1993 Newtownabbey Borough Council election

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1993 Newtownabbey Borough Council election

19 May 1993 (1993-05-19)
All 25 seats to Newtownabbey Borough Council 13 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Ulster Unionist DUP Alliance Seats won 10 5 4 Seat change 1 1 0   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Ind. Unionist Newtownabbey Labour SDLP Seats won 4 1 1 Seat change 2 1 0   Seventh party   Party Labour '87 Seats won 0 Seat change 1

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	+/−
	Ulster Unionist	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
	UUP		DUP		Alliance		SDLP		Others
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		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SDLP	Tommy McTeague*	17.85%	1,271
	Ind. Unionist	Arthur Templeton*	17.53%	1,248
	Ulster Unionist	Edward Crilly	12.69%	904
	Alliance	James Rooney*	10.22%	728	947.52
	DUP	Billy Blair	12.26%	873	873	920.4
	Ulster Unionist	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
	Ulster Unionist	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		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Ind. Unionist	Sidney Cameron*	22.49%	942
	Ulster Unionist	Stephen Turkington*	20.82%	872
	DUP	Samuel Cameron*	16.73%	701
	Ulster Unionist	James Bingham	13.97%	585	675.72	744.81
	Ulster Unionist	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		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ulster Unionist	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
	Ulster Unionist	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
	Ulster Unionist	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		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Ind. Unionist	Fraser Agnew*	18.24%	1,169
	Ulster Unionist	George Herron*	13.43%	861
	Ulster Unionist	James Robinson*	8.18%	524	588	604.31	608.95	702.66	728.76	1,003.76
	Ulster Unionist	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
	Ulster Unionist	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
	Ulster Unionist	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%)