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1989 Fermanagh District Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1989
1989 Fermanagh District Council election parliamentary no 1985 Fermanagh District Council election 1985 1989 05 17 y 1993 Fermanagh District Council election 1993 All 23 seats to Fermanagh District Council 12 Ulster Unionist Party 10 2 Social Democratic and Labour Party 5 1 Sinn Féin 4 4 Democratic Unionist Party 2 0 Workers' Party (Ireland) 1 1 Independent Nationalist 1 1 Irish Independence Party 0 1
Elections to Fermanagh 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
Fermanagh District Council Election Result 1989https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/85-89lgfermanagh.htm Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Fermanagh www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
10
2
0
2
43.5
39.9
12,043
6.9
Social Democratic and Labour Party
5
1
0
2
21.7
18.7
5,646
1.9
Sinn Féin
4
0
4
4
17.4
20.4
6,170
4.8
Democratic Unionist Party
2
0
0
0
8.7
8.6
2,582
4.4
Independent Nationalist
1
1
0
1
4.3
5.3
1,604
3.8
Workers' Party (Ireland)
1
1
0
1
0.0
3.8
1,150
2.5
Independent Republican (Ireland)
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.6
473
1.6
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.0
305
0.8
Independent Socialist
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.6
170
0.6
Independent (politician)
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.1
25
0.1
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Fermanagh District 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="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!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="Workers' Party (Ireland)" | Workers' Party
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Enniskillen
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|45.6
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|13.5
|1
|14.2
|1
|10.5
|1
|12.6
|1
|3.6
|1
|7
|-
|align="left"|Erne East
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|37.3
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|19.3
|1
|30.5
|2
|4.9
|0
|0.0
|0
|8.0
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Erne North
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|42.1
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|27.7
|2
|10.4
|0
|19.8
|1
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Erne West
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|33.4
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|16.8
|1
|26.2
|1
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|23.6
|1
|5
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|39.9
|10
|18.7
|5
|20.4
|4
|8.6
|2
|3.8
|1
|8.6
|1
|23
|-
|}
District results
Enniskillen
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Workers' Party
1985-1989 Change: Workers' Party gain from Sinn Féin
Enniskillen - 7 seatsLocal Government Results 1989 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/c747b644-74fb-4401-a84f-1900f7818722/local_government_election_results_1989 EONI 17 August 2021
10
Ulster Unionist Party
Raymond Ferguson*
1,639
17.97%
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel Foster*
1,485
16.28%
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Davy Kettyles
1,150
12.61%
Ulster Unionist Party
William Hetherington*
784
8.60%
1,058.04
1,202.25
Social Democratic and Labour Party
James Lunny*
675
7.40%
679.34
681.64
686.64
686.87
787.27
787.47
1,268.47
Sinn Féin
Pat Cox*
656
7.19%
656.31
656.31
658.31
660.31
663.31
663.31
685.31
762.73
1,361.73
Democratic Unionist Party
Roy Coulter*
803
8.81%
830.9
868.16
869.16
1,011.01
1,024.56
1,030.06
1,031.68
1,035.6
1,039.56
Ulster Unionist Party
Bertie Kerr
248
2.72%
410.13
546.98
547.98
569.21
668.34
722.84
730.07
749.67
755.57
Sinn Féin
John McManus
639
7.01%
639
639
645
645
646.31
646.31
655.31
682.75
Social Democratic and Labour Party
James Donnelly
555
6.09%
556.24
556.47
559.47
559.47
596.78
596.78
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
William Barbour
305
3.34%
322.36
326.04
327.04
329.12
Democratic Unionist Party
John Connor
155
1.70%
161.82
174.01
176.01
Independent (politician)
John Bothwell
25
0.27%
25.62
25.62
10
12,402
9,119 (73.53%)
222
1,140
9,341 (75.32%)
Erne East
1985: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from Sinn Féin
Erne East - 6 seats
9
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Fergus McQuillan*
1,547
19.28%
Ulster Unionist Party
Cecil Noble*
1,268
15.81%
Ulster Unionist Party
Albert Liddle*
1,059
13.20%
1,061.38
1,135.36
1,159.36
Sinn Féin
Brian McCaffrey
745
9.29%
776.28
776.28
776.28
783
783
920.5
1,423.5
Sinn Féin
Plunket O'Neill*
611
7.62%
625.62
625.62
625.62
646.7
647.79
846.99
987.59
1,249.79
Ulster Unionist Party
Jean McVitty
667
8.31%
672.78
702.03
716.81
723.67
1,034.24
1,038.33
1,040.33
1,040.33
Independent Republican (Ireland)
John McCusker
473
5.90%
669.52
669.52
669.52
786.28
786.28
859.2
901.62
914.82
Sinn Féin
Vincent McCaffrey*
659
8.21%
685.52
685.52
685.52
695.54
695.54
739.32
Sinn Féin
Ciaran Leonard
431
5.37%
473.16
473.34
474.34
484.72
485.72
Democratic Unionist Party
Paul Robinson
264
3.29%
264
271.11
357.74
358.74
Independent Socialist
Seamus Mullan
170
2.12%
244.12
244.3
245.64
Democratic Unionist Party
Caroline Madill
128
1.60%
128.68
130.93
9
9,489
8,022 (84.54%)
155
1,147
8,177 (86.17%)
Erne North
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin
Erne North - 5 seats
5
Ulster Unionist Party
Caldwell McClaughry*
1,516
24.34%
Democratic Unionist Party
Bert Johnston*
1,114
17.88%
Ulster Unionist Party
Simon Loane*
812
13.04%
1,170.36
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John O'Kane*
931
14.95%
932.86
934.79
1,042.32
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Tommy Gallagher
793
12.74%
793.62
795.55
839.3
954.62
Sinn Féin
Brian McSorley
648
10.40%
648.93
648.93
649.55
651.1
Ulster Unionist Party
Gladys Nixon
297
4.77%
359.93
473.97
Democratic Unionist Party
Victor Milligan
118
1.89%
156.75
5
7,782
6,229 (80.04%)
110
1,039
6,339 (81.46%)
Erne West
1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x IIP
1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from Sinn Féin, Independent Nationalist leaves IIP
Erne West - 5 seats
4
Independent Nationalist
Patrick McCaffrey*
1,604
23.60%
Ulster Unionist Party
Wilson Elliott*
1,397
20.55%
Sinn Féin
Paul Corrigan*
1,186
17.45%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Gerry Gallagher*
889
13.08%
1,055.6
1,265.6
Ulster Unionist Party
Derrick Nixon
871
12.81%
875.08
880.46
1,138.86
Sinn Féin
Vincent Martin
595
8.75%
754.12
815.46
816.98
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick McGovern
256
3.77%
390.98
4
8,034
6,798 (84.62%)
203
1,134
7,001 (87.14%)
References
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