn 435
UUP William Johnston 393
DUP Marie McAllister 308
Alliance Hilary McCartney 251
Alliance Amyan MacFadyen 118
Independent Trevor Cooke 81
Turnout 3,736
New district
The Skerries[12]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Robert Stewart 909
Alliance Patrick McGowan 853
UUP Pauline Armitage 772
UUP Samuel Kane 544
UUP Norman Hillis 510
Alliance Catherine Condy 416
NI Conservatives Robert Mitchell 250
DUP Siobhan Watterson 98
Turnout 4,475
Seats reduced from seven to five; DUP and Independent Unionist loss

Cookstown

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Ballinderry[13]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP Patsy McGlone 1,314
Sinn Féin Seamus Campbell 1,239
DUP Anne McCrea 936
SDLP Francis Rocks 848
UUP Victor McGahie 689
UUP Thomas Greer 686
DUP Samuel McCartney 547
Sinn Féin Noel Quinn 295
Turnout 6,765
UUP gain from DUP
Cookstown Central[13]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Trevor Wilson 1,514
SDLP Denis Haughey 939
Sinn Féin Martin Conlon 704
SDLP Peggy Laverty 635
DUP William Larmour 634
UUP Ian Montgomery 405
DUP Rodney Mitchell 172
Democratic Left Edwin Espie 51
Militant Labour Harry Hutchinson 44
Turnout 5,210
UUP gain from DUP
Drum Manor[13]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Samuel Glasgow 1,183
Sinn Féin Sean Begley 1,073
SDLP James McGarvey 839
Ind. Unionist Samuel Parke 818
DUP William Cuddy 665
SDLP Sean Mallon 509
Sinn Féin Finbar Conway 185
Turnout 6,335
No change

Craigavon

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Craigavon Central[14]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Kenneth Twyble 1,246
DUP William Allen 1,172
Sinn Féin Brendan Curran 865
SDLP Pat Mallon 851
UUP Frederick Crowe 767
SDLP Gabriel O'Dowd 656
UUP James McCammick 655
Alliance Sean Hagan 602
UUP Elizabeth McClurg 379
Workers' Party Tom French 285
UUP Pauline Lindsay 252
Turnout 7,980
Sinn Fein gain from UUP
Loughside[14]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP Sean McKavanagh 1,470
SDLP Hugh Casey 1,294
Sinn Féin Brendan McConville 1,261
SDLP Dolores Kelly 817
UUP John Crozier 567
Workers' Party Peter Smyth 225
DUP Anne Hanlon 134
Turnout 5,981
No change
Lurgan[14]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Audrey Savage 1,472
DUP Ruth Allen 1,179
Ind. Unionist Sydney Cairns 965
UUP Samuel Lutton 897
UUP Meta Crozier 852
SDLP Mary McNally 719
Alliance Wilson Freeburn 586
DUP David Martin 438
UUP Donald MacKay 288
UUP William McCullough 238
NI Conservatives Colette Jones 208
Turnout 8,015
Sydney Cairns leaves UUP
UUP gain from DUP
Portadown[14]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Mervyn Carrick 1,419
SDLP Ignatius Fox 1,377
UUP James Gillespie 1,346
UUP Joe Trueman 1,003
Alliance William Ramsay 600
UUP Brian Maguinness 539
Sinn Féin John Dunbar 523
UUP Anna Moore 393
DUP John Tate 286
Turnout 7,657
DUP gain from UUP

