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1989 Derry City Council election
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Local govt election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1989
1989 Derry City Council election parliamentary no 1985 Derry City Council election 1985 1989 05 17 y 1993 Derry City Council election 1993 All 30 seats to Derry City Council 16 Social Democratic and Labour Party 15 1 Sinn Féin 5 0 Democratic Unionist Party 4 1 Ulster Unionist Party 3 2 Independent Unionist 2 2 Ulster Democratic Party 1 1 Irish Independence Party 0 1 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Derry City Council were held on 17 May 1989 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.
Election results
Derry City Council Election Result 1989https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/85-89lgderry.htm Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Derry www.ark.ac.uk
Social Democratic and Labour Party
15
1
0
1
50.0
49.7
18,454
7.8
Sinn Féin
5
0
0
0
16.7
16.4
6,082
0.7
Democratic Unionist Party
4
0
1
1
13.3
13.5
5,003
3.8
Ulster Unionist Party
3
0
2
1
10.0
10.2
3,800
2.9
Independent Unionist
2
2
0
2
6.7
3.7
1,390
3.7
Ulster Democratic Party
1
1
0
1
3.3
2.6
980
New
Independent Nationalist
0
0
0
0
0.0
2.2
804
2.2
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.6
238
2.1
Workers' Party (Ireland)
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.1
358
0.4
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Derry City 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="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Sinn Féin" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Democratic Party" | UDP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Cityside
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|51.7
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
|42.2
|3
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|6.1
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Northland
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|67.1
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|4
|18.8
|1
|0.0
|0
|6.9
|0
|0.0
|0
|7.2
|1
|6
|-
|align="left"|Rural
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|41.4
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
|0.0
|0
|25.1
|2
|23.4
|2
|3.8
|0
|6.3
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Shantallow
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|73.8
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|4
|21.9
|1
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|4.3
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Waterside
|19.7
|1
|8.1
|0
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|36.0
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|15.0
|1
|8.3
|1
|12.9
|1
|6
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|49.7
|15
|16.4
|5
|13.5
|4
|10.2
|3
|2.6
|1
|7.6
|2
|30
|-
|}
District results
Cityside
1985: 3 x SDLP, 3 x Sinn Féin
1989: 3 x SDLP, 3 x Sinn Féin
1985-1989 Change: No change
Cityside - 6 seatsLocal Government Results 1989 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/c747b644-74fb-4401-a84f-1900f7818722/local_government_election_results_1989 EONI 11 August 2021
4
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick Devine*
1,011
17.15%
Sinn Féin
Hugh Brady*
897
15.22%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Tony Carlin*
734
12.45%
786.7
859.7
Sinn Féin
Mitchel McLaughlin*
698
11.84%
699.02
855.02
Sinn Féin
Anne McGuinness*
656
11.13%
660.25
777.42
821.34
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Jim Clifford
640
10.86%
706.13
802.89
805.17
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Pat Ramsey*
664
11.27%
693.58
766.96
767.14
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Eamonn Melaugh
358
6.07%
366.67
Sinn Féin
Gerry Doherty
236
4.00%
236.85
4
9,973
5,894 (59.10%)
232
843
6,126 (61.43%)
Northland
1985: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x IIP
1989: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Unionist
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from IIP, Independent Unionist leaves UUP
Northland - 6 seats
6
