1989 Newtownabbey Borough Council election
17 May 1989 (1989-05-17)
All 25 seats to Newtownabbey Borough Council
13 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Ulster Unionist DUP Alliance
Seats won 11 6 4
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 3 Increase 2
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Ind. Unionist Labour '87 SDLP
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change Steady 0 Increase 1 Increase 1
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Party Newtownabbey Labour Independent
Seats won 0 0
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 1

Elections to Newtownabbey Borough 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 25 councillors.

Election results

Newtownabbey Borough Council Election Result 1989[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Ulster Unionist 11 1 0 Increase1 44.0 45.8 9,953 Increase8.2
  DUP 6 0 3 Decrease3 24.0 19.5 4,242 Decrease11.3
  Alliance 4 2 0 Increase2 16.0 14.0 3,059 Increase3.7
  Ind. Unionist 2 0 1 Steady0 8.0 9.3 2,013 Increase1.2
  Labour Party NI 1 1 0 Increase1 4.0 4.6 987 New
  SDLP 1 0 0 Increase1 4.0 3.1 684 Decrease0.7
  Workers' Party 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.8 395 Increase0.5
  Independent 0 0 1 Decrease1 0.0 1.3 281 Decrease1.4
  Sinn Féin 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.5 96 New
  National Front 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.2 41 New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Newtownabbey Borough Council election, 1989
by district
Ward  %
Cllrs
  %
Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
UUP DUP Alliance SDLP Others
Antrim Line 39.8 2 21.6 1 19.0 1 14.3 1 5.3 0 5
Ballyclare 37.5 2 17.5 1 7.2 0 0.0 0 37.8 2 5
Doagh Road 39.8 2 17.2 1 9.5 1 0.0 0 33.5 1 5
Manse Road 63.5 3 15.2 1 15.5 1 0.0 0 5.8 0 5
Shore Road 46.6 2 25.9 2 18.1 1 0.0 0 9.4 0 5
Total 45.8 11 19.5 6 14.0 4 3.1 1 17.6 3 25

Districts results

Antrim Line

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from DUP

Antrim Line - 5 seats[2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234
Alliance James Rooney* 18.97% 908      
DUP Tommy Kirkham 16.71% 800      
SDLP Tommy McTeague 14.29% 684 731.71 771.39 868.39
Ulster Unionist James Smith 16.19% 775 788.65 796.95 806.95
Ulster Unionist William Green* 15.00% 718 725.02 734.06 745.74
Ulster Unionist Ivan Hunter* 8.65% 414 420.63 423.89 435.79
DUP William McDonnell* 4.91% 235 237.86 242.12 250.03
Workers' Party Brendan Harrison 2.97% 142 156.69 207.36  
Labour '87 Thomas Davidson 2.32% 111 127.77    
Electorate: 10,918   Valid: 4,787 (43.85%)   Spoilt: 106   Quota: 798   Turnout: 4,893 (44.82%)  

    Ballyclare

    1985: 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
    1989: 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
    1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from Independent

    Ballyclare - 5 seats[2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    Ulster Unionist Stephen Turkington 21.48% 969          
    Ind. Unionist Arthur Templeton* 19.13% 863          
    Ulster Unionist Thomas Downes 15.98% 721 846.12        
    Ind. Unionist Sidney Cameron* 12.52% 565 594.67 656.62 697.15 791.15  
    DUP Samuel Cameron 9.55% 431 442.96 461.26 478.48 527.16 600.94
    DUP Samuel Gardiner* 7.96% 359 384.3 396.3 414.57 456.23 507.23
    Alliance Trevor Strain 7.16% 323 326.22 332.37 334.26 399.81  
    Independent Leonard Hardy* 6.23% 281 297.79 308.29 319.63    
    Electorate: 11,546   Valid: 4,512 (39.08%)   Spoilt: 106   Quota: 753   Turnout: 4,618 (40.00%)  

      Doagh Road

      1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour
      1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Labour '87
      1985-1989 Change: Alliance gain from DUP, Newtownabbey Labour joins Labour '87

      Doagh Road - 5 seats[2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678
      Ulster Unionist Fraser Agnew* 21.70% 761              
      Labour '87 Robert Kidd* 20.30% 712              
      DUP Billy Snoddy 17.22% 604              
      Ulster Unionist Andrew Beattie* 15.00% 526 660.09            
      Alliance John Blair 9.52% 334 337.91 379.91 387.89 389.31 390.03 469.81 512.87
      Ind. Unionist David Hollis* 7.01% 246 254.97 271.56 279.4 294.03 300.79 308.03 392
      Ulster Unionist Winifred Wright 3.11% 109 131.77 159.07 215.91 225.58 235.42 245.24  
      Workers' Party J. J. Magee 2.22% 78 78 104.88 105.16 109.72 109.84    
      Sinn Féin Liam Collins 2.74% 96 96 102.3 102.3 103.3 103.3    
      National Front David Kerr 1.17% 41 41.46 44.19 44.33        
      Electorate: 8,976   Valid: 3,507 (39.07%)   Spoilt: 118   Quota: 585   Turnout: 3,625 (40.39%)  

        Manse Road

        1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
        1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
        1985-1989 Change: Alliance gain from DUP

        Manse Road - 5 seats[2]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123
        Ulster Unionist George Herron* 37.56% 1,762    
        Ulster Unionist James Robinson* 19.48% 914    
        Ulster Unionist Arthur Kell 6.46% 303 1,131.78  
        DUP Samuel Neill* 15.20% 713 800.78  
        Alliance Gordon Mawhinney 15.46% 725 768.89 904.25
        Ind. Unionist Thomas Buchanan 2.11% 99 109.83 305.35
        Workers' Party Brendan Heaney 3.73% 175 182.41 196.98
        Electorate: 11,302   Valid: 4,691 (41.51%)   Spoilt: 134   Quota: 782   Turnout: 4,825 (42.69%)  

          Shore Road

          1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
          1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
          1985-1989 Change: No change

          Shore Road - 5 seats[2]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1234
          Ulster Unionist Barbara Gilliland 23.70% 1,008      
          Ulster Unionist Ken Robinson* 22.87% 973      
          DUP Billy Boyd* 22.33% 950      
          Alliance William McKimmon 18.08% 769      
          DUP Jean Boyd 3.53% 150 351.31 544.86 767.16
          Ind. Unionist William Ball 5.64% 240 310.93 363.43 376.17
          Labour '87 David Lowrie 3.86% 164 184.5 198.85 199.63
          Electorate: 10,478   Valid: 4,254 (40.60%)   Spoilt: 148   Quota: 710   Turnout: 4,402 (42.01%)  

            References

            1. 1 2 "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Newtownabbey". www.ark.ac.uk.
            2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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