1989 Belfast City Council election

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Northern Ireland local elections, 1989
1989 Belfast City Council election
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All 51 seats to Belfast City Council
26 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party UUP Sinn Féin SDLP
Seats won 14 8 8
Seat change Steady 0 Increase 1 Increase 2
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party DUP Alliance Ind. Unionist
Seats won 8 6 4
Seat change Decrease 3 Decrease 2 Increase 2
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Party Workers' Party PUP
Protestant Unionist
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change Steady 0 Steady 0 Steady 0
Lord Mayor before election

Nigel Dodds
DUP

Lord Mayor

Reg Empey
UUP

Elections to

councillors
, most representing the more heavily populated north and west.

The

Lord Mayor
.

Election results

Belfast Local Election Result 1989[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  UUP 14 1 1 Steady0 27.5 21.7 22,846 Decrease2.7
  Sinn Féin 8 1 0 Increase1 15.7 18.7 19,688 Increase3.1
  SDLP 8 2 0 Increase2 15.7 16.1 16,937 Increase1.9
  DUP 8 0 3 Decrease3 15.7 14.8 15,618 Decrease5.1
  Alliance 6 0 2 Decrease2 11.8 10.9 11,479 Decrease0.6
  Ind. Unionist 4 2 0 Increase2 7.8 6.7 7,013 Increase3.2
  Workers' Party 1 0 0 Steady0 2.0 5.3 5,571 Increase1.5
  PUP 1 0 0 Steady0 2.0 2.5 2,533 Increase0.3
 
Protestant Unionist
 1 0 0 Steady0 2.0 1.3 1,408 Decrease1.3
  Ulster Democratic 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.9 908 Increase0.4
 
Independent
 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.7 717 Increase0.7
 
Labour Party NI
 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.2 212 New
  Communist 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.2 175 Steady0.0
 
Green (NI)
 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.08 95 New
  National Front 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.02 27 New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Belfast City Council election, 1989
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
UUP Sinn Féin SDLP DUP Alliance Workers' Party PUP Others
Balmoral 34.9 2 0.0 0 14.3 1 19.3 1 19.0 1 2.1 0 0.0 0 10.4 0 5
Castle 24.6 1 3.8 0 19.2 1 16.6 1 8.8 1 4.1 0 0.0 0 22.9 2 6
Court 19.8 1 2.3 0 0.0 0 15.8 1 0.0 0 3.5 0 24.2 1 34.4 2 6
Laganbank 31.6 2 7.7 0 20.8 1 12.0 1 19.0 1 4.9 0 0.0 0 4.0 0 5
Lower Falls 0.0 0 61.0 3 28.5 2 0.0 0 1.2 0 9.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 5
Oldpark 22.8 2 37.8 3 8.9 0 15.8 1 3.3 0 11.4 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 6
Pottinger 25.7 2 5.8 0 0.0 0 40.1 2 12.1 1 5.0 0 0.0 0 11.3 1 6
Upper Falls 0.0 0 49.5 2 41.9 2 2.2 0 2.6 0 3.1 0 0.0 0 0.7 0 5
Victoria 39.5 3 0.0 0 0.0 0 23.7 2 31.0 2 2.5 0 0.0 0 3.3 0 7
Total 21.7 14 18.7 8 16.1 8 14.8 8 10.9 6 5.3 1 2.5 1 10.0 5 51

District results

Balmoral

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

Balmoral - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
UUP Mary Crooks* 18.97% 2,163            
UUP Jim Kirkpatrick* 15.94% 1,818 1,968.72          
DUP John Parkes* 14.05% 1,602 1,631.76 1,997.76        
Alliance Mark Long 9.69% 1,105 1,111 1,178.68 1,182.37 1,188.37 2,118.37  
SDLP Dorita Field 14.35% 1,636 1,637.08 1,708.32 1,708.73 1,708.85 1,778.63 1,888.89
Ind. Unionist William Dickson* 10.32% 1,177 1,207.84 1,418.56 1,505.89 1,558.09 1,639.9 1,743.87
Alliance John Montgomery* 9.30% 1,061 1,067.24 1,152.32 1,157.65 1,162.09    
DUP Caroline Bingham 5.25% 599 626          
Workers' Party Shaun McKeown 2.14% 243 243.72          
Electorate: 23,343   Valid: 11,404 (48.85%)   Spoilt: 314   Quota: 1,901   Turnout: 11,718 (50.20%)  

