1993 Northern Ireland local elections explained

Election Name:	1993 Northern Ireland local elections
Flag Image:	Flag placeholder.svg
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1989 Northern Ireland local elections
Previous Year:	1989
Next Election:	1997 Northern Ireland local elections
Next Year:	1997
Seats For Election:	All council seats
Election Date:	19 May 1993
Leader1:	James Molyneaux
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	197
Seat Change1:	3
Popular Vote1:	184,082
Percentage1:	29.3%
Swing1:	2.0%
Leader2:	John Hume
Party2:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats2:	127
Seat Change2:	6
Popular Vote2:	136,760
Percentage2:	21.7%
Swing2:	0.7%
Leader3:	Ian Paisley
Party3:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats3:	103
Seat Change3:	6
Popular Vote3:	108,680
Percentage3:	17.3%
Swing3:	0.4%
Leader4:	Gerry Adams
Party4:	Sinn Féin
Seats4:	51
Seat Change4:	8
Popular Vote4:	77,600
Percentage4:	12.3%
Swing4:	1.1%
Leader5:	John Alderdice
Party5:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats5:	44
Seat Change5:	6
Popular Vote5:	47,658
Percentage5:	7.6%
Swing5:	0.7%
Leader6:	N/A
Party6:	Independent (politician)
Seats6:	24
Seat Change6:	1
Popular Vote6:	25,987
Percentage6:	4.1%
Swing6:	0.3%
Map2 Caption:	Colours denote the party with the most seats

Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland on 19 May 1993.

Results

Overall

Party^[1]		Councillors		Votes
		Total	+/-	% share	Total
	197	+3	29	184,082
	127	+6	22	136,760
	103	align="right"	-6	17	108,680
	51	+8	12	77,600
	44	+6	8	47,658
	24	+1	4	25,987
	21	+6	3	19,506
	6	0	1	9,438
	1	align="right"	-3	1	4,827
	Newtownabbey Labour	1	0	1	3,981
	1	align="right"	-2	0.4	2,350
	1	+1	0.4	2,288
	1	0	0.4	2,181
	3	+1	0.3	1,730
	0	0	0.2	1,257
	Action 93	1	+1	0.1	871

By council

Antrim

Antrim North West
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	James Graham	1,167
	Robert Loughran	1,151
	Wilson Clyde	747
	Henry Cushinan	628
	Donovan McClelland	437
	Roderick Swann	269
Turnout	4,530
bgcolor=		Sinn Fein gain from UUP

Antrim South East^[2]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Roy Thompson	1,280
	Edgar Wallace	878
	Robert Burns	855
	David Ford	561
	Samuel Dunlop	560
	Mervyn Rea	546
	Howard Campbell	432
	William Harkness	396
	Roy Stinson	199
	Joseph McCavana	150
Turnout	5,985
bgcolor=		Roy Thompson leaves DUP
bgcolor=		Alliance gain from DUP

Antrim Town
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Paddy Marks	791
	Jack Allen	719
	Oran Keenan	665
	James Brown	558
	James McConnell	399
	Andrew Ritchie	298
	Mary Wallace	290
	Andrew Thompson	252
	Patrick McGinley	179
	James Porter	151
	Avril Swann	150
	Eamon Gillen	82
Turnout	4,665
No change

Ards

Ards East
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Thomas Benson	956
	Jeffrey Magill	866
	John Shields	741
	Laurence Thomson	721
	St Clair McAlister	661
	Ronald Ferguson	505
	Gavin Walker	365
Turnout	4,935
New district

Ards Peninsula^[3]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Kieran McCarthy	1,546
	Jim Shannon	896
	Robert Ambrose	713
	James McMullan	656
	Thomas Cully	485
	Samuel Brown	261
	William Sheldon	216
Turnout	4,931
Seats reduced from seven to five: DUP & UUP loss, Independent gain

Ards West
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Robert Gibson	1,318
	Simpson Gibson	736
	Margaret Craig	645
	Thomas McBriar	634
	Kathleen Coulter	616
	Richard Finlay	481
	Robert Darnley	292
	Stanley McCoy	269
Turnout	5,109
bgcolor=		Alliance gain from DUP

Newtownards
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	David Smyth	817
	Alan McDowell	768
	Nancy Orr	638
	Wilbert Magill	554
	George Ennis	545
	Bobby McBride	500
	Tom Hamilton	458
	John Purdy	214
	Andrew Thomson	162
Turnout	4,797
Seats reduced from seven to six; DUP loss

Armagh

Armagh City^[4]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	John Agnew	1,156
	Pat Brannigan	1,012
	Gordon Frazer	992
	Noel Sheridan	961
	Anna Brolly	710
	Harold Carson	690
	Sylvia McRoberts	644
Turnout	6,347
No change

Crossmore
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Thomas Kavanagh	1,379
	James McKernan	1,028
	Jim Nicholson	1,010
	William Hamilton	858
	James Lennon	659
	Brian Cunningham	562
	James McGleenan	534
Turnout	6,156
bgcolor=		SDLP gain from UUP

