1993 Belfast City Council election

Elections to Belfast City Council were held on 19 May 1993 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used nine district electoral areas to elect a total of 51 councillors, most representing the more heavily populated north and west.

The UUP remained the largest party, and Reg Empey became the Lord Mayor.

Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! %
 * - class="unsortable" align="centre"

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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor=""| SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | PUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Balmoral
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|30.6
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 23.4
 * 2
 * 19.1
 * 1
 * 18.6
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 8.3
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Castle
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|28.2
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 4.8
 * 0
 * 20.7
 * 1
 * 22.4
 * 2
 * 9.8
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 14.1
 * 1
 * 6
 * align="left"|Court
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|38.9
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 25.0
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 3.9
 * 0
 * 22.7
 * 1
 * 9.5
 * 1
 * 5
 * align="left"|Laganbank
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|27.7
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 9.4
 * 0
 * 10.5
 * 0
 * 26.9
 * 2
 * 16.5
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 9.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Lower Falls
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * bgcolor="#008800"|71.2
 * bgcolor="#008800"|4
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 21.0
 * 1
 * 0.8
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 6.9
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Oldpark
 * 22.8
 * 2
 * bgcolor="#008800"|37.8
 * bgcolor="#008800"|3
 * 8.9
 * 0
 * 15.8
 * 1
 * 3.3
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 11.4
 * 1
 * 6
 * align="left"|Pottinger
 * 27.1
 * 2
 * 6.5
 * 0
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|41.8
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 13.0
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 11.6
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Upper Falls
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * bgcolor="#008800"|57.1
 * bgcolor="#008800"|3
 * 1.3
 * 0
 * 35.4
 * 2
 * 1.1
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5.1
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Victoria
 * 30.5
 * 3
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 28.7
 * 2
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|34.5
 * bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 6.3
 * 0
 * 7
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 22.0
 * 15
 * 22.7
 * 10
 * 17.1
 * 9
 * 15.9
 * 9
 * 11.2
 * 5
 * 1.5
 * 1
 * 9.6
 * 2
 * 51
 * }
 * 9
 * 11.2
 * 5
 * 1.5
 * 1
 * 9.6
 * 2
 * 51
 * }
 * }

Balmoral
1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

1989-1993 Change: DUP gain due to the addition of one seat

Castle
1989: 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x UUP, 1 SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

1993: 2 x UUP, 2 SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1989-1993 Change: UUP and SDLP gain from Independent Unionist and Alliance

Court
1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Protestant Unionist, 1 x Independent Unionist

1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

1989-1993 Change: Protestant Unionist loss due to the reduction of one seat

Laganbank
1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP

1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

1989-1993 Change: SDLP gain from DUP

Lower Falls
1989: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP

1993: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP

1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Oldpark
1989: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Workers' Party

1993: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Workers' Party

Pottinger
1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 Independent Unionist

1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

1989-1993 Change: DUP gain from Independent Unionist

Upper Falls
1989: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP

1993: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP

1989-1993 Change: No change

Victoria
1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP

1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP

1989-1993 Change: No change