1993 Limavady Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1993.

Election Name:	1993 Limavady Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1989 Limavady Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1989
Next Election:	1997 Limavady Borough Council election
Next Year:	1997
Seats For Election:	All 15 seats to Limavady Borough Council
Majority Seats:	8
Party1:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats1:	7
Seat Change1:	1
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	6
Seat Change2:	1
Party3:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats3:	1
Seat Change3:	0
Party4:	Sinn Féin
Seats4:	1
Seat Change4:	0

Elections to Limavady 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 15 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

|- class="unsortable" align="centre"!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward! %
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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Bellarena|bgcolor="#99FF66"|53.7|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3|36.8|2|9.4|0|0.0|0|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Benbradagh|33.3|2|bgcolor="40BFF5"|37.5|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|0.0|0|29.1|1|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Limavady Town|34.1|2|bgcolor="40BFF5"|44.6|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|21.3|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|5|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|40.3|7|39.9|6|10.8|1|9.0|1|0.0|0|15|-|}

District results

Bellarena

1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1989–1993 Change: No change

Benbradagh

1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989–1993 Change: No change

Limavady Town

1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1989–1993 Change: SDLP gain from UUP