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1989 Lisburn Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1989
1989 Lisburn Borough Council election parliamentary no 1985 Lisburn Borough Council election 1985 1989 05 17 y 1993 Lisburn Borough Council election 1993 All 28 seats to Lisburn Borough Council 15 Ulster Unionist Party 15 2 Democratic Unionist Party 5 3 Social Democratic and Labour Party 3 1 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 2 1 Sinn Féin 2 0 Independent Conservative 1 1 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Lisburn 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 28 councillors.
Election results
Lisburn Borough Council Election Result 1989https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/85-89lglisburn.htm Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Lisburn www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
15
2
0
2
53.6
49.9
16,786
7.1
Democratic Unionist Party
5
0
3
3
17.9
17.8
5,996
14.3
Social Democratic and Labour Party
3
1
0
1
10.7
8.0
2,685
1.4
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
2
0
1
1
7.1
10.7
3,603
0.3
Sinn Féin
2
0
0
0
7.1
7.6
2,573
1.9
Independent Conservative
1
1
0
1
3.6
2.2
752
2.2
Workers' Party (Ireland)
0
0
0
0
0.0
3.1
1,037
1.3
Ulster Democratic Party
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.7
235
0.7
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Lisburn Borough Council election, 1989by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
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!Cllrs
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!Cllrs
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!Cllrs
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!Cllrs
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!Cllrs
!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"|Downshire
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|56.1
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
|32.3
|2
|0.0
|0
|10.8
|1
|0.0
|0
|0.8
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Dunmurry Cross
|26.4
|2
|10.7
|1
|18.1
|2
|7.6
|0
|bgcolor="#008800"|28.7
|bgcolor="#008800"|2
|8.5
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Killultagh
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|52.9
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
|17.7
|1
|10.9
|1
|7.6
|0
|0.0
|0
|10.9
|1
|7
|-
|align="left"|Lisburn Town
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|68.8
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|5
|10.3
|1
|0.0
|0
|18.9
|1
|0.0
|0
|2.0
|0
|7
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|49.9
|15
|17.8
|5
|8.0
|3
|10.7
|2
|7.6
|2
|6.0
|1
|28
|-
|}
Districts results
Downshire
1985: 3 x UUP, 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Downshire - 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
7
Ulster Unionist Party
William Bleakes*
2,297
28.40%
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Lilburn*
1,084
13.40%
Democratic Unionist Party
Charles Poots*
1,042
12.88%
Democratic Unionist Party
Anne Blake
998
12.34%
1,125.11
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Davis
666
8.24%
992.61
995.18
1,018.55
Ulster Unionist Party
Wilfred Corfield-McClung*
171
2.11%
634.98
636.98
682.01
705.11
706.88
1,023.51
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Kenneth Hull
872
10.78%
910.76
951.33
951.9
956.59
956.95
1,000.61
Democratic Unionist Party
James McCann
574
7.10%
637.84
641.84
658.37
666.42
689.88
816.42
Ulster Unionist Party
John Curry
320
3.96%
572.51
575.51
601.16
633.78
636.39
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Patrick Pollock
63
0.78%
64.71
7
15,814
8,087 (51.14%)
175
1,011
8,262 (52.24%)
Dunmurry Cross
1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1989: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance
Dunmurry Cross - 7 seats
5
Sinn Féin
Patrick Rice*
1,498
16.69%
Ulster Unionist Party
William McAllister*
1,159
12.91%
Ulster Unionist Party
Billy Bell
957
10.66%
1,145
Sinn Féin
Michael Ferguson
1,075
11.98%
1,075
1,421.06
Democratic Unionist Party
William Beattie*
964
10.74%
1,005
1,005
1,007.28
1,123.28
Social Democratic and Labour Party
William McDonnell*
819
9.12%
819
835.12
1,000.04
1,086.84
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Hugh Lewsley
808
9.00%
808
813.2
882.36
1,068.66
Workers' Party (Ireland)
John Lowry
761
8.48%
764
768.16
808.44
972.7
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Patrick Bell
684
7.62%
698
698.52
719.8
Ulster Unionist Party
Richard Scott*
252
2.81%
5
16,626
8,977 (53.99%)
337
1,123
9,314 (56.02%)
Killultagh
1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Conservative
1985-1989 Change: Independent Conservative gain from DUP
Killultagh - 7 seats
7
Ulster Unionist Party
David Campbell
2,072
21.39%
Ulster Unionist Party
Ronnie Crawford
917
9.46%
1,371.69
Ulster Unionist Party
Jim Dillon*
1,211
12.50%
1,352.86
Democratic Unionist Party
Cecil Calvert*
1,202
12.41%
1,294.66
Ulster Unionist Party
William Lewis*
926
9.56%
1,021.12
1,141.92
1,250.6
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Peter O'Hagan
1,058
10.92%
1,059.64
1,059.8
1,059.8
1,083.8
1,086.96
1,091.28
Independent Conservative
David Greene
752
7.76%
765.53
775.13
783.49
788.9
827.19
1,024.49
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Eileen Drayne
740
7.64%
752.71
758.63
761.71
794.12
813.92
845.02
Democratic Unionist Party
William Stevenson
504
5.20%
524.91
533.87
545.75
548.91
653.91
Ulster Democratic Party
Richard Haggan
235
2.43%
241.97
253.81
261.29
264.29
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Anne-Marie Lowry
72
0.74%
72.82
73.62
73.62
7
18,323
9,689 (52.88%)
141
1,212
9,830 (53.65%)
Lisburn Town
1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1989: 5 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Lisburn Town - 7 seats
7
Ulster Unionist Party
Ivan Davis*
2,530
36.59%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seamus Close*
1,307
18.90%
Ulster Unionist Party
William Belshaw*
1,049
15.17%
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel Semple*
684
9.89%
1,156.6
Ulster Unionist Party
George Morrison
177
2.56%
585.68
620.54
722.54
769.88
886.56
Ulster Unionist Party
William Gardiner-Watson
195
2.82%
513.24
582.12
670.12
746.44
857.4
880.4
Democratic Unionist Party
Robin McMaster
422
6.10%
586.56
596.64
614.64
635.34
667.86
719.54
Democratic Unionist Party
James Mulholland
290
4.19%
417.84
428.34
446.34
460.74
497.92
538.18
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Paul McDonald
141
2.04%
160.04
445.22
449.22
450.84
452.78
Ulster Unionist Party
Andrew Park
119
1.72%
261.8
291.62
351.12
366.96
7
14,362
6,914 (48.14%)
145
865
7,059 (49.15%)
References
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