Castle

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

Castle - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SDLP Alban Maginness* 19.17% 2,301              
UUP John Carson* 18.26% 2,192              
DUP Nigel Dodds* 14.82% 1,779              
Alliance Tom Campbell* 8.77% 1,053 1,384.02 1,405.36 1,405.63 1,488.77 1,493.04 1,591.75 1,855.75
Ind. Unionist Frank Millar* 11.54% 1,385 1,386.62 1,455.7 1,460.44 1,475.44 1,559.34 1,561.16 1,618.15
Ind. Unionist Nelson McCausland 9.69% 1,163 1,163 1,270.36 1,276.3 1,280.1 1,390.64 1,392.76 1,433.56
UUP Alfred Redpath* 6.39% 767 771.05 993.25 996.76 1,003.74 1,053.35 1,061.95 1,118.56
Workers' Party Anthony Kerr 4.13% 496 612.37 619.85 620.24 714.69 724.37 864.13  
Sinn Féin Bobby Lavery* 3.77% 453 510.78 511.22 511.43 527.37 527.37    
DUP Samuel Lowry 1.80% 216 216.27 254.11 291.13 294.13      
Green (NI)
 Maria O'Sullivan 0.79% 95 139.28 140.16 140.19        
Labour '87 Thomas Galloway 0.86% 103 124.87 127.95 128.04        
Electorate: 24,488   Valid: 12,003 (49.02%)   Spoilt: 323   Quota: 1,715   Turnout: 12,326 (50.33%)  

Court

1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Protestant Unionist, 1 x Independent Unionist
1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Protestant Unionist, 1 x Independent Unionist
1985-1989 Change: No change

Court - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
PUP Hugh Smyth* 24.25% 2,533            
Protestant Unionist Elizabeth Seawright 13.48% 1,408 1,768.36          
UUP Fred Cobain* 11.20% 1,170 1,253.16 1,289.54 1,294.54 1,334.82 1,468.84 1,669.84
DUP Eric Smyth 9.63% 1,006 1,158.04 1,197.48 1,199.48 1,220.08 1,276.5 1,559.5
Ind. Unionist Joseph Coggle* 9.12% 953 1,134.02 1,212.9 1,217.9 1,253.74 1,349.08 1,439.04
UUP Herbert Ditty* 8.59% 897 962.52 1,002.98 1,005.32 1,030.92 1,208.88 1,309.8
Independent
 William Smith 6.87% 717 809.4 847.82 849.82 932.84 979.16 1,008.36
DUP Frederick Ashby* 6.17% 644 673.82 688.1 688.1 703.78 762.72  
Ind. Unionist Alfie Ferguson 4.87% 509 562.34 583.08 583.08 625.5    
Workers' Party Peter Cullen 3.51% 367 374.98 379.06 467.06      
Sinn Féin Joe Austin 2.30% 240 240.42 240.76        
Electorate: 21,173   Valid: 10,444 (49.33%)   Spoilt: 381   Quota: 1,493   Turnout: 10,825 (51.13%)  

Laganbank

1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: No change

Laganbank - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
SDLP Alasdair McDonnell* 14.43% 1,415 1,424 1,440 1,558 2,134        
UUP
Dixie Gilmore
* 		15.25% 1,496 1,497 1,567 1,579 1,579 1,580 2,080    
Alliance Steve McBride 11.29% 1,107 1,110 1,147 1,243 1,282 1,490 1,497 1,500.84 1,602.84
UUP Jim Clarke 8.71% 854 859 901 903 903 903 1,128 1,445.76 1,448.76
DUP Rhonda Paisley* 10.56% 1,036 1,037 1,171 1,179 1,180 1,180 1,278 1,346.16 1,349.16
Alliance Mary Thomas 7.70% 755 757 780 898 937 1,126 1,130 1,131.92 1,209.92
Sinn Féin James Clinton 7.68% 753 775 776 799 811 836 837 837.96  
UUP Harry Fletcher 7.68% 753 753 813 816 816 816      
SDLP Gerard McKettrick 6.41% 629 635 638 700          
Workers' Party Kevin Smyth 4.88% 479 503 553            
Ind. Unionist Margaret Dickson 2.02% 198 198              
DUP Benjamin Horan 1.35% 132 133              
Labour '87 Paul Hainsworth 1.11% 109 123              
Communist Barry Bruton 0.93% 91                
Electorate: 20,689   Valid: 9,807 (47.40%)   Spoilt: 372   Quota: 1,635   Turnout: 10,179 (49.20%)  

Lower Falls

1985: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1989: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance

Lower Falls - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SDLP Joe Hendron* 23.51% 2,748        
Sinn Féin Fra McCann 19.73% 2,307        
Sinn Féin Elizabeth Fitzsimons* 15.10% 1,765 1,786.7 1,816.25 1,849.69 1,885.5
Sinn Féin Sean McKnight* 12.22% 1,428 1,461.48 1,466.72 1,750.56 1,774.62
SDLP Mary Muldoon 5.03% 588 1,196.84 1,257.51 1,261.19 1,738.98
Sinn Féin Richard May 13.91% 1,626 1,634.68 1,637.68 1,651.92 1,679.45
Workers' Party Mary McMahon 9.35% 1,093 1,186 1,218.75 1,224.19  
Alliance Derrick Crothers 1.15% 135 164.45      
Electorate: 20,095   Valid: 11,690 (58.17%)   Spoilt: 570   Quota: 1,949   Turnout: 12,260 (61.01%)  

Oldpark

1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Workers' Party
1989: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Workers' Party
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP

