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1993 Belfast City Council election
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Northern Ireland local election
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Northern Ireland local elections, 1993
1993 Belfast City Council election Northern Ireland Flag of Belfast.svg parliamentary no 1989 Belfast City Council election 1989 1993 05 19 y 1997 Belfast City Council election 1997 All 51 seats to Belfast City Council 26 Ulster Unionist Party 15 1 Sinn Féin 10 2 Democratic Unionist Party 9 1 Social Democratic and Labour Party 9 1 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 5 1 Independent Unionist 2 3 Progressive Unionist Party 1 0 Workers' Party (Ireland) 0 1 File:Belfast 1993 election.svg Party with the most votes by district. Lord Mayor Herbert Ditty Ulster Unionist Party Lord Mayor Reg Empey Ulster Unionist Party
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
Belfast local election result 1993https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgbelfast.htm Belfast Council results 27 July 2011 26 May 2021
Ulster Unionist Party
15
2
0
2
29.4
22.0
23,811
0.3
Sinn Féin
10
2
0
2
19.6
22.7
24,648
4.0
Democratic Unionist Party
9
2
1
1
17.6
17.1
18,567
2.3
Social Democratic and Labour Party
9
2
1
1
17.6
15.9
17,283
0.2
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
5
0
1
1
9.8
11.2
12,102
0.3
Independent Unionist
2
0
3
3
3.9
2.4
2,553
3.7
Progressive Unionist Party
1
0
0
0
2.0
1.5
1,609
1.0
Workers' Party (Ireland)
0
0
1
1
0.0
1.8
1,966
3.5
Northern Ireland Conservatives
0
0
0
0
0.0
2.3
2,465
New
Democratic Left (Ireland)
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.0
1,125
New
Green Party of Northern Ireland
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.2
1,257
New
Independent Labour
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.6
670
0.6
Independent Nationalist
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.3
378
0.3
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Belfast City Council election, 1993by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
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!rowspan=2|TotalCllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Sinn Féin" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party"| SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Progressive Unionist Party" | PUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|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
|-
|}
District results
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
Balmoral - 6 seatsLocal Government Results 1993 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/b0d9bd01-b804-48bd-8641-9d763ec66466/local_government_election_results_1993 EONI 8 July 2021
12
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Dorita Field*
2,262
19.12%
Democratic Unionist Party
John Parkes*
2,076
17.55%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Philip McGarry
1,273
10.76%
1,545.43
1,547.41
1,550.68
1,572.94
1,596.07
1,633.33
1,695.77
Ulster Unionist Party
Mary Crooks*
1,616
13.66%
1,617.89
1,638.59
1,639.22
1,640.22
1,644.4
1,644.58
1,649.85
1,790.85
Ulster Unionist Party
Jim Kirkpatrick*
1,396
11.80%
1,397.35
1,411.57
1,411.75
1,412.75
1,413.75
1,417.75
1,425.2
1,553.36
1,906.36
Democratic Unionist Party
Harry Smith
697
5.89%
697.81
993.37
995.55
995.73
996.73
1,002.18
1,011.54
1,070.86
1,242.48
1,363.48
1,396.48
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Mark Long*
923
7.80%
1,065.02
1,066.46
1,068.46
1,078.69
1,101.01
1,149.61
1,222.54
1,298.24
1,310.14
1,325.14
1,357.14
Ulster Unionist Party
Bob Stoker
611
5.17%
611
627.74
628.74
630.1
631.1
635.1
637.37
707.88
Northern Ireland Conservatives
Esmond Birnie
279
2.36%
279.54
280.26
304.26
304.26
307.98
311.25
318.79
Northern Ireland Conservatives
William Dickson
264
2.23%
264.81
276.33
276.51
276.51
279.51
292.78
296.05
Green Party of Northern Ireland
Roderick McAlister
124
1.05%
168.28
168.82
172.82
189.38
213.13
273.59
Independent Labour
Niall Cusack
113
0.96%
153.5
154.04
166.04
178.25
207.45
Democratic Left (Ireland)
Jean Craig
97
0.82%
117.52
118.06
118.06
133.81
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Shaun McKeown
48
0.40%
85.53
86.25
86.25
Northern Ireland Conservatives
Hubert Mullan
50
0.42%
50.54
51.98
12
23,497
11,829 (50.34%)
331
1,690
12,160 (51.75%)
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
Castle - 6 seats
9
Democratic Unionist Party
