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1989 North Down Borough Council election
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Northern Ireland local election
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1989
1989 North Down Borough Council election parliamentary no 1985 North Down Borough Council election 1985 1989 05 17 y 1993 North Down Borough Council election 1993 All 24 seats to North Down Borough Council 13 Northern Ireland Conservatives 6 6 Ulster Unionist Party 5 3 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 4 3 Democratic Unionist Party 4 2 Ulster Popular Unionist Party 2 0 Independent (politician) 2 2 Independent Unionist 1 0 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to North Down Borough Council were held on 17 May 1989 , coinciding with other local government elections in Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 24 councillors.
Prior to the election three Ulster Unionist politicians, including George Green, defected to the Conservative Party in Northern Ireland. The election resulted in the Conservative presence in North Down doubling, making them the largest party on the council.
Election results
North Down Borough Council Election Result 1989https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/85-89lgnorthdown.htm Local Government Elections 1985-1989: North Down www.ark.ac.uk
Northern Ireland Conservatives
6
6
0
6
25.0
24.9
5,204
New
Ulster Unionist Party
5
0
3
3
20.8
21.7
4,548
10.6
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
4
0
3
3
16.7
20.7
4,313
5.6
Democratic Unionist Party
4
0
2
3
16.7
15.5
3,234
7.8
Independent (politician)
2
2
0
2
8.3
6.9
1,443
4.2
Ulster Popular Unionist Party
2
1
1
0
8.3
5.9
1,223
3.8
Independent Unionist
1
0
0
0
4.2
2.8
578
1.2
Progressive Unionist Party
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.6
325
0.1
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the North Down Borough Council election, 1989by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
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!Cllrs
!rowspan=2|TotalCllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Northern Ireland Conservatives" | Conservative
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Popular Unionist Party" | UPUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Abbey
|19.2
|1
|12.4
|1
|12.9
|1
|25.6
|1
|bgcolor="#FFF2CE"|29.9
|bgcolor="#FFF2CE"|2
|0.0
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"| Ballyholme and Groomsport
|bgcolor="#0077FF"|27.5
|bgcolor="#0077FF"|2
|25.4
|1
|24.1
|1
|12.4
|1
|0.0
|0
|10.6
|1
|6
|-
|align="left"|Bangor West
|bgcolor="#0077FF"|26.7
|bgcolor="#0077FF"|2
|23.0
|2
|19.3
|1
|14.5
|1
|0.0
|0
|16.5
|1
|7
|-
|align="left"|Holywood
|24.6
|1
|24.1
|1
|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|25.2
|bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|1
|11.7
|1
|0.0
|0
|14.4
|1
|5
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|24.9
|6
|21.7
|5
|20.7
|4
|15.5
|4
|5.9
|2
|11.3
|3
|24
|-
|}
Districts results
Abbey
1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UPUP
1989: 2 x UPUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
1985-1989 Change: UPUP and Conservative gain from DUP and UUP
Abbey - 6 seatsLocal Government Results 1989 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/c747b644-74fb-4401-a84f-1900f7818722/local_government_election_results_1989 EONI 8 July 2021
7
Ulster Popular Unionist Party
Valerie Kinghan
745
18.19%
Northern Ireland Conservatives
George Green*
536
13.09%
546.12
551.66
558.66
752.66
Ulster Popular Unionist Party
Cecil Braniff*
478
11.67%
560.50
580.36
584.80
587.46
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
James Magee*
299
7.30%
305.82
308.92
513.80
541.46
605.46
Democratic Unionist Party
Denny Vitty
429
10.47%
438.68
445.34
445.56
448.78
454.78
609.78
Ulster Unionist Party
Irene Cree
349
8.52%
364.40
483.26
483.26
498.92
546.92
571.9
Democratic Unionist Party
Ivy Cooling*
323
7.89%
332.24
337.12
337.12
338.34
349.34
462.10
Northern Ireland Conservatives
Shirley McCann
250
6.10%
252.86
254.30
262.30
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Mariam Judge
228
5.57%
229.76
229.98
Ulster Unionist Party
Edward Johnston
119
