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1989 Armagh District Council election
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Local govt election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1989
1989 Armagh District Council election parliamentary no 1985 Armagh District Council election 1985 1989 05 17 y 1993 Armagh District Council election 1993 All 22 seats to Armagh District Council 12 Ulster Unionist Party 11 0 Social Democratic and Labour Party 8 1 Democratic Unionist Party 2 1 Sinn Féin 1 0 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Armagh District Council were held on 17 May 1989 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 22 councillors.
Election results
Armagh District Council Election Result 1989https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/85-89lgarmagh.htm Local Government Election 1985-1989: Armagh www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
11
0
0
0
50.0
46.6
11,631
2.8
Social Democratic and Labour Party
8
1
0
1
36.4
31.7
7,931
1.6
Democratic Unionist Party
2
0
1
1
9.1
12.2
3,054
4.8
Sinn Féin
1
0
0
0
4.5
8.2
2,050
1.8
Workers' Party (Ireland)
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.9
232
0.9
Independent (politician)
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.4
100
0.4
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Armagh District Council election, 1989by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
!rowspan=2|TotalCllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Sinn Féin" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Armagh City
|29.6
|2
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|43.0
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
|10.4
|0
|13.3
|1
|3.7
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Crossmore
|36.7
|2
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|54.3
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
|0.0
|0
|9.1
|0
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Cusher
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|60.5
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
|15.1
|1
|18.9
|1
|4.3
|0
|1.2
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|The Orchard
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|55.6
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|20.9
|1
|16.5
|1
|7.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|5
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|46.6
|11
|31.7
|8
|12.2
|2
|8.2
|1
|1.3
|0
|22
|-
|}
District results
Armagh City
1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from DUP
Armagh City - 6 seatsLocal Government Results 1989 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/c747b644-74fb-4401-a84f-1900f7818722/local_government_election_results_1989 EONI 24 July 2021
6
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Agnew*
1,019
16.07%
Ulster Unionist Party
George Macartney*
979
15.44%
Ulster Unionist Party
John Doogan*
898
14.16%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Pat Brannigan*
893
14.08%
967.69
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Anna Brolly
816
12.87%
841.19
841.26
897.96
996.96
Sinn Féin
Seamus Hart
540
8.51%
544.18
544.18
545.08
576.81
881.64
Democratic Unionist Party
Harold Carson
660
10.41%
660.33
666.56
666.56
672.93
673.93
Sinn Féin
Stephen Fields
305
4.81%
307.09
307.09
307.54
325.76
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Patrick McCusker
232
3.66%
235.74
236.65
237.91
6
9,628
6,342 (65.87%)
202
907
6,544 (67.97%)
Crossmore
1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1985-1989 Change: No change
Crossmore - 5 seats
3
Ulster Unionist Party
Jim Nicholson*
1,484
28.29%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Thomas Kavanagh
1,162
22.15%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
James McKernan*
1,041
19.85%
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Shilliday*
440
8.39%
1,036.96
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Charles Mallon*
643
12.26%
643.82
897.57
Sinn Féin
Thomas Carroll
475
9.06%
475
499.25
3
7,295
5,245 (71.90%)
158
875
5,403 (74.06%)
Cusher
1985: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: No change
Cusher - 6 seats
3
Ulster Unionist Party
Eric Speers*
1,561
20.38%
Democratic Unionist Party
Thomas Black*
1,444
18.85%
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Johnston*
1,314
17.15%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Thomas Canavan
1,154
15.07%
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Turner*
936
12.22%
1,239.49
Ulster Unionist Party
James Clayton*
822
10.73%
974.52
1,314.72
Sinn Féin
Margaret McNally
329
4.30%
329
329.56
Independent (politician)
Eugene Turley
100
1.31%
109.61
113.81
3
9,988
7,660 (76.69%)
151
1,095
7,811 (78.20%)
The Orchard
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: No change
The Orchard - 5 seats
4
Ulster Unionist Party
Jim Speers*
1,665
28.95%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Kernan
1,203
20.92%
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel Foster*
855
14.87%
1,179.24
Democratic Unionist Party
Douglas Hutchinson*
950
16.52%
1,081.88
Ulster Unionist Party
Olive Whitten
677
11.77%
910.52
928
1,147.9
Sinn Féin
Brendan Casey
401
6.97%
401
625.02
625.02
4
8,056
5,751 (71.39%)
111
959
5,862 (72.77%)
References
Category:Armagh City and District Council elections
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