Nigel Dodds*
2,470
20.61%
Ulster Unionist Party
David Browne
1,830
15.27%
Ulster Unionist Party
John Carson*
1,556
12.98%
1,862.24
Independent Unionist
Nelson McCausland*
1,070
8.93%
1,475.76
1,604.58
1,608.9
1,696.61
1,801.61
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Alban Maginness*
1,589
13.26%
1,589.96
1,589.96
1,617.96
1,618.31
1,626.38
2,010.38
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Jonathan Stevenson
1,090
9.09%
1,090
1,090
1,100
1,100.21
1,101.21
1,296.2
1,565.9
1,566.9
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Tom Campbell*
1,172
9.78%
1,185.44
1,194.75
1,225.75
1,234.15
1,311.09
1,465.04
1,490.15
1,550.15
Sinn Féin
Gerard McGuigan
575
4.80%
575.64
575.64
578.64
578.92
579.31
Green Party of Northern Ireland
Alan Warren
251
2.09%
255.8
257.51
303.83
306.7
337.1
Northern Ireland Conservatives
Margaret Redpath
246
2.05%
269.36
274.49
274.49
281.63
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Paul Treanor
136
1.13%
137.28
137.66
9
22,839
11,985 (52.48%)
346
1,713
12,331 (53.99%)
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
Court - 5 seats
7
Democratic Unionist Party
Eric Smyth*
2,385
24.98%
Ulster Unionist Party
Fred Cobain*
1,674
17.53%
Progressive Unionist Party
Hugh Smyth*
1,609
16.85%
Ulster Unionist Party
Chris McGimpsey
1,472
15.42%
1,672.2
Independent Unionist
Joseph Coggle*
792
8.29%
1,010.4
1,101.4
1,133.55
1,158.34
1,164.77
1,569.37
Ulster Unionist Party
Herbert Ditty*
572
5.99%
695.9
792.7
824.4
859.25
861.65
1,068.26
Progressive Unionist Party
Elizabeth Seawright*
558
5.84%
772.2
819.65
832.3
850.32
855.74
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Irene Galway
371
3.89%
387.1
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Peter Cullen
116
1.21%
119.5
7
18,813
9,549 (50.76%)
332
1,592
9,881 (52.52%)
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
Laganbank - 5 seats
10
Ulster Unionist Party
Jim Clarke*
1,845
19.44%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Alasdair McDonnell*
1,500
15.80%
1,500.98
1,508.98
1,530.98
1,533.98
1,571.98
1,644.98
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Steve McBride*
836
8.81%
838.66
852.66
867.66
897.08
935.08
992.22
999.22
1,631.22
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Peter O'Reilly
1,052
11.08%
1,052
1,058
1,067
1,067
1,086
1,112
1,139
1,200.42
1,490.42
Ulster Unionist Party
Michael McGimpsey
545
5.74%
731.9
745.74
747.74
823
832.56
1,075.54
1,075.54
1,133.74
1,136.74
Democratic Unionist Party
Caroline Bingham
1,000
10.54%
1,020.44
1,023.58
1,023.72
1,037.28
1,045.28
1,068.1
1,068.1
1,081.1
1,084.8
Sinn Féin
Sean Hayes
892
9.40%
892
892
900
900
907
926
930
931
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Hugh Greer
727
7.66%
734.42
744.7
755.7
780.84
834.98
868.54
870.54
Ulster Unionist Party
Dennis Rogan
236
2.49%
261.48
262.76
262.76
300.14
303.28
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Paddy Lynn
222
2.34%
222.14
239.14
265.42
265.42
290.42
Green Party of Northern Ireland
Andrew Frew
202
2.13%
203.12
211.68
243.68
244.82
Northern Ireland Conservatives
Graham Montgomery
198
2.09%
203.04
204.04
205.04
Independent Labour
Peter Hadden
142
1.50%
142.42
150.42
Democratic Left (Ireland)
Michael Craig
95
1.00%
97.1
10
20,008
9,492 (47.44%)
313
1,583
9,805 (49.01%)
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
Lower Falls - 5 seats
6
Sinn Féin
Tom Hartley
2,573
19.79%
Sinn Féin
Fra McCann*
2,393
18.40%
Sinn Féin
Patrick McGeown
2,352
18.09%
Sinn Féin
Marie Moore
1,946
14.97%
2,316.77
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Mary Muldoon*
1,749
13.45%
1,760.39
1,832.92
1,929.38
2,030.98
2,325.98
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Margaret Walsh
987
7.59%
991.93
1,049.44
1,134.77
1,165.97
1,306.48
Workers' Party (Ireland)
John Lowry
794
6.11%
804.37
831.54
874.47
924.07
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Patrick Woods
108
0.83%
109.87
Democratic Left (Ireland)
Mary McMahon
101
0.78%
105.24
6
19,978
13,003 (65.09%)
509
2,168
13,512 (67.63%)
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
Oldpark - 6 seats
9
Sinn Féin
Joe Austin
2,229
15.02%
Ulster Unionist Party
Fred Proctor*
2,045
13.78%
2,045
2,085
2,091
2,138
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Martin Morgan
1,763
11.88%
1,766.48
1,768.48
1,817.48
1,903.56
2,028.68
2,553.68
Sinn Féin
Paddy McManus*
1,769
11.92%
1,810.36
1,810.36
1,822.48
1,836.72
1,840.8
1,852
1,873
1,982.68
Sinn Féin