Cusher
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Robert McWilliams	1,685
	Eric Speers	1,572
	Thomas Canavan	1,164
	Heather Black	1,050
	Robert Turner	927
	James Clayton	697
	Margaret McNally	250
Turnout	7,472
No change

The Orchard
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Jim Speers	1,620
	John Kernan	1,410
	Brian Hutchinson	1,174
	Charles Rollston	749
	Olive Whitten	555
	Brendan Casey	348
Turnout	5,949
No change

Ballymena

Ballymena North^[5]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Samuel Henry	964
	Patrick McAvoy	860
	William Wright	820
	John Williams	727
	James Alexander	681
	Ethel Kenny	494
	Joseph McKernan	493
	Maurice Mills	450
	John Wilson	344
	John Carson	290
	Samuel Balmer	95
Turnout	6,290
New district

Ballymena South
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	William Brownlees	1,301
	Declan O'Loan	1,021
	John Scott	828
	James Currie	592
	Martin Clarke	574
	James McCosh	549
	Frederick Coulter	266
	John McKendry	234
	Ulster Party	Agnes McLeister	224
	Melvyn McKendry	91
	Charles Magill	66
Turnout	5,887
New district

Bannside
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Robert Coulter	1,239
	John Johnston	904
	James Laverty	802
	Thomas Nicholl	791
	Roy Gillespie	663
	Sandy Spence	662
	Hubert Nicholl	652
Turnout	5,815
New district

Braid
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	David Clyde	1,304
	Desmond Armstrong	1,039
	Robert Forsythe	791
	Samuel Hanna	653
	David McClintock	437
	Samuel Wallace	385
	Samuel Martin	166
Turnout	4,918
New district

Ballymoney

Ballymoney Town^[6]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Cecil Cousley	636
	Robert McComb	541
	Samuel McConaghie	333
	James Simpson	296
	Thomas McKeown	269
	Helen McKeown	214
	Hugh McFarland	181
	Robert McVicker	174
Turnout	2,700
No change

Bann Valley
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Joe Gaston	865
	Robert Halliday	619
	Charley O'Kane	613
	Robert Wilson	462
	Malachy McCamphill	346
	John Watt	312
	Pearse McMahon	288
	Daniel Taylor	179
Turnout	3,764
No change

Bushvale
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Harry Connolly	752
	Frank Campbell	490
	William Logan	434
	William Kennedy	395
	John Ramsay	385
	William Johnston	246
Turnout	2,776
No change

Banbridge

Banbridge Town^[7]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Kathleen Baird	1,352
	James Walsh	1,186
	Archie McKelvey	722
	John Dobson	517
	Ian Burns	507
	Margaret Davis	353
	Frank McQuaid	289
Turnout	5,014
Seats increased from five to six; UUP and Alliance gain, DUP loss

Dromore
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Drew Nelson	980
	Catherine McDermott	951
	David Herron	873
	William Martin	771
	William McCracken	745
	Robert Hill	673
Turnout	5,063
bgcolor=		DUP gain from UUP

Knockiveagh
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Seamus Doyle	1,229
	John Ingram	1,083
	Wilfred McFadden	977
	Violet Cromie	782
	Laurence McCartan	732
	John Hanna	672
	Samuel Walker	614
	Liam McDermott	339
Turnout	6,535
bgcolor=		Seats increased from five to six; UUP gain

Belfast

Balmoral
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Dorita Field	2,262
	John Parkes	2,076
	Margaret Crooks	1,616
	Jim Kirkpatrick	1,396
	Philip McGarry	1,273
	Mark Long	923
	Harry Smith	697
	Bob Stoker	611
	Esmond Birnie	279
	Billy Dickson	264
	Roderick McAlister	124
	Niall Cusack	113
	Jean Craig	97
	Hubert Mullan	50
	Shaun McKeown	48
Turnout	12,160
bgcolor=		DUP gain additional seat

Castle
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Nigel Dodds	2,470
	David Browne	1,830
	Alban Maginness	1,589
	John Carson	1,556
	Tom Campbell	1,172
	Jonathan Stephenson	1,090
	Nelson McCausland	1,070
	Gerard McGuigan	575
	Alan Warren	251
	Margaret Redpath	246
	Paul Treanor	136
Turnout	12,331
bgcolor=		SDLP gain from Alliance
bgcolor=		UUP gain from Independent Unionist

Court^[8]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Eric Smyth	2,385
	Fred Cobain	1,674
	Hugh Smyth	1,609
	Chris McGimpsey	1,472
	Joe Coggle	792
	Herbert Ditty	572
bgcolor=		Protestant Unionist	Elizabeth Seawright	558
	Irene Galway	371
	Peter Cullen	116
Turnout	9,881
Seats reduced from six to five: Protestant Unionist loss

Laganbank
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Jim Clarke	1,845
	Alasdair McDonnell	1,500
	Peter O'Reilly	1,052
	Caroline Bingham	1,000
	Sean Hayes	892
	Steve McBride	836
	Hugh Greer	727
	Michael McGimpsey	545
	Dennis Rogan	236
	Patrick Lynn	222
	Andrew Frew	202
	Graham Montgomery	198
	Peter Hadden	142
	Michael Craig	95
Turnout	9,805
bgcolor=		SDLP gain from DUP