Oldpark - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SDLP Brian Feeney* 18.38% 2,426          
Workers' Party Seamus Lynch* 12.42% 1,639 1,912.6        
UUP Fred Proctor* 14.02% 1,850 1,850.96 1,976.96      
UUP William Gault 9.05% 780 782.64 886.56 951.36 1,491.96 2,050.96
Sinn Féin Gerard McGuigan* 12.75% 1,682 1,706.96 1,723.84 1,723.84 1,723.84 1,725.84
Sinn Féin Paddy McManus 11.73% 1,548 1,572.24 1,585.2 1,586.1 1,588.1 1,592.82
Sinn Féin William McGarry 8.45% 1,115 1,153.16 1,187.2 1,187.2 1,188.44 1,206
Ulster Democratic Patrick Bird 6.34% 837 837.72 883.36 896.86 1,117.84  
DUP Stanley Mulholland 6.10% 805 805.24 839.4 851.1    
Alliance George Jones 3.36% 443 610.52        
Ulster Democratic William Clark 0.54% 71 71.24        
Electorate: 25,895   Valid: 13,196 (50.96%)   Spoilt: 548   Quota: 1,886   Turnout: 13,744 (53.08%)  

Pottinger

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

Pottinger - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
DUP Sammy Wilson* 25.88% 2,780          
UUP Margaret Clarke* 13.78% 1,480 1,524.55 1,537.55      
Alliance Mervyn Jones* 12.07% 1,296 1,309.05 1,314.3 1,326.75 1,599.75  
DUP Jim Walker* 4.59% 493 1,268.35 1,479.35 1,531.7 1,546.7  
Ind. Unionist Dorothy Dunlop 10.98% 1,179 1,225.8 1,245.75 1,313.9 1,344.35 1,357.35
UUP Reg Empey* 8.04% 864 921.15 942.1 1,210.2 1,220.2 1,226.2
DUP Frank Leslie* 7.15% 768 900.3 1,015 1,044.05 1,056.5 1,064.4
Sinn Féin Joseph O'Donnell 5.86% 629 629.45 631.9 631.9 677.9  
Workers' Party Sean Flanagan 5.04% 541 543.7 546.7 548.7    
UUP David McNutt 3.91% 420 447 457.15      
DUP John Norris 2.45% 263 381.8        
National Front Stuart McCullough 0.25% 27 29.7        
Electorate: 24,265   Valid: 10,740 (44.26%)   Spoilt: 508   Quota: 1,535   Turnout: 11,248 (46.35%)  

Upper Falls

1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1989: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Alliance

Upper Falls - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SDLP Alex Attwood* 26.53% 3,292            
Sinn Féin Alex Maskey* 19.26% 2,378            
Sinn Féin Teresa Holland* 18.77% 2,329            
SDLP Cormac Boomer* 9.58% 1,189 2,202.46          
Sinn Féin
Mairtin O'Muilleoir
 		15.74% 1,435 1,462.74 1,739.64 1,976.47 2,000.75 2,004.3 2,004.67
SDLP Peter Prendiville 5.75% 713 815.98 819.1 820.97 834.35 935.6 962.75
Alliance Dan McGuinness 2.63% 326 363.24 365.71 368.35 374.73 384.88 505.88
Workers' Party Jean Craig 3.06% 380 409.64 411.72 413.48 432.48 443.83 488.83
DUP Robert Morrow 2.28% 283 283 283.39 283.72 283.72 283.97  
Communist Kevin O'Donnell 0.68% 84 87.04 89.77 90.54      
Electorate: 22,975   Valid: 12,409 (54.01%)   Spoilt: 426   Quota: 2,069   Turnout: 12,835 (55.87%)  

Victoria

1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP
1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: No change

Victoria - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Alliance
John Alderdice
 		21.67% 2,933          
UUP Thomas Patton* 21.02% 2,845          
UUP Ian Adamson 12.78% 1,730          
DUP
Wallace Browne
* 		10.15% 1,374 1,407.97 1,512.97 1,523.34 1,585.51 1,890.51
DUP Robin Newton* 8.65% 1,171 1,177.88 1,274.06 1,287.33 1,346.33 1,644.33
Alliance Danny Dow 5.41% 732 1,405.38 1,475.94 1,617.36 1,685.17 1,696.17
UUP Alan Montgomery 5.67% 767 821.61 1,496.55 1,521.91 1,641.98 1,692.98
Alliance George Thompson* 3.94% 533 937.2 963.66 1,041.39 1,110.23 1,117.23
DUP Irene Lewis 4.93% 667 685.49 776.63 786.05 846.22  
Ind. Unionist Samuel Walker 3.32% 449 469.64 520.46 555.74    
Workers' Party Hugh Jordan 2.46% 333 359.23 378.97      
Electorate: 30,508   Valid: 13,534 (44.36%)   Spoilt: 367   Quota: 1,692   Turnout: 13,901 (45.57%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Belfast Council results". 27 July 2011. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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