1989 Banbridge District Council election
Appearance
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All 15 seats to Banbridge District Council 8 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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UUP | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 60.0 | 58.0 | 8,928 | 10.8 | |
SDLP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 19.2 | 2,959 | 0.5 | |
DUP | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13.3 | 13.5 | 2,083 | 11.9 | |
Ind. Nationalist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 5.1 | 784 | 0.4 | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 343 | 0.6 | |
Ulster Democratic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 290 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
[edit]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
[edit]Banbridge Town
[edit]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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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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
[edit]1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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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
[edit]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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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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
[edit]- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Banbridge". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 21 July 2021.