Derry

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Cityside[15][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Sinn Féin Hugh Brady 1,363
SDLP James Clifford 1,089
SDLP Patrick Devine 1,004
SDLP Pat Ramsey 917
Sinn Féin Bernadette Bradley 705
Sinn Féin Dominic Doherty 623
Labour Anthony Martin 189
Workers' Party Eamon Melaugh 135
Turnout 6,274
Seats reduced from six to five; Sinn Fein loss
Northland[15][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP John Tierney 1,506
Sinn Féin Mitchel McLaughlin 1,380
SDLP Mark Durkan 1,311
SDLP Martin Bradley 1,162
Sinn Féin Mary Nelis 758
SDLP John Kerr 710
SDLP Kathleen McCloskey 619
Ind. Unionist David Davis 516
Independent Tony Carlin 345
Ind. Nationalist William McCorriston 291
UUP Gladys Carey 231
Labour Patrick Muldowney 187
Labour Richard Foster 175
Alliance Nigel Cooke 116
Workers' Party Gordon McKenzie 42
Workers' Party Noel Lynch 36
Turnout 9,625
Seats increased from six to seven; Sinn Fein and SDLP gain, Independent Unionist loss
Rural[15][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP Annie Courtney 1,545
SDLP John McNickle 1,049
DUP William Hay 881
SDLP George Peoples 844
UUP Richard Dallas 790
DUP Mervyn Lindsay 696
UUP Ernest Hamilton 508
Sinn Féin Bernard McFadden 450
UUP George Duddy 383
SDLP Patrick Murray 379
Turnout 7,725
Seats reduced from seven to six; UUP loss
Shantallow[15][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP Mary Bradley 1,976
Sinn Féin Gearoid O'Heara 1,116
SDLP Shaun Gallagher 772
SDLP Margaret McCartney 735
SDLP William O'Connell 723
Sinn Féin James McKnight 603
Labour Robert Lindsay 295
DUP William Dougherty 196
Workers' Party Edward Sharkey 54
Turnout 6,702
No change
Waterside[15][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Gregory Campbell 1,469
DUP Joe Miller 1,157
SDLP Gerald Toland 869
SDLP Wilfred White 843
UUP John Adams 830
Sinn Féin Gary Fleming 780
DUP Bill Irwin 743
Ind. Unionist James Guy 617
UUP Derry Burgess 395
Alliance Snoo Sinclair 253
Ulster Democratic James Millar 238
Ulster Democratic Kenneth Kerr 231
UUP Jacqueline Colhoun 214
UUP William Houston 193
Community Candidate David Nicholl 141
Labour William Anderson 139
Turnout 9,338
Seats increased from six to seven; DUP and SDLP gain, UDP loss

Down

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Ballynahinch[16]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP Patrick Toman 1,480
SDLP Anne Marie McAleenan 1,396
DUP William Alexander 1,154
UUP James Cochrane 939
UUP Walter Lyons 488
UUP Janet Crothers 368
Turnout 5,957
No change
Downpatrick[16]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP Dermot Curran 1,075
SDLP John Doris 1,037
SDLP John Ritchie 1,031
UUP Oliver Mcllheron 1,005
SDLP Malachi Curran 724
SDLP Francis McCann 569
SDLP Owen Adams 476
Alliance Michael Healy 443
Sinn Féin Patrick McGreevy 314
Independent Keith Bradford 291
Independent Patrick O'Connor 236
Independent James Masson 167
Workers' Party Desmond O'Hagan 151
Turnout 7,669
SDLP gain from Alliance
Newcastle[16]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP Michael Boyd 1,405
SDLP Eamon O'Neill 1,150
UUP Gerald Douglas 948
SDLP Peter Fitzpatrick 667
Alliance Catherine Carr 528
Sinn Féin Sean Fitzpatrick 501
DUP John Finlay 430
SDLP Frances Flynn 411
UUP William Brown 396
Turnout 6,618
DUP gain from UUP
Rowallane[16]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Samuel Osborne 1,332
SDLP Margaret Ritchie 1,171
DUP William Dick 961
UUP William Biggerstaff 952
UUP Albert Colmer 882
SDLP Hugh Flynn 510
Turnout 5,908
No change

