1993 Belfast City Council election

Elections to Belfast City Council were held on 19 May 1993 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used nine district electoral areas to elect a total of 51 councillors, most representing the more heavily populated north and west.

The UUP remained the largest party, and Reg Empey became the Lord Mayor.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor=""| SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | PUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Balmoral |bgcolor="40BFF5"|30.6 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |0.0 |0 |23.4 |2 |19.1 |1 |18.6 |1 |0.0 |0 |8.3 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Castle |bgcolor="40BFF5"|28.2 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |4.8 |0 |20.7 |1 |22.4 |2 |9.8 |0 |0.0 |0 |14.1 |1 |6 |- |align="left"|Court |bgcolor="40BFF5"|38.9 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |0.0 |0 |25.0 |1 |0.0 |0 |3.9 |0 |22.7 |1 |9.5 |1 |5 |- |align="left"|Laganbank |bgcolor="40BFF5"|27.7 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |9.4 |0 |10.5 |0 |26.9 |2 |16.5 |1 |0.0 |0 |9.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Lower Falls |0.0 |0 |bgcolor="#008800"|71.2 |bgcolor="#008800"|4 |0.0 |0 |21.0 |1 |0.8 |0 |0.0 |0 |6.9 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Oldpark |22.8 |2 |bgcolor="#008800"|37.8 |bgcolor="#008800"|3 |8.9 |0 |15.8 |1 |3.3 |0 |0.0 |0 |11.4 |1 |6 |- |align="left"|Pottinger |27.1 |2 |6.5 |0 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|41.8 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3 |0.0 |0 |13.0 |1 |0.0 |0 |11.6 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Upper Falls |0.0 |0 |bgcolor="#008800"|57.1 |bgcolor="#008800"|3 |1.3 |0 |35.4 |2 |1.1 |0 |0.0 |0 |5.1 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Victoria |30.5 |3 |0.0 |0 |28.7 |2 |0.0 |0 |bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|34.5 |bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2 |0.0 |0 |6.3 |0 |7 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |22.0 |15 |22.7 |10 |17.1 |9 |15.9 |9 |11.2 |5 |1.5 |1 |9.6 |2 |51

District results

Balmoral

1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1989-1993 Change: DUP gain due to the addition of one seat

Castle

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

Court

1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Protestant Unionist, 1 x Independent Unionist 1993: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Independent Unionist 1989-1993 Change: Protestant Unionist loss due to the reduction of one seat

Laganbank

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

Lower Falls

1989: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP 1993: 4 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Oldpark

1989: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Workers' Party 1993: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 1989-1993 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Workers' Party

Pottinger

1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 Independent Unionist 1993: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 1989-1993 Change: DUP gain from Independent Unionist

Upper Falls

1989: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP 1993: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP 1989-1993 Change: No change

Victoria

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

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