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1989 Ballymena Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1989
1989 Ballymena Borough Council election parliamentary no 1985 Ballymena Borough Council election 1985 1989 05 17 y 1993 Ballymena Borough Council election 1993 All 23 seats to Ballymena Borough Council 12 Democratic Unionist Party 12 3 Ulster Unionist Party 7 1 Social Democratic and Labour Party 1 0 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 1 1 Independent Unionist 1 0 Independent (politician) 1 1 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Ballymena Borough 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
Ballymena Borough Council Election Result 1989https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/85-89lgballymena.htm Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Ballymena www.ark.ac.uk
Democratic Unionist Party
12
0
3
3
52.2
44.8
9,435
10.8
Ulster Unionist Party
7
1
0
1
30.4
30.8
6,491
2.2
Social Democratic and Labour Party
1
0
0
0
4.3
9.2
1,926
2.9
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
1
1
0
1
4.2
6.1
1,280
6.1
Independent Unionist
1
0
0
0
4.3
4.9
1,033
0.7
Independent (politician)
1
1
0
1
4.3
4.2
887
0.2
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Ballymena Borough 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="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Ballymena Town
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|26.8
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|23.7
|2
|21.8
|1
|14.0
|1
|13.7
|1
|7
|-
|align="left"|Braid Valley
|40.9
|2
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|41.7
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|17.4
|1
|5
|-
|align="left"|Kells Water
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|58.7
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|4
|36.5
|2
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|4.8
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|The Main
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|56.6
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|4
|23.7
|1
|11.4
|0
|8.3
|0
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|44.8
|12
|30.8
|7
|9.2
|1
|6.1
|1
|9.1
|2
|23
|-
|}
Districts results
Ballymena Town
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1985-1989 Change: Alliance gain from DUP
Ballymena Town - 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
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick McAvoy*
897
15.06%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Gareth Williams
832
13.97%
Independent Unionist
Samuel Henry*
814
13.67%
Ulster Unionist Party
James Alexander
631
10.60%
631.17
651.32
668.06
750.12
Democratic Unionist Party
Maurice Mills*
485
8.14%
485
488.12
495.14
501.99
724.64
969.75
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Coulter*
595
9.99%
595
612.55
631.54
738.14
743.49
784.65
Democratic Unionist Party
John Wilson
442
7.42%
442
445.51
447.94
451.88
466.06
592.47
783.26
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Declan O'Loan
403
6.77%
553.45
573.34
576.04
580.65
581.65
582.65
585.65
Democratic Unionist Party
John Carson
409
6.87%
409
410.69
413.12
416.87
433.05
Democratic Unionist Party
Vera Mills
261
4.38%
261.34
261.99
263.52
264.01
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Simpson
186
3.12%
186
204.2
220.13
8
12,831
5,955 (46.41%)
130
745
6,085 (47.42%)
Braid Valley
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1985-1989 Change: Independent gain from DUP
Braid Valley - 5 seats
6
Ulster Unionist Party
Desmond Armstrong*
957
18.78%
Independent (politician)
James Woulahan
887
17.41%
Ulster Unionist Party
Margaret Alexander*
795
15.60%
848.02
864.49
Democratic Unionist Party
John Armstrong*
510
10.00%
526.39
527.2
528.82
852.94
Democratic Unionist Party
Samuel Hanna*
672
13.19%
676.07
677.96
677.96
697.89
790.39
Democratic Unionist Party
Agnes McLeister
507
9.95%
507.66
507.66
508.2
537.18
625.5
Ulster Unionist Party
William Owens
372
7.30%
394
406.15
413.71
430.64
Democratic Unionist Party
Robert Robinson
395
7.75%
399.73
404.32
404.32
6
8,336
5,095 (61.12%)
116
850
5,211 (62.51%)
Kells Water
1985: 5 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1989: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Kells Water - 6 seats
4
Ulster Unionist Party
William Brownlees*
929
20.48%
Democratic Unionist Party
Martin Clarke*
759
16.73%
Ulster Unionist Party
James Currie
729
16.07%
Democratic Unionist Party
Ronald Fry
512
11.28%
581.66
661.01
Democratic Unionist Party
David McClintock*
509
11.22%
556.3
565
623.12
Democratic Unionist Party
James McCosh
499
11.00%
536.41
546.16
585.25
Democratic Unionist Party
Andrew McKendry
381
8.40%
410.24
416.39
489.44
Independent Unionist
Melvyn McKendry
219
4.83%
315.32
318.92
4
10,142
4,537 (44.73%)
138
649
4,675 (46.10%)
The Main
1985: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1989: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1985-1989 Change: No change
The Main - 5 seats
7
Democratic Unionist Party
Roy Gillespie*
1,068
19.54%
Ulster Unionist Party
Ian Johnston*
598
10.94%
608.5
628.65
780.8
1,072.25
Democratic Unionist Party
Sandy Spence*
752
13.76%
773.75
788.05
816.8
857.45
918.75
Democratic Unionist Party
Tommy Nicholl*
749
13.71%
761.15
770.15
791.45
811.75
819.75
891.9
Democratic Unionist Party
Hubert Nicholl*
525
9.61%
626.7
628.7
649.6
673.65
694.65
777.45
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seamus Laverty
626
11.45%
626
626
632
632.15
632.15
691.3
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
David Alderdice
448
8.20%
451
458
465.15
481.6
517.6
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Megaw
258
4.72%
262.2
342.2
402.35
Ulster Unionist Party
Sarah McCullough
291
5.32%
293.85
308.85
Ulster Unionist Party
John Sutter
150
2.74%
150.45
7
9,076
5,465 (60.21%)
118
911
5,583 (61.51%)
References
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