1989 Down District Council election

Elections to Down District 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 23 councillors.

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1989
1989 Down District Council election
17 May 1989 (1989-05-17)
All 23 seats to Down District Council
12 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party SDLP Ulster Unionist DUP
Seats won 12 8 2
Seat change Increase 2 Increase 1 Decrease 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Alliance Sinn Féin Workers' Party
Seats won 1 0 0
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 2 Decrease 1

Election results
Down District Council Election Result 1989[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SDLP 12 2 0 Increase2 52.2 49.2 12,227 Increase7.6
  Ulster Unionist 8 1 0 Increase1 34.8 31.1 7,716 Increase0.8
  DUP 2 0 1 Decrease1 8.7 8.5 2,110 Decrease3.7
  Alliance 1 1 0 Increase1 4.3 2.2 534 Decrease3.0
  Sinn Féin 0 0 2 Decrease2 0.0 4.8 1,194 Decrease1.7
  Workers' Party 0 0 1 Decrease1 0.0 1.6 393 Decrease2.6
  Ind. Unionist 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.4 351 Increase0.8
  Independent Labour 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.8 193 Increase0.8
  Green (NI) 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.4 107 New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Down District Council election, 1989
by district
Ward  %
Cllrs
  %
Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
SDLP UUP DUP Alliance Others
Ballynahinch 45.3 2 36.1 2 13.8 1 0.0 0 4.8 0 5
Downpatrick 65.1 5 14.9 1 0.0 0 7.2 1 12.8 0 7
Newcastle 54.2 4 28.1 2 6.9 0 0.0 0 10.8 0 6
Rowallane 26.9 1 50.7 3 16.1 1 0.0 0 6.3 0 5
Total 49.2 12 31.1 8 8.5 2 2.2 1 9.0 0 23

Districts results

Ballynahinch

1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1989: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: No change

Ballynahinch - 5 seats[2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345
SDLP Patrick Toman 21.33% 1,222        
Ulster Unionist James Cochrane* 21.01% 1,204        
SDLP James Magee* 17.19% 985        
Ulster Unionist Walter Lyons 15.08% 864 865.54 1,053.91    
DUP Thomas Poole* 13.79% 790 791.98 848.47 935.26 967.26
SDLP Patrick King 6.77% 388 630.88 631.51 632.17 750.17
Sinn Féin Patrick McGreevy 2.97% 170 180.12 180.12 180.34  
Green (NI) Philip Allen 1.87% 107 109.2 111.51 115.8  
Electorate: 8,529   Valid: 5,730 (67.18%)   Spoilt: 126   Quota: 956   Turnout: 5,856 (68.66%)  

    Downpatrick

    1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party
    1989: 5 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
    1985-1989 Change: SDLP and Alliance gain from Sinn Féin and Workers' Party

    Downpatrick - 7 seats[2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    SDLP Dermot Curran* 16.09% 1,198          
    Ulster Unionist Samuel McCartney* 14.91% 1,110          
    SDLP John Ritchie* 11.93% 888 918.59 927.23 959.23    
    SDLP Sean Quinn* 10.64% 792 823.74 832.38 892.86 983.86  
    SDLP Malachi Curran 9.60% 715 803.55 807.39 854.04 926.81 938.01
    SDLP John Doris 9.50% 707 744.26 750.98 787.55 845.7 870.5
    Alliance Michael Healy 7.17% 534 543.89 665.17 744.33 773.88 779.48
    SDLP Mary Breen 7.36% 548 596.53 600.69 645.47 714.39 725.59
    Sinn Féin Geraldine Ritchie* 7.35% 547 554.36 555.32 595.88    
    Workers' Party Monica Hynds 2.87% 214 217.45 231.21      
    Independent Labour William Hampton 2.59% 193 197.14 204.82      
    Electorate: 11,698   Valid: 7,446 (63.65%)   Spoilt: 153   Quota: 931   Turnout: 7,599 (64.96%)  

      Newcastle

      1985: 3 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
      1989: 4 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
      1985-1989 Change: SDLP and UUP gain from Sinn Féin and DUP

      Newcastle - 6 seats[2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      Ulster Unionist Gerald Douglas* 22.00% 1,329            
      SDLP Michael Boyd* 21.04% 1,271            
      SDLP Eamon O'Neill* 18.09% 1,093            
      SDLP Peter Fitzpatrick 8.97% 542 546.32 762.14 792.46 910.9    
      Ulster Unionist William Brown* 6.06% 366 761.28 765.9 781.42 782.26 1,151.26  
      SDLP Cathal O'Baoill 6.11% 369 376.56 521.43 588.71 665.15 669.72 679.72
      Sinn Féin Sean Fitzpatrick 7.89% 477 477.36 491.22 511.87 534.13 534.85 534.85
      DUP John Finlay 6.89% 416 465.68 466.34 470.7 471.33    
      Workers' Party Henry Robinson 2.96% 179 183.32 199.16        
      Electorate: 9,641   Valid: 6,042 (62.67%)   Spoilt: 166   Quota: 864   Turnout: 6,208 (64.39%)  

        Rowallane

        1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
        1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
        1985-1989 Change: No change

        Rowallane - 5 seats[2]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345
        SDLP Margaret Ritchie* 26.91% 1,509        
        Ulster Unionist Samuel Osborne* 23.58% 1,322        
        Ulster Unionist Albert Colmer 13.93% 781 915 1,104.9    
        Ulster Unionist William Biggerstaff* 13.20% 740 892 969.4    
        DUP William Dick* 11.63% 652 678 717.3 779.1 1,013.1
        Ind. Unionist William Walker 6.26% 351 413 461.9 480.8 488.8
        DUP William Greer 4.49% 252 311 334.4 371.3  
        Electorate: 8,574   Valid: 5,607 (65.40%)   Spoilt: 106   Quota: 935   Turnout: 5,713 (66.63%)  

          References
          1. "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Down". www.ark.ac.uk.
          2. "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
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