1993 Antrim Borough Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1993

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.

1993 Antrim Borough Council election

19 May 1993 (1993-05-19)
All 19 seats to Antrim Borough Council 10 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party UUP SDLP DUP Seats won 8 4 3 Seat change 2 0 1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Alliance Sinn Féin Ind. Unionist Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 1 1 1

Election results

Antrim Borough Council Election Result 1993

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	UUP	8	0	2	2	42.1	38.5	5,701	5.2
	SDLP	4	0	0	0	21.1	21.0	3,108	2.9
	DUP	3	0	1	1	15.8	16.3	2,412	7.7
	Alliance	2	0	0	1	10.5	8.5	1,250	1.5
	Ind. Unionist	1	1	0	1	5.3	8.7	1,280	8.2
	Sinn Féin	1	1	0	1	5.3	4.3	612	1.0
	Democratic Left	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.2	179	New
	Workers' Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.5	82	0.6

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Antrim Borough Council election, 1993
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	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

Antrim North West

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

Antrim North West - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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

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

Antrim South East - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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

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

Antrim Town - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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%)