Lower Falls
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Tom Hartley	2,573
	Fra McCann	2,393
	Patsy McGeown	2,352
	Marie Moore	1,946
	Mary Muldoon	1,749
	Margaret Walsh	987
	John Lowry	794
	Patrick Woods	108
	Mary McMahon	101
Turnout	13,512
bgcolor=		Sinn Féin gain from Social Democratic and Labour

Oldpark
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Joe Austin	2,229
	Fred Proctor	2,045
	Paddy McManus	1,769
	Martin Morgan	1,763
	Bobby Lavery	1,617
	Fred Rodgers	1,343
	David Smylie	1,324
	Seamus Lynch	853
	Peter Prendiville	588
	Beatrice Boyd	473
	Peter Emerson	393
	Margaret Smith	259
	David Tarr	206
Turnout	15,373
bgcolor=		Sinn Féin gain from Workers' Party

Pottinger
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Sammy Wilson	2,784
	Mervyn Jones	1,417
	Reg Empey	1,295
	Robert Clelland	982
	Sandy Blair	897
	Jim Walker	793
	Margaret Clarke	768
	Joe O'Donnell	709
	Dorothy Dunlop	538
	Colin Ballentine	271
	Joseph Bell	227
	Samuel Walker	133
	Thaddeus Bradley	107
Turnout	11,389
bgcolor=		DUP gain from Independent Unionist

Upper Falls
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Alex Attwood	3,203
	Una Gillsepie	2,765
	Alex Maskey	2,735
	Máirtín Ó Muilleoir	2,093
	Patricia Lewsley	798
	Terence Tracey	702
	Cormac Boomer	378
	David McNerlin	174
	James Maxwell	164
	Julie Greaves	145
	Billy Lynn	144
Turnout	13,725
No change

Victoria
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	John Alderdice	3,337
	Wallace Browne	2,153
	Tommy Patton	1,801
	Robin Newton	1,729
	Ian Adamson	1,316
	Maureen McConnell	768
	Jim McCormick	684
	Jim Rodgers	600
	Danny Dow	552
	John Norris	407
	Michael Bell	180
Turnout	13,887
No change

Carrickfergus

Carrick Castle^[9]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Sean Neeson	1,096
	David Hilditch	696
	William Hamilton	580
	Samuel McCamley	231
	Samuel Stewart	183
	Robert McCartney	174
	Arthur McQuitty	92
Turnout	3,119
bgcolor=		Independent gain from PUP

Kilroot
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Janet Crampsey	850
	James Brown	521
	Alexander Beggs	463
	Samuel Crowe	460
	William Cross	403
	William Donaldson	389
	Robert Patton	389
	Independent Workers Representatives	Norman Dixon	229
	Eric Higgins	145
	Independent Workers Representatives	William Venables	123
	Robert Wilson	101
	Ronald Mowat	93
	Eric Ferguson	56
Turnout	4,331
Seats increased from five to six; Alliance and NI Conservatives gain, DUP loss

Knockagh Monument
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Stewart Dickson	947
	David Apsley	684
	Charles Johnston	492
	William Haggan	419
	May Beattie	361
	Joseph Reid	231
	Mary McFall	175
	Noreen McIlwrath	146
	Nicola Eakin	121
	Charles Moffett	94
Turnout	3,766
Seats increased from five to six; Alliance and UUP gain, Independent Unionist loss

Castlereagh

Castlereagh Central^[10]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Peter Robinson	2,775
	Patrick Mitchell	782
	Alan Carson	655
	Grant Dillon	340
	Ann Smith	185
	Leeburn Stitt	126
	Cecil Moore	113
	Ellen Gray	103
	Mary Fairfield	55
	John Norris	47
	John Ferris	28
Turnout	5,411
Seats reduced from seven to six; DUP loss
bgcolor=		Grant Dillon leaves UUP

Castlereagh East
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Iris Robinson	2,690
	Peter Osborne	910
	Thomas Jeffers	557
	John Bell	477
	William Abraham	419
	Matthew Anderson	232
	David Munster	231
	Barbara Finney	210
	Wilfred Kelly	92
	Alexander Geddis	86
	John Boyle	57
Turnout	6,086
No change

Castlereagh South
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	John Beattie	1,003
	Beatrice Chambers	976
	Geraldine Rice	835
	Margaret Marshall	537
	Charles Tosh	368
	Marie Luney	363
	Michael Henderson	281
	Joyce Young	46
Turnout	4,527
Seats reduced from seven to five; UUP and DUP loss

Castlereagh West
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	John Taylor	1,549
	Ernest Harper	989
	David Andrews	925
	William Clulow	365
	Sara Duncan	238
	Andrew Fee	210
	William Stevenson	170
	William Smyth	89
Turnout	4,655
New district

