1989 Derry City Council election

Elections to Derry City Council were held on 17 May 1989 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 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="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UDP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Cityside
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|51.7
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
 * 42.2
 * 3
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 6.1
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|Northland
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|67.1
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|4
 * 18.8
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 6.9
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 7.2
 * 1
 * 6
 * align="left"|Rural
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|41.4
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 25.1
 * 2
 * 23.4
 * 2
 * 3.8
 * 0
 * 6.3
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Shantallow
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|73.8
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|4
 * 21.9
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 4.3
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Waterside
 * 19.7
 * 1
 * 8.1
 * 0
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|36.0
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 15.0
 * 1
 * 8.3
 * 1
 * 12.9
 * 1
 * 6
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 49.7
 * 15
 * 16.4
 * 5
 * 13.5
 * 4
 * 10.2
 * 3
 * 2.6
 * 1
 * 7.6
 * 2
 * 30
 * }
 * 2.6
 * 1
 * 7.6
 * 2
 * 30
 * }
 * }

Cityside
1985: 3 x SDLP, 3 x Sinn Féin

1989: 3 x SDLP, 3 x Sinn Féin

1985-1989 Change: No change

Northland
1985: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x IIP

1989: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Unionist

1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from IIP, Independent Unionist leaves UUP

Rural
1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP

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

1985-1989 Change: No change

Shantallow
1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

1989: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

1985-1989 Change: No change

Waterside
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

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

1985-1989 Change: UDP gain from DUP, Independent Unionist leaves UUP