# 1993 North Down Borough Council election

Elections to North Down 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

North Down Borough Council Election Result 1993 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24.0 | 18.7 | 3,709 | 3.0 |
| Alliance | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20.0 | 22.7 | 4,520 | 2.0 |
| NI Conservatives | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16.0 | 11.1 | 2,198 | 13.8 |
| DUP | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12.0 | 16.2 | 3,218 | 0.7 |
| Ind. Unionist | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12.0 | 12.4 | 2,467 | 9.6 |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 13.0 | 2,585 | 6.1 |
| UPUP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 5.9 | 1,173 | 0.0 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the North Down Borough Council election, 1993 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | Alliance | Alliance | Conservative | Conservative | DUP | DUP | UPUP | UPUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Abbey | 15.5 | 1 | 15.5 | 1 | 9.3 | 1 | 20.6 | 1 | 29.8 | 2 | 9.3 | 0 | 6 |
| Ballyholme and Groomsport | 19.0 | 2 | 18.0 | 1 | 9.8 | 1 | 14.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.1 | 2 | 7 |
| Bangor West | 20.5 | 1 | 32.7 | 2 | 12.9 | 1 | 18.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 15.1 | 1 | 7 |
| Holywood | 18.9 | 1 | 22.9 | 1 | 11.9 | 1 | 11.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 34.5 | 2 | 5 |
| Total | 24.9 | 6 | 21.7 | 5 | 20.7 | 4 | 15.5 | 4 | 5.9 | 2 | 11.3 | 3 | 25 |

## Districts results
### Abbey

1989: 2 x UPUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Conservative 1993: 2 x UPUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Conservative 1989-1993 Change: No change
Abbey - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | UPUP | Valerie Kinghan* | 18.26% | 719 | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Stephen Farry | 15.52% | 611 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Irene Cree* | 14.45% | 408 | 539 | 569.13 | | | |
| | UPUP | Cecil Braniff* | 11.53% | 454 | 468 | 537.92 | 546.83 | 635.83 | |
| | NI Conservatives | Ann Thompson | 9.34% | 368 | 386 | 408.08 | 419.06 | 508.58 | 530.58 |
| | DUP | Ivy Cooling | 10.41% | 410 | 423 | 437.26 | 438.16 | 471.8 | 479.8 |
| | DUP | Geoffrey Bairsto | 10.41% | 403 | 412 | 420.28 | 421.9 | 442.94 | 460.94 |
| | Independent | William Gordon | 9.29% | 366 | 372 | 381.89 | 403.85 | | |
| | UUP | Karl McLean | 5.05% | 199 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,961 Valid: 3,938 (30.38%) Spoilt: 133 Quota: 563 Turnout: 4,071 (31.41%) ||||||||||

### Ballyholme and Groomsport

1989: 2 x Conservative, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist 1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Conservative 1989-1993 Change: UUP and Independent Unionist gain from Conservative and due to the addition of one seat
Ballyholme and Groomsport - 7 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 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Alan Chambers | 32.04% | 1,892 | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Raymond Stewart | 14.06% | 830 | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Leslie Cree* | 11.50% | 679 | 925.37 | | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Marsden Fitzsimons | 11.04% | 652 | 838.73 | | | | | | | |
| | NI Conservatives | Bruce Mulligan* | 5.52% | 326 | 389.19 | 397.38 | 403.68 | 408.62 | 466.44 | 614.27 | 683.9 | 732.7 |
| | UUP | Ian Henry | 3.57% | 211 | 283.42 | 384.22 | 389.26 | 432.29 | 437.55 | 452.2 | 477.96 | 719.58 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Austen Lennon | 4.89% | 289 | 582.94 | 590.5 | 600.58 | 603.7 | 612.54 | 617.67 | 666.14 | 690.56 |
| | Alliance | Siobhan Laird | 6.98% | 412 | 421.23 | 426.9 | 487.38 | 488.81 | 496.07 | 501.07 | 538.24 | 557.49 |
| | UUP | James Kingan | 3.88% | 229 | 332.66 | 380.54 | 385.58 | 409.89 | 423.67 | 428.48 | 457.33 | |
| | Independent | Joseph Thompson | 2.22% | 131 | 240.34 | 247.9 | 253.36 | 258.56 | 268.92 | 282.65 | | |
| | NI Conservatives | Bill McLean | 2.30% | 136 | 162.27 | 168.57 | 169.83 | 172.04 | 212.89 | | | |
| | NI Conservatives | William Palmer | 2.00% | 118 | 154.21 | 155.47 | 159.25 | 165.62 | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,787 Valid: 5,905 (37.40%) Spoilt: 110 Quota: 739 Turnout: 6,015 (38.10%) |||||||||||||

