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Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1993
1993 North Down Borough Council election
← 1989 19 May 1993 (1993-05-19) 1997 →
All 25 seats to North Down Borough Council
13 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party UUP Alliance NI Conservatives
Seats won 6 5 4
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 1 Decrease 2
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party DUP Ind. Unionist Independent
Seats won 3 3 2
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 2 Steady 0
  Seventh party
 
Party UPUP
Seats won 2
Seat change Steady 0

Elections to North Down Borough Council were held on 19 May 1993 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 25 councillors.

Election results

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North Down Borough Council Election Result 1993[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  UUP 6 1 0 Increase2 24.0 18.7 3,709 Decrease3.0
  Alliance 5 1 0 Increase1 20.0 22.7 4,520 Increase2.0
  NI Conservatives 4 0 2 Decrease2 16.0 11.1 2,198 Decrease13.8
  DUP 3 0 1 Decrease1 12.0 16.2 3,218 Increase0.7
  Ind. Unionist 3 3 1 Increase2 12.0 12.4 2,467 Increase9.6
  Independent 2 1 1 Steady0 8.0 13.0 2,585 Increase6.1
  UPUP 2 0 0 Steady0 8.0 5.9 1,173 Steady0.0

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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Results of the North Down Borough Council election, 1993
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
UUP Alliance Conservative DUP UPUP Others
Abbey 15.5 1 15.5 1 9.3 1 20.6 1 29.8 2 9.3 0 6
Ballyholme and Groomsport 19.0 2 18.0 1 9.8 1 14.1 1 0.0 0 39.1 2 7
Bangor West 20.5 1 32.7 2 12.9 1 18.8 1 0.0 0 15.1 1 7
Holywood 18.9 1 22.9 1 11.9 1 11.8 0 0.0 0 34.5 2 5
Total 24.9 6 21.7 5 20.7 4 15.5 4 5.9 2 11.3 3 25

Districts results

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Abbey

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1989: 2 x UPUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Conservative
1993: 2 x UPUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Conservative
1989-1993 Change: No change

Abbey - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
UPUP Valerie Kinghan* 18.26% 719          
Alliance Stephen Farry 15.52% 611          
UUP Irene Cree* 14.45% 408 539 569.13      
UPUP Cecil Braniff* 11.53% 454 468 537.92 546.83 635.83  
NI Conservatives Ann Thompson 9.34% 368 386 408.08 419.06 508.58 530.58
DUP Ivy Cooling 10.41% 410 423 437.26 438.16 471.8 479.8
DUP Geoffrey Bairsto 10.41% 403 412 420.28 421.9 442.94 460.94
Independent William Gordon 9.29% 366 372 381.89 403.85    
UUP Karl McLean 5.05% 199          
Electorate: 12,961   Valid: 3,938 (30.38%)   Spoilt: 133   Quota: 563   Turnout: 4,071 (31.41%)  

Ballyholme and Groomsport

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1989: 2 x Conservative, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Conservative
1989-1993 Change: UUP and Independent Unionist gain from Conservative and due to the addition of one seat

Ballyholme and Groomsport - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Ind. Unionist Alan Chambers 32.04% 1,892                
DUP Raymond Stewart 14.06% 830                
UUP Leslie Cree* 11.50% 679 925.37              
Alliance Marsden Fitzsimons 11.04% 652 838.73              
NI Conservatives Bruce Mulligan* 5.52% 326 389.19 397.38 403.68 408.62 466.44 614.27 683.9 732.7
UUP Ian Henry 3.57% 211 283.42 384.22 389.26 432.29 437.55 452.2 477.96 719.58
Ind. Unionist Austen Lennon 4.89% 289 582.94 590.5 600.58 603.7 612.54 617.67 666.14 690.56
Alliance Siobhan Laird 6.98% 412 421.23 426.9 487.38 488.81 496.07 501.07 538.24 557.49
UUP James Kingan 3.88% 229 332.66 380.54 385.58 409.89 423.67 428.48 457.33  
Independent Joseph Thompson 2.22% 131 240.34 247.9 253.36 258.56 268.92 282.65    
NI Conservatives Bill McLean 2.30% 136 162.27 168.57 169.83 172.04 212.89      
NI Conservatives William Palmer 2.00% 118 154.21 155.47 159.25 165.62        
Electorate: 15,787   Valid: 5,905 (37.40%)   Spoilt: 110   Quota: 739   Turnout: 6,015 (38.10%)  

Bangor West

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

Bangor West - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Alliance Brian Wilson* 21.91% 1,228                      
DUP William Baxter* 14.36% 805                      
UUP Hazel Bradford* 13.45% 754                      
Alliance Eileen Bell 10.76% 603 969.93                    
UUP Roy Bradford* 7.03% 394 418.64 449.04 456.32 498.67 508.46 508.46 511.24 520.32 532.92 557.6 701.43
Ind. Unionist Ian Sinclair 5.10% 286 313.72 352.12 353.29 354.41 368.68 378.85 392.02 423.55 488.67 563.26 615.52
NI Conservatives George Green* 6.10% 342 357.4 376.2 379.71 381.67 385.47 391.27 436.38 443.62 458.9 480.58 508.31
NI Conservatives James O'Fee* 4.76% 267 295.16 325.56 325.95 327.77 335.57 339.17 399.07 405.35 422.39 467.67 485.3
DUP Harold Blemings 4.41% 247 263.28 272.48 358.54 360.64 361.64 362.64 363.59 371.13 379.57 389.97  
Independent Ann-Marie Foster* 2.64% 148 157.68 218.48 218.74 219.02 226.1 246.34 249.94 285.66 361.6    
Independent Arthur Gadd 2.05% 115 123.8 143.4 143.79 143.93 149.37 210.64 212.64 260.33      
Independent Ernest Steele 2.59% 145 157.32 174.12 174.77 174.91 180.31 194.63 194.63        
NI Conservatives Elizabeth Maguire 2.02% 113 120.04 132.84 133.88 134.72 137.52 137.52          
Independent Robert Mooney 1.80% 101 105.4 121.4 121.53 121.67 125.87            
Independent Edward Lindsay 1.03% 58 61.96 72.76 72.89 72.96              
Electorate: 15,097   Valid: 5,606 (37.13%)   Spoilt: 189   Quota: 701   Turnout: 5,795 (38.39%)  

Holywood

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

Holywood - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Independent Dennis Ogborn* 19.70% 871          
UUP Ellie McKay* 18.89% 835          
Alliance Susan O'Brien* 15.27% 675 721.24 723.73 738    
Independent James White 7.69% 340 353.76 358.92 366.84 623.76 737.76
NI Conservatives Laurence Kennedy* 9.36% 414 442.48 524.56 551.92 565.56 680.68
DUP Gordon Dunne* 11.83% 523 537.4 548.88 582 600.96 615.76
Alliance John Coates 7.67% 339 354.68 364.84 369.88 382.44  
Independent Robert Irvine 7.01% 310 318.16 322.16 327.8    
NI Conservatives Lindsay Cumming 2.58% 114 117.68        
Electorate: 10,411   Valid: 4,421 (42.46%)   Spoilt: 89   Quota: 737   Turnout: 4,510 (43.32%)  

References

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  1. ^ a b "North Down Council Elections 1997-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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