Coleraine

Bann^[11]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	William Watt	1,072
	Olive Church	1,028
	William King	1,002
	John Dallat	969
	Gerard O'Kane	880
	Robert Bolton	782
	Robert McPherson	433
	Ian McEwan	171
Turnout	6,479
Seats reduced from seven to six; UUP loss

Coleraine Central
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	James McClure	1,206
	Robert White	787
	Gerald McLaughlin	627
	David McClarty	544
	Elizabeth Johnston	387
	William Mathews	369
	John Moody	336
	Daniel Christie	329
	Patrick McFeely	301
	Donald Clifton	190
	Lara McIlroy	119
Turnout	5,278
New district

Coleraine East
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Elizabeth Black	825
	William Creelman	764
	David Gilmour	436
	William Glenn	435
	William Johnston	393
	Marie McAllister	308
	Hilary McCartney	251
	Amyan MacFadyen	118
	Trevor Cooke	81
Turnout	3,736
New district

The Skerries
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Robert Stewart	909
	Patrick McGowan	853
	Pauline Armitage	772
	Samuel Kane	544
	Norman Hillis	510
	Catherine Condy	416
	Robert Mitchell	250
	Siobhan Watterson	98
Turnout	4,475
Seats reduced from seven to five; DUP and Independent Unionist loss

Cookstown

Ballinderry^[12]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Patsy McGlone	1,314
	Seamus Campbell	1,239
	Anne McCrea	936
	Francis Rocks	848
	Victor McGahie	689
	Thomas Greer	686
	Samuel McCartney	547
	Noel Quinn	295
Turnout	6,765
bgcolor=		UUP gain from DUP

Cookstown Central
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Trevor Wilson	1,514
	Denis Haughey	939
	Martin Conlon	704
	Peggy Laverty	635
	William Larmour	634
	Ian Montgomery	405
	Rodney Mitchell	172
	Edwin Espie	51
	Harry Hutchinson	44
Turnout	5,210
bgcolor=		UUP gain from DUP

Drum Manor
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Samuel Glasgow	1,183
	Sean Begley	1,073
	James McGarvey	839
	Samuel Parke	818
	William Cuddy	665
	Sean Mallon	509
	Finbar Conway	185
Turnout	6,335
No change

Craigavon

Craigavon Central^[13]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Kenneth Twyble	1,246
	William Allen	1,172
	Brendan Curran	865
	Pat Mallon	851
	Frederick Crowe	767
	Gabriel O'Dowd	656
	James McCammick	655
	Sean Hagan	602
	Elizabeth McClurg	379
	Tom French	285
	Pauline Lindsay	252
Turnout	7,980
bgcolor=		Sinn Fein gain from UUP

Loughside
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Sean McKavanagh	1,470
	Hugh Casey	1,294
	Brendan McConville	1,261
	Dolores Kelly	817
	John Crozier	567
	Peter Smyth	225
	Anne Hanlon	134
Turnout	5,981
No change

Lurgan
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Audrey Savage	1,472
	Ruth Allen	1,179
	Sydney Cairns	965
	Samuel Lutton	897
	Meta Crozier	852
	Mary McNally	719
	Wilson Freeburn	586
	David Martin	438
	Donald MacKay	288
	William McCullough	238
	Colette Jones	208
Turnout	8,015
bgcolor=		Sydney Cairns leaves UUP
bgcolor=		UUP gain from DUP

Portadown
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Mervyn Carrick	1,419
	Ignatius Fox	1,377
	James Gillespie	1,346
	Joe Trueman	1,003
	William Ramsay	600
	Brian Maguinness	539
	John Dunbar	523
	Anna Moore	393
	John Tate	286
Turnout	7,657
bgcolor=		DUP gain from UUP

Derry

Cityside^[14]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Hugh Brady	1,363
	James Clifford	1,089
	Patrick Devine	1,004
	Pat Ramsey	917
	Bernadette Bradley	705
	Dominic Doherty	623
	Anthony Martin	189
	Eamon Melaugh	135
Turnout	6,274
Seats reduced from six to five; Sinn Fein loss

Northland
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	John Tierney	1,506
	Mitchel McLaughlin	1,380
	Mark Durkan	1,311
	Martin Bradley	1,162
	Mary Nelis	758
	John Kerr	710
	Kathleen McCloskey	619
	David Davis	516
	Tony Carlin	345
	William McCorriston	291
	Gladys Carey	231
	Patrick Muldowney	187
	Richard Foster	175
	Nigel Cooke	116
	Gordon McKenzie	42
	Noel Lynch	36
Turnout	9,625
Seats increased from six to seven; Sinn Fein and SDLP gain, Independent Unionist loss

Rural
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Annie Courtney	1,545
	John McNickle	1,049
	William Hay	881
	George Peoples	844
	Richard Dallas	790
	Mervyn Lindsay	696
	Ernest Hamilton	508
	Bernard McFadden	450
	George Duddy	383
	Patrick Murray	379
Turnout	7,725
Seats reduced from seven to six; UUP loss

