# 1993 Ards Borough Council election

Elections to Ards 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

Ards Borough Council Election Result 1993 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 39.1 | 34.7 | 6,683 | 6.6 |
| DUP | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26.1 | 28.3 | 5,438 | 3.0 |
| Alliance | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 26.1 | 23.4 | 4,501 | 4.6 |
| Ind. Unionist | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 1,138 | 1.2 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 656 | 0.5 |
| NI Conservatives | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 819 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Ards Borough Council election, 1993 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | Alliance | Alliance | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Ards East | 45.7 | 3 | 31.7 | 2 | 15.0 | 1 | 7.6 | 0 | 6 |
| Ards West | 44.7 | 3 | 24.4 | 1 | 25.0 | 2 | 5.9 | 0 | 6 |
| Newtownards | 27.4 | 2 | 28.2 | 2 | 16.5 | 1 | 27.9 | 1 | 6 |
| Peninsula | 20.4 | 1 | 28.9 | 1 | 36.9 | 2 | 13.8 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 34.7 | 9 | 28.3 | 6 | 23.4 | 6 | 13.6 | 2 | 23 |

## Districts results
### Ards East

1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
Ards East - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | UUP | Thomas Benson* | 19.85% | 956 | | |
| | DUP | Jeffrey Magill | 17.99% | 866 | | |
| | UUP | John Shields* | 15.39% | 741 | | |
| | Alliance | Laurence Thompson | 14.97% | 721 | | |
| | UUP | Ronald Ferguson | 10.49% | 505 | 730.3 | |
| | DUP | St Clair McAlister | 13.73% | 661 | 686.2 | 851.8 |
| | NI Conservatives | Gavin Walker | 7.58% | 365 | 382.1 | 389.46 |
| Electorate: 13,490 Valid: 4,815 (35.69%) Spoilt: 120 Quota: 688 Turnout: 4,935 (36.58%) |||||||

### Ards West

1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
Ards West - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | UUP | Robert Gibson* | 26.41% | 1,318 | | | |
| | DUP | Simpson Gibson* | 14.75% | 736 | | | |
| | UUP | Margaret Craig | 12.92% | 645 | 906.6 | | |
| | Alliance | Jim McBriar* | 12.70% | 634 | 671.44 | 684.15 | 750.15 |
| | Alliance | Kathleen Coulter | 12.34% | 616 | 628.48 | 637.91 | 712.68 |
| | UUP | Stanley McCoy | 5.39% | 269 | 472.52 | 604.13 | 674.94 |
| | DUP | Richard Finlay | 9.64% | 481 | 542.44 | 571.55 | 611.56 |
| | NI Conservatives | Robert Darnley | 5.85% | 292 | 307.84 | 315.22 | |
| Electorate: 12,414 Valid: 4,991 (40.20%) Spoilt: 118 Quota: 714 Turnout: 5,109 (41.16%) ||||||||

### Newtownards

1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
Newtownards - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | UUP | David Smyth* | 17.55% | 817 | | | |
| | Alliance | Alan McDowell | 16.49% | 768 | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Nancy Orr | 13.70% | 638 | 645.56 | 695.56 | |
| | UUP | Thomas Hamilton | 9.84% | 458 | 551.24 | 631.1 | 677.79 |
| | DUP | Wilbert Magill* | 11.90% | 554 | 567.32 | 657.3 | 663.51 |
| | DUP | George Ennis | 11.71% | 545 | 549.32 | 634.22 | 638.59 |
| | UUP | Bobby McBride* | 10.74% | 500 | 513.68 | 546.02 | 588.34 |
| | DUP | John Purdy | 4.60% | 214 | 217.24 | | |
| | NI Conservatives | Andrew Thompson | 3.48% | 162 | 171 | | |
| Electorate: 12,647 Valid: 4,656 (36.82%) Spoilt: 141 Quota: 666 Turnout: 4,797 (37.93%) ||||||||

### Peninsula

1993: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
Peninsula - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Alliance | Kieran McCarthy* | 32.39% | 1,546 | | | |
| | DUP | Jim Shannon* | 18.77% | 896 | | | |
| | Independent | James McMullan | 13.74% | 656 | 818.76 | | |
| | UUP | Robert Ambrose* | 14.94% | 713 | 758.24 | 943.24 | |
| | Alliance | William Sheldon | 4.53% | 216 | 723 | 743.28 | 770.28 |
| | DUP | Thomas Cully | 10.16% | 485 | 498 | 539.08 | 599.08 |
| | UUP | Samuel Brown | 5.47% | 261 | 275.56 | | |
| Electorate: 10,416 Valid: 4,773 (45.82%) Spoilt: 158 Quota: 796 Turnout: 4,931 (47.34%) ||||||||