Local govt election in Northern Ireland
1993 Banbridge District Council election
First party
Second party
Third party
Party
UUP
SDLP
DUP
Seats won
10
3
2
Seat change
1
0
0
Fourth party
Fifth party
Party
Alliance
Ind. Nationalist
Seats won
1
1
Seat change
1
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
+/−
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
11.8
13.5
2,203
0.0
Ind. Nationalist
1
0
0
0
5.9
4.4
732
0.7
Alliance
1
1
0
1
5.9
1.8
289
0.4
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
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
Dromore - 5 seats[ 2]
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
Knockiveagh - 6 seats[ 2]
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%)
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