Shantallow
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Mary Bradley	1,976
	Gearoid O'Heara	1,116
	Shaun Gallagher	772
	Margaret McCartney	735
	William O'Connell	723
	James McKnight	603
	Robert Lindsay	295
	William Dougherty	196
	Edward Sharkey	54
Turnout	6,702
No change

Waterside
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Gregory Campbell	1,469
	Joe Miller	1,157
	Gerald Toland	869
	Wilfred White	843
	John Adams	830
	Gary Fleming	780
	Bill Irwin	743
	James Guy	617
	Derry Burgess	395
	Snoo Sinclair	253
	James Millar	238
	Kenneth Kerr	231
	Jacqueline Colhoun	214
	William Houston	193
	Community Candidate	David Nicholl	141
	William Anderson	139
Turnout	9,338
Seats increased from six to seven; DUP and SDLP gain, UDP loss

Down

Ballynahinch^[15]
Party		width=160	Candidate	width=50	1st Pref
	Patrick Toman	1,480
	Anne Marie McAleenan	1,396
	William Alexander	1,154
	James Cochrane	939
	Walter Lyons	488
	Janet Crothers	368
Turnout	5,957
No change

Downpatrick
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Dermot Curran	1,075
	John Doris	1,037
	John Ritchie	1,031
	Oliver Mcllheron	1,005
	Malachi Curran	724
	Francis McCann	569
	Owen Adams	476
	Michael Healy	443
	Patrick McGreevy	314
	Keith Bradford	291
	Patrick O'Connor	236
	James Masson	167
	Desmond O'Hagan	151
Turnout	7,669
bgcolor=		SDLP gain from Alliance

Newcastle
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Michael Boyd	1,405
	Eamon O'Neill	1,150
	Gerald Douglas	948
	Peter Fitzpatrick	667
	Catherine Carr	528
	Sean Fitzpatrick	501
	John Finlay	430
	Frances Flynn	411
	William Brown	396
Turnout	6,618
bgcolor=		DUP gain from UUP

Rowallane
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Samuel Osborne	1,332
	Margaret Ritchie	1,171
	William Dick	961
	William Biggerstaff	952
	Albert Colmer	882
	Hugh Flynn	510
Turnout	5,908
No change

Dungannon

Blackwater^[16]
Party		width=160	Candidate	width=50	1st Pref
	James Ewing	1,038
	Patsy Daly	1,017
	Jim Brady	837
	Derek Irwin	834
	Jim Hamilton	769
	Robert McFarland	559
	Anthony Fox	533
Turnout	5,685
No change

Clogher Valley
Party		width=160	Candidate	width=50	1st Pref
	Raymond McMahon	1,141
	Noel Mulligan	1,107
	Anthony McGonnell	1,065
	Johnston McIlwrath	1,060
	Robert Mulligan	861
	Bernadette McGirr	631
Turnout	5,964
No change

Dungannon Town
Party		width=160	Candidate	width=50	1st Pref
	Vincent Kelly	1,180
	Maurice Morrow	905
	Leslie Holmes	801
	William Brown	669
	Vincent Currie	589
	Ken Maginnis	482
	Gerry Cullen	457
	Michael McLoughlin	416
	Simon Dilworth	174
	Peggy Devlin	125
Turnout	5,873
bgcolor=		Gerry Cullen leaves Workers' Party
bgcolor=		Sinn Fein gain from Independent

Torrent
Party		width=160	Candidate	width=50	1st Pref
	Francie Molloy	1,482
	Norman Badger	1,320
	Jim Canning	1,095
	Jim Cavanagh	825
	Denise Sutton	771
	Brendan Doris	711
	Joe Gervin	362
	Angela Donnelly	320
Turnout	7,052
bgcolor=		Sinn Fein gain from SDLP

Fermanagh

Enniskillen^[17] ^[18]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Samuel Foster	1,605
	Raymond Ferguson	1,159
	John McManus	978
	Progressive Socialist	David Kettyles	953
	William Hetherington	736
	James Lunny	697
	James Donnelly	679
	Joe Dodds	483
	Frederick Black	388
	Ethel Gregg	299
Turnout	8,108
David Kettyles leaves the Workers' Party

Erne East
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Fergus McQuillan	1,398
	Jean McVitty	1,127
	Cecil Noble	976
	Albert Liddle	905
	Brian McCaffrey	834
	Gerry McHugh	784
	Tony McPhillips	722
	John Joe McCusker	563
	Paul Robinson	480
	Philip McDonald	431
Turnout	8,378
Seats reduced from seven to six: DUP and Sinn Fein loss, Independent Nationalist gain

Erne North
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Caldwell McClaughry	1,486
	Bert Johnston	1,032
	Tommy Gallagher	989
	John O'Kane	827
	Bertie Kerr	674
	Simon Loane	437
	Desmond Donnelly	421
	John Armstrong	192
Turnout	6,171
No change

Erne West
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Wilson Elliott	1,507
	Patrick McCaffrey	1,462
	Gerard Gallagher	1,039
	Robin Martin	730
	Derrick Nixon	601
	Francis Doherty	548
	Patrick Flanagan	541
	Stephen Hugget	250
	Jack Thompson	207
Turnout	7,065
No change

