 The PUP won the previous election with a two-seat majority.However, by early 1993 its majority had increased to six thanks to newly elected UDP Area Rep. William Usher of Toledo West crossing the floor to the PUP days after the 1989 election, and a January 1993 by-election win in Freetown after the UDP's Derek Aikman was forced to resign due to bankruptcy.Success in the subsequent March municipal elections also gave the PUP added confidence.