### Bangor West

1989: 2 x Conservative, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent 1993: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x Independent Unionist 1989-1993 Change: Alliance and Independent Unionist gain from Conservative and Independent
Bangor West - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| | Alliance | Brian Wilson* | 21.91% | 1,228 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | William Baxter* | 14.36% | 805 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Hazel Bradford* | 13.45% | 754 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Eileen Bell | 10.76% | 603 | 969.93 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Roy Bradford* | 7.03% | 394 | 418.64 | 449.04 | 456.32 | 498.67 | 508.46 | 508.46 | 511.24 | 520.32 | 532.92 | 557.6 | 701.43 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Ian Sinclair | 5.10% | 286 | 313.72 | 352.12 | 353.29 | 354.41 | 368.68 | 378.85 | 392.02 | 423.55 | 488.67 | 563.26 | 615.52 |
| | NI Conservatives | George Green* | 6.10% | 342 | 357.4 | 376.2 | 379.71 | 381.67 | 385.47 | 391.27 | 436.38 | 443.62 | 458.9 | 480.58 | 508.31 |
| | NI Conservatives | James O'Fee* | 4.76% | 267 | 295.16 | 325.56 | 325.95 | 327.77 | 335.57 | 339.17 | 399.07 | 405.35 | 422.39 | 467.67 | 485.3 |
| | DUP | Harold Blemings | 4.41% | 247 | 263.28 | 272.48 | 358.54 | 360.64 | 361.64 | 362.64 | 363.59 | 371.13 | 379.57 | 389.97 | |
| | Independent | Ann-Marie Foster* | 2.64% | 148 | 157.68 | 218.48 | 218.74 | 219.02 | 226.1 | 246.34 | 249.94 | 285.66 | 361.6 | | |
| | Independent | Arthur Gadd | 2.05% | 115 | 123.8 | 143.4 | 143.79 | 143.93 | 149.37 | 210.64 | 212.64 | 260.33 | | | |
| | Independent | Ernest Steele | 2.59% | 145 | 157.32 | 174.12 | 174.77 | 174.91 | 180.31 | 194.63 | 194.63 | | | | |
| | NI Conservatives | Elizabeth Maguire | 2.02% | 113 | 120.04 | 132.84 | 133.88 | 134.72 | 137.52 | 137.52 | | | | | |
| | Independent | Robert Mooney | 1.80% | 101 | 105.4 | 121.4 | 121.53 | 121.67 | 125.87 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Edward Lindsay | 1.03% | 58 | 61.96 | 72.76 | 72.89 | 72.96 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,097 Valid: 5,606 (37.13%) Spoilt: 189 Quota: 701 Turnout: 5,795 (38.39%) ||||||||||||||||

### Holywood

1989: 1 x Alliance, 1 x Conservative, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent 1993: 2 x Independent, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x Conservative 1989-1993 Change: Independent gain from DUP
Holywood - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Independent | Dennis Ogborn* | 19.70% | 871 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Ellie McKay* | 18.89% | 835 | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Susan O'Brien* | 15.27% | 675 | 721.24 | 723.73 | 738 | | |
| | Independent | James White | 7.69% | 340 | 353.76 | 358.92 | 366.84 | 623.76 | 737.76 |
| | NI Conservatives | Laurence Kennedy* | 9.36% | 414 | 442.48 | 524.56 | 551.92 | 565.56 | 680.68 |
| | DUP | Gordon Dunne* | 11.83% | 523 | 537.4 | 548.88 | 582 | 600.96 | 615.76 |
| | Alliance | John Coates | 7.67% | 339 | 354.68 | 364.84 | 369.88 | 382.44 | |
| | Independent | Robert Irvine | 7.01% | 310 | 318.16 | 322.16 | 327.8 | | |
| | NI Conservatives | Lindsay Cumming | 2.58% | 114 | 117.68 | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,411 Valid: 4,421 (42.46%) Spoilt: 89 Quota: 737 Turnout: 4,510 (43.32%) ||||||||||