1989 Armagh District Council election

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1989 Armagh District Council election

17 May 1989 (1989-05-17)
All 22 seats to Armagh District Council 12 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Ulster Unionist SDLP DUP Seats won 11 8 2 Seat change 0 1 1   Fourth party   Party Sinn Féin Seats won 1 Seat change 0

Elections to Armagh 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 22 councillors.

Election results

Armagh District Council Election Result 1989

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Ulster Unionist	11	0	0	0	50.0	46.6	11,631	2.8
	SDLP	8	1	0	1	36.4	31.7	7,931	1.6
	DUP	2	0	1	1	9.1	12.2	3,054	4.8
	Sinn Féin	1	0	0	0	4.5	8.2	2,050	1.8
	Workers' Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.9	232	0.9
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	100	0.4

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Armagh District Council election, 1989
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	UUP		SDLP		DUP		Sinn Féin		Others
Armagh City	29.6	2	43.0	3	10.4	0	13.3	1	3.7	0	6
Crossmore	36.7	2	54.3	3	0.0	0	9.1	0	0.0	0	5
Cusher	60.5	4	15.1	1	18.9	1	4.3	0	1.2	0	6
The Orchard	55.6	3	20.9	1	16.5	1	7.0	0	0.0	0	5
Total	46.6	11	31.7	8	12.2	2	8.2	1	1.3	0	22

District results

Armagh City

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

Armagh City - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SDLP	John Agnew*	16.07%	1,019
	Ulster Unionist	George Macartney*	15.44%	979
	Ulster Unionist	John Doogan*	14.16%	898
	SDLP	Pat Brannigan*	14.08%	893	967.69
	SDLP	Anna Brolly	12.87%	816	841.19	841.26	897.96	996.96
	Sinn Féin	Seamus Hart	8.51%	540	544.18	544.18	545.08	576.81	881.64
	DUP	Harold Carson	10.41%	660	660.33	666.56	666.56	672.93	673.93
	Sinn Féin	Stephen Fields	4.81%	305	307.09	307.09	307.54	325.76
	Workers' Party	Patrick McCusker	3.66%	232	235.74	236.65	237.91
Electorate: 9,628   Valid: 6,342 (65.87%)   Spoilt: 202   Quota: 907   Turnout: 6,544 (67.97%)

Crossmore

1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1985-1989 Change: No change

Crossmore - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Ulster Unionist	Jim Nicholson*	28.29%	1,484
	SDLP	Thomas Kavanagh	22.15%	1,162
	SDLP	James McKernan*	19.85%	1,041
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Shilliday*	8.39%	440	1,036.96
	SDLP	Charles Mallon*	12.26%	643	643.82	897.57
	Sinn Féin	Thomas Carroll	9.06%	475	475	499.25
Electorate: 7,295   Valid: 5,245 (71.90%)   Spoilt: 158   Quota: 875   Turnout: 5,403 (74.06%)

Cusher

1985: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: No change

Cusher - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Ulster Unionist	Eric Speers*	20.38%	1,561
	DUP	Thomas Black*	18.85%	1,444
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Johnston*	17.15%	1,314
	SDLP	Thomas Canavan	15.07%	1,154
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Turner*	12.22%	936	1,239.49
	Ulster Unionist	James Clayton*	10.73%	822	974.52	1,314.72
	Sinn Féin	Margaret McNally	4.30%	329	329	329.56
	Independent	Eugene Turley	1.31%	100	109.61	113.81
Electorate: 9,988   Valid: 7,660 (76.69%)   Spoilt: 151   Quota: 1,095   Turnout: 7,811 (78.20%)

The Orchard

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

The Orchard - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Ulster Unionist	Jim Speers*	28.95%	1,665
	SDLP	John Kernan	20.92%	1,203
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Foster*	14.87%	855	1,179.24
	DUP	Douglas Hutchinson*	16.52%	950	1,081.88
	Ulster Unionist	Olive Whitten	11.77%	677	910.52	928	1,147.9
	Sinn Féin	Brendan Casey	6.97%	401	401	625.02	625.02
Electorate: 8,056   Valid: 5,751 (71.39%)   Spoilt: 111   Quota: 959   Turnout: 5,862 (72.77%)