1993 Ards Borough Council election
Local government election in Northern Ireland
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All 23 seats to Ards Borough Council 12 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
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
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | 9 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | 39.1 | 34.7 | 6,683 | ![]() | |
DUP | 6 | 0 | 1 | ![]() | 26.1 | 28.3 | 5,438 | ![]() | |
Alliance | 6 | 2 | 0 | ![]() | 26.1 | 23.4 | 4,501 | ![]() | |
Ind. Unionist | 1 | 1 | 1 | ![]() | 0.0 | 5.9 | 1,138 | ![]() | |
Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | 4.3 | 3.4 | 656 | ![]() | |
NI Conservatives | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 4.3 | 819 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UUP | DUP | Alliance | Others | ||||||
Ards East | 45.7 | 3 | 31.7 | 2 | 15.0 | 1 | 7.6 | 0 | 6 |
Ards West | 44.7 | 3 | 24.4 | 1 | 25.0 | 2 | 5.9 | 0 | 6 |
Newtownards | 27.4 | 2 | 28.2 | 2 | 16.5 | 1 | 27.9 | 1 | 6 |
Peninsula | 20.4 | 1 | 28.9 | 1 | 36.9 | 2 | 13.8 | 1 | 5 |
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
UUP | Thomas Benson* | 19.85% | 956 | |||
DUP | Jeffrey Magill | 17.99% | 866 | |||
UUP | John Shields* | 15.39% | 741 | |||
Alliance | Laurence Thompson | 14.97% | 721 | |||
UUP | Ronald Ferguson | 10.49% | 505 | 730.3 | ||
DUP | St Clair McAlister | 13.73% | 661 | 686.2 | 851.8 | |
NI Conservatives | Gavin Walker | 7.58% | 365 | 382.1 | 389.46 | |
Electorate: 13,490 Valid: 4,815 (35.69%) Spoilt: 120 Quota: 688 Turnout: 4,935 (36.58%) |
Ards West
1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
UUP | Robert Gibson* | 26.41% | 1,318 | ||||
DUP | Simpson Gibson* | 14.75% | 736 | ||||
UUP | Margaret Craig | 12.92% | 645 | 906.6 | |||
Alliance | Jim McBriar* | 12.70% | 634 | 671.44 | 684.15 | 750.15 | |
Alliance | Kathleen Coulter | 12.34% | 616 | 628.48 | 637.91 | 712.68 | |
UUP | Stanley McCoy | 5.39% | 269 | 472.52 | 604.13 | 674.94 | |
DUP | Richard Finlay | 9.64% | 481 | 542.44 | 571.55 | 611.56 | |
NI Conservatives | Robert Darnley | 5.85% | 292 | 307.84 | 315.22 | ||
Electorate: 12,414 Valid: 4,991 (40.20%) Spoilt: 118 Quota: 714 Turnout: 5,109 (41.16%) |
Newtownards
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
UUP | David Smyth* | 17.55% | 817 | ||||
Alliance | Alan McDowell | 16.49% | 768 | ||||
Ind. Unionist | Nancy Orr | 13.70% | 638 | 645.56 | 695.56 | ||
UUP | Thomas Hamilton | 9.84% | 458 | 551.24 | 631.1 | 677.79 | |
DUP | Wilbert Magill* | 11.90% | 554 | 567.32 | 657.3 | 663.51 | |
DUP | George Ennis | 11.71% | 545 | 549.32 | 634.22 | 638.59 | |
UUP | Bobby McBride* | 10.74% | 500 | 513.68 | 546.02 | 588.34 | |
DUP | John Purdy | 4.60% | 214 | 217.24 | |||
NI Conservatives | Andrew Thompson | 3.48% | 162 | 171 | |||
Electorate: 12,647 Valid: 4,656 (36.82%) Spoilt: 141 Quota: 666 Turnout: 4,797 (37.93%) |
Peninsula
1993: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Alliance | Kieran McCarthy* | 32.39% | 1,546 | ||||
DUP | Jim Shannon* | 18.77% | 896 | ||||
Independent | James McMullan | 13.74% | 656 | 818.76 | |||
UUP | Robert Ambrose* | 14.94% | 713 | 758.24 | 943.24 | ||
Alliance | William Sheldon | 4.53% | 216 | 723 | 743.28 | 770.28 | |
DUP | Thomas Cully | 10.16% | 485 | 498 | 539.08 | 599.08 | |
UUP | Samuel Brown | 5.47% | 261 | 275.56 | |||
Electorate: 10,416 Valid: 4,773 (45.82%) Spoilt: 158 Quota: 796 Turnout: 4,931 (47.34%) |
References
- ^ a b "Ards Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- v
- t
- e
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Down_arms.png/15px-Down_arms.png)