Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1993
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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
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | 10 | 2 | 1 |  1
|
58.8 | 57.6 | 9,418 |  0.4
| |
| SDLP | 3 | 0 | 0 |  0
|
17.6 | 22.7 | 3,705 | 3.5
| |
| DUP | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0
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11.8 | 13.5 | 2,203 | 0.0
| |
| Ind. Nationalist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
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5.9 | 4.4 | 732 | 0.7
| |
| Alliance | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1
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5.9 | 1.8 | 289 | 0.4
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Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
| Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | SDLP | DUP | Alliance | Others | |||||||
| Banbridge Town | 62.9 | 4 | 24.1 | 1 | 7.2 | 0 | 5.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Dromore | 63.5 | 3 | 19.0 | 1 | 17.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Knockiveagh | 49.0 | 3 | 24.4 | 1 | 15.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 11.4 | 1 | 6 |
| 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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| UUP | Joan Baird* | 27.45% | 1,352 | |||
| SDLP | James Walsh* | 24.08% | 1,186 | |||
| UUP | Archie McKelvey* | 14.66% | 722 | |||
| UUP | Ian Burns | 10.29% | 507 | 830.4 | ||
| UUP | John Dobson* | 10.50% | 517 | 744.85 | ||
| Alliance | Frank McQuaid | 5.87% | 289 | 303.21 | 776.25 | |
| DUP | Margaret Davis | 7.17% | 353 | 426.01 | 320.87 | |
| Electorate: 9,533 Valid: 4,926 (51.67%) Spoilt: 88 Quota: 704 Turnout: 5,014 (52.60%) | ||||||
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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| UUP | Drew Nelson* | 19.63% | 980 | |||
| SDLP | Cassie McDermott* | 19.05% | 951 | |||
| DUP | David Herron | 17.48% | 873 | |||
| UUP | William Martin* | 15.44% | 771 | 794.4 | 854.85 | |
| UUP | William McCracken* | 14.92% | 745 | 826 | 845.53 | |
| UUP | Robert Hill* | 13.48% | 673 | 711.1 | 748.61 | |
| Electorate: 7,917 Valid: 4,993 (63.07%) Spoilt: 70 Quota: 833 Turnout: 5,063 (63.95%) | ||||||
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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SDLP | Seamus Doyle* | 19.12% | 1,229 | ||||||
| UUP | John Ingram | 16.85% | 1,083 | ||||||
| DUP | Wilfred McFadden* | 15.20% | 977 | ||||||
| Ind. Nationalist | Laurence McCartan* | 11.39% | 732 | 811.3 | 812.8 | 1,047.8 | |||
| UUP | Violet Cromie | 12.17% | 782 | 785.9 | 902 | 921.38 | |||
| UUP | John Hanna | 10.45% | 672 | 672.52 | 690.52 | 695.42 | 714.42 | 741.3 | |
| UUP | Samuel Walker* | 9.55% | 614 | 614.26 | 638.56 | 648.88 | 663.88 | 693.42 | |
| SDLP | Liam McDermott | 5.27% | 339 | 559.74 | 559.74 | ||||
| Electorate: 9,323 Valid: 6,428 (68.95%) Spoilt: 107 Quota: 919 Turnout: 6,535 (70.10%) | |||||||||
References
- ^ "Banbridge District Council, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
