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1989 Limavady Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1989
1989 Limavady Borough Council election parliamentary no 1985 Limavady District Council election 1985 1989 05 17 y 1993 Limavady Borough Council election 1993 All 15 seats to Limavady Borough Council 8 Ulster Unionist Party 7 0 Social Democratic and Labour Party 6 2 Democratic Unionist Party 1 1 Sinn Féin 1 1 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Limavady Borough 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
Limavady Borough Council Election Result 1989https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/85-89lglimavady.htm Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Limavady www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
7
0
0
0
46.7
39.9
4,695
0.5
Social Democratic and Labour Party
6
2
0
2
40.0
36.6
4,312
3.7
Democratic Unionist Party
1
0
1
1
6.7
11.8
1,386
2.1
Sinn Féin
1
0
1
1
6.7
9.6
1,136
0.9
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
0
0
0
0
0.0
2.1
241
0.2
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Limavady 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="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Sinn Féin" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Bellarena
|36.9
|2
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|51.5
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
|11.6
|0
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Benbradagh
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|37.5
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|31.7
|2
|0.0
|0
|30.8
|1
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Limavady Town
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|45.0
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
|22.7
|1
|26.3
|1
|0.0
|0
|6.0
|0
|5
|-
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|39.9
|7
|36.6
|6
|11.8
|1
|9.6
|1
|2.1
|0
|15
|-
|}
District results
Bellarena
1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1985–1989 Change: SDLP gain from DUP
Bellarena - 5 seatsLocal Government Results 1989 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/c747b644-74fb-4401-a84f-1900f7818722/local_government_election_results_1989 EONI 17 July 2021
3
Ulster Unionist Party
Stanley Gault*
797
19.71%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John McKinney
785
19.42%
Ulster Unionist Party
Robert Grant*
696
17.21%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Arthur Doherty*
676
16.72%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Thomas Mullan*
618
15.29%
620.88
725.32
Democratic Unionist Party
Ernest Murray*
471
11.65%
585.4
589.18
3
6,002
4,043 (67.36%)
73
674
4,116 (68.58%)
Benbradagh
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1985–1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin
Benbradagh - 5 seats
5
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Lawrence Hegarty*
987
26.75%
Ulster Unionist Party
David Robinson*
939
25.45%
Sinn Féin
Thomas Donaghy
793
21.49%
Ulster Unionist Party
Max Gault*
446
12.09%
446.84
768.84
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Gerard Lynch
182
4.93%
523.04
523.74
528.8
542.1
Sinn Féin
Michael Hasson*
343
9.30%
368.62
368.62
533.3
533.65
5
5,745
3,690 (64.23%)
104
616
3,794 (66.04%)
Limavady 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
Limavady Town - 5 seats
4
Ulster Unionist Party
Ronald Cartwright*
961
23.80%
Democratic Unionist Party
George Robinson*
915
22.67%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Barry Doherty*
686
16.99%
Ulster Unionist Party
John Dolan*
482
11.94%
723.2
Ulster Unionist Party
Norman Reynolds
374
9.26%
412.1
639.98
698.98
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Brian McWilliams
378
9.36%
378.6
379.41
481.41
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Joseph McGuigan
241
5.97%
244.3
250.24
4
6,571
4,037 (61.44%)
75
673
4,112 (62.58%)
References
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