1989 Banbridge District Council election

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1989 Banbridge District Council election

17 May 1989 (1989-05-17)
All 15 seats to Banbridge District Council 8 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Ulster Unionist SDLP DUP Seats won 9 3 2 Seat change 1 0 1   Fourth party   Party Independent Nationalist Seats won 1 Seat change 0

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

Banbridge District Council Election Result 1989

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Ulster Unionist	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
	Independent 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

Results of the Banbridge District Council election, 1989
by district

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

Banbridge Town

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

Banbridge Town - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Ulster Unionist	Joan Baird*	31.18%	1,549
	Ulster Unionist	Archie McKelvey*	16.83%	836
	Ulster Unionist	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

1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP

Dromore - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ulster Unionist	Drew Nelson	20.81%	1,109
	SDLP	Cassie McDermott*	18.31%	976
	Ulster Unionist	William Martin*	15.87%	846	874.8	876	916.32
	Ulster Unionist	Robert Hill*	14.39%	767	814	821.4	844.36	893.36
	Ulster Unionist	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

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

Knockiveagh - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SDLP	Seamus Doyle	14.52%	739	942
	Independent Nationalist	Laurence McCartan*	15.41%	784	839	926.84
	Ulster Unionist	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
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Walker	13.74%	699	699	699	700.83	796.83	843.03
	Ulster Unionist	John Hanna	10.34%	526	526	527.22	527.83	570.44	691.64
	Ulster Unionist	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%)