1989 Newry and Mourne District Council election

Elections to Newry and Mourne District 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="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Crotlieve
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|64.5
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|5
 * 20.8
 * 1
 * 4.2
 * 0
 * 10.5
 * 1
 * 7
 * align="left"|Newry Town
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|47.2
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|4
 * 10.4
 * 1
 * 14.6
 * 1
 * 27.8
 * 1
 * 7
 * align="left"|Slieve Gullion
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|57.1
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
 * 0.0
 * 0
 * 39.4
 * 2
 * 3.5
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|The Fews
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|43.5
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|3
 * 31.9
 * 2
 * 15.4
 * 1
 * 9.2
 * 0
 * 6
 * align="left"|The Mournes
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|32.4
 * bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
 * 26.0
 * 2
 * 3.1
 * 0
 * 38.5
 * 1
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 49.4
 * 17
 * 18.5
 * 6
 * 14.0
 * 4
 * 18.1
 * 3
 * 30
 * }
 * 4
 * 18.1
 * 3
 * 30
 * }
 * }

Crotlieve
1985: 4 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1989: 5 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from UUP

Newry Town
1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x IIP

1989: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist

1985-1989 Change: Independent Nationalist leaves IIP

Slieve Gullion
1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin

1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin

1985-1989 Change: No change

The Fews
1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

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

1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from DUP

The Mournes
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin

1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Protestant Unionist

1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin, Protestant Unionist leaves DUP