1993 Banbridge District Council election
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All 17 seats to Banbridge District Council 9 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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[edit]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Ulster Unionist | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 58.8 | 57.6 | 9,418 | 0.4 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.6 | 22.7 | 3,705 | 3.5 | |
Democratic Unionist | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 2,203 | 0.0 | |
Independent 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[edit]
Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
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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[edit]
Banbridge Town[edit]
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 | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Joan Baird* | 27.45% | 1,352 | |||
Social Democratic and Labour | 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 | |
Democratic Unionist | 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[edit]
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 | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Drew Nelson* | 19.63% | 980 | |||
Social Democratic and Labour | Cassie McDermott* | 19.05% | 951 | |||
Democratic Unionist | 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[edit]
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 | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Seamus Doyle* | 19.12% | 1,229 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | John Ingram | 16.85% | 1,083 | ||||||
Democratic Unionist | 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 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | 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[edit]
- ^ a b "Banbridge District Council, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 21 July 2021.