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1989 Newry and Mourne District Council election
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Local govt election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1989
1989 Newry and Mourne District Council election parliamentary no 1985 Newry and Mourne District Council election 1985 1989 05 17 y 1993 Newry and Mourne District Council election 1993 All 30 seats to Newry and Mourne District Council 16 Social Democratic and Labour Party 17 3 Ulster Unionist Party 6 1 Sinn Féin 4 1 Independent Nationalist 2 1 Protestant Unionist 1 1 Democratic Unionist Party 0 2 Irish Independence Party 0 1 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Newry and Mourne District 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 30 councillors.
Election results
Newry and Mourne District Council Election Result 1989https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgnandm.htm Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Newry and Mourne www.ark.ac.uk
Social Democratic and Labour Party
17
3
0
3
56.7
49.4
18,805
8.5
Ulster Unionist Party
6
0
1
1
20.0
18.5
7,032
1.7
Sinn Féin
4
0
1
1
13.3
14.0
5,336
4.5
Independent Nationalist
2
1
0
1
6.7
5.6
2,142
3.0
Protestant Unionist
1
1
0
1
3.3
4.6
1,754
4.6
Democratic Unionist Party
0
0
2
2
0.0
3.2
1,203
4.6
Independent (politician)
0
0
0
0
3.3
3.1
1,197
0.6
Workers' Party (Ireland)
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.9
360
0.6
Independent Republican (Ireland)
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.5
208
0.1
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Newry and Mourne 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="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Sinn Féin" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Crotlieve
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|64.5
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|5
|20.8
|1
|4.2
|0
|10.5
|1
|7
|-
|align="left"|Newry Town
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|47.2
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|4
|10.4
|1
|14.6
|1
|27.8
|1
|7
|-
|align="left"|Slieve Gullion
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|57.1
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
|0.0
|0
|39.4
|2
|3.5
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|The Fews
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|43.5
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
|31.9
|2
|15.4
|1
|9.2
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|The Mournes
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|32.4
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
|26.0
|2
|3.1
|0
|38.5
|1
|5
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|49.4
|17
|18.5
|6
|14.0
|4
|18.1
|3
|30
|-
|}
District results
Crotlieve
1985: 4 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1989: 5 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
Crotlieve - 7 seatsLocal Government Results 1989 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/c747b644-74fb-4401-a84f-1900f7818722/local_government_election_results_1989 EONI 30 July 2021
5
Social Democratic and Labour Party
P. J. Bradley*
1,488
16.32%
Ulster Unionist Party
Violet Cromie*
1,378
15.11%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Hugh Carr
1,081
11.85%
1,183.81
Independent Nationalist
Ciaran Mussen*
954
10.46%
971.94
974.15
1,109.61
1,274.61
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick Maginn
766
8.40%
818.9
819.92
849.15
1,153.15
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Jim McCart*
993
10.89%
1,054.87
1,055.72
1,080.87
1,121.77
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Brian Mulligan*
998
10.94%
1,081.49
1,081.66
1,120.81
1,151.81
Ulster Unionist Party
John Fisher
515
5.65%
516.38
742.82
742.82
743.82
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Felix O'Hare
557
6.11%
566.43
566.43
602.89
Sinn Féin
Ann Marie Willis
389
4.27%
392.91
392.91
5
13,264
9,119 (68.75%)
256
1,140
9,375 (70.68%)
Newry Town
1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x IIP
1989: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1985-1989 Change: Independent Nationalist leaves IIP
Newry Town - 7 seats
12
Independent Nationalist
Eugene Markey*
973
11.71%
974
1,006
1,039
Sinn Féin
Brendan Curran*
741
8.92%
741
755
766
770
802
817
1,219
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Arthur Ruddy*
892
10.74%
894
907
921
937
975
990
995
1,137
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Frank Feely
957
11.52%
961
963
981
995
1,004
1,017
1,023
1,099
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Sean Gallogly*
818
9.84%
821
826
837
877
882
905
911
1,023
1,045
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick McElroy*
614
7.39%
618
623
627
688
699
722
727
828
840
933.45
988.55
Ulster Unionist Party
William McCaigue*
865
10.41%
865
869
871
871
873
882
882
886
888
888.89
889.84
Independent (politician)
Louis Morgan
535
6.44%
538
554
569
586
627
687
711
742
821
823.67
827.47
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John McArdle
440
5.30%
447
450
455
492
499
511
517
Sinn Féin
Eileen Morgan
470
5.66%
470
473
476
480
484
495
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Kevin Morgan
264
3.18%
264
271
275
279
295
Independent Nationalist
James McKevitt
215
2.59%
217
219
232
236
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Teddy McLoughlin
202
2.43%
202
204
206
Independent (politician)
Peter McKevitt
153
1.84%
161
165
Independent (politician)
Noel Sloan
134
1.61%
135
Independent (politician)
Patrick Ruddy
36
0.43%
12
13,812
8,309 (60.16%)
321
1,039
8,630 (62.48%)
Slieve Gullion
1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1985-1989 Change: No change
Slieve Gullion - 5 seats
4
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John Fee
1,207
20.41%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Pat Toner*
1,174
19.85%
Sinn Féin
Jim McAllister*
1,035
17.50%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Michael O'Neill
995
16.82%
Sinn Féin
Jimmy McCreesh
756
12.78%
825.16
855.52
928.92
Sinn Féin
Patrick McDonald
540
9.13%
551.44
592.8
623.8
Independent Republican (Ireland)
Brian Woods
208
3.52%
347.88
464.04
4
8,845
5,915 (66.87%)
292
986
6,207 (70.18%)
The Fews
1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from DUP
The Fews - 6 seats
5
Ulster Unionist Party
Danny Kennedy*
1,406
18.19%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Stephen McGinn
1,158
14.98%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
James Savage*
1,103
14.27%
1,124
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Charlie Smyth
1,103
14.27%
1,111
Ulster Unionist Party
Andy Moffett*
1,056
13.66%
1,079
1,350.74
Sinn Féin
Conor Murphy
705
9.12%
713
713.21
713.21
1,126.21
Democratic Unionist Party
Gordon Heslip*
614
7.95%
615
635.58
878.38
878.38
Sinn Féin
Patrick Quinn
487
6.30%
491
491
491
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Brian Mulligan
96
1.24%
5
10,545
7,728 (73.29%)
223
1,105
7,951 (75.40%)
The Mournes
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Protestant Unionist
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin, Protestant Unionist leaves DUP
The Mournes - 5 seats
5
Protestant Unionist
George Graham*
1,754
25.18%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Emmett Haughian
1,309
18.79%
Ulster Unionist Party
Henry Reilly
1,178
16.91%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Austin Crawford
950
13.64%
952.38
1,078.88
1,443.88
Ulster Unionist Party
Arthur Coulter*
634
9.10%
911.1
911.76
927.78
947.78
Democratic Unionist Party
George McConnell
589
8.46%
890.58
890.69
893.92
897.92
Independent (politician)
Mark Brennan
339
4.87%
341.04
349.62
Sinn Féin
Gabriel Curran
213
3.06%
213.34
218.29
5
9,812
6,966 (70.99%)
184
1,162
7,150 (72.87%)
References
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