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Elections to Antrim Borough 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 19 councillors.
Election results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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UUP | 8 | 0 | 2 | ![]() |
42.1 | 38.5 | 5,701 | ![]() | |
SDLP | 4 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
21.1 | 21.0 | 3,108 | ![]() | |
DUP | 3 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
15.8 | 16.3 | 2,412 | ![]() | |
Alliance | 2 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
10.5 | 8.5 | 1,250 | ![]() | |
Ind. Unionist | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
5.3 | 8.7 | 1,280 | ![]() | |
Sinn Féin | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
5.3 | 4.3 | 612 | ![]() | |
Democratic Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1.2 | 179 | New | |
Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.5 | 82 | ![]() |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
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UUP | SDLP | DUP | Alliance | Sinn Féin | Others | ||||||||
Antrim North West | 32.6 | 1 | 36.1 | 2 | 17.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 14.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Antrim South East | 35.0 | 3 | 14.6 | 1 | 16.3 | 1 | 9.6 | 1 | 2.6 | 0 | 21.9 | 1 | 7 |
Antrim Town | 48.7 | 4 | 14.7 | 1 | 15.6 | 1 | 15.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5.8 | 0 | 7 |
Total | 38.5 | 8 | 21.0 | 4 | 16.3 | 3 | 8.5 | 2 | 5.3 | 1 | 10.4 | 1 | 19 |
Districts results
[edit]Antrim North West
[edit]1989: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1993: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
UUP | James Graham* | 26.53% | 1,167 | |||||
SDLP | Robert Loughran* | 26.17% | 1,151 | |||||
DUP | Wilson Clyde* | 16.98% | 747 | |||||
SDLP | Donovan McClelland* | 9.93% | 437 | 441.18 | 818.9 | |||
Sinn Féin | Henry Cushinan | 14.28% | 628 | 628 | 656.12 | 723.95 | 723.99 | |
UUP | Roderick Swann* | 6.12% | 269 | 692.7 | 700.68 | 714.17 | 721.09 | |
Electorate: 7,627 Valid: 4,399 (57.68%) Spoilt: 131 Quota: 734 Turnout: 4,530 (59.39%) |
Antrim South East
[edit]1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1989-1993 Change: Alliance gain from UUP, Independent Unionist leaves DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Ind. Unionist | Roy Thompson* | 21.85% | 1,280 | ||||||
UUP | Edgar Wallace* | 14.99% | 878 | ||||||
SDLP | Robert Burns* | 14.60% | 855 | ||||||
UUP | Mervyn Rea* | 9.32% | 546 | 702.64 | 739.44 | ||||
Alliance | David Ford | 9.58% | 561 | 571.56 | 576.04 | 638.04 | 739.02 | ||
UUP | Howard Campbell* | 7.38% | 432 | 517.8 | 541.48 | 546.48 | 557.53 | 767.29 | |
DUP | Samuel Dunlop* | 9.56% | 560 | 638.76 | 645.16 | 647.16 | 648.35 | 679.23 | |
DUP | William Harkness | 6.76% | 396 | 486.64 | 494.16 | 494.16 | 495.86 | 526.34 | |
UUP | Roy Stinson* | 3.40% | 199 | 319.12 | 378.96 | 378.96 | 379.81 | ||
Sinn Féin | Joseph McCavana | 2.56% | 150 | 150 | 150 | ||||
Electorate: 11,431 Valid: 5,857 (51.24%) Spoilt: 128 Quota: 733 Turnout: 5,985 (52.36%) |
Antrim Town
[edit]1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1989-1993 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
UUP | Paddy Marks* | 17.45% | 791 | |||||||||
UUP | Jack Allen* | 15.86% | 719 | |||||||||
SDLP | Oran Keenan* | 14.67% | 665 | |||||||||
DUP | James Brown* | 12.31% | 558 | 570.76 | ||||||||
UUP | Andrew Ritchie | 6.57% | 298 | 398.05 | 472.81 | 473.61 | 475.82 | 548.8 | 557.01 | 638.01 | ||
Alliance | James McConnell* | 8.80% | 399 | 405.38 | 413.15 | 448.03 | 473.51 | 476.01 | 525.08 | 531.08 | 532.08 | |
UUP | Andrew Thompson* | 5.56% | 252 | 291.73 | 312.52 | 312.68 | 312.68 | 341.6 | 343.76 | 461.13 | 516.13 | |
Alliance | Mary Wallace | 6.40% | 290 | 292.9 | 295.63 | 328.27 | 355.03 | 358.03 | 435.51 | 448.46 | 450.46 | |
UUP | Avril Swann* | 3.31% | 150 | 202.2 | 224.25 | 224.25 | 224.25 | 248.3 | 252.93 | |||
Democratic Left | Patrick McGinley | 3.95% | 179 | 180.16 | 181.42 | 192.14 | 217.62 | 219.83 | ||||
DUP | James Porter | 3.33% | 151 | 158.54 | 174.5 | 174.66 | 175.66 | |||||
Workers' Party | Eamon Gillen | 1.81% | 82 | 82 | 83.47 | 100.75 | ||||||
Electorate: 11,484 Valid: 4,534 (39.48%) Spoilt: 131 Quota: 567 Turnout: 4,665 (40.62%) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Antrim Borough Council, 1993-2001". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.