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1989 Antrim Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1989
1989 Antrim Borough Council election parliamentary no 1985 Antrim Borough Council election 1985 1989 05 17 y 1993 Antrim Borough Council election 1993 All 19 seats to Antrim Borough Council 10 Ulster Unionist Party 10 1 Democratic Unionist Party 4 1 Social Democratic and Labour Party 4 1 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 1 0 Sinn Féin 0 1 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Antrim 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 19 councillors.
Election results
Antrim Borough Council Election Result 1989https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/85-89lgantrim.htm Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Antrim www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
10
1
0
1
52.6
43.7
6,572
4.0
Democratic Unionist Party
4
0
1
1
21.1
24.0
3,609
4.4
Social Democratic and Labour Party
4
1
0
1
21.1
18.1
2,723
0.3
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
1
0
0
0
5.3
7.0
1,068
0.6
Sinn Féin
0
0
1
1
0.0
5.6
839
1.1
Workers' Party (Ireland)
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.1
158
0.7
Independent Unionist
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.5
75
0.5
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Antrim Borough Council election, 1989by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
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!Cllrs
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!rowspan=2|TotalCllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Sinn Féin" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Antrim North West
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|36.0
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|18.6
|1
|30.9
|2
|0.0
|0
|14.5
|0
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Antrim South East
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|47.0
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
|31.7
|2
|12.4
|1
|8.9
|0
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Antrim Town
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|47.2
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
|18.7
|1
|12.4
|1
|12.3
|1
|4.0
|0
|5.4
|0
|7
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|43.7
|10
|24.0
|4
|18.1
|4
|7.0
|1
|5.6
|0
|1.6
|0
|19
|-
|}
District results
Antrim North West
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin
Antrim North West - 5 seatsLocal Government Results 1989 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/c747b644-74fb-4401-a84f-1900f7818722/local_government_election_results_1989 EONI 8 July 2021
5
Ulster Unionist Party
James Graham*
1,374
29.85%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Robert Loughran*
1,019
22.14%
Democratic Unionist Party
Wilson Clyde*
855
18.57%
Ulster Unionist Party
Roderick Swann
282
6.13%
875.55
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Donovan McClelland*
405
8.80%
407.7
643.52
728.12
784.12
Sinn Féin
Henry Cushinan*
668
14.51%
669.35
684.43
686.23
693.23
5
7,570
4,603 (60.81%)
98
768
4,701 (62.10%)
Antrim South East
1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: No change
Antrim South East - 7 seats
7
Democratic Unionist Party
Roy Thompson*
1,248
20.31%
Ulster Unionist Party
Edgar Wallace*
1,043
16.97%
Ulster Unionist Party
Mervyn Rea*
876
14.26%
Ulster Unionist Party
Howard Campbell*
687
11.18%
750.18
839.62
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Robert Burns*
764
12.43%
765.56
765.82
767.12
767.56
787.56
Democratic Unionist Party
Samuel Dunlop*
492
8.01%
648
664.38
672.31
680.89
684.89
843.89
Ulster Unionist Party
Roy Stinson*
284
4.62%
325.73
466.13
548.68
602.36
604.71
771.09
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
David Ford
299
4.87%
300.95
307.71
309.79
311.55
520.11
525.45
Democratic Unionist Party
James Simpson
210
3.42%
417.09
426.97
435.94
440.12
442.51
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Theresa Gallagher
242
3.94%
243.17
243.95
244.6
245.04
7
11,349
6,145 (54.15%)
166
769
6,311 (55.61%)
Antrim Town
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Antrim Town - 7 seats
9
Ulster Unionist Party
Jack Allen*
907
21.11%
Ulster Unionist Party
Paddy Marks*
741
17.25%
Democratic Unionist Party
James Brown
604
14.06%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Oran Keenan*
535
12.52%
537.46
538.58
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
James McConnell*
355
8.26%
364.43
368.91
377.73
378.06
388.06
536.21
619.21
Ulster Unionist Party
Avril Swann
134
3.12%
330.8
433.56
466.13
469.32
473.32
475.32
491.47
501.47
Ulster Unionist Party
Andrew Thompson
244
5.68%
324.77
386.65
396
398.64
398.64
399.64
402.05
405.05
Democratic Unionist Party
James Graham
200
4.66%
248.38
269.1
284.2
342.83
342.83
343.8
352.03
358.03
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Eamon Gillen
158
3.68%
162.51
163.91
179.91
180.35
253.35
275.35
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Peter Kelly
172
4.00%
176.51
178.19
181.19
181.41
202.41
Sinn Féin
Paul Little
171
3.98%
171
171.28
171.28
171.28
Independent (politician)
James Millar
75
1.75%
89.76
97.04
9
9,883
4,296 (43.47%)
141
538
4,437 (44.90%)
References
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