1989 Larne Borough Council election

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Northern Ireland local elections, 1989
1989 Larne Borough Council election
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All 15 seats to Larne Borough Council
8 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party UUP DUP Alliance
Seats won 7 4 2
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 2 Steady 0
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party
Independent
 Independent Nationalist
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Increase 1 Steady 0

Elections to

councillors
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Election results

Larne Borough Council Election Result 1989[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  UUP 7 1 0 Increase1 46.7 42.7 4,502 Increase5.4
  DUP 4 0 2 Decrease2 26.7 29.1 3,046 Decrease10.3
  Alliance 2 0 0 Steady0 13.3 11.5 1,214 Decrease4.9
 
Independent
 1 1 1 Increase1 0.0 10.2 1,070 Increase10.2
  Independent Nationalist 1 0 0 Steady0 6.7 6.6 700 Decrease0.3

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Larne Borough Council election, 1989
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
UUP DUP Alliance Others
Coast Road 36.0 2 30.0 1 13.1 1 20.9 1 5
Larne Lough 61.0 3 27.4 2 11.6 0 0.0 0 5
Larne Town 31.0 2 29.4 1 10.0 1 29.6 1 5
Total 42.7 7 29.1 4 11.5 2 16.7 2 15

Districts results

Coast Road

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

Coast Road - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
UUP Thomas Robinson* 23.19% 777      
Independent Nationalist William Cunning* 20.89% 700      
UUP Joan Drummond 12.80% 429 554.72 561  
DUP Winston Fulton* 14.26% 478 496.48 560.44  
Alliance Amelia Kelly* 13.10% 439 446.84 454.4 592.32
DUP Rachel Rea* 12.32% 413 465.08 507.72 508.64
DUP Hill Taggart 3.43% 115 122    
Electorate: 7,089   Valid: 3,351 (47.27%)   Spoilt: 90   Quota: 559   Turnout: 3,441 (48.54%)  

Larne Lough

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

Larne Lough - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
UUP Roy Beggs* 38.94% 1,387        
UUP Thomas Baxter* 13.81% 492 927.58      
UUP Samuel Steele* 8.31% 296 473.48 725.03    
DUP Bobby McKee 13.73% 489 560.34 592.74 633.24  
DUP Gary Haggan 6.85% 244 294.46 320.56 365.11 569.16
Alliance Thomas Caldwell 11.54% 411 435.94 449.44 472.39 496.83
DUP William Sloan 6.82% 243 267.36 273.66 295.26  
Electorate: 7,198   Valid: 3,562 (49.49%)   Spoilt: 116   Quota: 594   Turnout: 3,678 (51.10%)  

Larne Town

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

Larne Town - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
DUP Jack McKee* 25.76% 979        
Independent
 Pat Buckley 23.63% 855        
UUP Robert Robinson* 16.03% 580 630.31      
UUP Rosalie Armstrong* 14.95% 541 576.1 595.18 606.34  
Alliance Patricia Kay 6.30% 228 229.95 333.63 487.55 615.21
DUP Leonard Sluman* 2.35% 85 362.29 365.17 365.92 418.13
Independent
 Roy Craig 5.94% 215 223.97 280.85 301.85  
Alliance William Geddis 3.76% 136 136.39 202.27    
Electorate: 7,298   Valid: 3,619 (49.59%)   Spoilt: 91   Quota: 604   Turnout: 3,710 (50.84%)  

References

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