# 1993 Lisburn Borough Council election

Elections to Lisburn Borough Council were held on 19 May 1993 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.

## Election results

Lisburn Borough Council Election Result 1993 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 53.3 | 39.1 | 13,216 | 10.8 |
| DUP | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10.0 | 15.8 | 5,350 | 2.0 |
| Sinn Féin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10.0 | 9.3 | 3,138 | 1.7 |
| SDLP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 7.9 | 2,661 | 0.1 |
| Alliance | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 12.3 | 4,169 | 1.6 |
| Ulster Democratic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 1,617 | 4.1 |
| NI Conservatives | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 1,402 | New |
| Ind. Unionist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 1,394 | 4.1 |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 598 | 1.3 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 281 | 0.8 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Lisburn Borough Council election, 1993 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | SDLP | SDLP | Alliance | Alliance | UDP | UDP | Conservative | Conservative | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Downshire | 41.6 | 3 | 24.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 13.2 | 0 | 4.7 | 1 | 15.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Dunmurry Cross | 22.5 | 2 | 5.5 | 0 | 37.3 | 3 | 21.0 | 2 | 5.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 8.6 | 0 | 7 |
| Killultagh | 48.4 | 3 | 26.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 16.0 | 1 | 9.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Lisburn Town North | 34.3 | 3 | 18.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 17.9 | 1 | 5.9 | 0 | 2.9 | 0 | 20.1 | 1 | 7 |
| Lisburn Town South | 56.0 | 4 | 8.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 17.1 | 1 | 14.1 | 1 | 3.7 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 39.1 | 16 | 15.8 | 3 | 9.3 | 3 | 7.9 | 3 | 12.3 | 2 | 4.8 | 1 | 4.1 | 1 | 6.7 | 3 | 30 |

## Districts results
### Downshire

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Conservative
Downshire - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | UUP | Thomas Lilburn* | 18.38% | 1,104 | | | | |
| | DUP | Charles Poots* | 16.49% | 990 | 1,030 | | | |
| | NI Conservatives | William Bleakes* | 15.73% | 945 | 999 | 1,010.61 | | |
| | UUP | William Falloon* | 13.62% | 818 | 863 | 907.91 | 1,042.91 | |
| | UUP | William McConnell | 9.64% | 579 | 601 | 632.41 | 868.02 | 906.02 |
| | Alliance | Kenneth Hull* | 13.25% | 796 | 811 | 813.34 | 831.7 | 833.6 |
| | DUP | James McCann | 8.18% | 491 | 552 | 557.67 | | |
| | Ulster Democratic | David Adams | 8.18% | 283 | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,290 Valid: 6,006 (48.87%) Spoilt: 124 Quota: 1,002 Turnout: 6,130 (49.88%) |||||||||

### Dunmurry Cross

1993: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP
Dunmurry Cross - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Sinn Féin | Patrick Rice* | 16.83% | 1,417 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | William McAllister* | 15.02% | 1,265 | | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Hugh Lewsley* | 12.78% | 1,076 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Michael Ferguson* | 11.16% | 940 | 1,215.34 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Billy Bell* | 7.43% | 626 | 626 | 797.36 | 797.51 | 812.7 | 812.76 | 818.76 | 1,244.76 |
| | Sinn Féin | Anne Marie Armstrong | 9.28% | 781 | 841.58 | 841.58 | 994.13 | 1,011.65 | 1,012.37 | 1,041.14 | 1,041.31 |
| | SDLP | William McDonnell* | 8.25% | 695 | 707.22 | 707.56 | 710.11 | 816.04 | 833.72 | 1,035.6 | 1,037.6 |
| | Alliance | Elizabeth Campbell | 5.07% | 427 | 428.04 | 432.97 | 433.12 | 504.8 | 505.72 | 592.1 | 611.39 |
| | DUP | Jonathan Craig | 5.50% | 463 | 463 | 492.24 | 492.24 | 497.75 | 497.77 | 502.11 | |
| | Workers' Party | Anne-Marie Lowry | 5.33% | 449 | 453.16 | 453.84 | 454.29 | 491.63 | 492.83 | | |
| | Independent | Peter McAnespie | 3.34% | 281 | 283.34 | 286.23 | 286.98 | | | | |
| Electorate: 16,184 Valid: 8,420 (52.03%) Spoilt: 307 Quota: 1,053 Turnout: 8,727 (53.92%) ||||||||||||

