1989 Coleraine Borough Council election

Elections to Coleraine 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 21 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="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Bann
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|59.2
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
 * 13.6
 * 1
 * 24.4
 * 2
 * 2.8
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Coleraine Town
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|41.3
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
 * 33.9
 * 2
 * 7.0
 * 0
 * 8.0
 * 1
 * 9.8
 * 1
 * 7
 * align="left"|The Skerries
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|43.4
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|3
 * 24.2
 * 2
 * 7.8
 * 0
 * 13.1
 * 1
 * 11.5
 * 1
 * 7
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 48.5
 * 10
 * 23.4
 * 5
 * 13.5
 * 2
 * 7.9
 * 2
 * 6.7
 * 2
 * 21
 * }
 * 6.7
 * 2
 * 21
 * }
 * }

Bann
1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

1985-1989 Change: No change

Coleraine Town
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent

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

1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP

The Skerries
1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

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

1985-1989 Change: Independent Unionist leaves UUP