Dungannon

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Blackwater[17]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP James Ewing 1,038
SDLP Patsy Daly 1,017
UUP Jim Brady 837
UUP Derek Irwin 834
UUP Jim Hamilton 769
DUP Robert McFarland 559
Sinn Féin Anthony Fox 533
Turnout 5,685
No change
Clogher Valley[17]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Sinn Féin Raymond McMahon 1,141
UUP Noel Mulligan 1,107
SDLP Anthony McGonnell 1,065
DUP Johnston McIlwrath 1,060
UUP Robert Mulligan 861
SDLP Bernadette McGirr 631
Turnout 5,964
No change
Dungannon Town[17]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Sinn Féin Vincent Kelly 1,180
DUP Maurice Morrow 905
UUP Leslie Holmes 801
UUP William Brown 669
SDLP Vincent Currie 589
UUP Ken Maginnis 482
Democratic Left Gerry Cullen 457
Ind. Nationalist Michael McLoughlin 416
Ind. Unionist Simon Dilworth 174
SDLP Peggy Devlin 125
Turnout 5,873
Gerry Cullen leaves Workers' Party
Sinn Fein gain from Independent
Torrent[17]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Sinn Féin Francie Molloy 1,482
UUP Norman Badger 1,320
Ind. Nationalist Jim Canning 1,095
SDLP Jim Cavanagh 825
Sinn Féin Denise Sutton 771
Sinn Féin Brendan Doris 711
SDLP Joe Gervin 362
SDLP Angela Donnelly 320
Turnout 7,052
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP

Fermanagh

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Enniskillen[18][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Samuel Foster 1,605
UUP Raymond Ferguson 1,159
Sinn Féin John McManus 978
Progressive Socialist David Kettyles 953
UUP William Hetherington 736
SDLP James Lunny 697
SDLP James Donnelly 679
DUP Joe Dodds 483
DUP Frederick Black 388
UUP Ethel Gregg 299
Turnout 8,108
David Kettyles leaves the Workers' Party
Erne East[18][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP Fergus McQuillan 1,398
UUP Jean McVitty 1,127
UUP Cecil Noble 976
UUP Albert Liddle 905
Sinn Féin Brian McCaffrey 834
Sinn Féin Gerry McHugh 784
Ind. Nationalist Tony McPhillips 722
Independent John Joe McCusker 563
DUP Paul Robinson 480
Sinn Féin Philip McDonald 431
Turnout 8,378
Seats reduced from seven to six: DUP and Sinn Fein loss, Independent Nationalist gain
Erne North[18][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Caldwell McClaughry 1,486
DUP Bert Johnston 1,032
SDLP Tommy Gallagher 989
SDLP John O'Kane 827
UUP Bertie Kerr 674
UUP Simon Loane 437
Sinn Féin Desmond Donnelly 421
DUP John Armstrong 192
Turnout 6,171
No change
Erne West[18][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Wilson Elliott 1,507
Independent Patrick McCaffrey 1,462
SDLP Gerard Gallagher 1,039
Sinn Féin Robin Martin 730
UUP Derrick Nixon 601
Sinn Féin Francis Doherty 548
Independent Patrick Flanagan 541
Sinn Féin Stephen Hugget 250
DUP Jack Thompson 207
Turnout 7,065
No change

Larne

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Coast Road[19]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Thomas Robinson 612
Ind. Nationalist William Cunning 600
UUP Joan Drummond 533
Alliance Amelia Kelly 451
DUP Winston Fulton 432
DUP Rachel Rea 380
Turnout 3,102
No change
Larne Lough[19]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Roy Beggs 1,680
DUP Bobby McKee 512
DUP Samuel McAllister 369
NI Conservatives Andrew Haggan 216
UUP Samuel Steele 172
UUP Thomas Caldwell 172
UUP Alexander Hunter 121
Turnout 3,383
No change
Larne Town[19]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Jack McKee 851
UUP Rosalie Armstrong 581
UUP Robert Robinson 418
Alliance Patricia Kay 410
1990s Lindsay Mason 339
Independent Roy Craig 277
Community Candidate Pat Buckley 274
DUP Leonard Sluman 82
UUP Mary Steele 71
Turnout 3,388
1990s gain from Independent

