Elections to
Carrickfergus Borough Council
Carrickfergus Borough Council was a district council in County Antrim in Northern Ireland. It merged with Ballymena Borough Council and Larne Borough Council in May 2015 under local government reorganisation in Northern Ireland to become Mid a ...
were held on 19 May 1993 on the same day as the other
Northern Irish local government elections
An election is a formal group decision-making process whereby a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office.
Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated ...
. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 17
councillors
A councillor, alternatively councilman, councilwoman, councilperson, or council member, is someone who sits on, votes in, or is a member of, a council. This is typically an elected representative of an electoral district in a municipal or regi ...
.
Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
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Cllrs
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Alliance
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UUP
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DUP
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Conservative
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Others
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, align="left", Carrick Castle
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, 13.3
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, 22.8
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, 25.0
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, align="left", Kilroot
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, 26.8
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, align="left", Knockagh Monument
, bgcolor="#F6CB2F", 29.8
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, 29.7
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, 13.5
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Districts results
Carrick Castle
1989: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP
1993: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1989-1993 Change: Independent gain from PUP
Kilroot
1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1993: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x Independent Unionist
1989-1993 Change: Alliance and Conservative gain from DUP and due to the addition of one seat
Knockagh Monument
1989: 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1993: 2 x Alliance, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1989-1993 Change: Alliance and UUP gain from Independent Unionist and due to the addition of one seat
References
{{1993 United Kingdom local elections
Carrickfergus Borough Council elections
Carrickfergus
Carrickfergus ( , meaning " Fergus' rock") is a large town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It sits on the north shore of Belfast Lough, from Belfast. The town had a population of 28,141 at the 2021 census. It is County Antrim's oldest t ...