1989 Carrickfergus Borough Council election
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Elections to Carrickfergus Borough 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 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 26.7 | 28.7 | 2,956 | 5.0 | |
Alliance | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26.7 | 27.1 | 2,793 | 2.2 | |
DUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 16.4 | 1,694 | 10.6 | |
Ind. Unionist | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20.0 | 12.6 | 1,296 | 3.4 | |
PUP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 472 | 1.6 | |
Protestant Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 471 | New | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 171 | 1.7 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
[edit]Ward | % |
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Total Cllrs |
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UUP | Alliance | DUP | PUP | Others | |||||||
Carrick Castle | 18.9 | 1 | 35.5 | 2 | 15.4 | 1 | 15.1 | 1 | 15.1 | 0 | 5 |
Kilroot | 42.1 | 2 | 25.3 | 1 | 14.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 18.1 | 1 | 5 |
Knockagh Monument | 23.4 | 1 | 21.9 | 1 | 19.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 35.5 | 2 | 5 |
Total | 28.7 | 4 | 27.1 | 4 | 16.4 | 3 | 4.6 | 1 | 23.2 | 3 | 15 |
Districts results
[edit]Carrick Castle
[edit]1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP
1989: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP
1985-1989 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Alliance | Sean Neeson* | 32.91% | 1,029 | ||||||
PUP | Samuel Stewart* | 15.09% | 472 | 531.16 | |||||
UUP | Samuel McCamley* | 9.18% | 287 | 320.15 | 362.72 | 381.29 | 398.88 | 567.88 | |
DUP | Andrew Blair | 9.31% | 291 | 298.65 | 301.16 | 444.69 | 458.22 | 492.79 | |
Alliance | Arthur McQuitty | 2.59% | 81 | 369.66 | 375.72 | 376.72 | 458.75 | 476.93 | |
Protestant Unionist | David Hilditch | 9.66% | 302 | 315.77 | 325.83 | 339.34 | 353.87 | 383.4 | |
UUP | Robert English* | 7.29% | 228 | 245.85 | 263.91 | 275.91 | 290.48 | ||
Independent | Patrick Lennox | 5.47% | 171 | 222 | 225.51 | 226.51 | |||
UUP | Margaret Cross | 6.08% | 190 | 199.69 | 203.2 | ||||
UUP | Sarah Picken | 2.43% | 76 | 93.34 | |||||
Electorate: 6,840 Valid: 3,127 (45.72%) Spoilt: 54 Quota: 522 Turnout: 3,181 (46.51%) |
Kilroot
[edit]1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1985-1989 Change: Independent Unionist leaves UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
UUP | Alexander Beggs | 20.05% | 739 | ||||||
Alliance | Brenda Crampsey* | 19.51% | 719 | ||||||
Ind. Unionist | Robert Patton* | 18.13% | 668 | ||||||
UUP | James Brown* | 16.26% | 599 | 668.02 | |||||
DUP | William Cross* | 14.52% | 535 | 545.37 | 547.92 | 558 | 574.11 | 660.11 | |
Alliance | David McCann | 5.78% | 213 | 216.74 | 309.89 | 310.87 | 327.16 | 383.59 | |
UUP | Eric Ferguson | 5.75% | 212 | 250.59 | 257.49 | 298.37 | 314.84 | ||
Electorate: 7,981 Valid: 3,685 (46.17%) Spoilt: 84 Quota: 615 Turnout: 3,769 (47.22%) |
Knockagh Monument
[edit]1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1989: 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x UUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: Independent Unionist leaves UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
DUP | William Haggan* | 19.22% | 668 | ||||||
Alliance | Stewart Dickson* | 18.70% | 650 | ||||||
Ind. Unionist | Charles Johnston* | 18.07% | 628 | ||||||
UUP | William Murray | 14.47% | 503 | 536.6 | 538.14 | 551.26 | 566.03 | 641.03 | |
Ind. Unionist | Mary Ardill* | 12.51% | 435 | 445.08 | 451.79 | 466.43 | 525.76 | 552.16 | |
UUP | Samuel Wilson* | 8.98% | 312 | 337.2 | 338.19 | 343.87 | 356.28 | 402.5 | |
Protestant Unionist | John Everitt | 4.86% | 169 | 183.98 | 184.31 | 189.03 | 194.74 | ||
Alliance | Noreen McIlwrath | 3.19% | 111 | 111.98 | 171.05 | 176.89 | |||
Electorate: 7,803 Valid: 3,476 (44.55%) Spoilt: 73 Quota: 580 Turnout: 3,549 (45.48%) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Carrickfergus". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.