1993 Banbridge District Council election
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All 17 seats to Banbridge District Council
9 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Ulster Unionist SDLP DUP
Seats won 10 3 2
Seat change Increase 1 Steady 0 Steady 0
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Alliance Independent Nationalist
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Increase 1 Steady 0

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

Banbridge District Council Election Result 1993[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Ulster Unionist 10 2 1 Increase1 58.8 57.6 9,418 Decrease0.4
  SDLP 3 0 0 Steady0 17.6 22.7 3,705 Increase3.5
  DUP 2 1 1 Steady0 11.8 13.5 2,203 Steady0.0
  Independent Nationalist 1 0 0 Steady0 5.9 4.4 732 Decrease0.7
  Alliance 1 1 0 Increase1 5.9 1.8 289 Decrease0.4

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Banbridge District Council election, 1993
by district[1]
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

Banbridge Town - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Ulster Unionist Joan Baird* 27.45% 1,352    
SDLP James Walsh* 24.08% 1,186    
Ulster Unionist Archie McKelvey* 14.66% 722    
Ulster Unionist Ian Burns 10.29% 507 830.4  
Ulster Unionist 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

Dromore - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Ulster Unionist Drew Nelson* 19.63% 980    
SDLP Cassie McDermott* 19.05% 951    
DUP David Herron 17.48% 873    
Ulster Unionist William Martin* 15.44% 771 794.4 854.85
Ulster Unionist William McCracken* 14.92% 745 826 845.53
Ulster Unionist 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

Knockiveagh - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SDLP Seamus Doyle* 19.12% 1,229          
Ulster Unionist John Ingram 16.85% 1,083          
DUP Wilfred McFadden* 15.20% 977          
Independent Nationalist Laurence McCartan* 11.39% 732 811.3 812.8 1,047.8    
Ulster Unionist Violet Cromie 12.17% 782 785.9 902 921.38    
Ulster Unionist John Hanna 10.45% 672 672.52 690.52 695.42 714.42 741.3
Ulster Unionist 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

  1. ^ a b "Banbridge District Council, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
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