# 1993 Down District Council election

Elections to Down District 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

Down District Council Election Result 1993 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| SDLP | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 56.5 | 51.2 | 13,102 | 2.0 |
| UUP | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30.4 | 28.5 | 7,300 | 2.6 |
| DUP | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13.0 | 9.9 | 2,545 | 1.4 |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 971 | 1.6 |
| Sinn Féin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 815 | 1.6 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 694 | 2.7 |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 151 | 1.0 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Down District Council election, 1993 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | SDLP | SDLP | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Ballynahinch | 49.4 | 2 | 30.8 | 2 | 19.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Downpatrick | 65.3 | 6 | 13.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 21.3 | 0 | 7 |
| Newcastle | 56.4 | 4 | 20.9 | 1 | 6.7 | 1 | 16.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Rowallane | 29.0 | 1 | 54.4 | 3 | 16.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 51.2 | 13 | 28.5 | 7 | 9.9 | 3 | 10.4 | 0 | 23 |

## District results
### Ballynahinch

1989: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP 1993: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP 1989-1993 Change: No change
Ballynahinch - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | SDLP | Patrick Toman* | 25.41% | 1,480 | | |
| | SDLP | Anne Marie McAleenan | 23.97% | 1,396 | | |
| | DUP | William Alexander | 19.81% | 1,154 | | |
| | UUP | James Cochrane* | 16.12% | 939 | 1,025 | |
| | UUP | Walter Lyons* | 8.38% | 488 | 648 | 867 |
| | UUP | Janet Crothers | 6.32% | 368 | 450 | 583 |
| Electorate: 8,953 Valid: 5,825 (65.06%) Spoilt: 132 Quota: 971 Turnout: 5,957 (66.54%) |||||||

### Downpatrick

1989: 5 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 1993: 6 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 1989-1993 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance
Downpatrick - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| | SDLP | Dermot Curran* | 14.30% | 1,075 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | John Doris* | 13.79% | 1,037 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | John Ritchie* | 13.71% | 1,031 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Jack McIlheron | 13.37% | 1,005 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Malachi Curran* | 9.63% | 724 | 800.18 | 829.28 | 858.26 | 859.69 | 874.21 | 912.37 | 957.37 | | | |
| | SDLP | Francis McCann | 7.57% | 569 | 582 | 625.4 | 643.4 | 643.62 | 657.8 | 662.06 | 694.44 | 729.72 | 781.35 | 787.83 |
| | SDLP | Owen Adams | 6.33% | 476 | 489.52 | 506.72 | 539.39 | 540.27 | 543.56 | 552.95 | 585.08 | 634.5 | 714.13 | 724.39 |
| | Alliance | Michael Healy* | 5.89% | 443 | 447.55 | 449.75 | 452.09 | 488.94 | 516.91 | 534.34 | 544.6 | 592.25 | 720.56 | 721.1 |
| | Independent | Keith Bradford | 3.87% | 291 | 293.47 | 295.87 | 298.39 | 312.69 | 340.4 | 351.17 | 383.5 | 409.54 | | |
| | Independent | Patrick O'Connor | 3.14% | 236 | 244.45 | 244.55 | 245.18 | 249.14 | 258.32 | 340.86 | 365.35 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Patrick McGreevy | 4.18% | 314 | 316.6 | 317.6 | 318.32 | 318.54 | 324.82 | 328.21 | | | | |
| | Independent | James Masson | 2.22% | 167 | 175.84 | 176.14 | 176.23 | 178.87 | 180.87 | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Desmond O'Hagan | 2.01% | 151 | 151.65 | 152.65 | 154 | 155.87 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,290 Valid: 7,519 (61.18%) Spoilt: 150 Quota: 940 Turnout: 7,669 (62.40%) |||||||||||||||

### Newcastle

1989: 4 x SDLP, 2 x UUP 1993: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP 1989-1993 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Newcastle - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | SDLP | Michael Boyd* | 21.83% | 1,405 | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Eamon O'Neill* | 17.87% | 1,150 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Gerald Douglas* | 14.73% | 948 | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Peter Fitzpatrick* | 10.36% | 667 | 723 | 724.98 | 870.98 | | | |
| | SDLP | Frances Flynn | 6.39% | 411 | 631.68 | 706.86 | 753.66 | 760.66 | 920.9 | |
| | DUP | John Finlay | 6.68% | 430 | 432.16 | 432.79 | 432.79 | 682.79 | 684.42 | 700.95 |
| | Alliance | Anne Carr | 8.20% | 528 | 571.92 | 580.53 | 582.13 | 637.68 | 676.05 | 681.93 |
| | Sinn Féin | Sean Fitzpatrick | 7.78% | 501 | 521.52 | 544.62 | 547.72 | 547.72 | | |
| | UUP | William Brown* | 6.15% | 396 | 401.04 | 401.67 | 401.77 | | | |
| Electorate: 10,170 Valid: 6,436 (63.28%) Spoilt: 182 Quota: 920 Turnout: 6,618 (65.07%) |||||||||||

### Rowallane

1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1989-1993 Change: No change
Rowallane - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | UUP | Samuel Osborne* | 22.80% | 1,322 | |
| | SDLP | Margaret Ritchie* | 20.20% | 1,171 | |
| | UUP | Albert Colmer* | 15.21% | 882 | 1,067.36 |
| | UUP | William Biggerstaff* | 16.42% | 952 | 1,058.12 |
| | DUP | William Dick* | 16.57% | 961 | 1,017.56 |
| | SDLP | Hugh Flynn | 8.80% | 510 | 514.76 |
| Electorate: 9,320 Valid: 5,798 (62.21%) Spoilt: 110 Quota: 967 Turnout: 5,908 (63.39%) ||||||