1989 Ards Borough Council election

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1989 Ards Borough Council election
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All 20 seats to Ards Borough Council
11 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Ulster Unionist DUP Alliance
Seats won 8 7 4
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 1 Increase 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Ind. Unionist NI Labour UPUP
Seats won 1 0 0
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1 Decrease 1
  Seventh party
 
Party
Independent
Seats won 0
Seat change Decrease 1

Elections to

councillors
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Election results

Ards Borough Council Election Result 1989[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Ulster Unionist 8 2 0 Increase2 40.0 41.3 7,926 Increase10.8
  DUP 7 0 1 Decrease1 35.0 32.2 6,187 Decrease7.1
  Alliance 4 1 0 Increase1 20.0 18.8 3,610 Increase6.4
  Ind. Unionist 1 1 0 Increase1 5.0 4.7 907 Increase4.7
 
Independent
 0 0 1 Decrease1 0.0 2.9 564 Decrease1.2

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Ards Borough Council election, 1989
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
UUP DUP Alliance Others
Ards Peninsula 38.3 3 30.0 2 23.6 2 8.1 0 7
Ards West 54.5 3 27.8 2 17.6 1 0.0 0 6
Newtownards 32.1 2 38.9 3 14.7 1 14.3 1 7
Total 41.3 8 32.2 7 18.8 4 7.7 1 20

Districts results

Ards Peninsula

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UPUP, 1 x Independent
1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance
1985-1989 Change: UUP and Alliance gain from UPUP and Independent

Ards Peninsula - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Alliance Kieran McCarthy* 16.19% 1,119              
DUP Jim Shannon* 14.90% 1,030              
Ulster Unionist John Shields* 14.73% 1,018              
Ulster Unionist Robert Ambrose* 14.59% 1,008              
DUP Mervyn Rea 8.45% 584 588.56 682.4 705.49 738.45 748.8 1,139.8  
Ulster Unionist Ronald Ferguson 6.64% 459 464.52 474.21 586.38 688.3 786.85 845.31 983.31
Alliance Clifford Auld 7.41% 512 698 705.48 717.3 726.1 742 753.72 765.72
Independent
 James McMullan 8.16% 564 616.32 616.83 616.83 617.95 619 624.15 632.15
DUP Oliver Johnston* 6.54% 452 453.44 502.4 511.57 519.09 531.84    
Ulster Unionist Trevor Hussey 2.39% 165 167.4 172.5          
Electorate: 16,006   Valid: 6,911 (43.18%)   Spoilt: 229   Quota: 864   Turnout: 7,140 (44.61%)  

Ards West

1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP

Ards West - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Ulster Unionist Robert Gibson* 23.16% 1,375          
Ulster Unionist Edward Archdale 13.73% 815 930.05        
Ulster Unionist Bobby McBride* 13.02% 773 856.46        
DUP David McKibbin 10.43% 619 698.17 702.09 759.48 887.48  
Alliance Jim McBriar* 11.12% 660 692.37 696.57 700.57 706.8 1,072.8
DUP John Hamilton* 10.97% 651 684.15 689.47 727.47 817.61 822.78
Ulster Unionist William Elliott 4.60% 273 427.05 488.37 497.65 515 530.07
Alliance Alan McDowell 6.52% 387 393.24 394.08 400.08 402.08  
DUP Glynn Moore 3.20% 190 205.21 207.45 268.12    
DUP Andrew Marks 3.27% 194 195.17 196.01      
Electorate: 13,303   Valid: 5,937 (44.63%)   Spoilt: 136   Quota: 849   Turnout: 6,073 (45.65%)  

Newtownards

1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x NILP
1989: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1985-1989 Change: Independent Unionist gain from NILP

Newtownards - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Ulster Unionist Thomas Benson* 20.60% 1,307                
DUP Simpson Gibson* 20.22% 1,283                
Alliance Owen Dorrian* 11.33% 719 757 763.08 770.08 964.08        
DUP Wilbert Magill 8.64% 548 565.6 679.98 686.38 686.38 687.38 799.54    
DUP John Elliott* 6.43% 408 450.4 625.2 633.1 633.48 634.48 785.14 906.14  
Ulster Unionist David Smyth* 7.12% 452 544 565.66 625.38 628.18 671.18 699.68 794.68  
Ind. Unionist John Purdy 7.45% 473 485.4 496.04 503.22 511.82 578.82 585.74 682.36 697.36
Ulster Unionist Thomas Hamilton 2.88% 183 430.6 449.22 482.58 489.58 525.58 535.06 603.58 636.58
Ind. Unionist William Hannigan 6.84% 434 449.6 473.92 478.72 481.12 490.12 504.1    
DUP Cedric Wilson 3.59% 228 236.4 339.38 340.18 342.58 343.58      
Alliance Laurence Thompson 3.36% 213 218.2 218.58 221.58          
Ulster Unionist James McKernon 1.54% 98 130.8 136.12            
Electorate: 16,907   Valid: 6,346 (37.53%)   Spoilt: 175   Quota: 794   Turnout: 6,521 (38.57%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Ards". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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