1993 Banbridge District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1993.

Election Name:	1993 Banbridge District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1989 Banbridge District Council election
Previous Year:	1989
Next Election:	1997 Banbridge District Council election
Next Year:	1997
Seats For Election:	All 17 seats to Banbridge District Council
Majority Seats:	9
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	10
Seat Change1:	1
Party2:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:	3
Seat Change2:	0
Party3:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats3:	2
Seat Change3:	0
Party4:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats4:	1
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Independent Nationalist
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	0

Elections to Banbridge District 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 17 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Others|-|align="left"|Banbridge Town|bgcolor="40BFF5"|62.9|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4|24.1|1|7.2|0|5.8|1|0.0|0|6|-|align="left"|Dromore|bgcolor="40BFF5"|63.5|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|19.0|1|17.5|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Knockiveagh|bgcolor="40BFF5"|49.0|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3|24.4|1|15.2|1|0.0|0|11.4|1|6|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|57.6|10|22.7|3|13.5|2|1.8|1|4.4|1|17|-|}

District results

Banbridge Town

1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1989-1993 Change: UUP and Alliance gain from DUP and due to the addition of one seat

Dromore

1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1989-1993 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Knockiveagh

1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1989-1993 Change: UUP gain due to the addition of one seat