# 1993 Castlereagh Borough Council election

Elections to Castlereagh 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

Castlereagh Borough Council Election Result 1993 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| DUP | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.1 | 44.1 | 8,877 | 0.9 |
| UUP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.1 | 21.9 | 4,405 | 5.1 |
| Alliance | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21.7 | 21.9 | 4,412 | 0.4 |
| Ind. Unionist | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8.7 | 3.8 | 759 | 0.0 |
| UPUP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 557 | 0.3 |
| NI Conservatives | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 1,104 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Castlereagh Borough Council election, 1993 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | Alliance | Alliance | UPUP | UPUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Castlereagh Central | 57.4 | 3 | 15.1 | 1 | 18.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 8.9 | 1 | 6 |
| Castlereagh East | 52.0 | 3 | 8.9 | 1 | 15.3 | 1 | 9.3 | 1 | 14.5 | 1 | 7 |
| Castlereagh South | 30.5 | 1 | 31.0 | 2 | 31.1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 7.4 | 0 | 5 |
| Castlereagh West | 31.8 | 2 | 37.9 | 2 | 25.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.7 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 44.1 | 9 | 21.9 | 6 | 21.9 | 5 | 2.8 | 1 | 9.3 | 2 | 23 |

## Districts results
### Castlereagh Central

1993: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
Castlereagh Central - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | DUP | Peter Robinson* | 53.27% | 2,775 | | | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Patrick Mitchell* | 15.01% | 782 | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Alan Carson* | 12.57% | 655 | 802 | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | John Norris | 0.90% | 47 | 770.75 | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Cecil Moore | 2.17% | 113 | 689 | 695 | 707.8 | 708 | 723.74 | 737.31 | 746.31 | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Grant Dillon* | 6.53% | 340 | 450.25 | 452.75 | 471.31 | 471.83 | 472.63 | 505.81 | 570.92 | 645.92 |
| | DUP | Mary Fairfield | 1.06% | 55 | 417.25 | 423 | 431.32 | 431.48 | 433.5 | 442.41 | 469 | 493 |
| | Alliance | Ann Smith | 3.55% | 185 | 209.75 | 214.5 | 216.1 | 245.22 | 245.34 | 292.08 | 320.1 | |
| | UUP | Ellen Gray* | 1.98% | 103 | 142 | 164 | 174.24 | 174.6 | 174.84 | 206.33 | | |
| | NI Conservatives | Leeburn Stitt | 2.42% | 126 | 144.75 | 146.75 | 151.23 | 151.75 | 151.81 | | | |
| | UUP | John Ferris | 0.54% | 28 | 46 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,260 Valid: 5,209 (46.26%) Spoilt: 202 Quota: 745 Turnout: 5,411 (48.06%) |||||||||||||

### Castlereagh East

1993: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UPUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
Castlereagh East - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | DUP | Iris Robinson* | 45.13% | 2,690 | | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Peter Osborne | 15.27% | 910 | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Matthew Anderson* | 3.89% | 232 | 1,364.94 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Sandy Geddis | 1.44% | 86 | 298.38 | 831.58 | | | | | |
| | UPUP | Tommy Jeffers* | 9.34% | 557 | 676.88 | 688.88 | 732.66 | 736.36 | | | |
| | UUP | John Bell* | 8.00% | 477 | 531.02 | 539.02 | 563.44 | 607.76 | 608.36 | 632.44 | 723.44 |
| | Ind. Unionist | William Abraham* | 7.03% | 419 | 493.74 | 502.14 | 523.48 | 532.1 | 532.88 | 547.56 | 624.02 |
| | NI Conservatives | David Munster | 3.88% | 231 | 262.08 | 264.48 | 294.18 | 295.18 | 295.48 | 496.52 | 520.6 |
| | DUP | Will Kelly | 1.54% | 92 | 362.1 | 395.3 | 399.48 | 409.52 | 484.1 | 491.2 | |
| | NI Conservatives | Barbara Finney | 3.52% | 210 | 231.46 | 235.06 | 266.3 | 267.52 | 267.88 | | |
| | UUP | John Boyle* | 0.95% | 57 | 76.98 | 81.38 | 89.74 | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,253 Valid: 5,961 (39.08%) Spoilt: 125 Quota: 746 Turnout: 6,086 (39.90%) ||||||||||||

### Castlereagh South

1993: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
Castlereagh South - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | UUP | John Beattie | 22.75% | 1,003 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Myreve Chambers* | 22.14% | 976 | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Geraldine Rice* | 18.94% | 835 | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Margaret Marshall | 12.18% | 537 | 543.48 | 553.48 | 557.73 | 654.1 | 749.5 |
| | UUP | Marie Luney | 8.23% | 363 | 585.48 | 586.48 | 601.73 | 726.95 | 728.15 |
| | DUP | Charlie Tosh | 8.35% | 368 | 379.88 | 380.88 | 592.88 | 625.54 | 626.62 |
| | NI Conservatives | Michael Henderson | 6.37% | 281 | 299.09 | 329.36 | 335.61 | | |
| | NI Conservatives | Joyce Young | 1.04% | 46 | 46.81 | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,556 Valid: 4,409 (41.77%) Spoilt: 118 Quota: 735 Turnout: 4,527 (42.89%) ||||||||||

### Castlereagh West

1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
Castlereagh West - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | UUP | John Taylor* | 34.16% | 1,549 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Ernest Harper* | 21.81% | 989 | | | | | |
| | Alliance | David Andrews | 20.40% | 925 | | | | | |
| | UUP | William Stevenson | 3.75% | 170 | 781 | | | | |
| | DUP | William Clulow | 8.05% | 365 | 434.16 | 493.68 | 496.2 | 518.84 | 796.44 |
| | Alliance | Sara Duncan | 5.25% | 238 | 264 | 266.4 | 420.66 | 531.52 | 546.64 |
| | DUP | William Smyth | 2.95% | 89 | 139.96 | 309.16 | 310.42 | 349.78 | |
| | NI Conservatives | Andrew Fee | 4.63% | 210 | 232.36 | 232.84 | 237.34 | | |
| Electorate: 10,557 Valid: 4,535 (42.96%) Spoilt: 120 Quota: 756 Turnout: 4,655 (44.09%) ||||||||||