# 1993 Larne Borough Council election

Elections to Larne Borough Council were held on 19 May 1993 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors.

## Election results

Larne Borough Council Election Result 1993 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.7 | 45.6 | 4,360 | 2.9 |
| DUP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 27.5 | 2,626 | 1.6 |
| Alliance | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 9.0 | 861 | 2.5 |
| Ind. Nationalist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 600 | 0.3 |
| Ind. Unionist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.7 | 3.5 | 339 | 3.5 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 551 | 4.4 |
| NI Conservatives | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 216 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Larne Borough Council election, 1993 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | Alliance | Alliance | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Coast Road | 38.1 | 2 | 27.0 | 1 | 15.0 | 1 | 19.9 | 1 | 5 |
| Larne Lough | 66.2 | 3 | 27.2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 6.6 | 0 | 5 |
| Larne Town | 32.4 | 2 | 28.2 | 1 | 12.4 | 1 | 27.0 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 45.6 | 7 | 27.5 | 4 | 9.0 | 2 | 17.9 | 2 | 15 |

## Districts results
### Coast Road

1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1989-1993 Change: No change
Coast Road - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | UUP | Thomas Robinson* | 20.35% | 612 | | | | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | William Cunning* | 19.95% | 600 | | | | |
| | UUP | Joan Drummond* | 17.72% | 533 | | | | |
| | Alliance | Amelia Kelly* | 14.99% | 451 | 473.44 | 566.32 | | |
| | DUP | Winston Fulton* | 14.36% | 432 | 457.08 | 457.89 | 494.08 | 515.59 |
| | DUP | Rachel Rea | 12.63% | 380 | 439.62 | 441.51 | 469.23 | 478.23 |
| Electorate: 7,176 Valid: 3,008 (41.92%) Spoilt: 94 Quota: 502 Turnout: 3,102 (43.23%) |||||||||

### Larne Lough

1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP 1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP 1989-1993 Change: No change
Larne Lough - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | UUP | Roy Beggs* | 51.82% | 1,680 | | | | |
| | UUP | Thomas Caldwell | 5.31% | 172 | 695.98 | | | |
| | DUP | Bobby McKee* | 15.79% | 512 | 607.14 | | | |
| | UUP | Alexander Hunter | 3.73% | 121 | 371.63 | 472.83 | 534.05 | 553.37 |
| | DUP | Samuel McAllister | 11.38% | 369 | 430.77 | 440.23 | 482.48 | 508.7 |
| | UUP | Samuel Steele* | 5.31% | 172 | 337.43 | 362.95 | 431.74 | 451.75 |
| | NI Conservatives | Gary Haggan* | 6.66% | 216 | 255.05 | 269.57 | | |
| Electorate: 7,406 Valid: 3,242 (43.78%) Spoilt: 141 Quota: 541 Turnout: 3,383 (45.68%) |||||||||

### Larne Town

1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent 1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist 1989-1993 Change: Independent Unionist gain from Independent
Larne Town - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | DUP | Jack McKee* | 25.76% | 851 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Rosalie Armstrong* | 17.59% | 581 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Robert Robinson* | 12.66% | 418 | 466.65 | 518.45 | 541.1 | 548.2 | 583.2 |
| | Alliance | Patricia Kay* | 12.41% | 410 | 413.15 | 417.15 | 418.3 | 546.3 | 553.6 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Lindsay Mason | 10.26% | 339 | 350.55 | 352.55 | 353.5 | 436.5 | 468.25 |
| | Independent | Roy Craig | 8.39% | 277 | 286.45 | 292.45 | 294.45 | 326.5 | 363.75 |
| | DUP | Leonard Sluman | 2.48% | 82 | 289.55 | 294 | 294.55 | 297.9 | |
| | Independent | Pat Buckley* | 8.30% | 274 | 274.35 | 275.35 | 275.5 | | |
| | UUP | May Steele | 2.15% | 71 | 79.05 | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,773 Valid: 3,303 (42.29%) Spoilt: 85 Quota: 551 Turnout: 3,388 (43.59%) ||||||||||