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1989 Ards Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1989
1989 Ards Borough Council election parliamentary no 1985 Ards Borough Council election 1985 1989 05 17 y 1993 Ards Borough Council election 1993 All 20 seats to Ards Borough Council 11 Ulster Unionist Party 8 2 Democratic Unionist Party 7 1 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 4 1 Independent Unionist 1 1 Northern Ireland Labour Party 0 1 Ulster Popular Unionist Party 0 1 Independent (politician) 0 1 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Ards 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 20 councillors.
Election results
Ards Borough Council Election Result 1989https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/85-89lgards.htm Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Ards www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
8
2
0
2
40.0
41.3
7,926
10.8
Democratic Unionist Party
7
0
1
1
35.0
32.2
6,187
7.1
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
4
1
0
1
20.0
18.8
3,610
6.4
Independent Unionist
1
1
0
1
5.0
4.7
907
4.7
Independent (politician)
0
0
1
1
0.0
2.9
564
1.2
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Ards 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="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Ards Peninsula
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|38.3
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|30.0
|2
|23.6
|2
|8.1
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Ards West
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|54.5
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|27.8
|2
|17.6
|1
|0.0
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Newtownards
|32.1
|2
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|38.9
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
|14.7
|1
|14.3
|1
|7
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|41.3
|8
|32.2
|7
|18.8
|4
|7.7
|1
|20
|-
|}
Districts results
Ards Peninsula
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UPUP, 1 x Independent
1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance
1985-1989 Change: UUP and Alliance gain from UPUP and Independent
Ards Peninsula - 7 seatsLocal Government Results 1989 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/c747b644-74fb-4401-a84f-1900f7818722/local_government_election_results_1989 EONI 8 July 2021
8
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Kieran McCarthy*
1,119
16.19%
Democratic Unionist Party
Jim Shannon*
1,030
14.90%
Ulster Unionist Party
John Shields*
1,018
14.73%
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Ambrose*
1,008
14.59%
Democratic Unionist Party
Mervyn Rea
584
8.45%
588.56
682.4
705.49
738.45
748.8
1,139.8
Ulster Unionist Party
Ronald Ferguson
459
6.64%
464.52
474.21
586.38
688.3
786.85
845.31
983.31
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Clifford Auld
512
7.41%
698
705.48
717.3
726.1
742
753.72
765.72
Independent (politician)
James McMullan
564
8.16%
616.32
616.83
616.83
617.95
619
624.15
632.15
Democratic Unionist Party
Oliver Johnston*
452
6.54%
453.44
502.4
511.57
519.09
531.84
Ulster Unionist Party
Trevor Hussey
165
2.39%
167.4
172.5
8
16,006
6,911 (43.18%)
229
864
7,140 (44.61%)
Ards West
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Ards West - 6 seats
6
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Gibson*
1,375
23.16%
Ulster Unionist Party
Edward Archdale
815
13.73%
930.05
Ulster Unionist Party
Bobby McBride*
773
13.02%
856.46
Democratic Unionist Party
David McKibbin
619
10.43%
698.17
702.09
759.48
887.48
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Jim McBriar*
660
11.12%
692.37
696.57
700.57
706.8
1,072.8
Democratic Unionist Party
John Hamilton*
651
10.97%
684.15
689.47
727.47
817.61
822.78
Ulster Unionist Party
William Elliott
273
4.60%
427.05
488.37
497.65
515
530.07
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Alan McDowell
387
6.52%
393.24
394.08
400.08
402.08
Democratic Unionist Party
Glynn Moore
190
3.20%
205.21
207.45
268.12
Democratic Unionist Party
Andrew Marks
194
3.27%
195.17
196.01
6
13,303
5,937 (44.63%)
136
849
6,073 (45.65%)
Newtownards
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x NILP
1989: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1985-1989 Change: Independent Unionist gain from NILP
Newtownards - 7 seats
9
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Benson*
1,307
20.60%
Democratic Unionist Party
Simpson Gibson*
1,283
20.22%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Owen Dorrian*
719
11.33%
757
763.08
770.08
964.08
Democratic Unionist Party
Wilbert Magill
548
8.64%
565.6
679.98
686.38
686.38
687.38
799.54
Democratic Unionist Party
John Elliott*
408
6.43%
450.4
625.2
633.1
633.48
634.48
785.14
906.14
Ulster Unionist Party
David Smyth*
452
7.12%
544
565.66
625.38
628.18
671.18
699.68
794.68
Independent Unionist
John Purdy
473
7.45%
485.4
496.04
503.22
511.82
578.82
585.74
682.36
697.36
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Hamilton
183
2.88%
430.6
449.22
482.58
489.58
525.58
535.06
603.58
636.58
Independent Unionist
William Hannigan
434
6.84%
449.6
473.92
478.72
481.12
490.12
504.1
Democratic Unionist Party
Cedric Wilson
228
3.59%
236.4
339.38
340.18
342.58
343.58
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Laurence Thompson
213
3.36%
218.2
218.58
221.58
Ulster Unionist Party
James McKernon
98
1.54%
130.8
136.12
9
16,907
6,346 (37.53%)
175
794
6,521 (38.57%)
References
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