Limavady

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Bellarena[20]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Stanley Gault 880
SDLP Arthur Doherty 856
SDLP Thomas Mullan 689
SDLP John McKinney 661
UUP Robert Grant 634
DUP Ernest Murray 388
Turnout 4,183
No change
Benbradagh[20]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP David Robinson 1,042
SDLP Michael Coyle 999
Sinn Féin Thomas Donaghy 802
UUP Max Gault 415
Sinn Féin Kevin Kelly 327
SDLP John Lynch 294
Turnout 3,976
No change
Limavady Town[20]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP George Robinson 884
SDLP Barry Doherty 802
UUP Ronald Cartwright 790
SDLP Desmond Lowry 753
UUP Jackie Dolan 720
UUP Norman Reynolds 522
DUP John Murray 86
Turnout 4,623
SDLP gain from UUP

Lisburn

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Downshire[21]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Thomas Lilburn 1,104
DUP Charles Poots 990
NI Conservatives William Bleakes 945
UUP William Falloon 818
Alliance Kenneth Hull 796
UUP William McConnell 579
DUP James McCann 491
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]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Sinn Féin Patrick Rice 1,417
UUP William McAllister 1,265
SDLP Hugh Lewsley 1,076
Sinn Féin Michael Ferguson 940
Sinn Féin Annie Armstrong 781
SDLP William McDonnell 695
UUP Billy Bell 626
DUP David Craig 463
Workers' Party Anne-Marie Lowry 449
Alliance Elizabeth Campbell 427
Independent Peter McAnespie 281
Turnout 8,727
Sinn Fein gain from DUP
Killultagh[21]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Jim Dillon 1,550
DUP Cecil Calvert 965
SDLP Peter O'Hagan 890
UUP Kenneth Watson 719
Alliance Eileen Drayne 521
DUP William Stevenson 500
UUP David Greene 424
Turnout 5,684
Seats reduced from seven to five; UUP loss
David Greene joins Ulster Unionist
Lisburn Town North[21]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Ind. Unionist Ronnie Crawford 1,394
DUP William Beattie 1,266
UUP Samuel Semple 737
UUP William Lewis 722
Alliance Frazer McCammond 720
Alliance William Whitley 611
UUP William Gardiner-Watson 607
Ulster Democratic Ray Smallwoods 434
UUP Doreen Martin 338
NI Conservatives Leonard Jarvis 219
UUP Andrew Park 147
DUP Josephine Challis 140
Workers' Party Johen Magee 100
Turnout 7,577
New district
Lisburn Town South[21]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Ivan Davis 1,996
Alliance Seamus Close 983
Ulster Democratic Gary McMichael 900
UUP William Belshaw 804
UUP Joseph Lockhart 395
DUP Robin McMaster 255
UUP George Morrison 248
NI Conservatives Anne Blake 238
DUP Edwin Poots 208
UUP John Curry 137
Alliance Trevor Lunn 111
Workers' Party Gerard Dunlop 49
Turnout 6,530
New district

Magherafelt

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Magherafelt Town[22]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP William McCrea 2,142
SDLP Patrick Kilpatrick 1,425
Sinn Féin John Hurl 1,114
UUP Ernest Caldwell 931
SDLP Joseph McBride 719
UUP George Shiels 300
DUP Paul McLean 88
DUP Daniel McAllister 32
Turnout 6,882
Seats increased from five to six; SDLP gain
Moyola[22]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP Patrick McErlean 1,276
UUP John Junkin 831
Sinn Féin Margaret McKenna 782
DUP Thomas Wilson 672
DUP Thomas Catherwood 671
UUP Norman Montgomery 655
Sinn Féin Paul Henry 454
SDLP Francis Madden 262
Workers' Party Patrick Scullion 142
Turnout 6,882
DUP gain from UUP
Sperrin[22]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Sinn Féin Patrick Groogan 1,244
UUP Robert Montgomery 1,064
SDLP Kathleen Lagan 935
SDLP Ghislaine O'Keeney 868
Sinn Féin John Walsh 798
SDLP Frank McKendry 652
DUP Samuel Brown 384
Workers' Party Francis Donnelly 221
Turnout 6,300
Sinn Fein gain from Independent

