# 1993 Coleraine Borough Council election

Elections to Coleraine 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 22 councillors.

## Election results

Coleraine Borough Council Election Result 1993 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 54.5 | 50.4 | 9,833 | 1.9 |
| DUP | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.7 | 21.8 | 4,257 | 1.6 |
| SDLP | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13.6 | 12.7 | 2,476 | 0.8 |
| Alliance | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 | 11.8 | 2,297 | 3.9 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 382 | 0.1 |
| NI Conservatives | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 250 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Coleraine Borough Council election, 1993 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | SDLP | SDLP | Alliance | Alliance | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Bann | 55.8 | 3 | 12.3 | 1 | 29.2 | 2 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Coleraine Central | 45.9 | 3 | 26.9 | 1 | 12.1 | 1 | 9.4 | 1 | 5.7 | 0 | 6 |
| Coleraine East | 57.8 | 3 | 29.7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 10.2 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 5 |
| The Skerries | 42.0 | 3 | 23.1 | 1 | 29.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 50.4 | 12 | 21.8 | 5 | 12.7 | 3 | 11.8 | 2 | 3.3 | 0 | 22 |

## District results
### Bann

1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
Bann - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | UUP | William Watt* | 16.92% | 1,072 | | | | |
| | UUP | Olive Church | 16.22% | 1,028 | | | | |
| | UUP | William King* | 15.81% | 1,002 | | | | |
| | SDLP | John Dallat* | 15.29% | 969 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Gerard O'Kane* | 13.89% | 880 | 883.4 | 916.4 | | |
| | DUP | Robert Bolton | 12.34% | 782 | 820.25 | 836.42 | 865.82 | 879.82 |
| | UUP | Robert McPherson | 6.83% | 433 | 554.89 | 622.74 | 707.7 | 782.1 |
| | Alliance | Ian McEwan | 2.70% | 171 | 173.21 | | | |
| Electorate: 9,793 Valid: 6,337 (64.71%) Spoilt: 142 Quota: 906 Turnout: 6,479 (66.16%) |||||||||

### Coleraine Central

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
Coleraine 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 | James McClure* | 23.21% | 1,206 | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Robert White* | 15.15% | 787 | | | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Gerry McLaughlin | 12.07% | 627 | 629.4 | 630.4 | 774.4 | | | | | |
| | UUP | David McClarty* | 10.47% | 544 | 608 | 614 | 631.4 | 640.9 | 742.6 | 745.08 | | |
| | UUP | Elizabeth Johnston | 7.45% | 387 | 432.2 | 434.2 | 443.6 | 448.8 | 600.15 | 600.15 | 824.15 | |
| | Alliance | William Mathews* | 7.10% | 369 | 377 | 473 | 544.4 | 546.85 | 565.15 | 592.43 | 629.68 | 652.08 |
| | DUP | Donald Clifton | 3.66% | 190 | 443.2 | 443.2 | 449 | 449.8 | 482.45 | 483.07 | 565.22 | 623.32 |
| | UUP | John Moody | 6.47% | 336 | 383.6 | 385 | 395.4 | 410.35 | 451.9 | 452.21 | | |
| | UUP | Daniel Christie | 6.33% | 329 | 360.6 | 361.6 | 365 | 370.35 | | | | |
| | Independent | Patrick McFeely* | 5.79% | 301 | 308.6 | 314.6 | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Lara McIlroy | 2.29% | 119 | 119.8 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,293 Valid: 5,195 (50.47%) Spoilt: 83 Quota: 743 Turnout: 5,278 (51.28%) |||||||||||||

### Coleraine East

1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
Coleraine East - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | UUP | Elizabeth Black* | 22.85% | 825 | | | | |
| | DUP | William Creelman* | 21.16% | 764 | | | | |
| | UUP | William Glenn | 12.05% | 435 | 528.8 | 541.34 | 555.86 | 589.38 |
| | UUP | David Gilmour | 12.07% | 436 | 511.6 | 523.92 | 543.06 | 584.96 |
| | DUP | Marie McAllister* | 8.53% | 308 | 321.16 | 450.52 | 463.52 | 491.64 |
| | UUP | William Johnston | 10.88% | 393 | 412.04 | 416.88 | 425.56 | 465.46 |
| | Alliance | Hilary McCartney | 6.95% | 251 | 258 | 258.66 | 388.28 | |
| | Alliance | Amyan MacFayden | 3.27% | 118 | 119.96 | 120.18 | | |
| | Independent | Trevor Cooke | 2.24% | 81 | 90.52 | 91.84 | | |
| Electorate: 8,017 Valid: 3,611 (45.04%) Spoilt: 125 Quota: 602 Turnout: 3,736 (46.60%) |||||||||

### The Skerries

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
The Skerries - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | DUP | Robert Stewart* | 20.89% | 909 | | | |
| | Alliance | Patrick McGowan* | 19.60% | 853 | | | |
| | UUP | Pauline Armitage* | 17.74% | 772 | | | |
| | UUP | Samuel Kane | 12.50% | 544 | 582.22 | 585.58 | 732.71 |
| | UUP | Norman Hillis | 11.72% | 510 | 544.23 | 550.79 | 727.56 |
| | Alliance | Kate Condy | 9.56% | 416 | 419.57 | 525.65 | 553.36 |
| | NI Conservatives | Robert Mitchell* | 5.74% | 250 | 268.27 | 275.47 | |
| | DUP | Siobhan Watterson | 2.25% | 98 | 185.15 | 185.95 | |
| Electorate: 8,857 Valid: 4,352 (49.14%) Spoilt: 123 Quota: 726 Turnout: 4,475 (50.53%) ||||||||