1993 Carrickfergus Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1993.

Election Name:	1993 Carrickfergus Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1989 Carrickfergus Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1989
Next Election:	1997 Carrickfergus Borough Council election
Next Year:	1997
Seats For Election:	All 17 seats to Carrickfergus Borough Council
Majority Seats:	9
Party1:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats1:	6
Seat Change1:	2
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	5
Seat Change2:	1
Party3:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats3:	2
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Independent Unionist
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Northern Ireland Conservatives
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	1
Party6:	Independent (politician)
Seats6:	1
Seat Change6:	1
Party7:	Progressive Unionist Party
Seats7:	0
Seat Change7:	1

Elections to Carrickfergus 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 17 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Conservative!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Carrick Castle|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|38.9|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2|13.3|1|22.8|1|0.0|0|25.0|1|5|-|align="left"|Kilroot|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|29.3|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2|26.8|2|13.0|0|13.3|1|17.6|1|6|-|align="left"|Knockagh Monument|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|29.8|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2|29.7|2|21.2|1|5.8|0|13.5|1|6|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|32.2|6|24.0|5|18.5|2|7.1|1|18.2|3|17|-|}

Districts results

Carrick Castle

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

Kilroot

1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1993: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x Independent Unionist
1989-1993 Change: Alliance and Conservative gain from DUP and due to the addition of one seat

Knockagh Monument

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