2.91%
128.02
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Todd
42
1.03%
45.30
7
11,789
4,096 (34.74%)
188
586
4,284 (36.34%)
Ballyholme and Groomsport
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1989: 2 x Conservative, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1985-1989 Change: Conservatives (two seats) gain from UUP and Alliance
Ballyholme and Groomsport - 6 seats
10
Ulster Unionist Party
Leslie Cree
864
15.81%
Northern Ireland Conservatives
Bruce Mulligan*
611
11.18%
612.35
614.35
621.98
623.25
814.25
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Jane Copeland*
711
13.01%
712.53
762.53
768.89
771.16
779.25
779.59
1,159.59
Northern Ireland Conservatives
Ivan Thompson
573
10.49%
574.53
582.53
586.89
587.16
672.43
703.71
765.07
877.07
Independent Unionist
Edmund Mills*
578
10.58%
580.25
584.25
589.88
593.06
602.42
602.76
630.85
684.85
713.85
Democratic Unionist Party
Alan Leslie*
429
7.85%
432.6
434.6
452.31
686.82
693.09
693.26
697.89
703.89
705.89
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel Mellon
356
6.52%
375.35
378.35
518.2
532.28
547.09
547.09
575.54
608.54
635.54
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Donald Hayes*
484
8.86%
485.44
533.44
535.71
535.89
542.89
543.06
Northern Ireland Conservatives
William McLean
319
5.84%
320.44
322.53
326.25
329.34
Democratic Unionist Party
Robert Gordon
250
4.58%
255.22
255.31
269.21
Ulster Unionist Party
Ian Henry
166
3.04%
204.79
207.79
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
William Johnston
123
2.25%
123.18
10
14,179
5,464 (38.54%)
150
781
5,614 (39.59%)
Bangor West
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x UPUP
1989: 2 x Conservative, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
1985-1989 Change: Conservatives (two seats) and Independent gain from Alliance, DUP and UPUP
Bangor West - 7 seats
10
Ulster Unionist Party
Hazel Bradford*
698
10.73%
707
710
716
748
880
Democratic Unionist Party
William Baxter
462
7.10%
497
498
502
551
573
575.5
829.5
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Brian Wilson*
697
10.71%
699
763
779
789
802
808
817
Independent (politician)
Ann-Marie Hillen
537
8.25%
540
549
701
725
741
742.5
764.5
902.5
Northern Ireland Conservatives
Thomas Miskelly
626
9.62%
629
632
643
664
694
695.5
703.5
763.5
794.5
Northern Ireland Conservatives
James O'Fee
573
8.81%
579
580
587
597
623
624.5
641.5
717
744
Ulster Unionist Party
Roy Bradford
403
6.19%
408
409
411
443
534
581
650
693
706
Northern Ireland Conservatives
Jack Preston
537
8.25%
550
551
556
577
605
605
613
662
673
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
William Bailie*
414
6.36%
416
471
473
476
491
491.5
493.5
Democratic Unionist Party
Alan Graham*
347
5.34%
398
402
404
429
453
457.5
Ulster Unionist Party
Terence McKeag
396
6.09%
397
398
399
425
Progressive Unionist Party
Thomas O'Brien
316
4.86%
327
328
329
Independent (politician)
Colin Simpson
211
3.24%
212
212
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Eileen Bell
145
2.23%
145
Democratic Unionist Party
Elizabeth McMurtry
135
2.08%
Progressive Unionist Party
Samuel Meneely
9
0.14%
10
15,249
6,506 (42.67%)
147
814
6,653 (43.63%)
Holywood
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1989: 1 x Alliance, 1 x Conservative, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
1985-1989 Change: Conservative and Independent gain from UUP and Alliance
Holywood - 5 seats
6
Northern Ireland Conservatives
Laurence Kennedy
775
16.14%
852
Ulster Unionist Party
Ellie McKay*
589
12.27%
641
694
704.12
1,035.12
Independent (politician)
Dennis Ogborn
695
14.47%
712
755
764.2
804.2
Democratic Unionist Party
Gordon Dunne*
561
11.68%
564
576
578.76
659.28
805.28
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Susan O'Brien*
660
13.74%
670
696
701.52
732.96
754.96
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Paul De Haan
552
11.50%
559
585
592.36
626.12
659.12
Ulster Unionist Party
John Auld*
473
9.85%
498
549
564.64
Northern Ireland Conservatives
Alice Kennedy
269
5.60%
299
Northern Ireland Conservatives
Michael Weir
135
2.81%
Ulster Unionist Party
Ian Sinclair*
93
1.94%
6
10,290
4,802 (46.67%)
116
801
4,918 (47.79%)
References
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