1993 Larne Borough Council election

Local government election in Northern Ireland

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1993

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19 May 1993 (1993-05-19)

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All 15 seats to Larne Borough Council
8 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	UUP	DUP	Alliance
Seats won	7	4	2
Seat change	0	0	0

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	Ind. Unionist	Ind. Nationalist	Independent
Seats won	1	1	0
Seat change	1	0	1

Elections to Larne 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

Larne Borough Council Election Result 1993
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
UUP	7	0	0	0	46.7	45.6	4,360	2.9
DUP	4	0	0	0	20.0	27.5	2,626	1.6
Alliance	2	0	0	0	13.3	9.0	861	2.5
Ind. Nationalist	1	0	0	0	6.7	6.3	600	0.3
Ind. Unionist	1	1	0	1	6.7	3.5	339	3.5
Independent	0	0	1	1	0.0	5.8	551	4.4
NI Conservatives	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.3	216	New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Larne Borough Council election, 1993
by district
Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	UUP		DUP		Alliance		Others		Total Cllrs
Coast Road	38.1	2	27.0	1	15.0	1	19.9	1	5
Larne Lough	66.2	3	27.2	2	0.0	0	6.6	0	5
Larne Town	32.4	2	28.2	1	12.4	1	27.0	1	5
Total	45.6	7	27.5	4	9.0	2	17.9	2	15

Districts results

Coast Road

1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1989-1993 Change: No change

Coast Road - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	UUP	Thomas Robinson*	20.35%	612
	Ind. Nationalist	William Cunning*	19.95%	600
	UUP	Joan Drummond*	17.72%	533
	Alliance	Amelia Kelly*	14.99%	451	473.44	566.32
	DUP	Winston Fulton*	14.36%	432	457.08	457.89	494.08	515.59
	DUP	Rachel Rea	12.63%	380	439.62	441.51	469.23	478.23
Electorate: 7,176 Valid: 3,008 (41.92%) Spoilt: 94 Quota: 502 Turnout: 3,102 (43.23%)

Larne Lough

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

Larne Lough - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	UUP	Roy Beggs*	51.82%	1,680
	UUP	Thomas Caldwell	5.31%	172	695.98
	DUP	Bobby McKee*	15.79%	512	607.14
	UUP	Alexander Hunter	3.73%	121	371.63	472.83	534.05	553.37
	DUP	Samuel McAllister	11.38%	369	430.77	440.23	482.48	508.7
	UUP	Samuel Steele*	5.31%	172	337.43	362.95	431.74	451.75
	NI Conservatives	Gary Haggan*	6.66%	216	255.05	269.57
Electorate: 7,406 Valid: 3,242 (43.78%) Spoilt: 141 Quota: 541 Turnout: 3,383 (45.68%)

Larne Town

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

Larne Town - 5 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Jack McKee*	25.76%	851
	UUP	Rosalie Armstrong*	17.59%	581
	UUP	Robert Robinson*	12.66%	418	466.65	518.45	541.1	548.2	583.2
	Alliance	Patricia Kay*	12.41%	410	413.15	417.15	418.3	546.3	553.6
	Ind. Unionist	Lindsay Mason	10.26%	339	350.55	352.55	353.5	436.5	468.25
	Independent	Roy Craig	8.39%	277	286.45	292.45	294.45	326.5	363.75
	DUP	Leonard Sluman	2.48%	82	289.55	294	294.55	297.9
	Independent	Pat Buckley*	8.30%	274	274.35	275.35	275.5
	UUP	May Steele	2.15%	71	79.05
Electorate: 7,773 Valid: 3,303 (42.29%) Spoilt: 85 Quota: 551 Turnout: 3,388 (43.59%)

References

^ "Larne Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
^ "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

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