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1989 Ballymoney Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1989
1989 Ballymoney Borough Council election parliamentary no 1985 Ballymoney Borough Council election 1985 1989 05 17 y 1993 Ballymoney Borough Council election 1993 All 16 seats to Ballymoney Borough Council 9 Ulster Unionist Party 6 0 Democratic Unionist Party 6 0 Social Democratic and Labour Party 3 1 Independent (politician) 1 0 Sinn Féin 0 1 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Ballymoney Borough Council were held on 17 May 1989 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 16 councillors.
Election results
Ballymoney Borough Council Election Result 1989https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/85-89lgballymoney.htm Local Government Election 1985-1989: Ballymoney www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
6
0
0
0
37.5
35.1
2,254
5.2
Democratic Unionist Party
6
0
0
0
37.5
33.9
2,185
8.0
Social Democratic and Labour Party
3
1
0
1
18.8
21.7
1,401
9.0
Independent (politician)
1
0
0
0
6.3
0.0
0
7.1
Sinn Féin
0
0
1
1
0.0
9.3
600
3.8
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Ballymoney Borough Council election, 1989by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
!rowspan=2|TotalCllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Ballymoney Town
|N/A
|2
|N/A
|2
|N/A
|0
|N/A
|1
|5
|-
|align="left"|Bann Valley
|30.8
|2
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|35.8
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|23.6
|2
|9.8
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Bushvale
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|40.8
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|31.3
|2
|19.2
|1
|8.7
|0
|5
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|35.1
|6
|33.9
|6
|21.7
|3
|9.3
|1
|16
|-
|}
Districts results
Ballymoney Town
1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1985-1989 Change: No change
Ballymoney Town - 5 seatsLocal Government Results 1989 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/c747b644-74fb-4401-a84f-1900f7818722/local_government_election_results_1989 EONI 11 July 2021
1
Democratic Unionist Party
Cecil Cousley*
N/A
N/A
Ulster Unionist Party
James McKeown
N/A
N/A
Independent (politician)
Robert McComb*
N/A
N/A
Democratic Unionist Party
Sam McConaghie
N/A
N/A
Ulster Unionist Party
James Simpson*
N/A
N/A
1
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
As only five candidates had been nominated for five seats, there was no vote in Ballymoney Town and all five candidates were deemed elected.
Bann Valley
1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin
Bann Valley - 6 seats
4
Ulster Unionist Party
Joe Gaston*
790
21.21%
Democratic Unionist Party
Robert Halliday
710
19.06%
Ulster Unionist Party
John Watt
356
9.56%
558.95
Democratic Unionist Party
Robert Wilson*
429
11.52%
457.05
570.3
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Malachy McCamphill*
450
12.08%
452.31
452.56
455.47
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Charley O'Kane
430
11.54%
430
430.25
431
Sinn Féin
Una Casey
365
9.80%
365.33
365.58
365.58
Democratic Unionist Party
Daniel Taylor
195
5.23%
216.45
273.2
4
6,284
3,725 (59.28%)
91
533
3,816 (60.73%)
Bushvale
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: No change
Bushvale - 5 seats
2
Ulster Unionist Party
John Ramsay*
575
21.18%
Ulster Unionist Party
William Logan*
533
19.63%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Harry Connolly*
521
19.19%
Democratic Unionist Party
Bill Kennedy
497
18.31%
Democratic Unionist Party
Donald McKenzie
354
13.04%
474.32
Sinn Féin
Malachy Carey
235
8.66%
235
2
4,942
2,715 (54.94%)
59
453
2,774 (56.13%)
References
Category:Ballymoney Borough Council elections
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