# 1993 Carrickfergus Borough Council election

Elections to Carrickfergus 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 17 councillors.

## Election results

Carrickfergus Borough Council Election Result 1993 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Alliance | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 35.3 | 32.2 | 3,520 | 5.1 |
| UUP | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 29.4 | 24.0 | 2,628 | 4.7 |
| DUP | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11.8 | 18.5 | 2,024 | 2.1 |
| Ind. Unionist | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11.8 | 8.1 | 881 | 4.5 |
| NI Conservatives | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.9 | 7.1 | 776 | New |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 580 | 3.6 |
| Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 352 | 3.2 |
| PUP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 183 | 2.9 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Carrickfergus Borough Council election, 1993 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | Alliance | Alliance | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | Conservative | Conservative | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Carrick Castle | 38.9 | 2 | 13.3 | 1 | 22.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 25.0 | 1 | 5 |
| Kilroot | 29.3 | 2 | 26.8 | 2 | 13.0 | 0 | 13.3 | 1 | 17.6 | 1 | 6 |
| Knockagh Monument | 29.8 | 2 | 29.7 | 2 | 21.2 | 1 | 5.8 | 0 | 13.5 | 1 | 6 |
| Total | 32.2 | 6 | 24.0 | 5 | 18.5 | 2 | 7.1 | 1 | 18.2 | 3 | 17 |

## Districts results
### Carrick Castle

1989: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP 1993: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent 1989-1993 Change: Independent gain from PUP
Carrick Castle - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Alliance | Sean Neeson* | 35.91% | 1,096 | | | | |
| | DUP | David Hilditch | 22.80% | 696 | | | | |
| | Independent | William Hamilton | 19.00% | 580 | | | | |
| | Alliance | Arthur McQuitty* | 3.01% | 92 | 532.73 | | | |
| | UUP | Samuel McCamley* | 7.57% | 231 | 267.58 | 358.93 | 379.09 | 556.58 |
| | PUP | Samuel Stewart* | 6.00% | 183 | 243.18 | 292.88 | 327.44 | 351.69 |
| | UUP | Robert McCartney | 5.70% | 174 | 218.25 | 259.55 | 274.67 | |
| Electorate: 6,731 Valid: 3,052 (45.34%) Spoilt: 67 Quota: 510 Turnout: 3,119 (46.34%) |||||||||

### Kilroot

1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist 1993: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x Independent Unionist 1989-1993 Change: Alliance and Conservative gain from DUP and due to the addition of one seat
Kilroot - 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 |
| | Alliance | Brenda Crampsey* | 20.13% | 850 | | | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | William Donaldson | 9.21% | 389 | 568.22 | 568.51 | 573.83 | 579.7 | 589.44 | 591.44 | 625.44 | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Robert Patton* | 9.21% | 389 | 400.02 | 403.31 | 416.63 | 427.21 | 442.5 | 454.4 | 588.69 | 603.69 |
| | UUP | James Brown* | 12.34% | 521 | 523.9 | 532.19 | 535.19 | 552.19 | 555.19 | 560.19 | 574.19 | 574.19 |
| | NI Conservatives | Samuel Crowe | 10.90% | 460 | 469.57 | 470.57 | 530.15 | 533.73 | 540.73 | 546.73 | 559.02 | 562.02 |
| | UUP | Alexander Beggs* | 10.97% | 463 | 471.7 | 490.99 | 494.86 | 550.02 | 572.31 | 579.31 | 593.31 | 593.31 |
| | DUP | William Cross* | 9.55% | 403 | 406.19 | 409.19 | 412.19 | 419.19 | 425.19 | 535.19 | 547.48 | 547.48 |
| | Independent Labour | Norman Dixon | 5.42% | 229 | 234.22 | 234.22 | 236.22 | 237.22 | 298.67 | 299.67 | | |
| | DUP | Eric Higgins | 3.43% | 145 | 145.58 | 146.58 | 147.58 | 149.58 | 151.58 | | | |
| | Independent Labour | William Venables | 2.91% | 123 | 128.51 | 135.51 | 137.8 | 142.09 | | | | |
| | UUP | Ronald Mowat | 2.20% | 93 | 96.48 | 109.77 | 120.93 | | | | | |
| | NI Conservatives | Robert Wilson | 2.39% | 101 | 109.41 | 109.7 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Eric Ferguson | 1.33% | 56 | 57.74 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,306 Valid: 4,222 (45.37%) Spoilt: 109 Quota: 605 Turnout: 4,331 (46.54%) |||||||||||||

### Knockagh Monument

1989: 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP 1993: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist 1989-1993 Change: Alliance and UUP gain from Independent Unionist and due to the addition of one seat
Knockagh Monument - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Alliance | Stewart Dickson* | 25.80% | 947 | | | | | |
| | UUP | David Apsley | 18.64% | 684 | | | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Charles Johnston* | 13.41% | 492 | 549.04 | | | | |
| | UUP | Joseph Reid* | 6.29% | 231 | 242.96 | 277.69 | 286.07 | 324.22 | 535.59 |
| | Alliance | Noreen McIlwrath | 3.98% | 146 | 463.4 | 465.01 | 470.93 | 507.3 | 521.74 |
| | DUP | William Haggan* | 11.42% | 419 | 426.82 | 437.4 | 438.63 | 451.78 | 475.08 |
| | DUP | May Beattie | 9.84% | 361 | 366.52 | 383.77 | 386.77 | 397.15 | 407.22 |
| | UUP | Mary McFall | 4.77% | 175 | 183.74 | 264.01 | 268.47 | 299 | |
| | NI Conservatives | Nicola Eakin | 3.30% | 121 | 129.28 | 134.34 | 203.72 | | |
| | NI Conservatives | Charles Moffett | 2.56% | 94 | 98.14 | 100.44 | | | |
| Electorate: 8,859 Valid: 3,670 (41.43%) Spoilt: 96 Quota: 526 Turnout: 3,766 (42.51%) ||||||||||