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Tierney*
1,565
18.31%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Anna Gallagher*
1,289
15.08%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
William McCorriston
1,128
13.20%
1,228.28
Sinn Féin
Bernard McFadden*
1,183
13.84%
1,197.26
1,561.26
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Kerr
977
11.43%
1,054.51
1,065.81
1,113.81
1,127.81
1,133.81
Independent Unionist
David Davis*
607
7.10%
622.18
629.1
651.1
654.2
1,128.48
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Leonard Green*
778
9.10%
889.78
898.7
917.7
960.05
972.05
Ulster Unionist Party
Jack Allen
590
6.90%
591.15
593.15
593.15
593.25
Sinn Féin
Martin Nelis
428
5.01%
437.89
6
14,337
8,545 (59.60%)
284
1,221
8,829 (61.58%)
Rural
1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1985-1989 Change: No change
Rural - 7 seats
9
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Annie Courtney*
1,117
12.90%
Democratic Unionist Party
William Hay*
1,078
12.45%
1,159
Ulster Unionist Party
John Adams*
922
10.64%
995
1,007.22
1,007.34
1,116.34
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John McNickle*
1,023
11.81%
1,027
1,027
1,034.98
1,034.98
1,034.98
1,288.98
Social Democratic and Labour Party
George Peoples
946
10.92%
947
947
952.28
963.28
963.92
1,112.92
Democratic Unionist Party
Mervyn Lindsay
634
7.32%
668
712.18
712.21
755.15
757.71
758.77
758.77
1,164.77
Ulster Unionist Party
Ernest Hamilton*
636
7.34%
675
678.76
678.88
966.91
995.07
996.28
1,000.28
1,020.28
Independent Nationalist
Michael Breslin
544
6.28%
544
544.94
546.68
547.68
548
605.73
651.73
652.73
Democratic Unionist Party
David Nicholl
461
5.32%
501
510.4
510.52
527.52
527.84
531.08
533.08
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Robert Brolly
499
5.76%
499
500.88
516.99
516.99
516.99
Ulster Unionist Party
Margaret Parkhill
473
5.46%
484
485.88
486
Ulster Democratic Party
Ernest Curry
329
3.80%
9
13,344
8,662 (64.91%)
211
1,084
8,873 (66.49%)
Shantallow
1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1985-1989 Change: No change
Shantallow - 5 seats
5
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Mary Bradley*
1,502
24.47%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Noel McKenna*
1,203
19.60%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
William O'Connell*
1,024
16.69%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Shaun Gallagher
803
13.08%
1,237.7
Sinn Féin
Gearóid Ó hEára
759
12.37%
770.55
778.6
847.75
934.75
Sinn Féin
Richard Halpenny
586
9.55%
598.25
626.95
726.8
796.8
Independent Nationalist
Thomas Mullan
260
4.24%
272.95
331.4
5
10,573
6,137 (58.04%)
228
1,023
6,365 (60.20%)
Waterside
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1989: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UDP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1985-1989 Change: UDP gain from DUP, Independent Unionist leaves UUP
Waterside - 6 seats
10
Democratic Unionist Party
Gregory Campbell*
1,737
22.07%
Ulster Unionist Party
George Duddy*
449
5.70%
500.45
511.15
519.5
656.5
1,153.45
Democratic Unionist Party
Joe Miller
778
9.88%
875.65
881.35
900.75
925.25
945.15
949.74
949.74
1,245.74
Independent Unionist
James Guy*
783
9.95%
815.9
913.95
922.3
966.15
1,002.45
1,014.6
1,033
1,112.42
1,155.89
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Gerald Toland
819
10.41%
819
862
863
863
863
863
1,034.62
1,034.62
1,034.62
Ulster Democratic Party
Kenneth Kerr
389
4.94%
429.95
433.95
656.8
674.9
687.3
687.84
687.84
810
885.9
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Wilfred White
732
9.30%
732
753
753
753
754
754
791
791
791
Democratic Unionist Party
Robert Hall
315
4.00%
594.65
602
610.4
619.9
636.15
646.68
646.68
Sinn Féin
John Carlin
639
8.12%
639.35
642.35
642.35
642.35
644.75
645.02
Ulster Unionist Party
Gladys Carey
363
4.61%
422.15
432.85
436.2
602.4
Ulster Unionist Party
Albert McCartney
367
4.66%
391.5
404.85
407.2
Ulster Democratic Party
Ronnie O'Brien
262
3.33%
270.4
276.75
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Snoo Sinclair
238
3.02%
243.6
10
12,405
7,871 (63.45%)
159
1,125
8,030 (64.73%)
References
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