Moyle

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Ballycastle[23]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Gardiner Kane 499
Independent Christopher McCaughan 381
SDLP Richard Kerr 313
Independent Seamus Blaney 296
UUP Helen Harding 196
Sinn Féin Paul Little 151
SDLP Anna Edwards 150
SDLP Michael O'Cleary 116
Independent Archibald McAuley 94
Independent Elizabeth McConaghy 11
Turnout 2,248
No change
Giant's Causeway[23]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Ind. Unionist Price McConaghy 465
Ind. Unionist Robert McIlroy 321
DUP Thomas Brennan 254
DUP David McAllister 238
UUP Robert Getty 180
UUP Robert Thompson 118
Ind. Unionist James Rodgers 115
UUP Ronnie McIlvar 49
Christian Thomas Palmer 16
Turnout 1,796
No change
The Glens[23]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Ind. Republican Oliver McMullan 538
SDLP Malachy McSparran 509
Sinn Féin James McCarry 397
SDLP Patrick McBride 359
Ind. Nationalist Randal McDonnell 340
SDLP Joseph Mitchell 248
DUP Elizabeth Brennan 220
Turnout 1,796
Independent Nationalist gain from SDLP

Newry and Mourne

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Crotlieve[24][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP Peadar Bradley 1,698
SDLP Hugh Carr 1,085
UUP Gordon Heslip 1,058
Ind. Nationalist Anthony Williamson 1,057
Ind. Nationalist Ciaran Mussen 959
SDLP Mary O'Hare 890
SDLP Jim McCart 829
SDLP Brian Mulligan 602
Sinn Féin Anne Marie Willis 421
Workers' Party Raymond McEvoy 116
Turnout 8,942
Independent Nationalist gain from SDLP
Newry Town[24][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Sinn Féin Davy Hyland 997
UUP William McCaigue 903
Sinn Féin Brendan Curran 832
SDLP Patrick McElroy 830
SDLP Arthur Ruddy 824
SDLP Frank Feely 682
SDLP Sean Gallogly 638
Independent Jackie Patterson 598
SDLP Patrick Courtney 533
Independent Richard Rodgers 395
Independent James Markey 326
Workers' Party Anthony Hutchinson 265
Independent Labour Noel Sloan 210
Turnout 8,329
Sinn Fein gain from SDLP
Slieve Gullion[24][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP John Fee 1,227
Sinn Féin Jim McAllister 1,086
Sinn Féin Patrick McDonald 1,028
SDLP Pat Toner 865
SDLP Terry Mulkerns 795
Sinn Féin Patrick Brennan 698
SDLP Michael McShane 412
Turnout 6,319
No change
The Fews[24][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Danny Kennedy 1,765
SDLP Stephen McGinn 1,205
SDLP Charles Smyth 974
SDLP James Savage 959
UUP Arthur Lockhart 794
Sinn Féin Conor Murphy 761
Sinn Féin James McCreesh 554
Turnout 7,282
No change
The Mournes[24][3]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Henry Reilly 1,647
UUP Isaac Hanna 1,488
SDLP Desmond Haughian 1,483
SDLP Austin Crawford 986
DUP William Burns 856
Sinn Féin Michael McAleenan 242
Turnout 6,893
DUP gain from "Protestant"

