1993 Larne Borough Council election

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1993 Larne Borough Council election

19 May 1993 (1993-05-19)
All 15 seats to Larne Borough Council 8 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party UUP DUP Alliance Seats won 7 4 2 Seat change 0 0 0   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Ind. Unionist Ind. Nationalist Independent Seats won 1 1 0 Seat change 1 0 1

Elections to Larne Borough 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 15 councillors.

Election results

Larne Borough Council Election Result 1993

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	UUP	7	0	0	0	46.7	45.6	4,360	2.9
	DUP	4	0	0	0	20.0	27.5	2,626	1.6
	Alliance	2	0	0	0	13.3	9.0	861	2.5
	Ind. Nationalist	1	0	0	0	6.7	6.3	600	0.3
	Ind. Unionist	1	1	0	1	6.7	3.5	339	3.5
	Independent	0	0	1	1	0.0	5.8	551	4.4
	NI Conservatives	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.3	216	New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Larne Borough Council election, 1993
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	UUP		DUP		Alliance		Others
Coast Road	38.1	2	27.0	1	15.0	1	19.9	1	5
Larne Lough	66.2	3	27.2	2	0.0	0	6.6	0	5
Larne Town	32.4	2	28.2	1	12.4	1	27.0	1	5
Total	45.6	7	27.5	4	9.0	2	17.9	2	15

Districts results

Coast Road

1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1989-1993 Change: No change

Coast Road - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	UUP	Thomas Robinson*	20.35%	612
	Ind. Nationalist	William Cunning*	19.95%	600
	UUP	Joan Drummond*	17.72%	533
	Alliance	Amelia Kelly*	14.99%	451	473.44	566.32
	DUP	Winston Fulton*	14.36%	432	457.08	457.89	494.08	515.59
	DUP	Rachel Rea	12.63%	380	439.62	441.51	469.23	478.23
Electorate: 7,176   Valid: 3,008 (41.92%)   Spoilt: 94   Quota: 502   Turnout: 3,102 (43.23%)

Larne Lough

1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1989-1993 Change: No change

Larne Lough - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	UUP	Roy Beggs*	51.82%	1,680
	UUP	Thomas Caldwell	5.31%	172	695.98
	DUP	Bobby McKee*	15.79%	512	607.14
	UUP	Alexander Hunter	3.73%	121	371.63	472.83	534.05	553.37
	DUP	Samuel McAllister	11.38%	369	430.77	440.23	482.48	508.7
	UUP	Samuel Steele*	5.31%	172	337.43	362.95	431.74	451.75
	NI Conservatives	Gary Haggan*	6.66%	216	255.05	269.57
Electorate: 7,406   Valid: 3,242 (43.78%)   Spoilt: 141   Quota: 541   Turnout: 3,383 (45.68%)

Larne Town

1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1989-1993 Change: Independent Unionist gain from Independent

Larne Town - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Jack McKee*	25.76%	851
	UUP	Rosalie Armstrong*	17.59%	581
	UUP	Robert Robinson*	12.66%	418	466.65	518.45	541.1	548.2	583.2
	Alliance	Patricia Kay*	12.41%	410	413.15	417.15	418.3	546.3	553.6
	Ind. Unionist	Lindsay Mason	10.26%	339	350.55	352.55	353.5	436.5	468.25
	Independent	Roy Craig	8.39%	277	286.45	292.45	294.45	326.5	363.75
	DUP	Leonard Sluman	2.48%	82	289.55	294	294.55	297.9
	Independent	Pat Buckley*	8.30%	274	274.35	275.35	275.5
	UUP	May Steele	2.15%	71	79.05
Electorate: 7,773   Valid: 3,303 (42.29%)   Spoilt: 85   Quota: 551   Turnout: 3,388 (43.59%)