# 1993 Limavady Borough Council election

Elections to Limavady 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 15 councillors.

## Election results

Limavady Borough Council Election Result 1993 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| SDLP | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 46.7 | 40.3 | 5,054 | 3.7 |
| UUP | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 40.0 | 39.9 | 5,003 | 0.0 |
| DUP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 10.8 | 1,358 | 1.0 |
| Sinn Féin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 9.0 | 1,129 | 0.6 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Limavady Borough Council election, 1993 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | SDLP | SDLP | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Bellarena | 53.7 | 3 | 36.8 | 2 | 9.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Benbradagh | 33.3 | 2 | 37.5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 29.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Limavady Town | 34.1 | 2 | 44.6 | 2 | 21.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 40.3 | 7 | 39.9 | 6 | 10.8 | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 15 |

## District results
### Bellarena

1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP 1993: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP 1989–1993 Change: No change
Bellarena - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | UUP | Stanley Gault* | 21.42% | 880 | | |
| | SDLP | Arthur Doherty* | 20.84% | 856 | | |
| | SDLP | Thomas Mullan* | 16.77% | 689 | | |
| | UUP | Robert Grant* | 15.43% | 634 | 809.34 | |
| | SDLP | John McKinney* | 16.09% | 661 | 661 | 826.48 |
| | DUP | Ernest Murray | 9.44% | 388 | 402.74 | 405.26 |
| Electorate: 6,221 Valid: 4,108 (66.03%) Spoilt: 75 Quota: 685 Turnout: 4,183 (67.24%) |||||||

### Benbradagh

1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1989–1993 Change: No change
Benbradagh - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | UUP | David Robinson* | 26.86% | 1,042 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Michael Coyle | 25.75% | 999 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Thomas Donaghy* | 20.68% | 802 | | | | |
| | UUP | Max Gault* | 10.70% | 415 | 800.32 | | | |
| | SDLP | Gerard Lynch* | 7.58% | 294 | 295.14 | 610.34 | 614.34 | 636.38 |
| | Sinn Féin | Kevin Kelly | 8.43% | 327 | 327.76 | 364.16 | 509.16 | 509.54 |
| Electorate: 6,155 Valid: 3,879 (63.02%) Spoilt: 97 Quota: 647 Turnout: 3,976 (64.60%) |||||||||

### Limavady Town

1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1989–1993 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
Limavady Town - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | DUP | George Robinson* | 19.40% | 884 | | |
| | SDLP | Barry Doherty* | 17.60% | 802 | | |
| | UUP | Ronald Cartwright* | 17.34% | 790 | | |
| | UUP | John Dolan* | 15.80% | 720 | 771 | |
| | SDLP | Desmond Lowry | 16.52% | 753 | 755 | 758.23 |
| | UUP | Norman Reynolds* | 12.11% | 522 | 548 | 665.13 |
| | DUP | John Murray | 1.89% | 86 | | |
| Electorate: 6,959 Valid: 4,557 (65.48%) Spoilt: 66 Quota: 760 Turnout: 4,623 (66.43%) |||||||