Newtownabbey

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Antrim Line[25]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP Tommy McTeague 1,271
Ind. Unionist Arthur Templeton 1,248
UUP Edward Crilly 904
DUP Billy Blair 873
Alliance James Rooney 728
DUP Tommy Kirkham 621
Alliance Elizabeth Frazer 575
UUP Joseph Kell 563
UUP Marell Hunter 251
Workers' Party Brendan Harrison 87
Turnout 7,281
Seats increased from five to seven; Alliance and Independent Unionist gain
Ballyclare[25]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Ind. Unionist Sidney Cameron 942
UUP Stephen Turkington 872
DUP Sam Cameron 701
UUP Thomas Bingham 585
Alliance Trevor Strain 511
UUP Leonard Hardy 311
DUP Greg Steele 267
Turnout 4,301
UUP gain from Independent Unionist
Macedon[25]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UUP Andrew Beattie 907
Newtownabbey Labour Party Mark Langhammer 813
Alliance John Blair 769
DUP Billy Snoddy 649
Newtownabbey Labour Party Robert Kidd 607
UUP David Hollis 546
Ind. Unionist Billy Boyd 508
DUP Billy De Courcy 486
UUP Samuel Martin 145
Ind. Unionist Norman Boyd 88
Newtownabbey Labour Party Thomas Davidson 56
Turnout 5,792
New district
University[25]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Ind. Unionist Fraser Agnew 1,169
UUP George Herron 861
Alliance Gordon Mawhinney 583
Alliance William McKimmon 573
DUP Tony Lough 542
UUP Ken Robinson 534
UUP James Robinson 524
DUP Alan Hewitt 445
DUP Samuel Neill 382
UUP Barbara Gilliand 361
UUP Elizabeth McClenaghan 220
Newtownabbey Labour Party Deborah Hayes 112
Newtownabbey Labour Party Stafford Ward 59
Newtownabbey Labour Party William McClinton 44
Turnout 6,557
New district

North Down

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Abbey[26]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
UPUP Valerie Kinghan 719
Alliance Stephen Farry 611
UPUP Cecil Braniff 454
DUP Ivy Cooling 410
UUP Irene Cree 408
DUP Geoffrey Bairsto 403
NI Conservatives Ann Thompson 368
Action 1993 William Gordon 366
UUP Karl McLean 199
Turnout 4,071
No change
Ballyholme and Groomsport[26]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Independent Alan Chambers 1,892
DUP Raymond Stewart 830
UUP Leslie Cree 679
Alliance Marsden Fitzsimons 652
Alliance Siobhan Laird 412
NI Conservatives Bruce Mulligan 326
Action 1993 Austen Lennon 289
UUP James Kingan 229
UUP Ian Henry 211
NI Conservatives Bill McLean 136
Ind. Conservative Ivan Thompson 131
NI Conservatives William Palmer 118
Turnout 6,015
Seats increased from six to seven; UUP and Independent gain, Independent Unionist loss
Bangor West[26]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Alliance Brian Wilson 1,228
DUP William Baxter 805
UUP Hazel Bradford 754
Alliance Helen Bell 603
UUP Roy Bradford 394
NI Conservatives George Green 342
Ind. Unionist Ian Sinclair 286
NI Conservatives James O'Fee 267
DUP Harold Blemings 247
Independent Ann-Marie Foster 148
Independent Ernest Steele 145
Action 1993 Arthur Gadd 115
NI Conservatives Elizabeth Maguire 113
Action 1993 Robert Mooney 101
Independent Edward Lindsay 58
Turnout 5,795
Alliance gain from NI Conservatives
Independent Unionist gain from Independent
Holywood[26]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Independent Dennis Ogborn 871
UUP Ellie McKay 835
Alliance Susan O'Brien 675
DUP Gordon Dunne 523
NI Conservatives Laurence Kennedy 414
Independent James White 341
Alliance John Coates 339
Independent Robert Irvine 310
NI Conservatives Lindsay Cumming 114
Turnout 4,510
Independent gain from DUP