Larne

Coast Road^[19]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Thomas Robinson	612
	William Cunning	600
	Joan Drummond	533
	Amelia Kelly	451
	Winston Fulton	432
	Rachel Rea	380
Turnout	3,102
No change

Larne Lough
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Roy Beggs	1,680
	Bobby McKee	512
	Samuel McAllister	369
	Andrew Haggan	216
	Samuel Steele	172
	Thomas Caldwell	172
	Alexander Hunter	121
Turnout	3,383
No change

Larne Town
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Jack McKee	851
	Rosalie Armstrong	581
	Robert Robinson	418
	Patricia Kay	410
	1990s	Lindsay Mason	339
	Roy Craig	277
	Community Candidate	Pat Buckley	274
	Leonard Sluman	82
	Mary Steele	71
Turnout	3,388
	1990s gain from Independent

Limavady

Bellarena^[20]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Stanley Gault	880
	Arthur Doherty	856
	Thomas Mullan	689
	John McKinney	661
	Robert Grant	634
	Ernest Murray	388
Turnout	4,183
No change

Benbradagh
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	David Robinson	1,042
	Michael Coyle	999
	Thomas Donaghy	802
	Max Gault	415
	Kevin Kelly	327
	John Lynch	294
Turnout	3,976
No change

Limavady Town
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	George Robinson	884
	Barry Doherty	802
	Ronald Cartwright	790
	Desmond Lowry	753
	Jackie Dolan	720
	Norman Reynolds	522
	John Murray	86
Turnout	4,623
bgcolor=		SDLP gain from UUP

Lisburn

Downshire^[21]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Thomas Lilburn	1,104
	Charles Poots	990
	William Bleakes	945
	William Falloon	818
	Kenneth Hull	796
	William McConnell	579
	James McCann	491
	David Adams	283
Turnout	6,130
Seats reduced from seven to five; UUP, DUP and Alliance loss, NI Conservatives gain

Dunmurry Cross
Party		width=160	Candidate	width=50	1st Pref
	Patrick Rice	1,417
	William McAllister	1,265
	Hugh Lewsley	1,076
	Michael Ferguson	940
	Annie Armstrong	781
	William McDonnell	695
	Billy Bell	626
	David Craig	463
	Anne-Marie Lowry	449
	Elizabeth Campbell	427
	Peter McAnespie	281
Turnout	8,727
bgcolor=		Sinn Fein gain from DUP

Killultagh
Party		width=160	Candidate	width=50	1st Pref
	Jim Dillon	1,550
	Cecil Calvert	965
	Peter O'Hagan	890
	Kenneth Watson	719
	Eileen Drayne	521
	William Stevenson	500
	David Greene	424
Turnout	5,684
Seats reduced from seven to five; UUP loss
bgcolor=		David Greene joins Ulster Unionist

Lisburn Town North
Party		width=170	Candidate	width=40	1st Pref
	Ronnie Crawford	1,394
	William Beattie	1,266
	Samuel Semple	737
	William Lewis	722
	Frazer McCammond	720
	William Whitley	611
	William Gardiner-Watson	607
	Ray Smallwoods	434
	Doreen Martin	338
	Leonard Jarvis	219
	Andrew Park	147
	Josephine Challis	140
	Johen Magee	100
Turnout	7,577
New district

Lisburn Town South
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Ivan Davis	1,996
	Seamus Close	983
	Gary McMichael	900
	William Belshaw	804
	Joseph Lockhart	395
	Robin McMaster	255
	George Morrison	248
	Anne Blake	238
	Edwin Poots	208
	John Curry	137
	Trevor Lunn	111
	Gerard Dunlop	49
Turnout	6,530
New district

Magherafelt

Magherafelt Town^[22]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	William McCrea	2,142
	Patrick Kilpatrick	1,425
	John Hurl	1,114
	Ernest Caldwell	931
	Joseph McBride	719
	George Shiels	300
	Paul McLean	88
	Daniel McAllister	32
Turnout	6,882
	Seats increased from five to six; SDLP gain

Moyola
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Patrick McErlean	1,276
	John Junkin	831
	Margaret McKenna	782
	Thomas Wilson	672
	Thomas Catherwood	671
	Norman Montgomery	655
	Paul Henry	454
	Francis Madden	262
	Patrick Scullion	142
Turnout	6,882
	DUP gain from UUP

Sperrin
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Patrick Groogan	1,244
	Robert Montgomery	1,064
	Kathleen Lagan	935
	Ghislaine O'Keeney	868
	John Walsh	798
	Frank McKendry	652
	Samuel Brown	384
	Francis Donnelly	221
Turnout	6,300
	Sinn Fein gain from Independent

Moyle

Ballycastle^[23]
Party		width=165	Candidate	width=50	1st Pref
	Gardiner Kane	499
	Christopher McCaughan	381
	Richard Kerr	313
	Seamus Blaney	296
	Helen Harding	196
	Paul Little	151
	Anna Edwards	150
	Michael O'Cleary	116
	Archibald McAuley	94
	Elizabeth McConaghy	11
Turnout	2,248
No change

