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1989 Dungannon District Council election
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Local govt election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1989
1989 Dungannon District Council election parliamentary no 1985 Dungannon District Council election 1985 1989 05 17 y 1993 Dungannon District Council election 1993 All 22 seats to Dungannon District Council 12 Ulster Unionist Party 8 Social Democratic and Labour Party 5 Sinn Féin 3 1 Democratic Unionist Party 3 Independent Nationalist 2 Workers' Party (Ireland) 1 1 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Dungannon 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
Dungannon District Council Election Result 1989https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/85-89lgdungannon.htm Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Dungannon www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
8
0
0
0
36.4
37.5
8,775
5.4
Social Democratic and Labour Party
5
0
0
0
22.7
20.1
4,711
2.5
Sinn Féin
3
0
1
1
13.6
18.7
4,369
4.2
Democratic Unionist Party
3
0
0
0
13.6
13.1
3,059
4.1
Independent Nationalist
2
0
0
0
9.1
9.5
2,226
0.7
Workers' Party (Ireland)
1
1
0
1
4.5
1.1
276
1.1
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Dungannon District Council election, 1989by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!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="Sinn Féin" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Workers' Party (Ireland)" | Workers' Party
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Blackwater
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|49.0
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|17.1
|1
|10.4
|0
|23.5
|1
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Clogher Valley
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|38.5
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|29.5
|1
|16.5
|1
|15.5
|1
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Dungannon Town
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|42.7
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|13.2
|1
|13.7
|0
|14.4
|1
|5.1
|1
|10.9
|1
|6
|-
|align="left"|Torrent
|21.3
|1
|20.1
|2
|bgcolor="#008800"|32.6
|bgcolor="#008800"|2
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|26.0
|1
|6
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|37.5
|8
|20.1
|5
|18.7
|3
|13.1
|3
|1.1
|1
|9.5
|2
|22
|-
|}
District results
Blackwater
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
Blackwater - 5 seatsLocal Government Results 1989 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/c747b644-74fb-4401-a84f-1900f7818722/local_government_election_results_1989 EONI 8 August 2021
2
Democratic Unionist Party
James Ewing*
1,345
23.52%
Ulster Unionist Party
Derek Irwin*
1,001
17.50%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick Daly*
980
17.14%
Ulster Unionist Party
Jim Hamilton
916
16.02%
1,107.89
Ulster Unionist Party
Jim Brady*
884
15.46%
1,078.37
Sinn Féin
Tony Gildernew
593
10.37%
594.55
2
7,203
5,719 (79.40%)
128
954
5,847 (81.17%)
Clogher Valley
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: No change
Clogher Valley - 5 seats
3
Ulster Unionist Party
Noel Mulligan*
1,171
19.71%
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel Brush*
1,117
18.80%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Anthony McGonnell*
1,061
17.86%
Democratic Unionist Party
William McIlwrath*
919
15.47%
1,082.2
Sinn Féin
Raymond McMahon
982
16.53%
983.28
991.32
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Monaghan
690
11.62%
696.08
813.33
3
7,065
5,940 (84.08%)
142
991
6,082 (86.09%)
Dungannon Town
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Workers' Party, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1985-1989 Change: Workers' Party gain from Sinn Féin
Dungannon Town - 6 seats
7
Ulster Unionist Party
Ken Maginnis*
1,479
26.86%
Ulster Unionist Party
William Brown*
874
15.87%
Democratic Unionist Party
Maurice Morrow*
795
14.44%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Vincent Currie*
570
10.35%
747
880
Independent Nationalist
Michael McLoughlin*
600
10.90%
738
750
827.6
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Gerry Cullen
276
5.01%
595
626
640.4
725.52
765.84
771.16
Sinn Féin
Peter Corrigan
757
13.75%
759
760
760.8
761.94
761.94
762
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Peggy Devlin
156
2.83%
197
7
8,169
5,507 (67.41%)
120
787
5,627 (68.88%)
Torrent
1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1989: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1985-1989 Change: No change
Torrent - 6 seats
6
Independent Nationalist
Jim Canning*
1,626
26.02%
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Kempton*
1,333
21.33%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Jim Cavanagh*
683
10.93%
1,148.01
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Angela Donnelly
357
5.71%
383.95
733.11
835.48
984.48
Sinn Féin
Brendan Doris
758
12.13%
835.91
836.77
848.66
878.44
884.44
Sinn Féin
Martin McCaughey
729
11.66%
737.33
740.77
743.09
752.53
753.53
Sinn Féin
John Corr
550
8.80%
617.62
624.5
656.4
688.57
697.57
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Bridie O'Donnell
214
3.42%
294.85
373.11
476.64
6
8,643
6,250 (72.31%)
222
893
6,472 (74.88%)
References
Category:Dungannon and South Tyrone Borough Council elections
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