Omagh

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Mid Tyrone[27]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Sinn Féin Patrick McMahon 1,216
UUP Desmond Anderson 1,008
Sinn Féin Barney McAleer 881
Sinn Féin Sean Clarke 837
Ind. Nationalist Brian McGrath 700
SDLP Seamus Shields 614
DUP Drew Baxter 501
SDLP Nuala MacSherry 474
Democratic Left Patrick McClean 340
SDLP Patrick McLaughlin 339
DUP Jim Patterson 313
UUP William Oldcroft 288
Alliance James Lagan 138
Turnout 7,877
DUP gain from UUP
Omagh Town[27]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Oliver Gibson 995
SDLP Paddy McGowan 940
Independent Johnny McLaughlin 921
UUP Wilfred Breen 808
Sinn Féin Francis Mackey 807
Alliance Ann Gormley 503
SDLP Joe Byrne 430
DUP Ivan Burnside 390
SDLP Stephen McKenna 314
Alliance Ethne McClelland 275
UUP Reuben McKelvey 271
Workers' Party Hugh Mullin 54
Turnout 6,887
Johnny McLaughlin leaves SDLP
Alliance gain from DUP
West Tyrone[27]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
DUP Thomas Buchanan 1,194
SDLP Liam McQuaid 1,192
UUP Arthur McFarland 1,143
Sinn Féin Gerry McMenamin 896
Sinn Féin Patrick Watters 701
UUP George Rainey 611
SDLP John Duffy 590
SDLP James Connolly 493
Workers' Party Tommy Owens 368
UUP William Wilson 279
Alliance Eric Bullick 176
Turnout 7,843
No change

Strabane

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Derg[28]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP Laurence McNamee 1,131
UUP Edward Turner 1,075
Sinn Féin Charles McHugh 993
DUP Thomas Kerrigan 906
DUP Samuel Allison 577
Ind. Unionist Derek Hussey 551
Sinn Féin John Elliott 386
Ind. Nationalist Denis McCrory 49
Turnout 5,834
No change
Glenelly[28]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
SDLP John Gallagher 968
UUP James Emery 876
DUP David Bresland 825
DUP John Donnell 754
Sinn Féin Patrick Kelly 465
UUP Samuel Martin 435
Alliance John Devine 367
DUP Derek Reaney 299
SDLP Bernard McDermott 237
Independent Hughes Colhoun 39
Turnout 5,408
UUP gain from Alliance
Mourne[28]
Party Candidate 1st Pref
Sinn Féin Ivan Barr 1,229
UUP John Cummings 963
SDLP Mary McElroy 925
Ind. Nationalist James O'Kane 837
SDLP Thomas Mullen 753
SDLP Paul O'Hare 589
Sinn Féin Elayne McNicholl 488
Democratic Left Francis McCay 136
Turnout 6,151
Seats increased from five to six; SDLP gain, Independent loss

References

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  1. ^ Local Government Elections 1993, Northern Ireland Elections
  2. ^ a b c Antrim District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Election results 1973–2001, Electoral Office for Northern Ireland,
  4. ^ a b c d Ards District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  5. ^ a b c d Armagh District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  6. ^ a b c d Ballymena District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  7. ^ a b c Ballymoney District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  8. ^ a b c Banbridge District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i Belfast City Council Elections 1993–2005, Northern Ireland Elections
  10. ^ a b c Carrickfergus District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  11. ^ a b c d Castlereagh District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  12. ^ a b c d Coleraine District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  13. ^ a b c Cookstown District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  14. ^ a b c d Craigavon District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  15. ^ a b c d e Derry District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  16. ^ a b c d Down District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  17. ^ a b c d Dungannon District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  18. ^ a b c d Fermanagh District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  19. ^ a b c Larne District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  20. ^ a b c Limavady District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  21. ^ a b c d e Lisburn District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  22. ^ a b c Magherafelt District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  23. ^ a b c Moyle District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  24. ^ a b c d e Newry & Mourne District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  25. ^ a b c d Newtownabbey District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  26. ^ a b c d North Down District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  27. ^ a b c Omagh District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections
  28. ^ a b c Strabane District Council Elections 1993-2011, Northern Ireland Elections