1993 Down District Council election
19 May 1993 (1993-05-19)
All 23 seats to Down District Council
12 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party SDLP Ulster Unionist DUP
Seats won 13 7 3
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1 Increase 1
  Fourth party
 
Party Alliance
Seats won 0
Seat change Decrease 1

Elections to Down District 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 23 councillors.

Election results

Down District Council Election Result 1993[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SDLP 13 1 0 Increase1 56.5 51.2 13,102 Increase2.0
  Ulster Unionist 7 0 1 Decrease1 30.4 28.5 7,300 Decrease2.6
  DUP 3 1 0 Increase1 13.0 9.9 2,545 Increase1.4
  Alliance 0 0 1 Decrease1 0.0 3.8 971 Increase1.6
  Sinn Féin 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 3.2 815 Decrease1.6
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 2.7 694 Increase2.7
  Workers' Party 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.6 151 Decrease1.0

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Down District Council election, 1993
by district
Ward  %
Cllrs
  %
Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
SDLP UUP DUP Others
Ballynahinch 49.4 2 30.8 2 19.8 1 0.0 0 5
Downpatrick 65.3 6 13.4 1 0.0 0 21.3 0 7
Newcastle 56.4 4 20.9 1 6.7 1 16.0 0 6
Rowallane 29.0 1 54.4 3 16.6 1 0.0 0 5
Total 51.2 13 28.5 7 9.9 3 10.4 0 23

Districts results

Ballynahinch

1989: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1993: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1989-1993 Change: No change

Ballynahinch - 5 seats[2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123
SDLP Patrick Toman* 25.41% 1,480    
SDLP Anne Marie McAleenan 23.97% 1,396    
DUP William Alexander 19.81% 1,154    
Ulster Unionist James Cochrane* 16.12% 939 1,025  
Ulster Unionist Walter Lyons* 8.38% 488 648 867
Ulster Unionist Janet Crothers 6.32% 368 450 583
Electorate: 8,953   Valid: 5,825 (65.06%)   Spoilt: 132   Quota: 971   Turnout: 5,957 (66.54%)  

    Downpatrick

    1989: 5 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
    1993: 6 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
    1989-1993 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance

    Downpatrick - 7 seats[2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567891011
    SDLP Dermot Curran* 14.30% 1,075                    
    SDLP John Doris* 13.79% 1,037                    
    SDLP John Ritchie* 13.71% 1,031                    
    Ulster Unionist Jack McIlheron 13.37% 1,005                    
    SDLP Malachi Curran* 9.63% 724 800.18 829.28 858.26 859.69 874.21 912.37 957.37      
    SDLP Francis McCann 7.57% 569 582 625.4 643.4 643.62 657.8 662.06 694.44 729.72 781.35 787.83
    SDLP Owen Adams 6.33% 476 489.52 506.72 539.39 540.27 543.56 552.95 585.08 634.5 714.13 724.39
    Alliance Michael Healy* 5.89% 443 447.55 449.75 452.09 488.94 516.91 534.34 544.6 592.25 720.56 721.1
    Independent Keith Bradford 3.87% 291 293.47 295.87 298.39 312.69 340.4 351.17 383.5 409.54    
    Independent Patrick O'Connor 3.14% 236 244.45 244.55 245.18 249.14 258.32 340.86 365.35      
    Sinn Féin Patrick McGreevy 4.18% 314 316.6 317.6 318.32 318.54 324.82 328.21        
    Independent James Masson 2.22% 167 175.84 176.14 176.23 178.87 180.87          
    Workers' Party Desmond O'Hagan 2.01% 151 151.65 152.65 154 155.87            
    Electorate: 12,290   Valid: 7,519 (61.18%)   Spoilt: 150   Quota: 940   Turnout: 7,669 (62.40%)  

      Newcastle

      1989: 4 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
      1993: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
      1989-1993 Change: DUP gain from UUP

      Newcastle - 6 seats[2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      SDLP Michael Boyd* 21.83% 1,405            
      SDLP Eamon O'Neill* 17.87% 1,150            
      Ulster Unionist Gerald Douglas* 14.73% 948            
      SDLP Peter Fitzpatrick* 10.36% 667 723 724.98 870.98      
      SDLP Frances Flynn 6.39% 411 631.68 706.86 753.66 760.66 920.9  
      DUP John Finlay 6.68% 430 432.16 432.79 432.79 682.79 684.42 700.95
      Alliance Anne Carr 8.20% 528 571.92 580.53 582.13 637.68 676.05 681.93
      Sinn Féin Sean Fitzpatrick 7.78% 501 521.52 544.62 547.72 547.72    
      Ulster Unionist William Brown* 6.15% 396 401.04 401.67 401.77      
      Electorate: 10,170   Valid: 6,436 (63.28%)   Spoilt: 182   Quota: 920   Turnout: 6,618 (65.07%)  

        Rowallane

        1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
        1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
        1989-1993 Change: No change

        Rowallane - 5 seats[2]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12
        Ulster Unionist Samuel Osborne* 22.80% 1,322  
        SDLP Margaret Ritchie* 20.20% 1,171  
        Ulster Unionist Albert Colmer* 15.21% 882 1,067.36
        Ulster Unionist William Biggerstaff* 16.42% 952 1,058.12
        DUP William Dick* 16.57% 961 1,017.56
        SDLP Hugh Flynn 8.80% 510 514.76
        Electorate: 9,320   Valid: 5,798 (62.21%)   Spoilt: 110   Quota: 967   Turnout: 5,908 (63.39%)  

          References

          1. 1 2 "Down Council Elections, 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
          2. 1 2 3 4 "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
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