1989 Moyle District Council election

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1989 Moyle District Council election

17 May 1989 (1989-05-17)
All 15 seats to Moyle District Council 8 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party SDLP DUP UUP Seats won 4 3 2 Seat change 0 0 0   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Independent Ind. Unionist Sinn Féin Seats won 2 2 1 Seat change 1 0 1   Seventh party   Party Ind. Nationalist Seats won 1 Seat change 0

Elections to Moyle 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

Moyle District Council Election Result 1989

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SDLP	4	0	0	0	20.0	29.6	1,756	0.8
	DUP	3	0	0	0	20.0	19.3	1,143	1.7
	Independent	2	1	0	1	13.3	16.3	969	10.5
	Ind. Unionist	2	0	0	0	13.3	15.5	919	6.6
	UUP	2	0	0	0	13.3	8.8	522	7.4
	Ind. Nationalist	1	0	0	0	13.3	5.0	297	0.7
	Sinn Féin	1	0	1	1	6.7	5.6	331	6.6

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Moyle District Council election, 1989
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	SDLP		DUP		UUP		Sinn Féin		Others
Ballycastle	25.2	1	20.5	1	11.6	1	0.0	0	42.7	2	5
Giant's Causeway	0.0	0	29.3	2	17.6	1	0.0	0	53.1	2	5
The Glens	55.1	3	10.8	0	0.0	0	14.2	1	19.9	1	5
Total	29.6	4	19.3	3	8.8	2	5.6	1	36.7	5	15

District results

Ballycastle

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

Ballycastle - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Gardiner Kane*	20.52%	385
	SDLP	Michael O'Cleary*	20.20%	379
	Independent	Archibald McAuley	11.62%	218	221.2	232.2	251.96	318.96
	Independent	James McShane*	10.77%	202	202.2	233.2	251.82	300.77
	UUP	Robert McPherson*	11.62%	218	284.2	285.2	285.2	297.39
	Independent	Seamus Blaney	11.78%	221	221.4	231.4	242.61	273.6
	Independent	Christopher McCaughan	8.53%	160	161.2	177.2	191.64
	SDLP	Noel McCurdy	4.96%	93	93.6
Electorate: 3,489   Valid: 1,876 (53.77%)   Spoilt: 50   Quota: 313   Turnout: 1,926 (55.20%)

Giant's Causeway

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

Giant's Causeway - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Ind. Unionist	Robert McIlroy	32.02%	554
	DUP	James Rodgers*	21.39%	370
	Ind. Unionist	Price McConaghy*	18.44%	319
	UUP	Robert Getty*	17.57%	304
	DUP	Glenda Rodgers	7.92%	137	346.71
	Ind. Unionist	Ronnie McIlvar	2.66%	46	100.27
Electorate: 3,226   Valid: 1,730 (53.63%)   Spoilt: 48   Quota: 289   Turnout: 1,778 (55.11%)

The Glens

1985: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1989: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1985-1989 Change: No change

The Glens - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	SDLP	Malachy McSparran*	20.08%	468
	Ind. Nationalist	Randal McDonnell*	12.74%	297	321.14	389.41
	SDLP	Joseph Mitchell	12.18%	284	296.92	321.77	420.77
	SDLP	Patrick McBride*	14.76%	344	349.95	355.14	397.14
	Sinn Féin	James McCarry	14.20%	331	333.72	358.4	389.29
	DUP	Elizabeth White	10.77%	251	251.17	253.34	255.36
	SDLP	Daniel Anderson*	8.07%	188	207.04	244.1
	Independent	Michael Brogan	7.21%	168	180.58
Electorate: 3,606   Valid: 2,331 (64.64%)   Spoilt: 29   Quota: 389   Turnout: 2,360 (65.45%)