1989 Ards Borough Council election

Elections to Ards 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 20 councillors.

Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! %
 * - class="unsortable" align="centre"

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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Ards Peninsula
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|38.3
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
 * 30.0
 * 2
 * 23.6
 * 2
 * 8.1
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Ards West
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|54.5
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
 * 27.8
 * 2
 * 17.6
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Newtownards
 * 32.1
 * 2
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|38.9
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
 * 14.7
 * 1
 * 14.3
 * 1
 * 7
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 41.3
 * 8
 * 32.2
 * 7
 * 18.8
 * 4
 * 7.7
 * 1
 * 20
 * }
 * 7.7
 * 1
 * 20
 * }
 * }

Ards Peninsula
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UPUP, 1 x Independent

1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance

1985-1989 Change: UUP and Alliance gain from UPUP and Independent

Ards West
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP

Newtownards
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x NILP

1989: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist

1985-1989 Change: Independent Unionist gain from NILP