1993 Banbridge District Council election

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1993 Banbridge District Council election

19 May 1993 (1993-05-19)
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 1 0 0   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Alliance Independent 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

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Ulster Unionist	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
	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

Results of the Banbridge District Council election, 1993
by district

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

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

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

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%)