Bobby Lavery
1,617
10.90%
1,654.12
1,654.12
1,666.2
1,685.72
1,696.04
1,707.12
1,767.12
1,919.64
Ulster Unionist Party
Fred Rodgers
1,343
9.05%
1,343
1,394
1,400
1,417
1,542
1,548
1,555
1,724
Democratic Unionist Party
David Smylie
1,324
8.92%
1,324.04
1,376.04
1,383.04
1,405.04
1,436.04
1,438.04
1,438.04
1,474.04
Democratic Left (Ireland)
Seamus Lynch*
832
5.61%
833.92
837.92
892.96
962.04
1,118.04
1,154.04
1,352.04
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Peter Prendiville
588
3.96%
588.44
590.44
607.44
626.44
645.44
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Beatrice Boyd
473
3.19%
473.84
483.84
501.84
584.92
Green Party of Northern Ireland
Peter Emerson
393
2.65%
394.12
421.12
447.12
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Margaret Smith
259
1.75%
259.32
261.32
Northern Ireland Conservatives
David Tarr
206
1.39%
206
9
25,943
14,841 (57.21%)
532
2,121
15,373 (59.26%)
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
Pottinger - 6 seats
8
Democratic Unionist Party
Sammy Wilson*
2,784
25.52%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Mervyn Jones*
1,417
12.99%
1,427.35
1,461.35
1,476.15
1,700.15
Democratic Unionist Party
Jim Walker*
793
7.27%
1,476.55
1,478.55
1,549.15
1,566.15
Ulster Unionist Party
Reg Empey*
1,295
11.87%
1,380.95
1,381.95
1,408.8
1,418.8
1,428.8
1,612.8
Democratic Unionist Party
Robert Cleland
982
9.00%
1,252.45
1,254.45
1,307.9
1,324.8
1,326.8
1,379.45
1,388.45
Ulster Unionist Party
Alexander Blair
897
8.22%
919.05
921.05
931.95
960.3
979.3
1,070.15
1,080.15
Ulster Unionist Party
Margaret Clarke*
754
6.91%
778.75
782.2
790.1
802.55
807.55
926.65
939.65
Sinn Féin
Joseph O'Donnell
709
6.50%
709
713
714
754
769
771
Northern Ireland Conservatives
Dorothy Dunlop*
538
4.93%
574
580
595.15
624.15
644.15
Independent Labour
Colin Ballentine
271
2.48%
273.25
297.25
305.25
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Joseph Bell
227
2.08%
228.35
240.35
243.8
Independent Unionist
Samuel Walker
133
1.22%
214.9
216.9
Green Party of Northern Ireland
Thaddeus Bradley
107
0.98%
108.35
8
24,293
10,907 (44.90%)
482
1,559
11,389 (46.89%)
Upper Falls
1989: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP
1993: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP
1989-1993 Change: No change
Upper Falls - 5 seats
9
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Alex Attwood*
3,203
24.08%
Sinn Féin
Una Gillespie
2,765
20.79%
Sinn Féin
Alex Maskey*
2,735
20.56%
Sinn Féin
Mairtin O'Muilleoir*
2,093
15.74%
2,114.12
2,629.32
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patricia Lewsley
798
6.00%
1,428.72
1,437.72
1,602.89
1,623.89
1,625.89
1,670.62
1,774.2
2,122.7
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Terence Tracey
702
5.28%
888.24
891.64
1,007.84
1,019.24
1,027.24
1,059.73
1,167.52
1,327.21
Independent Nationalist
Cormac Boomer*
378
2.84%
474.96
477.56
582.14
594.34
595.34
626.15
744.45
Independent Labour
Billy Lynn
144
1.08%
154.24
158.24
242.9
260.7
271.85
298.53
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Julie Greaves
145
1.09%
173.8
175.4
186.19
187.39
253.59
266.7
Workers' Party (Ireland)
James Maxwell
164
1.23%
171.36
173.56
206.76
208.36
217.36
Democratic Unionist Party
David McNerlin
174
1.31%
174.64
174.64
176.3
176.7
9
21,948
13,301 (60.60%)
424
2,217
13,725 (62.53%)
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
Victoria - 7 seats
9
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
John Alderdice*
3,337
24.67%
Democratic Unionist Party
Wallace Browne*
2,153
15.92%
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Patton*
1,801
13.31%
Democratic Unionist Party
Robin Newton*
1,729
12.78%
Ulster Unionist Party
Ian Adamson*
1,316
9.73%
1,395.56
1,547.81
1,564.23
1,686.5
1,880.5
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Danny Dow*
552
4.08%
1,543.44
1,564.9
1,642.89
1,661.29
1,761.29
Ulster Unionist Party
Jim Rodgers
600
4.44%
631.62
749.07
757.18
1,091.36
1,274.11
1,408.11
1,560.65
1,510.25
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Maureen McConnell
768
5.68%
1,159.68
1,169.54
1,220.19
1,226.21
1,368.9
1,387.9
1,393.92
1,454.4
Northern Ireland Conservatives
Jim McCormick
684
5.06%
759.99
784.93
807.3
828.13
Ulster Unionist Party
John Norris
407
3.01%
435.56
554.17
561.97
Green Party of Northern Ireland
Michael Bell
180
1.33%
218.76
225.72
9
29,632
13,527 (45.65%)
360
1,691
13,887 (46.86%)
References
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