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1989 Banbridge District Council election
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Local govt election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1989
1989 Banbridge District Council election parliamentary no 1985 Banbridge District Council election 1985 1989 05 17 y 1993 Banbridge District Council election 1993 All 15 seats to Banbridge District Council 8 Ulster Unionist Party 9 1 Social Democratic and Labour Party 3 0 Democratic Unionist Party 2 1 Independent Nationalist 1 0 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Banbridge 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
Banbridge District Council Election Result 1989https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/85-89lgbanbridge.htm Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Banbridge www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
9
1
0
1
60.0
58.0
8,928
10.8
Social Democratic and Labour Party
3
0
0
0
20.0
19.2
2,959
0.5
Democratic Unionist Party
2
0
1
1
13.3
13.5
2,083
11.9
Independent Nationalist
1
0
0
0
6.7
5.1
784
0.4
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
0
0
0
0
0.0
2.2
343
0.6
Ulster Democratic Party
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.9
290
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Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Banbridge District Council election, 1989by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!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="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Banbridge Town
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|63.7
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|19.6
|1
|9.8
|1
|6.9
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Dromore
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|61.7
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
|18.3
|1
|14.5
|0
|5.5
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Knockiveagh
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|48.5
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|19.9
|1
|16.2
|1
|15.4
|1
|5
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|58.0
|9
|19.2
|3
|13.5
|2
|9.3
|1
|15
|-
|}
Districts results
Banbridge Town
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: No change
Banbridge Town - 5 seatsLocal Government Results 1989 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/c747b644-74fb-4401-a84f-1900f7818722/local_government_election_results_1989 EONI 21 July 2021
4
Ulster Unionist Party
Joan Baird*
1,549
31.18%
Ulster Unionist Party
Archie McKelvey*
836
16.83%
Ulster Unionist Party
John Dobson
782
15.74%
1,384.07
Democratic Unionist Party
Margaret Walker
486
9.78%
572.01
1,054.96
Social Democratic and Labour Party
James Walsh*
774
15.58%
782.46
800.66
826.01
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Mary Doyle
343
6.90%
355.22
394.87
452.72
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Robert Murray
198
3.99%
199.41
206.56
214.36
4
8,871
4,968 (56.00%)
126
829
5,094 (57.42%)
Dromore
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Dromore - 5 seats
6
Ulster Unionist Party
Drew Nelson
1,109
20.81%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Cassie McDermott*
976
18.31%
Ulster Unionist Party
William Martin*
846
15.87%
874.8
876
916.32
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Hill*
767
14.39%
814
821.4
844.36
893.36
Ulster Unionist Party
William McCracken
569
10.68%
669.8
676
683.56
729.96
822.6
Democratic Unionist Party
Robert McIlroy
446
8.37%
458.2
467.4
475.24
495.12
784.36
Democratic Unionist Party
William Lough
327
6.14%
346.4
350.6
354.24
439.4
Ulster Democratic Party
Colin Halliday
217
4.07%
224.4
268.8
271.32
Ulster Democratic Party
Thomas Dickson
73
1.37%
74.6
6
7,883
5,330 (67.61%)
103
889
5,433 (68.92%)
Knockiveagh
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1985-1989 Change: No change
Knockiveagh - 5 seats
6
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seamus Doyle
739
14.52%
942
Independent Nationalist
Laurence McCartan*
784
15.41%
839
926.84
Ulster Unionist Party
Vivienne Bennett
721
14.17%
723
724.22
729.1
1,019.1
Democratic Unionist Party
Wilfred McFadden*
824
16.20%
824
825.83
828.88
915.88
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel Walker
699
13.74%
699
699
700.83
796.83
843.03
Ulster Unionist Party
John Hanna
526
10.34%
526
527.22
527.83
570.44
691.64
Ulster Unionist Party
James McRoberts
524
10.30%
524
524
524.61
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Peter McGreevy*
272
5.34%
6
7,162
5,089 (71.06%)
117
849
5,206 (72.69%)
References
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