# 1993 Newtownabbey Borough Council election

Elections to Newtownabbey 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 25 councillors.

## Election results

Newtownabbey Borough Council Election Result 1993 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 40.0 | 32.5 | 7,584 | 13.3 |
| DUP | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20.0 | 21.3 | 4,996 | 4.0 |
| Ind. Unionist | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 3,955 | 6.5 |
| Alliance | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 16.1 | 3,739 | 2.1 |
| Newtownabbey Labour Party | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 7.3 | 1,691 | 0.1 |
| SDLP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 1,271 | 2.4 |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 87 | 1.5 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Newtownabbey Borough Council election, 1993 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | Alliance | Alliance | SDLP | SDLP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Antrim Line | 24.1 | 2 | 21.0 | 1 | 18.3 | 2 | 17.8 | 1 | 18.8 | 1 | 7 |
| Ballyclare | 42.2 | 3 | 23.1 | 1 | 12.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 22.5 | 1 | 5 |
| Macedon | 28.7 | 2 | 20.3 | 1 | 13.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 37.2 | 2 | 6 |
| University | 39.0 | 3 | 21.4 | 2 | 18.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 21.6 | 1 | 7 |
| Total | 32.5 | 10 | 21.3 | 5 | 16.1 | 4 | 5.5 | 1 | 24.6 | 5 | 25 |

## Districts results
### Antrim Line

1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
Antrim Line - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | SDLP | Tommy McTeague* | 17.85% | 1,271 | | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Arthur Templeton* | 17.53% | 1,248 | | | | |
| | UUP | Edward Crilly | 12.69% | 904 | | | | |
| | Alliance | James Rooney* | 10.22% | 728 | 947.52 | | | |
| | DUP | Billy Blair | 12.26% | 873 | 873 | 920.4 | | |
| | UUP | Arthur Kell* | 7.91% | 563 | 564.6 | 707.1 | 907.1 | |
| | Alliance | Elizabeth Frazer | 8.07% | 575 | 634.84 | 654.04 | 775.78 | 826.99 |
| | DUP | Tommy Kirkham* | 8.72% | 621 | 621.64 | 665.44 | 741.54 | 741.63 |
| | UUP | Marell Hunter | 3.52% | 251 | 252.6 | 351.6 | | |
| | Workers' Party | Brendan Harrison | 1.22% | 87 | 172.76 | 174.56 | | |
| Electorate: 15,806 Valid: 7,121 (45.05%) Spoilt: 160 Quota: 891 Turnout: 7,281 (46.06%) |||||||||

### Ballyclare

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
Ballyclare - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Sidney Cameron* | 22.49% | 942 | | | |
| | UUP | Stephen Turkington* | 20.82% | 872 | | | |
| | DUP | Samuel Cameron* | 16.73% | 701 | | | |
| | UUP | James Bingham | 13.97% | 585 | 675.72 | 744.81 | |
| | UUP | Leonard Hardy | 7.42% | 311 | 416 | 486.98 | 608.64 |
| | Alliance | Trevor Strain | 12.20% | 511 | 529.48 | 538.09 | 547.94 |
| | DUP | Greg Steele | 6.37% | 267 | 289.4 | 309.35 | |
| Electorate: 11,161 Valid: 4,189 (37.53%) Spoilt: 112 Quota: 699 Turnout: 4,301 (38.54%) ||||||||

### Macedon

1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour, 1 x Independent Unionist
Macedon - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | UUP | Andrew Beattie* | 16.27% | 907 | | | | | |
| | Newtownabbey Labour | Mark Langhammer | 14.59% | 813 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Billy Snoddy* | 11.64% | 649 | 653.92 | 656.92 | 672.4 | 1,000.4 | |
| | UUP | David Hollis | 9.80% | 546 | 595.56 | 595.56 | 713.2 | 763.36 | 830.24 |
| | Alliance | John Blair* | 13.80% | 769 | 775.84 | 779.96 | 788.44 | 795.56 | 801.72 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Billy Boyd* | 9.11% | 508 | 535.36 | 536.48 | 610.44 | 676.52 | 785.64 |
| | Newtownabbey Labour | Robert Kidd* | 10.89% | 607 | 609.64 | 656.88 | 663.12 | 686.6 | 706.84 |
| | DUP | Billy DeCourcy | 8.72% | 486 | 491.28 | 492.28 | 501.64 | | |
| | UUP | Samuel Martin | 2.60% | 145 | 153.04 | 153.04 | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Norman Boyd | 1.58% | 88 | 89.44 | 89.44 | | | |
| | Newtownabbey Labour | Thomas Davidson | 1.00% | 56 | 56.48 | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,176 Valid: 5,574 (42.30%) Spoilt: 218 Quota: 797 Turnout: 5,792 (43.96%) ||||||||||

### University

1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
University - 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 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Fraser Agnew* | 18.24% | 1,169 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | George Herron* | 13.43% | 861 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | James Robinson* | 8.18% | 524 | 588 | 604.31 | 608.95 | 702.66 | 728.76 | 1,003.76 | |
| | UUP | Barbara Gilliland* | 5.63% | 361 | 515.24 | 533.23 | 545.36 | 620.75 | 639.19 | 803.19 | |
| | DUP | Tony Lough | 8.46% | 542 | 556.72 | 557.98 | 558.62 | 567.01 | 712.89 | 737.29 | 769.29 |
| | DUP | Alan Hewitt | 6.94% | 445 | 464.84 | 468.06 | 471.06 | 492.8 | 658.49 | 687.07 | 755.07 |
| | Alliance | Gordon Mawhinney* | 9.10% | 583 | 592.28 | 593.26 | 649.58 | 661.18 | 675.13 | 716.09 | 736.09 |
| | Alliance | William McKimmon* | 8.94% | 573 | 582.6 | 584 | 651.32 | 658.45 | 665.44 | 688.99 | 711.99 |
| | UUP | Ken Robinson* | 8.33% | 534 | 566.64 | 572.31 | 578.63 | 591.08 | 614.7 | | |
| | DUP | Samuel Neill* | 5.96% | 382 | 407.28 | 409.87 | 416.51 | 425.43 | | | |
| | UUP | Elizabeth McClenaghan | 3.43% | 220 | 246.88 | 255 | 262 | | | | |
| | Newtownabbey Labour | Deborah Hayes | 1.75% | 112 | 114.56 | 114.77 | | | | | |
| | Newtownabbey Labour | Stafford Ward | 0.92% | 59 | 59.96 | 59.96 | | | | | |
| | Newtownabbey Labour | William McClinton | 0.69% | 44 | 45.92 | 45.99 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,330 Valid: 6,409 (41.81%) Spoilt: 148 Quota: 802 Turnout: 6,557 (42.77%) ||||||||||||