1989 Banbridge District Council election
17 May 1989 (1989-05-17)
All 15 seats to Banbridge District Council
8 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Ulster Unionist SDLP DUP
Seats won 9 3 2
Seat change Increase 1 Steady 0 Decrease 1
  Fourth party
 
Party Independent Nationalist
Seats won 1
Seat change Steady 0

Elections to Banbridge District 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

Banbridge District Council Election Result 1989[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Ulster Unionist 9 1 0 Increase1 60.0 58.0 8,928 Increase10.8
  SDLP 3 0 0 Steady0 20.0 19.2 2,959 Increase0.5
  DUP 2 0 1 Decrease1 13.3 13.5 2,083 Decrease11.9
  Independent Nationalist 1 0 0 Steady0 6.7 5.1 784 Increase0.4
  Alliance 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 2.2 343 Increase0.6
  Ulster Democratic 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.9 290 New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Banbridge District Council election, 1989
by district
Ward  %
Cllrs
  %
Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
UUP SDLP DUP Others
Banbridge Town 63.7 3 19.6 1 9.8 1 6.9 0 5
Dromore 61.7 4 18.3 1 14.5 0 5.5 0 5
Knockiveagh 48.5 2 19.9 1 16.2 1 15.4 1 5
Total 58.0 9 19.2 3 13.5 2 9.3 1 15

Districts results

Banbridge Town

1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: No change

Banbridge Town - 5 seats[2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234
Ulster Unionist Joan Baird* 31.18% 1,549      
Ulster Unionist Archie McKelvey* 16.83% 836      
Ulster Unionist John Dobson 15.74% 782 1,384.07    
DUP Margaret Walker 9.78% 486 572.01 1,054.96  
SDLP James Walsh* 15.58% 774 782.46 800.66 826.01
Alliance Mary Doyle 6.90% 343 355.22 394.87 452.72
SDLP Robert Murray 3.99% 198 199.41 206.56 214.36
Electorate: 8,871   Valid: 4,968 (56.00%)   Spoilt: 126   Quota: 829   Turnout: 5,094 (57.42%)  

    Dromore

    1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
    1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
    1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP

    Dromore - 5 seats[2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    Ulster Unionist Drew Nelson 20.81% 1,109          
    SDLP Cassie McDermott* 18.31% 976          
    Ulster Unionist William Martin* 15.87% 846 874.8 876 916.32    
    Ulster Unionist Robert Hill* 14.39% 767 814 821.4 844.36 893.36  
    Ulster Unionist William McCracken 10.68% 569 669.8 676 683.56 729.96 822.6
    DUP Robert McIlroy 8.37% 446 458.2 467.4 475.24 495.12 784.36
    DUP William Lough 6.14% 327 346.4 350.6 354.24 439.4  
    Ulster Democratic Colin Halliday 4.07% 217 224.4 268.8 271.32    
    Ulster Democratic Thomas Dickson 1.37% 73 74.6        
    Electorate: 7,883   Valid: 5,330 (67.61%)   Spoilt: 103   Quota: 889   Turnout: 5,433 (68.92%)  

      Knockiveagh

      1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
      1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
      1985-1989 Change: No change

      Knockiveagh - 5 seats[2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456
      SDLP Seamus Doyle 14.52% 739 942        
      Independent Nationalist Laurence McCartan* 15.41% 784 839 926.84      
      Ulster Unionist Vivienne Bennett 14.17% 721 723 724.22 729.1 1,019.1  
      DUP Wilfred McFadden* 16.20% 824 824 825.83 828.88 915.88  
      Ulster Unionist Samuel Walker 13.74% 699 699 699 700.83 796.83 843.03
      Ulster Unionist John Hanna 10.34% 526 526 527.22 527.83 570.44 691.64
      Ulster Unionist James McRoberts 10.30% 524 524 524 524.61    
      SDLP Peter McGreevy* 5.34% 272          
      Electorate: 7,162   Valid: 5,089 (71.06%)   Spoilt: 117   Quota: 849   Turnout: 5,206 (72.69%)  

        References

        1. 1 2 "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Banbridge". www.ark.ac.uk.
        2. 1 2 3 "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
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