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1989 Craigavon Borough Council election
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Local government election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1989
1989 Craigavon Borough Council election parliamentary no 1985 Craigavon Borough Council election 1985 1989 05 17 y 1993 Craigavon Borough Council election 1993 All 26 seats to Craigavon Borough Council 14 Ulster Unionist Party 12 1 Social Democratic and Labour Party 6 1 Democratic Unionist Party 4 2 Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 2 2 Sinn Féin 1 1 Workers' Party (Ireland) 1 1 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Craigavon Borough Council were held on 17 May 1989 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 26 councillors.
Election results
Craigavon Borough Council Election Result 1989https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/85-89lgcraigavon.htm Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Craigavon www.ark.ac.uk
Ulster Unionist Party
12
2
1
1
46.2
42.4
12,687
6.3
Social Democratic and Labour Party
6
1
0
1
23.1
21.0
6,288
3.8
Democratic Unionist Party
4
0
2
2
15.4
14.4
4,314
11.3
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
2
2
0
2
7.7
5.8
1,742
1.5
Sinn Féin
1
0
1
1
3.8
8.4
2,521
3.1
Workers' Party (Ireland)
1
0
1
1
3.8
4.3
1,285
0.9
Protestant Unionist
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.7
511
New
Independent Nationalist
0
0
0
0
0.0
1.2
361
1.2
Independent Unionist
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.8
255
0.8
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Craigavon Borough Council election, 1989by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
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|- 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="Alliance Party of Northern Ireland" | Alliance
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Sinn Féin" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Workers' Party (Ireland)" | Workers' Party
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Craigavon Central
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|45.0
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
|13.2
|1
|17.5
|1
|8.0
|1
|8.1
|0
|4.9
|0
|3.3
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Loughside
|14.7
|0
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|54.2
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|18.9
|1
|12.2
|1
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Lurgan
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|56.6
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
|12.3
|1
|20.1
|2
|6.6
|0
|3.3
|0
|1.1
|0
|0.0
|0
|7
|-
|align="left"|Portadown
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|45.0
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
|13.2
|1
|16.0
|2
|7.2
|1
|6.4
|0
|1.4
|0
|10.8
|0
|7
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|42.4
|12
|21.0
|6
|14.4
|4
|5.8
|2
|8.4
|1
|4.3
|1
|3.7
|0
|26
|-
|}
District results
Craigavon Central
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Workers' Party
1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1985-1989 Change: UUP and Alliance gain from DUP and Workers' Party
Craigavon Central - 7 seatsLocal Government Results 1989 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/c747b644-74fb-4401-a84f-1900f7818722/local_government_election_results_1989 EONI 19 July 2021
8
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel McCammick*
1,642
21.69%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
James Daly
1,003
13.25%
Ulster Unionist Party
Frederick Crowe
813
10.74%
1,079.29
Democratic Unionist Party
David Calvin
915
12.09%
936.84
945.24
1,068.24
Ulster Unionist Party
Pauline Lindsay
495
6.54%
637.8
700.17
750.9
792.9
798.32
997.32
Ulster Unionist Party
Elizabeth McClurg
457
6.04%
651.04
697.87
719.55
728.55
733.97
951.31
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Sean Hagan
605
7.99%
614.24
615.29
627.29
632.29
793.29
799.34
840.22
Sinn Féin
Sheena Campbell
610
8.06%
610
610.21
612.21
614.21
744.21
744.21
759.05
Democratic Unionist Party
Eric Patterson
406
5.36%
451.36
462.28
495.12
555.12
559.12
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Peter Smyth
370
4.89%
370.84
371.05
373.05
373.05
Independent Unionist
Barrie Bradbury
255
3.37%
259.62
261.09
8
13,988
7,571 (54.12%)
205
947
7,776 (55.59%)
Loughside
1985: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party, 1 x UUP
1989: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
Loughside - 5 seats
6
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Sean McCavanagh*
1,393
23.79%
Sinn Féin
Brendan Curran*
633
10.81%
640
1,048.5
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Hugh Casey
754
12.88%
867.7
870.7
1,054.7
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Catherine McStravick
603
10.30%
749.7
763.3
994
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Tom French*
713
12.18%
747.8
762.4
834.7
912.05
977.05
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Bell*
861
14.70%
861.9
863.9
863.9
864.81
867.81
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patrick Crilly
424
7.24%
521.5
529.7
Sinn Féin
John O'Dowd
475
8.11%
480.4
6
10,783
5,856 (54.31%)
191
976
6,047 (56.08%)
Lurgan
1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: No change
Lurgan - 7 seats
5
Ulster Unionist Party
Sydney Cairns*
1,942
23.04%
Ulster Unionist Party
Audrey Savage
1,565
18.56%
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel Lutton
771
9.15%
1,127.5
Ulster Unionist Party
Meta Crozier
492
5.84%
886.22
1,236.68
Democratic Unionist Party
Ruth Allen
891
10.57%
924.12
979.56
1,077.31
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Brid Rodgers*
1,040
12.34%
1,040
1,040.33
1,041.02
1,249.02
Democratic Unionist Party
Yvonne Calvert
804
9.54%
884.5
864.69
1,029.32
1,033.21
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Gordon Burrell
557
6.61%
572.64
586.17
604.34
623.67
Sinn Féin
Patricia McKee
280
3.32%
280
280.66
280.89
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Maureen McKeever
88
1.04%
88
88.99
89.45
5
13,861
8,430 (60.82%)
194
1,054
8,624 (62.22%)
Portadown
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1985-1989 Change: UUP and Alliance gain from DUP and Sinn Féin
Portadown - 7 seats
9
Ulster Unionist Party
James Gillespie*
1,583
19.53%
Democratic Unionist Party
Michael Briggs*
1,089
13.43%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Ignatius Fox*
1,071
13.21%
Ulster Unionist Party
Joseph Trueman
887
10.94%
1,055.12
Ulster Unionist Party
Brian Maguinness
730
9.00%
1,021.96
Ulster Unionist Party
Anna Moore
449
5.54%
510.56
517.28
519.35
519.41
662.9
663.26
697.37
1,066.37
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
William Ramsay
580
7.15%
586.84
588.31
615.31
640.45
647.71
769.43
770.78
832.59
Sinn Féin
John Dignam
523
6.45%
523.36
523.57
551.57
563.45
563.58
706.7
706.79
706.86
Protestant Unionist
Andrew Watson
511
6.30%
520.36
526.03
528.03
528.03
638.82
640.89
643.41
Independent Nationalist
Mario McCooe
361
4.45%
361.36
361.43
393.43
410.77
410.77
Democratic Unionist Party
Phyllis Lutton
209
2.58%
238.16
297.38
298.38
298.44
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Kathy Fox
114
1.41%
114.36
114.43
9
13,753
8,107 (58.95%)
220
1,014
8,327 (60.55%)
References
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