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1989 Down District Council election
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Local election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1989
1989 Down District Council election parliamentary no 1985 Down District Council election 1985 1989 05 17 y 1993 Down District Council election 1993 All 23 seats to Down District Council 12 Social Democratic and Labour Party 12 2 Ulster Unionist Party 8 1 Democratic Unionist Party 2 1 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 1 1 Sinn Féin 0 2 Workers' Party (Ireland) 0 1 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Down 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 23 councillors.
Election results
Down District Council Election Result 1989https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/85-89lgdown.htm Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Down www.ark.ac.uk
Social Democratic and Labour Party
12
2
0
2
52.2
49.2
12,227
7.6
Ulster Unionist Party
8
1
0
1
34.8
31.1
7,716
0.8
Democratic Unionist Party
2
0
1
1
8.7
8.5
2,110
3.7
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
1
1
0
1
4.3
2.2
534
3.0
Sinn Féin
0
0
2
2
0.0
4.8
1,194
1.7
Workers' Party (Ireland)
0
0
1
1
0.0
1.6
393
2.6
Independent Unionist
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.4
351
0.8
Independent Labour
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.8
193
0.8
Green Party of Northern Ireland
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.4
107
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Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Down District Council election, 1989by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
!rowspan=2|TotalCllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!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"|Ballynahinch
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|45.3
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
|36.1
|2
|13.8
|1
|0.0
|0
|4.8
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Downpatrick
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|65.1
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|5
|14.9
|1
|0.0
|0
|7.2
|1
|12.8
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Newcastle
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|54.2
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|4
|28.1
|2
|6.9
|0
|0.0
|0
|10.8
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Rowallane
|26.9
|1
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|50.7
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|16.1
|1
|0.0
|0
|6.3
|0
|5
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|49.2
|12
|31.1
|8
|8.5
|2
|2.2
|1
|9.0
|0
|23
|-
|}
District results
Ballynahinch
1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1989: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: No change
Ballynahinch - 5 seatsLocal Government Results 1989 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/c747b644-74fb-4401-a84f-1900f7818722/local_government_election_results_1989 EONI 27 July 2021
5
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick Toman
1,222
21.33%
Ulster Unionist Party
James Cochrane*
1,204
21.01%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
James Magee*
985
17.19%
Ulster Unionist Party
Walter Lyons
864
15.08%
865.54
1,053.91
Democratic Unionist Party
Thomas Poole*
790
13.79%
791.98
848.47
935.26
967.26
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick King
388
6.77%
630.88
631.51
632.17
750.17
Sinn Féin
Patrick McGreevy
170
2.97%
180.12
180.12
180.34
Green Party of Northern Ireland
Philip Allen
107
1.87%
109.2
111.51
115.8
5
8,529
5,730 (67.18%)
126
956
5,856 (68.66%)
Downpatrick
1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party
1989: 5 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1985-1989 Change: SDLP and Alliance gain from Sinn Féin and Workers' Party
Downpatrick - 7 seats
6
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Dermot Curran*
1,198
16.09%
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel McCartney*
1,110
14.91%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Ritchie*
888
11.93%
918.59
927.23
959.23
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Sean Quinn*
792
10.64%
823.74
832.38
892.86
983.86
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Malachi Curran
715
9.60%
803.55
807.39
854.04
926.81
938.01
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Doris
707
9.50%
744.26
750.98
787.55
845.7
870.5
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Michael Healy
534
7.17%
543.89
665.17
744.33
773.88
779.48
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Mary Breen
548
7.36%
596.53
600.69
645.47
714.39
725.59
Sinn Féin
Geraldine Ritchie*
547
7.35%
554.36
555.32
595.88
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Monica Hynds
214
2.87%
217.45
231.21
Independent Labour
William Hampton
193
2.59%
197.14
204.82
6
11,698
7,446 (63.65%)
153
931
7,599 (64.96%)
Newcastle
1985: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
1989: 4 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1985-1989 Change: SDLP and UUP gain from Sinn Féin and DUP
Newcastle - 6 seats
7
Ulster Unionist Party
Gerald Douglas*
1,329
22.00%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Michael Boyd*
1,271
21.04%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Eamon O'Neill*
1,093
18.09%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Peter Fitzpatrick
542
8.97%
546.32
762.14
792.46
910.9
Ulster Unionist Party
William Brown*
366
6.06%
761.28
765.9
781.42
782.26
1,151.26
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Cathal O'Baoill
369
6.11%
376.56
521.43
588.71
665.15
669.72
679.72
Sinn Féin
Sean Fitzpatrick
477
7.89%
477.36
491.22
511.87
534.13
534.85
534.85
Democratic Unionist Party
John Finlay
416
6.89%
465.68
466.34
470.7
471.33
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Henry Robinson
179
2.96%
183.32
199.16
7
9,641
6,042 (62.67%)
166
864
6,208 (64.39%)
Rowallane
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
Rowallane - 5 seats
5
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Margaret Ritchie*
1,509
26.91%
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel Osborne*
1,322
23.58%
Ulster Unionist Party
Albert Colmer
781
13.93%
915
1,104.9
Ulster Unionist Party
William Biggerstaff*
740
13.20%
892
969.4
Democratic Unionist Party
William Dick*
652
11.63%
678
717.3
779.1
1,013.1
Independent Unionist
William Walker
351
6.26%
413
461.9
480.8
488.8
Democratic Unionist Party
William Greer
252
4.49%
311
334.4
371.3
5
8,574
5,607 (65.40%)
106
935
5,713 (66.63%)
References
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