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1989 Strabane District Council election
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Local govt election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1989
1989 Strabane District Council election parliamentary no 1985 Strabane District Council election 1985 1989 05 17 y 1993 Strabane District Council election 1993 All 15 seats to Strabane District Council 8 Democratic Unionist Party 3 1 Ulster Unionist Party 3 0 Social Democratic and Labour Party 3 0 Sinn Féin 2 1 Independent Nationalist 2 0 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 1 1 Independent Unionist 1 1 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Strabane District 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 15 councillors.
Election results
Strabane District Council Election Result 1989https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/85-89lgstrabane.htm Local Government Election 1985-1989: Strabane www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
3
0
0
0
20.0
20.3
3,358
1.2
Democratic Unionist Party
3
0
1
1
20.0
19.7
3,251
6.4
Social Democratic and Labour Party
3
1
1
0
20.0
17.9
2,955
1.2
Sinn Féin
2
0
1
1
13.3
21.1
3,484
1.2
Independent Nationalist
2
1
1
0
13.3
14.8
2,445
1.4
Independent Unionist
1
1
0
1
6.7
5.0
827
5.0
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
1
1
0
1
6.7
1.1
187
1.1
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Strabane 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="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Sinn Féin" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Derg
|19.0
|1
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|25.2
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|1
|10.6
|1
|21.1
|1
|1.1
|0
|23.0
|1
|5
|-
|align="left"|Glenelly
|26.5
|1
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|36.2
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|24.6
|1
|10.2
|0
|2.5
|1
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Mourne
|16.2
|1
|0.0
|0
|18.9
|1
|30.6
|1
|0.0
|0
|bgcolor="#CDFFAB"|34.3
|bgcolor="#CDFFAB"|2
|5
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|20.3
|3
|19.7
|3
|17.9
|3
|21.1
|2
|1.1
|1
|19.9
|2
|15
|-
|}
District results
Derg
1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1989: 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1985-1989 Change: SDLP and Independent Unionist gain from DUP and Independent Nationalist
Derg - 5 seatsLocal Government Results 1989 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/c747b644-74fb-4401-a84f-1900f7818722/local_government_election_results_1989 EONI 12 August 2021
6
Ulster Unionist Party
Edward Turner*
1,050
18.97%
Democratic Unionist Party
Thomas Kerrigan*
970
17.52%
Sinn Féin
Charles McHugh*
928
16.76%
Independent Unionist
Derek Hussey
827
14.94%
890.48
915.24
915.24
924.8
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Laurence McNamee
589
10.64%
589.12
608.24
663.36
663.56
932.56
Democratic Unionist Party
Desmond Monteith
426
7.70%
478.8
485.6
486.6
514.72
519.72
Independent Nationalist
Denis McCrory*
443
8.00%
444.56
454.68
496.68
497
Sinn Féin
Thomas McNamee*
240
4.34%
240.12
241.12
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
James Smyth
63
1.14%
69
6
7,611
5,536 (72.74%)
175
923
5,711 (75.04%)
Glenelly
1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1985-1989 Change: Alliance gain from Sinn Féin
Glenelly - 5 seats
6
Ulster Unionist Party
James Emery
1,359
26.52%
Democratic Unionist Party
John Donnell
1,118
21.82%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Gallagher*
1,035
20.20%
Democratic Unionist Party
Samuel Rogers*
737
14.38%
1,186.54
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Hughes Colhoun
124
2.42%
168.46
473.71
684.71
748.18
835.78
Sinn Féin
Martin Forbes
526
10.27%
526.76
527.31
530.31
580.31
671.91
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Brian Logue
225
4.39%
229.18
253.93
272.93
6
7,347
5,124 (69.74%)
156
855
5,280 (71.87%)
Mourne
1985: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1989: 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
1985-1989 Change: Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP
Mourne - 5 seats
5
Sinn Féin
Ivan Barr*
1,327
22.70%
Independent Nationalist
Peggy McManus*
1,123
19.21%
Independent Nationalist
James O'Kane*
879
15.03%
907.56
978.96
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Joseph McElroy
641
10.96%
656.68
688.98
833.27
1,030.27
Ulster Unionist Party
John Cummings*
949
16.23%
950.68
952.89
953.34
953.51
Sinn Féin
Ultan McNulty
463
7.92%
750.28
772.04
781.28
795.21
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Bernard Mullen
254
4.34%
260.16
270.36
305.21
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Bernard McDermott
211
3.61%
216.32
224.99
5
9,609
5,847 (60.85%)
211
975
6,058 (63.05%)
References
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