Giant's Causeway
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Price McConaghy	465
	Robert McIlroy	321
	Thomas Brennan	254
	David McAllister	238
	Robert Getty	180
	Robert Thompson	118
	James Rodgers	115
	Ronnie McIlvar	49
	Christian	Thomas Palmer	16
Turnout	1,796
No change

The Glens
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Oliver McMullan	538
	Malachy McSparran	509
	James McCarry	397
	Patrick McBride	359
	Randal McDonnell	340
	Joseph Mitchell	248
	Elizabeth Brennan	220
Turnout	1,796
bgcolor=		Independent Nationalist gain from SDLP

Newry and Mourne

Crotlieve^[24]
Party		width=165	Candidate	width=50	1st Pref
	Peadar Bradley	1,698
	Hugh Carr	1,085
	Gordon Heslip	1,058
	Anthony Williamson	1,057
	Ciaran Mussen	959
	Mary O'Hare	890
	Jim McCart	829
	Brian Mulligan	602
	Anne Marie Willis	421
	Raymond McEvoy	116
Turnout	8,942
bgcolor=		Independent Nationalist gain from SDLP

Newry Town
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Davy Hyland	997
	William McCaigue	903
	Brendan Curran	832
	Patrick McElroy	830
	Arthur Ruddy	824
	Frank Feely	682
	Sean Gallogly	638
	Jackie Patterson	598
	Patrick Courtney	533
	Richard Rodgers	395
	James Markey	326
	Anthony Hutchinson	265
	Noel Sloan	210
Turnout	8,329
bgcolor=		Sinn Fein gain from SDLP

Slieve Gullion
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	John Fee	1,227
	Jim McAllister	1,086
	Patrick McDonald	1,028
	Pat Toner	865
	Terry Mulkerns	795
	Patrick Brennan	698
	Michael McShane	412
Turnout	6,319
No change

The Fews
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Danny Kennedy	1,765
	Stephen McGinn	1,205
	Charles Smyth	974
	James Savage	959
	Arthur Lockhart	794
	Conor Murphy	761
	James McCreesh	554
Turnout	7,282
No change

The Mournes
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Henry Reilly	1,647
	Isaac Hanna	1,488
	Desmond Haughian	1,483
	Austin Crawford	986
	William Burns	856
	Michael McAleenan	242
Turnout	6,893
bgcolor=		DUP gain from "Protestant"

Newtownabbey

Antrim Line^[25]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Tommy McTeague	1,271
	Arthur Templeton	1,248
	Edward Crilly	904
	Billy Blair	873
	James Rooney	728
	Tommy Kirkham	621
	Elizabeth Frazer	575
	Joseph Kell	563
	Marell Hunter	251
	Brendan Harrison	87
Turnout	7,281
Seats increased from five to seven; Alliance and Independent Unionist gain

Ballyclare
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Sidney Cameron	942
	Stephen Turkington	872
	Sam Cameron	701
	Thomas Bingham	585
	Trevor Strain	511
	Leonard Hardy	311
	Greg Steele	267
Turnout	4,301
bgcolor=		UUP gain from Independent Unionist

Macedon
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Andrew Beattie	907
	Mark Langhammer	813
	John Blair	769
	Billy Snoddy	649
	Robert Kidd	607
	David Hollis	546
	Billy Boyd	508
	Billy De Courcy	486
	Samuel Martin	145
	Norman Boyd	88
	Thomas Davidson	56
Turnout	5,792
New district

University
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Fraser Agnew	1,169
	George Herron	861
	Gordon Mawhinney	583
	William McKimmon	573
	Tony Lough	542
	Ken Robinson	534
	James Robinson	524
	Alan Hewitt	445
	Samuel Neill	382
	Barbara Gilliand	361
	Elizabeth McClenaghan	220
	Deborah Hayes	112
	Stafford Ward	59
	William McClinton	44
Turnout	6,557
New district

North Down

Abbey^[26]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Valerie Kinghan	719
	Stephen Farry	611
	Cecil Braniff	454
	Ivy Cooling	410
	Irene Cree	408
	Geoffrey Bairsto	403
	Ann Thompson	368
	William Gordon	366
	Karl McLean	199
Turnout	4,071
No change

Ballyholme and Groomsport
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Alan Chambers	1,892
	Raymond Stewart	830
	Leslie Cree	679
	Marsden Fitzsimons	652
	Siobhan Laird	412
	Bruce Mulligan	326
	Austen Lennon	289
	James Kingan	229
	Ian Henry	211
	Bill McLean	136
	Ivan Thompson	131
	William Palmer	118
Turnout	6,015
Seats increased from six to seven; UUP and Independent gain, Independent Unionist loss

Bangor West
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Brian Wilson	1,228
	William Baxter	805
	Hazel Bradford	754
	Helen Bell	603
	Roy Bradford	394
	George Green	342
	Ian Sinclair	286
	James O'Fee	267
	Harold Blemings	247
	Ann-Marie Foster	148
	Ernest Steele	145
	Arthur Gadd	115
	Elizabeth Maguire	113
	Robert Mooney	101
	Edward Lindsay	58
Turnout	5,795
bgcolor=		Alliance gain from NI Conservatives
bgcolor=		Independent Unionist gain from Independent

