1989 Lisburn Borough Council election

Elections to Lisburn Borough Council were held on 17 May 1989 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 28 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="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Downshire
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|56.1
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
 * 32.3
 * 2
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 10.8
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 0.8
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Dunmurry Cross
 * 26.4
 * 2
 * 10.7
 * 1
 * 18.1
 * 2
 * 7.6
 * 0
 * bgcolor="#008800"|28.7
 * bgcolor="#008800"|2
 * 8.5
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Killultagh
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|52.9
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|4
 * 17.7
 * 1
 * 10.9
 * 1
 * 7.6
 * 0
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 10.9
 * 1
 * 7
 * align="left"|Lisburn Town
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|68.8
 * bgcolor="40BFF5"|5
 * 10.3
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 18.9
 * 1
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 2.0
 * 0
 * 7
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 49.9
 * 15
 * 17.8
 * 5
 * 8.0
 * 3
 * 10.7
 * 2
 * 7.6
 * 2
 * 6.0
 * 1
 * 28
 * }
 * 2
 * 6.0
 * 1
 * 28
 * }
 * }

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

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

1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP

Dunmurry Cross
1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

1989: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance

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

1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Conservative

1985-1989 Change: Independent Conservative gain from DUP

Lisburn Town
1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

1989: 5 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance

1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP