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1993 Larne Borough Council election

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1993 Larne Borough Council election
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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 Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady 0

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Ind. Unionist Ind. Nationalist Independent
Seats won 1 1 0
Seat change Increase 1 Steady 0 Decrease 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

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Larne Borough Council Election Result 1993[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  UUP 7 0 0 Steady0 46.7 45.6 4,360 Increase2.9
  DUP 4 0 0 Steady0 20.0 27.5 2,626 Decrease1.6
  Alliance 2 0 0 Steady0 13.3 9.0 861 Decrease2.5
  Ind. Nationalist 1 0 0 Steady0 6.7 6.3 600 Decrease0.3
  Ind. Unionist 1 1 0 Increase1 6.7 3.5 339 Increase3.5
  Independent 0 0 1 Decrease1 0.0 5.8 551 Decrease4.4
  NI Conservatives 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 2.3 216 New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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Results of the Larne Borough Council election, 1993
by district[1]
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

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Coast Road

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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[2]
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

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

Larne Lough - 5 seats[2]
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

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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[2]
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%)  

References

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  1. ^ a b "Larne Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1993". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.