# 1993 Antrim Borough Council election

Elections to Antrim 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 19 councillors.

## Election results

Antrim Borough Council Election Result 1993 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 42.1 | 38.5 | 5,701 | 5.2 |
| SDLP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.1 | 21.0 | 3,108 | 2.9 |
| DUP | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15.8 | 16.3 | 2,412 | 7.7 |
| Alliance | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.5 | 8.5 | 1,250 | 1.5 |
| Ind. Unionist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.3 | 8.7 | 1,280 | 8.2 |
| Sinn Féin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 612 | 1.0 |
| Democratic Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 179 | New |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 82 | 0.6 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Antrim Borough Council election, 1993 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | DUP | DUP | Alliance | Alliance | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Antrim North West | 32.6 | 1 | 36.1 | 2 | 17.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 14.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Antrim South East | 35.0 | 3 | 14.6 | 1 | 16.3 | 1 | 9.6 | 1 | 2.6 | 0 | 21.9 | 1 | 7 |
| Antrim Town | 48.7 | 4 | 14.7 | 1 | 15.6 | 1 | 15.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5.8 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 38.5 | 8 | 21.0 | 4 | 16.3 | 3 | 8.5 | 2 | 5.3 | 1 | 10.4 | 1 | 19 |

## District results
### Antrim North West

1989: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP 1993: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
Antrim North West - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | UUP | James Graham* | 26.53% | 1,167 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Robert Loughran* | 26.17% | 1,151 | | | | |
| | DUP | Wilson Clyde* | 16.98% | 747 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Donovan McClelland* | 9.93% | 437 | 441.18 | 818.9 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Henry Cushinan | 14.28% | 628 | 628 | 656.12 | 723.95 | 723.99 |
| | UUP | Roderick Swann* | 6.12% | 269 | 692.7 | 700.68 | 714.17 | 721.09 |
| Electorate: 7,627 Valid: 4,399 (57.68%) Spoilt: 131 Quota: 734 Turnout: 4,530 (59.39%) |||||||||

### Antrim South East

1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist 1989-1993 Change: Alliance gain from UUP, Independent Unionist leaves DUP
Antrim South East - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Roy Thompson* | 21.85% | 1,280 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Edgar Wallace* | 14.99% | 878 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Robert Burns* | 14.60% | 855 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Mervyn Rea* | 9.32% | 546 | 702.64 | 739.44 | | | |
| | Alliance | David Ford | 9.58% | 561 | 571.56 | 576.04 | 638.04 | 739.02 | |
| | UUP | Howard Campbell* | 7.38% | 432 | 517.8 | 541.48 | 546.48 | 557.53 | 767.29 |
| | DUP | Samuel Dunlop* | 9.56% | 560 | 638.76 | 645.16 | 647.16 | 648.35 | 679.23 |
| | DUP | William Harkness | 6.76% | 396 | 486.64 | 494.16 | 494.16 | 495.86 | 526.34 |
| | UUP | Roy Stinson* | 3.40% | 199 | 319.12 | 378.96 | 378.96 | 379.81 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Joseph McCavana | 2.56% | 150 | 150 | 150 | | | |
| Electorate: 11,431 Valid: 5,857 (51.24%) Spoilt: 128 Quota: 733 Turnout: 5,985 (52.36%) ||||||||||

### Antrim Town

1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1989-1993 Change: No change
Antrim Town - 7 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 |
| | UUP | Paddy Marks* | 17.45% | 791 | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Jack Allen* | 15.86% | 719 | | | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Oran Keenan* | 14.67% | 665 | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | James Brown* | 12.31% | 558 | 570.76 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Andrew Ritchie | 6.57% | 298 | 398.05 | 472.81 | 473.61 | 475.82 | 548.8 | 557.01 | 638.01 | |
| | Alliance | James McConnell* | 8.80% | 399 | 405.38 | 413.15 | 448.03 | 473.51 | 476.01 | 525.08 | 531.08 | 532.08 |
| | UUP | Andrew Thompson* | 5.56% | 252 | 291.73 | 312.52 | 312.68 | 312.68 | 341.6 | 343.76 | 461.13 | 516.13 |
| | Alliance | Mary Wallace | 6.40% | 290 | 292.9 | 295.63 | 328.27 | 355.03 | 358.03 | 435.51 | 448.46 | 450.46 |
| | UUP | Avril Swann* | 3.31% | 150 | 202.2 | 224.25 | 224.25 | 224.25 | 248.3 | 252.93 | | |
| | Democratic Left | Patrick McGinley | 3.95% | 179 | 180.16 | 181.42 | 192.14 | 217.62 | 219.83 | | | |
| | DUP | James Porter | 3.33% | 151 | 158.54 | 174.5 | 174.66 | 175.66 | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Eamon Gillen | 1.81% | 82 | 82 | 83.47 | 100.75 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,484 Valid: 4,534 (39.48%) Spoilt: 131 Quota: 567 Turnout: 4,665 (40.62%) |||||||||||||