1993 Coleraine Borough Council election

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1993 Coleraine Borough Council election

19 May 1993 (1993-05-19)
All 22 seats to Coleraine Borough Council 12 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Ulster Unionist DUP SDLP Seats won 12 5 3 Seat change 2 0 1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Alliance Independent Ind. Unionist Seats won 2 0 0 Seat change 0 1 1

Elections to Coleraine 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 22 councillors.

Election results

Coleraine Borough Council Election Result 1993

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Ulster Unionist	12	2	0	2	54.5	50.4	9,833	1.9
	DUP	5	0	0	0	22.7	21.8	4,257	1.6
	SDLP	3	1	0	1	13.6	12.7	2,476	0.8
	Alliance	2	0	0	0	9.1	11.8	2,297	3.9
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	3.0	382	0.1
	NI Conservatives	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.3	250	New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Coleraine Borough Council election, 1993
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	UUP		DUP		SDLP		Alliance		Others
Bann	55.8	3	12.3	1	29.2	2	2.7	0	0.0	0	6
Coleraine Central	45.9	3	26.9	1	12.1	1	9.4	1	5.7	0	6
Coleraine East	57.8	3	29.7	2	0.0	0	10.2	0	2.3	0	5
The Skerries	42.0	3	23.1	1	29.2	1	0.0	0	5.7	0	5
Total	50.4	12	21.8	5	12.7	3	11.8	2	3.3	0	22

District results

Bann

1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

Bann - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Ulster Unionist	William Watt*	16.92%	1,072
	Ulster Unionist	Olive Church	16.22%	1,028
	Ulster Unionist	William King*	15.81%	1,002
	SDLP	John Dallat*	15.29%	969
	SDLP	Gerard O'Kane*	13.89%	880	883.4	916.4
	DUP	Robert Bolton	12.34%	782	820.25	836.42	865.82	879.82
	Ulster Unionist	Robert McPherson	6.83%	433	554.89	622.74	707.7	782.1
	Alliance	Ian McEwan	2.70%	171	173.21
Electorate: 9,793   Valid: 6,337 (64.71%)   Spoilt: 142   Quota: 906   Turnout: 6,479 (66.16%)

Coleraine Central

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

Coleraine Central - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	DUP	James McClure*	23.21%	1,206
	Ulster Unionist	Robert White*	15.15%	787
	SDLP	Gerry McLaughlin	12.07%	627	629.4	630.4	774.4
	Ulster Unionist	David McClarty*	10.47%	544	608	614	631.4	640.9	742.6	745.08
	Ulster Unionist	Elizabeth Johnston	7.45%	387	432.2	434.2	443.6	448.8	600.15	600.15	824.15
	Alliance	William Mathews*	7.10%	369	377	473	544.4	546.85	565.15	592.43	629.68	652.08
	DUP	Donald Clifton	3.66%	190	443.2	443.2	449	449.8	482.45	483.07	565.22	623.32
	Ulster Unionist	John Moody	6.47%	336	383.6	385	395.4	410.35	451.9	452.21
	Ulster Unionist	Daniel Christie	6.33%	329	360.6	361.6	365	370.35
	Independent	Patrick McFeely*	5.79%	301	308.6	314.6
	Alliance	Lara McIlroy	2.29%	119	119.8
Electorate: 10,293   Valid: 5,195 (50.47%)   Spoilt: 83   Quota: 743   Turnout: 5,278 (51.28%)

Coleraine East

1993: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP

Coleraine East - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Ulster Unionist	Elizabeth Black*	22.85%	825
	DUP	William Creelman*	21.16%	764
	Ulster Unionist	William Glenn	12.05%	435	528.8	541.34	555.86	589.38
	Ulster Unionist	David Gilmour	12.07%	436	511.6	523.92	543.06	584.96
	DUP	Marie McAllister*	8.53%	308	321.16	450.52	463.52	491.64
	Ulster Unionist	William Johnston	10.88%	393	412.04	416.88	425.56	465.46
	Alliance	Hilary McCartney	6.95%	251	258	258.66	388.28
	Alliance	Amyan MacFayden	3.27%	118	119.96	120.18
	Independent	Trevor Cooke	2.24%	81	90.52	91.84
Electorate: 8,017   Valid: 3,611 (45.04%)   Spoilt: 125   Quota: 602   Turnout: 3,736 (46.60%)

The Skerries

1993: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

The Skerries - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	DUP	Robert Stewart*	20.89%	909
	Alliance	Patrick McGowan*	19.60%	853
	Ulster Unionist	Pauline Armitage*	17.74%	772
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Kane	12.50%	544	582.22	585.58	732.71
	Ulster Unionist	Norman Hillis	11.72%	510	544.23	550.79	727.56
	Alliance	Kate Condy	9.56%	416	419.57	525.65	553.36
	NI Conservatives	Robert Mitchell*	5.74%	250	268.27	275.47
	DUP	Siobhan Watterson	2.25%	98	185.15	185.95
Electorate: 8,857   Valid: 4,352 (49.14%)   Spoilt: 123   Quota: 726   Turnout: 4,475 (50.53%)