1989 Carrickfergus Borough Council election

Elections to Carrickfergus 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 15 councillors.

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

Districts summary
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! %
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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | PUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Carrick Castle
 * 18.9
 * 1
 * bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|35.5
 * bgcolor="#F6CB2F"|2
 * 15.4
 * 1
 * 15.1
 * 1
 * 15.1
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Kilroot
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|42.1
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
 * 25.3
 * 1
 * 14.5
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 18.1
 * 1
 * 5
 * align="left"|Knockagh Monument
 * 23.4
 * 1
 * 21.9
 * 1
 * 19.2
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * bgcolor="AADFFF"|35.5
 * bgcolor="AADFFF"|2
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 28.7
 * 4
 * 27.1
 * 4
 * 16.4
 * 3
 * 4.6
 * 1
 * 23.2
 * 3
 * 15
 * }
 * 23.2
 * 3
 * 15
 * }
 * }

Carrick Castle
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP

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

1985-1989 Change: Alliance gain from UUP

Kilroot
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP

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

1985-1989 Change: Independent Unionist leaves UUP

Knockagh Monument
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist

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

1985-1989 Change: Independent Unionist leaves UUP