1989 Down District Council election

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Northern Ireland local elections, 1989
1989 Down District Council election
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All 23 seats to Down District Council
12 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party SDLP Ulster Unionist DUP
Seats won 12 8 2
Seat change Increase 2 Increase 1 Decrease 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Alliance Sinn Féin Workers' Party
Seats won 1 0 0
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 2 Decrease 1

Elections to

councillors
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Election results

Down District Council Election Result 1989[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SDLP 12 2 0 Increase2 52.2 49.2 12,227 Increase7.6
  Ulster Unionist 8 1 0 Increase1 34.8 31.1 7,716 Increase0.8
  DUP 2 0 1 Decrease1 8.7 8.5 2,110 Decrease3.7
  Alliance 1 1 0 Increase1 4.3 2.2 534 Decrease3.0
  Sinn Féin 0 0 2 Decrease2 0.0 4.8 1,194 Decrease1.7
  Workers' Party 0 0 1 Decrease1 0.0 1.6 393 Decrease2.6
  Ind. Unionist 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.4 351 Increase0.8
 
Independent Labour
 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.8 193 Increase0.8
 
Green (NI)
 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.4 107 New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Down District Council election, 1989
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
SDLP UUP DUP Alliance Others
Ballynahinch 45.3 2 36.1 2 13.8 1 0.0 0 4.8 0 5
Downpatrick 65.1 5 14.9 1 0.0 0 7.2 1 12.8 0 7
Newcastle 54.2 4 28.1 2 6.9 0 0.0 0 10.8 0 6
Rowallane 26.9 1 50.7 3 16.1 1 0.0 0 6.3 0 5
Total 49.2 12 31.1 8 8.5 2 2.2 1 9.0 0 23

District results

Ballynahinch

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

Ballynahinch - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SDLP Patrick Toman 21.33% 1,222        
Ulster Unionist James Cochrane* 21.01% 1,204        
SDLP James Magee* 17.19% 985        
Ulster Unionist Walter Lyons 15.08% 864 865.54 1,053.91    
DUP Thomas Poole* 13.79% 790 791.98 848.47 935.26 967.26
SDLP Patrick King 6.77% 388 630.88 631.51 632.17 750.17
Sinn Féin Patrick McGreevy 2.97% 170 180.12 180.12 180.34  
Green (NI)
 Philip Allen 1.87% 107 109.2 111.51 115.8  
Electorate: 8,529   Valid: 5,730 (67.18%)   Spoilt: 126   Quota: 956   Turnout: 5,856 (68.66%)  

Downpatrick

1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party
1989: 5 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1985-1989 Change: SDLP and Alliance gain from Sinn Féin and Workers' Party

Downpatrick - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SDLP Dermot Curran* 16.09% 1,198          
Ulster Unionist Samuel McCartney* 14.91% 1,110          
SDLP John Ritchie* 11.93% 888 918.59 927.23 959.23    
SDLP Sean Quinn* 10.64% 792 823.74 832.38 892.86 983.86  
SDLP Malachi Curran 9.60% 715 803.55 807.39 854.04 926.81 938.01
SDLP John Doris 9.50% 707 744.26 750.98 787.55 845.7 870.5
Alliance Michael Healy 7.17% 534 543.89 665.17 744.33 773.88 779.48
SDLP Mary Breen 7.36% 548 596.53 600.69 645.47 714.39 725.59
Sinn Féin Geraldine Ritchie* 7.35% 547 554.36 555.32 595.88    
Workers' Party Monica Hynds 2.87% 214 217.45 231.21      
Independent Labour
 William Hampton 2.59% 193 197.14 204.82      
Electorate: 11,698   Valid: 7,446 (63.65%)   Spoilt: 153   Quota: 931   Turnout: 7,599 (64.96%)  

Newcastle

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

Newcastle - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Ulster Unionist Gerald Douglas* 22.00% 1,329            
SDLP Michael Boyd* 21.04% 1,271            
SDLP Eamon O'Neill* 18.09% 1,093            
SDLP Peter Fitzpatrick 8.97% 542 546.32 762.14 792.46 910.9    
Ulster Unionist William Brown* 6.06% 366 761.28 765.9 781.42 782.26 1,151.26  
SDLP Cathal O'Baoill 6.11% 369 376.56 521.43 588.71 665.15 669.72 679.72
Sinn Féin Sean Fitzpatrick 7.89% 477 477.36 491.22 511.87 534.13 534.85 534.85
DUP John Finlay 6.89% 416 465.68 466.34 470.7 471.33    
Workers' Party Henry Robinson 2.96% 179 183.32 199.16        
Electorate: 9,641   Valid: 6,042 (62.67%)   Spoilt: 166   Quota: 864   Turnout: 6,208 (64.39%)  

Rowallane

1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: No change

Rowallane - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SDLP Margaret Ritchie* 26.91% 1,509        
Ulster Unionist Samuel Osborne* 23.58% 1,322        
Ulster Unionist Albert Colmer 13.93% 781 915 1,104.9    
Ulster Unionist William Biggerstaff* 13.20% 740 892 969.4    
DUP William Dick* 11.63% 652 678 717.3 779.1 1,013.1
Ind. Unionist William Walker 6.26% 351 413 461.9 480.8 488.8
DUP William Greer 4.49% 252 311 334.4 371.3  
Electorate: 8,574   Valid: 5,607 (65.40%)   Spoilt: 106   Quota: 935   Turnout: 5,713 (66.63%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Down". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
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