1989 Craigavon Borough Council election

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1989 Craigavon Borough Council election
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All 26 seats to Craigavon Borough Council
14 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Ulster Unionist SDLP DUP
Seats won 12 6 4
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 1 Decrease 2
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Alliance Sinn Féin Workers' Party
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 1 Decrease 1

Elections to

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Election results

Craigavon Borough Council Election Result 1989[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Ulster Unionist 12 2 1 Increase1 46.2 42.4 12,687 Increase6.3
  SDLP 6 1 0 Increase1 23.1 21.0 6,288 Increase3.8
  DUP 4 0 2 Decrease2 15.4 14.4 4,314 Decrease11.3
  Alliance 2 2 0 Increase2 7.7 5.8 1,742 Increase1.5
  Sinn Féin 1 0 1 Decrease1 3.8 8.4 2,521 Decrease3.1
  Workers' Party 1 0 1 Decrease1 3.8 4.3 1,285 Decrease0.9
 
Protestant Unionist
 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.7 511 New
  Independent Nationalist 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.2 361 Increase1.2
  Ind. Unionist 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.8 255 Increase0.8

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Craigavon Borough Council election, 1989
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
UUP SDLP DUP Alliance Sinn Féin Workers' Party Others
Craigavon Central
 45.0 4 13.2 1 17.5 1 8.0 1 8.1 0 4.9 0 3.3 0 7
Loughside 14.7 0 54.2 3 0.0 0 0.0 0 18.9 1 12.2 1 0.0 0 5
Lurgan 56.6 4 12.3 1 20.1 2 6.6 0 3.3 0 1.1 0 0.0 0 7
Portadown 45.0 4 13.2 1 16.0 2 7.2 1 6.4 0 1.4 0 10.8 0 7
Total 42.4 12 21.0 6 14.4 4 5.8 2 8.4 1 4.3 1 3.7 0 26

District results

Craigavon Central

1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Workers' Party
1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1985-1989 Change: UUP and Alliance gain from DUP and Workers' Party

Craigavon Central - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Ulster Unionist Samuel McCammick* 21.69% 1,642              
SDLP James Daly 13.25% 1,003              
Ulster Unionist Frederick Crowe 10.74% 813 1,079.29            
DUP David Calvin 12.09% 915 936.84 945.24 1,068.24        
Ulster Unionist Pauline Lindsay 6.54% 495 637.8 700.17 750.9 792.9 798.32 997.32  
Ulster Unionist Elizabeth McClurg 6.04% 457 651.04 697.87 719.55 728.55 733.97 951.31  
Alliance Sean Hagan 7.99% 605 614.24 615.29 627.29 632.29 793.29 799.34 840.22
Sinn Féin Sheena Campbell 8.06% 610 610 610.21 612.21 614.21 744.21 744.21 759.05
DUP Eric Patterson 5.36% 406 451.36 462.28 495.12 555.12 559.12    
Workers' Party Peter Smyth 4.89% 370 370.84 371.05 373.05 373.05      
Ind. Unionist Barrie Bradbury 3.37% 255 259.62 261.09          
Electorate: 13,988   Valid: 7,571 (54.12%)   Spoilt: 205   Quota: 947   Turnout: 7,776 (55.59%)  

Loughside

1985: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party, 1 x UUP
1989: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from UUP

Loughside - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SDLP Sean McCavanagh* 23.79% 1,393          
Sinn Féin Brendan Curran* 10.81% 633 640 1,048.5      
SDLP Hugh Casey 12.88% 754 867.7 870.7 1,054.7    
SDLP Catherine McStravick 10.30% 603 749.7 763.3 994    
Workers' Party Tom French* 12.18% 713 747.8 762.4 834.7 912.05 977.05
Ulster Unionist Thomas Bell* 14.70% 861 861.9 863.9 863.9 864.81 867.81
SDLP Patrick Crilly 7.24% 424 521.5 529.7      
Sinn Féin John O'Dowd 8.11% 475 480.4        
Electorate: 10,783   Valid: 5,856 (54.31%)   Spoilt: 191   Quota: 976   Turnout: 6,047 (56.08%)  

Lurgan

1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: No change

Lurgan - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Ulster Unionist Sydney Cairns* 23.04% 1,942        
Ulster Unionist Audrey Savage 18.56% 1,565        
Ulster Unionist Samuel Lutton 9.15% 771 1,127.5      
Ulster Unionist Meta Crozier 5.84% 492 886.22 1,236.68    
DUP Ruth Allen 10.57% 891 924.12 979.56 1,077.31  
SDLP
Brid Rodgers
* 		12.34% 1,040 1,040 1,040.33 1,041.02 1,249.02
DUP Yvonne Calvert 9.54% 804 884.5 864.69 1,029.32 1,033.21
Alliance Gordon Burrell 6.61% 557 572.64 586.17 604.34 623.67
Sinn Féin Patricia McKee 3.32% 280 280 280.66 280.89  
Workers' Party Maureen McKeever 1.04% 88 88 88.99 89.45  
Electorate: 13,861   Valid: 8,430 (60.82%)   Spoilt: 194   Quota: 1,054   Turnout: 8,624 (62.22%)  

Portadown

1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1985-1989 Change: UUP and Alliance gain from DUP and Sinn Féin

Portadown - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Ulster Unionist James Gillespie* 19.53% 1,583                
DUP Michael Briggs* 13.43% 1,089                
SDLP Ignatius Fox* 13.21% 1,071                
Ulster Unionist Joseph Trueman 10.94% 887 1,055.12              
Ulster Unionist Brian Maguinness 9.00% 730 1,021.96              
Ulster Unionist Anna Moore 5.54% 449 510.56 517.28 519.35 519.41 662.9 663.26 697.37 1,066.37
Alliance William Ramsay 7.15% 580 586.84 588.31 615.31 640.45 647.71 769.43 770.78 832.59
Sinn Féin John Dignam 6.45% 523 523.36 523.57 551.57 563.45 563.58 706.7 706.79 706.86
Protestant Unionist Andrew Watson 6.30% 511 520.36 526.03 528.03 528.03 638.82 640.89 643.41  
Independent Nationalist Mario McCooe 4.45% 361 361.36 361.43 393.43 410.77 410.77      
DUP Phyllis Lutton 2.58% 209 238.16 297.38 298.38 298.44        
Workers' Party Kathy Fox 1.41% 114 114.36 114.43            
Electorate: 13,753   Valid: 8,107 (58.95%)   Spoilt: 220   Quota: 1,014   Turnout: 8,327 (60.55%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Craigavon". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
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