1993 Belfast City Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1993.

Election Name:	1993 Belfast City Council election
Country:	Northern Ireland
Flag Image:	Flag of Belfast.svg
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1989 Belfast City Council election
Previous Year:	1989
Next Election:	1997 Belfast City Council election
Next Year:	1997
Seats For Election:	All 51 seats to Belfast City Council
Majority Seats:	26
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	15
Seat Change1:	1
Party2:	Sinn Féin
Seats2:	10
Seat Change2:	2
Party3:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats3:	9
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats4:	9
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats5:	5
Seat Change5:	1
Party6:	Independent Unionist
Seats6:	2
Seat Change6:	3
Party7:	Progressive Unionist Party
Seats7:	1
Seat Change7:	0
Party8:	Workers' Party (Ireland)
Seats8:	0
Seat Change8:	1
Lord Mayor
Before Election:	Herbert Ditty
Before Party:	Ulster Unionist Party
Posttitle:	Lord Mayor
After Election:	Reg Empey
After Party:	Ulster Unionist Party

Elections to Belfast City Council were held on 19 May 1993 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used nine district electoral areas to elect a total of 51 councillors, most representing the more heavily populated north and west.

The UUP remained the largest party, and Reg Empey became the Lord Mayor.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Others|-|align="left"|Balmoral|bgcolor="40BFF5"|30.6|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|0.0|0|23.4|2|19.1|1|18.6|1|0.0|0|8.3|0|6|-|align="left"|Castle|bgcolor="40BFF5"|28.2|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|4.8|0|20.7|1|22.4|2|9.8|0|0.0|0|14.1|1|6|-|align="left"|Court|bgcolor="40BFF5"|38.9|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|0.0|0|25.0|1|0.0|0|3.9|0|22.7|1|9.5|1|5|-|align="left"|Laganbank|bgcolor="40BFF5"|27.7|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|9.4|0|10.5|0|26.9|2|16.5|1|0.0|0|9.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Lower Falls|0.0|0|bgcolor="#008800"|71.2|bgcolor="#008800"|4|0.0|0|21.0|1|0.8|0|0.0|0|6.9|0|5|-|align="left"|Oldpark|22.8|2|bgcolor="#008800"|37.8|bgcolor="#008800"|3|8.9|0|15.8|1|3.3|0|0.0|0|11.4|1|6|-|align="left"|Pottinger|27.1|2|6.5|0|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|41.8|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3|0.0|0|13.0|1|0.0|0|11.6|0|6|-|align="left"|Upper Falls|0.0|0|bgcolor="#008800"|57.1|bgcolor="#008800"|3|1.3|0|35.4|2|1.1|0|0.0|0|5.1|0|5|-|align="left"|Victoria|30.5|3|0.0|0|28.7|2|0.0|0|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|34.5|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2|0.0|0|6.3|0|7|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|22.0|15|22.7|10|17.1|9|15.9|9|11.2|5|1.5|1|9.6|2|51|-|}

District results

Balmoral

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

Castle

1989: 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x UUP, 1 SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1989-1993 Change: UUP and SDLP gain from Independent Unionist and Alliance

Court

1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Protestant Unionist, 1 x Independent Unionist
1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1989-1993 Change: Protestant Unionist loss due to the reduction of one seat

Laganbank

1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1989-1993 Change: SDLP gain from DUP

Lower Falls

1989: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP
1993: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Oldpark

1989: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Workers' Party
1993: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Workers' Party

Pottinger

1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 Independent Unionist
1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1989-1993 Change: DUP gain from Independent Unionist

Upper Falls

1989: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP
1993: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP
1989-1993 Change: No change

Victoria

1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP
1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP
1989-1993 Change: No change