1989 Coleraine Borough Council election
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All 21 seats to Coleraine Borough Council 12 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Coleraine 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 21 councillors.
Election results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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UUP | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 47.6 | 48.5 | 9,420 | 5.6 | |
DUP | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23.8 | 23.4 | 4,556 | 7.1 | |
SDLP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 13.5 | 2,632 | 0.6 | |
Alliance | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 7.9 | 1,510 | 1.7 | |
Ind. Unionist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.8 | 2.6 | 509 | 4.8 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 405 | 3.3 | |
Labour Party NI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 234 | New | |
Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 127 | 0.6 | |
Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 39 | 0.2 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
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UUP | DUP | SDLP | Alliance | Others | |||||||
Bann | 59.2 | 4 | 13.6 | 1 | 24.4 | 2 | 2.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
Coleraine Town | 41.3 | 3 | 33.9 | 2 | 7.0 | 0 | 8.0 | 1 | 9.8 | 1 | 7 |
The Skerries | 43.4 | 3 | 24.2 | 2 | 7.8 | 0 | 13.1 | 1 | 11.5 | 1 | 7 |
Total | 48.5 | 10 | 23.4 | 5 | 13.5 | 2 | 7.9 | 2 | 6.7 | 2 | 21 |
District results
[edit]Bann
[edit]1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
UUP | William King* | 18.82% | 1,326 | |||||
UUP | William Watt* | 16.82% | 1,185 | |||||
UUP | Creighton Hutchinson* | 16.04% | 1,130 | |||||
SDLP | John Dallat* | 15.50% | 1,092 | |||||
DUP | Robert Catherwood* | 13.56% | 955 | |||||
UUP | John Moody* | 7.50% | 528 | 957.4 | ||||
SDLP | Gerard O'Kane* | 8.87% | 625 | 626.9 | 680.9 | 710.9 | 909.1 | |
Alliance | Ian McEwan | 2.88% | 203 | 215.54 | 384.54 | 594.54 | 601.54 | |
Electorate: 11,366 Valid: 7,044 (61.97%) Spoilt: 201 Quota: 881 Turnout: 7,245 (63.74%) |
Coleraine Town
[edit]1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
DUP | James McClure* | 28.97% | 1,790 | |||||||
UUP | Robert White* | 18.27% | 1,129 | |||||||
UUP | Gladys Black* | 13.24% | 818 | |||||||
UUP | David McClarty | 9.83% | 607 | 743.4 | 1,006.9 | |||||
DUP | Marie McAllister* | 3.03% | 187 | 759.88 | 788.78 | |||||
Independent | Patrick McFeely* | 6.56% | 405 | 424.22 | 431.36 | 434.88 | 452.56 | 499.9 | 765.9 | |
Alliance | William Mathews* | 6.44% | 398 | 419.08 | 446.96 | 456.16 | 489.14 | 631 | 720 | |
DUP | William Thompson | 1.91% | 118 | 372.2 | 392.94 | 418.46 | 516.38 | 538.88 | 540.88 | |
SDLP | Gerry McLaughlin | 7.01% | 433 | 434.86 | 436.22 | 436.54 | 437.22 | 468.38 | ||
Labour Party NI | Timothy Blackman | 1.62% | 100 | 103.72 | 105.42 | 106.62 | 109.34 | |||
Alliance | Yvonne Boyle | 1.59% | 98 | 98.62 | 99.98 | 101.1 | 105.18 | |||
Green (NI) | David Garland | 0.91% | 56 | 56.62 | 57.98 | 58.54 | 60.92 | |||
Workers' Party | Rosemary McBride | 0.63% | 39 | 40.86 | 42.22 | 42.7 | 44.06 | |||
Electorate: 12,216 Valid: 6,178 (50.57%) Spoilt: 151 Quota: 773 Turnout: 6,329 (51.81%) |
The Skerries
[edit]1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 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 | 7 | 8 | ||||
UUP | Pauline Armitage* | 13.53% | 840 | ||||||||
UUP | Elizabeth Black* | 12.35% | 767 | 795.42 | |||||||
Alliance | Patrick McGowan* | 7.95% | 494 | 496.59 | 553.66 | 834.66 | |||||
DUP | William Creelman* | 11.66% | 724 | 727.22 | 734.22 | 735.22 | 736.12 | 845.12 | |||
UUP | William Glenn* | 11.66% | 658 | 673.12 | 678.19 | 685.54 | 695.74 | 716.02 | 936.02 | ||
DUP | Robert Stewart | 6.49% | 403 | 403.63 | 408.63 | 409.63 | 409.63 | 611.81 | 714.39 | 771.39 | |
Ind. Unionist | Robert Mitchell* | 8.20% | 509 | 511.1 | 520.1 | 533.1 | 547.8 | 574.94 | 666.77 | 741.77 | |
SDLP | Sean Farren | 7.76% | 482 | 482.21 | 537.21 | 559.21 | 584.71 | 584.71 | 588.01 | 589.01 | |
UUP | Thomas Peacock | 6.96% | 432 | 435.99 | 443.06 | 447.06 | 450.96 | 469.96 | |||
DUP | Eric Stewart | 6.10% | 379 | 379.77 | 384.77 | 384.77 | 385.97 | ||||
Alliance | Kate Condy | 5.10% | 317 | 317.49 | 346.49 | ||||||
Labour Party NI | Roberta Woods | 2.16% | 134 | 134.21 | |||||||
Green (NI) | Malcolm Samuels | 1.14% | 71 | 71 | |||||||
Electorate: 11,940 Valid: 6,210 (52.01%) Spoilt: 149 Quota: 777 Turnout: 6,359 (53.26%) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Coleraine". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 15 July 2021.