Holywood
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Dennis Ogborn	871
	Ellie McKay	835
	Susan O'Brien	675
	Gordon Dunne	523
	Laurence Kennedy	414
	James White	341
	John Coates	339
	Robert Irvine	310
	Lindsay Cumming	114
Turnout	4,510
bgcolor=		Independent gain from DUP

Omagh

Mid Tyrone^[27]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Patrick McMahon	1,216
	Desmond Anderson	1,008
	Barney McAleer	881
	Sean Clarke	837
	Brian McGrath	700
	Seamus Shields	614
	Drew Baxter	501
	Nuala MacSherry	474
	Patrick McClean	340
	Patrick McLaughlin	339
	Jim Patterson	313
	William Oldcroft	288
	James Lagan	138
Turnout	7,877
bgcolor=		DUP gain from UUP

Omagh Town
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Oliver Gibson	995
	Paddy McGowan	940
	Johnny McLaughlin	921
	Wilfred Breen	808
	Francis Mackey	807
	Ann Gormley	503
	Joe Byrne	430
	Ivan Burnside	390
	Stephen McKenna	314
	Ethne McClelland	275
	Reuben McKelvey	271
	Hugh Mullin	54
Turnout	6,887
bgcolor=		Johnny McLaughlin leaves SDLP
bgcolor=		Alliance gain from DUP

West Tyrone
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Thomas Buchanan	1,194
	Liam McQuaid	1,192
	Arthur McFarland	1,143
	Gerry McMenamin	896
	Patrick Watters	701
	George Rainey	611
	John Duffy	590
	James Connolly	493
	Tommy Owens	368
	William Wilson	279
	Eric Bullick	176
Turnout	7,843
No change

Strabane

Derg^[28]
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Laurence McNamee	1,131
	Edward Turner	1,075
	Charles McHugh	993
	Thomas Kerrigan	906
	Samuel Allison	577
	Derek Hussey	551
	John Elliott	386
	Denis McCrory	49
Turnout	5,834
No change

Glenelly
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	John Gallagher	968
	James Emery	876
	David Bresland	825
	John Donnell	754
	Patrick Kelly	465
	Samuel Martin	435
	John Devine	367
	Derek Reaney	299
	Bernard McDermott	237
	Hughes Colhoun	39
Turnout	5,408
bgcolor=		UUP gain from Alliance

Mourne
Party		width=150	Candidate	width=60	1st Pref
	Ivan Barr	1,229
	John Cummings	963
	Mary McElroy	925
	James O'Kane	837
	Thomas Mullen	753
	Paul O'Hare	589
	Elayne McNicholl	488
	Francis McCay	136
Turnout	6,151
bgcolor=		Seats increased from five to six; SDLP gain, Independent loss

Notes and References

1. http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/flg93.htm Local Government Elections 1993
2. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgantrim.htm Antrim District Council Elections 1993-2011
3. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgards.htm Ards District Council Elections 1993-2011
4. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgarmagh.htm Armagh District Council Elections 1993-2011
5. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgballymena.htm Ballymena District Council Elections 1993-2011
6. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgballymoney.htm Ballymoney District Council Elections 1993-2011
7. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgbanbridge.htm Banbridge District Council Elections 1993-2011
8. http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgbelfast.htm Belfast City Council Elections 1993–2005
9. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgcarrick.htm Carrickfergus District Council Elections 1993-2011
10. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgcastlereagh.htm Castlereagh District Council Elections 1993-2011
11. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgcoleraine.htm Coleraine District Council Elections 1993-2011
12. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgcookstown.htm Cookstown District Council Elections 1993-2011
13. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgcraigavon.htm Craigavon District Council Elections 1993-2011
14. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgderry.htm Derry District Council Elections 1993-2011
15. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgdown.htm Down District Council Elections 1993-2011
16. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgdungannon.htm Dungannon District Council Elections 1993-2011
17. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgfermanagh.htm Fermanagh District Council Elections 1993-2011
18. https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/b0d9bd01-b804-48bd-8641-9d763ec66466/local_government_election_results_1993 Election results 1973–2001, Electoral Office for Northern Ireland
19. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lglarne.htm Larne District Council Elections 1993-2011
20. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lglimavady.htm Limavady District Council Elections 1993-2011
21. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lglisburn.htm Lisburn District Council Elections 1993-2011
22. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgmagherafelt.htm Magherafelt District Council Elections 1993-2011
23. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgmoyle.htm Moyle District Council Elections 1993-2011
24. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgnandm.htm Newry & Mourne District Council Elections 1993-2011
25. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgnewtownabbey.htm Newtownabbey District Council Elections 1993-2011
26. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgnorthdown.htm North Down District Council Elections 1993-2011
27. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgomagh.htm Omagh District Council Elections 1993-2011
28. https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgstrabane.htm Strabane District Council Elections 1993-2011