1989 Banbridge District Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1989
1989 Banbridge District Council election
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All 15 seats to Banbridge District Council
8 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party UUP SDLP DUP
Seats won 9 3 2
Seat change Increase 1 Steady 0 Decrease 1
  Fourth party
 
Party Ind. Nationalist
Seats won 1
Seat change Steady 0

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 1989[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  UUP 9 1 0 Increase1 60.0 58.0 8,928 Increase10.8
  SDLP 3 0 0 Steady0 20.0 19.2 2,959 Increase0.5
  DUP 2 0 1 Decrease1 13.3 13.5 2,083 Decrease11.9
  Ind. Nationalist 1 0 0 Steady0 6.7 5.1 784 Increase0.4
  Alliance 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 2.2 343 Increase0.6
  Ulster Democratic 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.9 290 New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Banbridge District Council election, 1989
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
UUP SDLP DUP Others
Banbridge Town 63.7 3 19.6 1 9.8 1 6.9 0 5
Dromore 61.7 4 18.3 1 14.5 0 5.5 0 5
Knockiveagh 48.5 2 19.9 1 16.2 1 15.4 1 5
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 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
UUP Joan Baird* 31.18% 1,549      
UUP Archie McKelvey* 16.83% 836      
UUP John Dobson 15.74% 782 1,384.07    
DUP Margaret Walker 9.78% 486 572.01 1,054.96  
SDLP James Walsh* 15.58% 774 782.46 800.66 826.01
Alliance Mary Doyle 6.90% 343 355.22 394.87 452.72
SDLP Robert Murray 3.99% 198 199.41 206.56 214.36
Electorate: 8,871   Valid: 4,968 (56.00%)   Spoilt: 126   Quota: 829   Turnout: 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[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
UUP Drew Nelson 20.81% 1,109          
SDLP Cassie McDermott* 18.31% 976          
UUP William Martin* 15.87% 846 874.8 876 916.32    
UUP Robert Hill* 14.39% 767 814 821.4 844.36 893.36  
UUP William McCracken 10.68% 569 669.8 676 683.56 729.96 822.6
DUP Robert McIlroy 8.37% 446 458.2 467.4 475.24 495.12 784.36
DUP William Lough 6.14% 327 346.4 350.6 354.24 439.4  
Ulster Democratic Colin Halliday 4.07% 217 224.4 268.8 271.32    
Ulster Democratic Thomas Dickson 1.37% 73 74.6        
Electorate: 7,883   Valid: 5,330 (67.61%)   Spoilt: 103   Quota: 889   Turnout: 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[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SDLP Seamus Doyle 14.52% 739 942        
Ind. Nationalist Laurence McCartan* 15.41% 784 839 926.84      
UUP Vivienne Bennett 14.17% 721 723 724.22 729.1 1,019.1  
DUP Wilfred McFadden* 16.20% 824 824 825.83 828.88 915.88  
UUP Samuel Walker 13.74% 699 699 699 700.83 796.83 843.03
UUP John Hanna 10.34% 526 526 527.22 527.83 570.44 691.64
UUP James McRoberts 10.30% 524 524 524 524.61    
SDLP Peter McGreevy* 5.34% 272          
Electorate: 7,162   Valid: 5,089 (71.06%)   Spoilt: 117   Quota: 849   Turnout: 5,206 (72.69%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Banbridge". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 21 July 2021.

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