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1993 Ards Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1993
1993 Ards Borough Council election parliamentary no 1989 Ards Borough Council election 1989 1993 05 19 y 1997 Ards Borough Council election 1997 All 23 seats to Ards Borough Council 12 Ulster Unionist Party 9 1 Democratic Unionist Party 6 1 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 6 2 Independent (politician) 1 1 Independent Unionist 1 0 File:Ards 1993 election.svg Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Ards Borough 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
Ards Borough Council Election Result 1993https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgards.htm Ards Council Elections 1993-2011 www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
9
1
0
1
39.1
34.7
6,683
6.6
Democratic Unionist Party
6
0
1
1
26.1
28.3
5,438
3.0
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
6
2
0
2
26.1
23.4
4,501
4.6
Independent Unionist
1
1
1
0
0.0
5.9
1,138
1.2
Independent (politician)
1
1
0
1
4.3
3.4
656
0.5
Northern Ireland Conservatives
0
0
0
0
0.0
4.3
819
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Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Ards Borough Council election, 1993by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
!rowspan=2|TotalCllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Ards East
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|45.7
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|31.7
|2
|15.0
|1
|7.6
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Ards West
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|44.7
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|24.4
|1
|25.0
|2
|5.9
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Newtownards
|27.4
|2
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|28.2
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|16.5
|1
|27.9
|1
|6
|-
|align="left"|Peninsula
|20.4
|1
|28.9
|1
|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|36.9
|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2
|13.8
|1
|5
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|34.7
|9
|28.3
|6
|23.4
|6
|13.6
|2
|23
|-
|}
Districts results
Ards East
1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
Ards East - 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
3
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Benson*
956
19.85%
Democratic Unionist Party
Jeffrey Magill
866
17.99%
Ulster Unionist Party
John Shields*
741
15.39%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Laurence Thompson
721
14.97%
Ulster Unionist Party
Ronald Ferguson
505
10.49%
730.3
Democratic Unionist Party
St Clair McAlister
661
13.73%
686.2
851.8
Northern Ireland Conservatives
Gavin Walker
365
7.58%
382.1
389.46
3
13,490
4,815 (35.69%)
120
688
4,935 (36.58%)
Ards West
1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
Ards West - 6 seats
4
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Gibson*
1,318
26.41%
Democratic Unionist Party
Simpson Gibson*
736
14.75%
Ulster Unionist Party
Margaret Craig
645
12.92%
906.6
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Jim McBriar*
634
12.70%
671.44
684.15
750.15
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Kathleen Coulter
616
12.34%
628.48
637.91
712.68
Ulster Unionist Party
Stanley McCoy
269
5.39%
472.52
604.13
674.94
Democratic Unionist Party
Richard Finlay
481
9.64%
542.44
571.55
611.56
Northern Ireland Conservatives
Robert Darnley
292
5.85%
307.84
315.22
4
12,414
4,991 (40.20%)
118
714
5,109 (41.16%)
Newtownards
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
Newtownards - 6 seats
4
Ulster Unionist Party
David Smyth*
817
17.55%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Alan McDowell
768
16.49%
Independent Unionist
Nancy Orr
638
13.70%
645.56
695.56
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Hamilton
458
9.84%
551.24
631.1
677.79
Democratic Unionist Party
Wilbert Magill*
554
11.90%
567.32
657.3
663.51
Democratic Unionist Party
George Ennis
545
11.71%
549.32
634.22
638.59
Ulster Unionist Party
Bobby McBride*
500
10.74%
513.68
546.02
588.34
Democratic Unionist Party
John Purdy
214
4.60%
217.24
Northern Ireland Conservatives
Andrew Thompson
162
3.48%
171
4
12,647
4,656 (36.82%)
141
666
4,797 (37.93%)
Peninsula
1993: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
Peninsula - 5 seats
4
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Kieran McCarthy*
1,546
32.39%
Democratic Unionist Party
Jim Shannon*
896
18.77%
Independent (politician)
James McMullan
656
13.74%
818.76
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Ambrose*
713
14.94%
758.24
943.24
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
William Sheldon
216
4.53%
723
743.28
770.28
Democratic Unionist Party
Thomas Cully
485
10.16%
498
539.08
599.08
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel Brown
261
5.47%
275.56
4
10,416
4,773 (45.82%)
158
796
4,931 (47.34%)
References
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