1989 Belfast City Council election

Elections to Belfast City Council were held on 17 May 1989 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used nine district electoral areas to elect a total of 51 councillors, most representing the more heavily populated north and west.

The UUP remained the largest party, and Reg Empey became the Lord Mayor.

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="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor=""| SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Workers' Party !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | PUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Balmoral
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|34.9
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 14.3
 * 1
 * 19.3
 * 1
 * 19.0
 * 1
 * 2.1
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 10.4
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Castle
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|24.6
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|1
 * 3.8
 * 0
 * 19.2
 * 1
 * 16.6
 * 1
 * 8.8
 * 1
 * 4.1
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 22.9
 * 2
 * 6
 * align="left"|Court
 * 19.8
 * 1
 * 2.3
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 15.8
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 3.5
 * 0
 * 24.2
 * 1
 * bgcolor="#0077FF"|34.4
 * bgcolor="#0077FF"|2
 * 6
 * align="left"|Laganbank
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|31.6
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 7.7
 * 0
 * 20.8
 * 1
 * 12.0
 * 1
 * 19.0
 * 1
 * 4.9
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 4.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Lower Falls
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * bgcolor="#008800"|61.0
 * bgcolor="#008800"|3
 * 28.5
 * 2
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 1.2
 * 0
 * 9.3
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Oldpark
 * 22.8
 * 2
 * bgcolor="#008800"|37.8
 * bgcolor="#008800"|3
 * 8.9
 * 0
 * 15.8
 * 1
 * 3.3
 * 0
 * 11.4
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Pottinger
 * 25.7
 * 2
 * 5.8
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|40.1
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 12.1
 * 1
 * 5.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 11.3
 * 1
 * 6
 * align="left"|Upper Falls
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * bgcolor="#008800"|49.5
 * bgcolor="#008800"|2
 * 41.9
 * 2
 * 2.2
 * 0
 * 2.6
 * 0
 * 3.1
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.7
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Victoria
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|39.5
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 23.7
 * 2
 * 31.0
 * 2
 * 2.5
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 3.3
 * 0
 * 7
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 21.7
 * 14
 * 18.7
 * 8
 * 16.1
 * 8
 * 14.8
 * 8
 * 10.9
 * 6
 * 5.3
 * 1
 * 2.5
 * 1
 * 10.0
 * 5
 * 51
 * }
 * 6
 * 5.3
 * 1
 * 2.5
 * 1
 * 10.0
 * 5
 * 51
 * }
 * }

Balmoral
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

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

1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from DUP

Castle
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist

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

1985-1989 Change: Independent Unionist gain from UUP

Court
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Protestant Unionist, 1 x Independent Unionist

1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Protestant Unionist, 1 x Independent Unionist

1985-1989 Change: No change

Laganbank
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP

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

1985-1989 Change: No change

Lower Falls
1985: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

1989: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP

1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance

Oldpark
1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Workers' Party

1989: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Workers' Party

1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP

Pottinger
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance

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

1985-1989 Change: Independent Unionist gain from DUP

Upper Falls
1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance

1989: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP

1985-1989 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Alliance

Victoria
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP

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

1985-1989 Change: No change