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1989 Newtownabbey Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1989
1989 Newtownabbey Borough Council election parliamentary no 1985 Newtownabbey Borough Council election 1985 1989 05 17 y 1993 Newtownabbey Borough Council election 1993 All 25 seats to Newtownabbey Borough Council 13 Ulster Unionist Party 11 1 Democratic Unionist Party 6 3 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 4 2 Independent Unionist 2 0 Labour '87 1 1 Social Democratic and Labour Party 1 1 Newtownabbey Labour 0 1 Independent (politician) 0 1 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Newtownabbey Borough Council were held on 17 May 1989 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 25 councillors.
Election results
Newtownabbey Borough Council Election Result 1989https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/85-89lgnewtownabbey.htm Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Newtownabbey www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
11
1
0
1
44.0
45.8
9,953
8.2
Democratic Unionist Party
6
0
3
3
24.0
19.5
4,242
11.3
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
4
2
0
2
16.0
14.0
3,059
3.7
Independent Unionist
2
0
1
0
8.0
9.3
2,013
1.2
Labour Party of Northern Ireland Labour '87
1
1
0
1
4.0
4.6
987
New
Social Democratic and Labour Party
1
0
0
1
4.0
3.1
684
0.7
Workers' Party (Ireland)
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.8
395
0.5
Independent (politician)
0
0
1
1
0.0
1.3
281
1.4
Sinn Féin
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.5
96
New
National Front (UK)
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.2
41
New
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Newtownabbey 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="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Antrim Line
|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|39.8
|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|2
|21.6
|1
|19.0
|1
|14.3
|1
|5.3
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Ballyclare
|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|37.5
|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|2
|17.5
|1
|7.2
|0
|0.0
|0
|37.8
|2
|5
|-
|align="left"|Doagh Road
|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|39.8
|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|2
|17.2
|1
|9.5
|1
|0.0
|0
|33.5
|1
|5
|-
|align="left"|Manse Road
|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|63.5
|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|3
|15.2
|1
|15.5
|1
|0.0
|0
|5.8
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Shore Road
|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|46.6
|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|2
|25.9
|2
|18.1
|1
|0.0
|0
|9.4
|0
|5
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|45.8
|11
|19.5
|6
|14.0
|4
|3.1
|1
|17.6
|3
|25
|-
|}
Districts results
Antrim Line
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from DUP
Antrim Line - 5 seatsLocal Government Results 1989 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/c747b644-74fb-4401-a84f-1900f7818722/local_government_election_results_1989 EONI 8 July 2021
4
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
James Rooney*
908
18.97%
Democratic Unionist Party
Tommy Kirkham
800
16.71%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Tommy McTeague
684
14.29%
731.71
771.39
868.39
Ulster Unionist Party
James Smith
775
16.19%
788.65
796.95
806.95
Ulster Unionist Party
William Green*
718
15.00%
725.02
734.06
745.74
Ulster Unionist Party
Ivan Hunter*
414
8.65%
420.63
423.89
435.79
Democratic Unionist Party
William McDonnell*
235
4.91%
237.86
242.12
250.03
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Brendan Harrison
142
2.97%
156.69
207.36
Labour '87
Thomas Davidson
111
2.32%
127.77
4
10,918
4,787 (43.85%)
106
798
4,893 (44.82%)
Ballyclare
1985: 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
1989: 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from Independent
Ballyclare - 5 seats
6
Ulster Unionist Party
Stephen Turkington
969
21.48%
Independent Unionist
Arthur Templeton*
863
19.13%
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Downes
721
15.98%
846.12
Independent Unionist
Sidney Cameron*
565
12.52%
594.67
656.62
697.15
791.15
Democratic Unionist Party
Samuel Cameron
431
9.55%
442.96
461.26
478.48
527.16
600.94
Democratic Unionist Party
Samuel Gardiner*
359
7.96%
384.3
396.3
414.57
456.23
507.23
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Trevor Strain
323
7.16%
326.22
332.37
334.26
399.81
Independent (politician)
Leonard Hardy*
281
6.23%
297.79
308.29
319.63
6
11,546
4,512 (39.08%)
106
753
4,618 (40.00%)
Doagh Road
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour
1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Labour '87
1985-1989 Change: Alliance gain from DUP, Newtownabbey Labour joins Labour '87
Doagh Road - 5 seats
8
Ulster Unionist Party
Fraser Agnew*
761
21.70%
Labour '87
Robert Kidd*
712
20.30%
Democratic Unionist Party
Billy Snoddy
604
17.22%
Ulster Unionist Party
Andrew Beattie*
526
15.00%
660.09
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
John Blair
334
9.52%
337.91
379.91
387.89
389.31
390.03
469.81
512.87
Independent Unionist
David Hollis*
246
7.01%
254.97
271.56
279.4
294.03
300.79
308.03
392
Ulster Unionist Party
Winifred Wright
109
3.11%
131.77
159.07
215.91
225.58
235.42
245.24
Workers' Party (Ireland)
J. J. Magee
78
2.22%
78
104.88
105.16
109.72
109.84
Sinn Féin
Liam Collins
96
2.74%
96
102.3
102.3
103.3
103.3
National Front (UK)
David Kerr
41
1.17%
41.46
44.19
44.33
8
8,976
3,507 (39.07%)
118
585
3,625 (40.39%)
Manse Road
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1985-1989 Change: Alliance gain from DUP
Manse Road - 5 seats
3
Ulster Unionist Party
George Herron*
1,762
37.56%
Ulster Unionist Party
James Robinson*
914
19.48%
Ulster Unionist Party
Arthur Kell
303
6.46%
1,131.78
Democratic Unionist Party
Samuel Neill*
713
15.20%
800.78
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Gordon Mawhinney
725
15.46%
768.89
904.25
Independent Unionist
Thomas Buchanan
99
2.11%
109.83
305.35
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Brendan Heaney
175
3.73%
182.41
196.98
3
11,302
4,691 (41.51%)
134
782
4,825 (42.69%)
Shore Road
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1985-1989 Change: No change
Shore Road - 5 seats
4
Ulster Unionist Party
Barbara Gilliland
1,008
23.70%
Ulster Unionist Party
Ken Robinson*
973
22.87%
Democratic Unionist Party
Billy Boyd*
950
22.33%
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
William McKimmon
769
18.08%
Democratic Unionist Party
Jean Boyd
150
3.53%
351.31
544.86
767.16
Independent Unionist
William Ball
240
5.64%
310.93
363.43
376.17
Labour '87
David Lowrie
164
3.86%
184.5
198.85
199.63
4
10,478
4,254 (40.60%)
148
710
4,402 (42.01%)
References
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