### Killultagh

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
Killultagh - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | UUP | Jim Dillon* | 27.83% | 1,550 | | | |
| | DUP | Cecil Calvert* | 17.33% | 965 | | | |
| | SDLP | Peter O'Hagan* | 15.98% | 890 | 890.8 | 890.89 | 1,064.89 |
| | UUP | David Greene* | 7.61% | 424 | 827.6 | 834.86 | 977.86 |
| | UUP | Kenneth Watson | 12.91% | 719 | 863 | 867.44 | 966.44 |
| | DUP | William Stevenson | 8.98% | 500 | 538 | 553.54 | 581.02 |
| | Alliance | Eileen Drayne | 9.36% | 521 | 543.8 | 544.73 | |
| Electorate: 11,781 Valid: 5,569 (47.27%) Spoilt: 115 Quota: 929 Turnout: 5,684 (48.25%) ||||||||

### Lisburn Town North

1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
Lisburn Town North - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Ronnie Crawford* | 18.75% | 1,394 | | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | William Beattie* | 17.03% | 1,266 | | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | William Gardiner-Watson* | 8.16% | 607 | 718.86 | 751.8 | 753.8 | 770.56 | 812.47 | 959.71 | | | |
| | UUP | Samuel Semple* | 9.91% | 737 | 791.4 | 822.99 | 823.26 | 867.9 | 903.06 | 951.22 | | | |
| | UUP | William Lewis* | 9.71% | 722 | 805.98 | 833.52 | 833.52 | 865 | 908.43 | 930.43 | | | |
| | Alliance | Frazer McCammond | 9.68% | 720 | 746.18 | 747.53 | 794.55 | 794.55 | 846.21 | 850.73 | 852.16 | 852.97 | 870.19 |
| | UUP | Lorraine Martin | 4.55% | 338 | 383.9 | 397.13 | 398.47 | 439.07 | 458.01 | 511.12 | 535.56 | 553.11 | 793.83 |
| | Alliance | William Whitley | 8.22% | 611 | 635.48 | 637.64 | 675.34 | 681.38 | 706.39 | 709.68 | 709.81 | 710.08 | 738.1 |
| | Ulster Democratic | Raymond Smallwoods | 5.84% | 434 | 452.36 | 469.1 | 470.1 | 487.88 | 492.49 | 544.38 | 546.2 | 548.63 | |
| | DUP | Josephine Challis | 1.88% | 140 | 177.4 | 363.43 | 364.43 | 375.95 | 392.44 | | | | |
| | NI Conservatives | Leonard Jarvis | 2.95% | 219 | 250.96 | 259.33 | 263.33 | 266.16 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Andrew Park | 1.98% | 147 | 168.08 | 178.61 | 179.61 | | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | J. J. Magee | 1.34% | 100 | 103.06 | 103.6 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 16,142 Valid: 7,435 (46.06%) Spoilt: 142 Quota: 930 Turnout: 7,577 (46.94%) ||||||||||||||

### Lisburn Town South

1993: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UDP
Lisburn Town South - 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 |
| | UUP | Ivan Davis* | 31.21% | 1,996 | | | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Seamus Close* | 15.37% | 983 | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | William Belshaw* | 12.57% | 804 | 1,158.2 | | | | | | | |
| | Ulster Democratic | Gary McMichael | 14.07% | 900 | 1,013.3 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Joseph Lockhart | 6.18% | 395 | 536.9 | 593.48 | 606.68 | 620.98 | 628.78 | 786.48 | 811.7 | 916.7 |
| | UUP | George Morrison* | 3.88% | 248 | 494.95 | 588.43 | 622.53 | 636.44 | 648.14 | 717.64 | 766.81 | 885.67 |
| | DUP | Edwin Poots | 4.38% | 280 | 309.15 | 317.35 | 327.8 | 332.35 | 335.5 | 346.31 | 537.12 | 572.76 |
| | NI Conservatives | Anne Blake* | 3.72% | 238 | 274.85 | 292.07 | 301.97 | 344.13 | 376.83 | 395.01 | 416.28 | |
| | DUP | Robin McMaster* | 3.99% | 255 | 285.25 | 300.01 | 308.81 | 313.91 | 317.66 | 327.02 | | |
| | UUP | John Curry | 2.14% | 137 | 226.65 | 276.26 | 286.71 | 303.38 | 309.98 | | | |
| | Alliance | Trevor Lunn | 1.74% | 111 | 137.95 | 140.82 | 143.02 | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Gerard Dunlop | 0.77% | 49 | 50.65 | 51.06 | 51.06 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,615 Valid: 6,396 (46.98%) Spoilt: 134 Quota: 914 Turnout: 6,530 (47.96%) |||||||||||||