# 1993 Banbridge District Council election

Elections to Banbridge District 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 17 councillors.

## Election results

Banbridge District Council Election Result 1993 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 58.8 | 57.6 | 9,418 | 0.4 |
| SDLP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.6 | 22.7 | 3,705 | 3.5 |
| DUP | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 2,203 | 0.0 |
| Ind. Nationalist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 4.4 | 732 | 0.7 |
| Alliance | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.9 | 1.8 | 289 | 0.4 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Banbridge District Council election, 1993 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | DUP | DUP | Alliance | Alliance | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Banbridge Town | 62.9 | 4 | 24.1 | 1 | 7.2 | 0 | 5.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Dromore | 63.5 | 3 | 19.0 | 1 | 17.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Knockiveagh | 49.0 | 3 | 24.4 | 1 | 15.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 11.4 | 1 | 6 |
| Total | 57.6 | 10 | 22.7 | 3 | 13.5 | 2 | 1.8 | 1 | 4.4 | 1 | 17 |

## District results
### Banbridge Town

1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1989-1993 Change: UUP and Alliance gain from DUP and due to the addition of one seat
Banbridge Town - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | UUP | Joan Baird* | 27.45% | 1,352 | | |
| | SDLP | James Walsh* | 24.08% | 1,186 | | |
| | UUP | Archie McKelvey* | 14.66% | 722 | | |
| | UUP | Ian Burns | 10.29% | 507 | 830.4 | |
| | UUP | John Dobson* | 10.50% | 517 | 744.85 | |
| | Alliance | Frank McQuaid | 5.87% | 289 | 303.21 | 776.25 |
| | DUP | Margaret Davis | 7.17% | 353 | 426.01 | 320.87 |
| Electorate: 9,533 Valid: 4,926 (51.67%) Spoilt: 88 Quota: 704 Turnout: 5,014 (52.60%) |||||||

### Dromore

1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1989-1993 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Dromore - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | UUP | Drew Nelson* | 19.63% | 980 | | |
| | SDLP | Cassie McDermott* | 19.05% | 951 | | |
| | DUP | David Herron | 17.48% | 873 | | |
| | UUP | William Martin* | 15.44% | 771 | 794.4 | 854.85 |
| | UUP | William McCracken* | 14.92% | 745 | 826 | 845.53 |
| | UUP | Robert Hill* | 13.48% | 673 | 711.1 | 748.61 |
| Electorate: 7,917 Valid: 4,993 (63.07%) Spoilt: 70 Quota: 833 Turnout: 5,063 (63.95%) |||||||

### Knockiveagh

1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1989-1993 Change: UUP gain due to the addition of one seat
Knockiveagh - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | SDLP | Seamus Doyle* | 19.12% | 1,229 | | | | | |
| | UUP | John Ingram | 16.85% | 1,083 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Wilfred McFadden* | 15.20% | 977 | | | | | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Laurence McCartan* | 11.39% | 732 | 811.3 | 812.8 | 1,047.8 | | |
| | UUP | Violet Cromie | 12.17% | 782 | 785.9 | 902 | 921.38 | | |
| | UUP | John Hanna | 10.45% | 672 | 672.52 | 690.52 | 695.42 | 714.42 | 741.3 |
| | UUP | Samuel Walker* | 9.55% | 614 | 614.26 | 638.56 | 648.88 | 663.88 | 693.42 |
| | SDLP | Liam McDermott | 5.27% | 339 | 559.74 | 559.74 | | | |
| Electorate: 9,323 Valid: 6,428 (68.95%) Spoilt: 107 Quota: 919 Turnout: 6,535 (70.10%) ||||||||||