1989 Magherafelt District Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1989
1989 Magherafelt District Council election
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All 15 seats to Magherafelt District Council
8 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party SDLP UUP DUP
Seats won 4 4 3
Seat change Steady 0 Increase 1 Decrease 1
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Ind. Nationalist
Seats won 3 1
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1

Elections to Magherafelt 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

Magherafelt District Council Election Result 1989[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SDLP 4 0 0 Steady0 26.7 26.7 4,790 Decrease1.5
  UUP 4 1 0 Increase1 26.7 20.7 3,730 Increase1.4
  DUP 3 0 1 Decrease1 20.0 23.4 4,197 Decrease0.6
  Sinn Féin 3 0 1 Decrease1 25.0 22.1 3,965 Decrease3.9
  Ind. Nationalist 1 1 0 Increase1 0.0 3.8 691 Increase3.8
  Workers' Party 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 3.3 587 Increase2.0

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Magherafelt District Council election, 1989
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
SDLP UUP DUP Sinn Féin Others
Magherafelt Town 27.4 1 18.5 1 36.7 2 15.9 1 1.5 0 5
Moyola 21.3 1 29.5 2 21.5 1 24.2 1 3.5 0 5
Sperrin 31.2 2 14.4 1 10.8 0 26.6 1 17.0 1 5
Total 26.7 4 20.7 4 23.4 3 22.1 3 7.1 1 15

District results

Magherafelt Town

1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1985-1989 Change: No change

Magherafelt Town - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
DUP William McCrea* 34.33% 2,162      
SDLP Patrick Kilpatrick* 20.17% 1,270      
UUP Ernest Caldwell* 18.55% 1,168      
DUP Paul McLean 2.38% 150 1,248.24    
Sinn Féin John Hurl 15.93% 1,003 1,003 1,021 1,034.26
SDLP Margaret O'Hagan 7.27% 458 459.04 648.76 713.06
Workers' Party Marian Donnelly 1.38% 87 90.12 101.1  
Electorate: 8,585   Valid: 6,298 (73.36%)   Spoilt: 123   Quota: 1,050   Turnout: 6,421 (74.79%)  

Moyola

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

Moyola - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
UUP John Junkin* 19.03% 1,109          
SDLP Henry McErlean* 15.05% 877 940 940.48 1,290.48    
Sinn Féin Pauline Davey-Kennedy 15.98% 931 950 950 976    
UUP Norman Montgomery 10.49% 611 620 708.32 709.68 716.68 725.68
DUP Thomas Catherwood* 11.91% 694 696 714 715 718 724
DUP Thomas Milligan* 9.59% 559 562 586.24 587.24 588.24 588.24
Sinn Féin Margaret McKenna 8.22% 479 495 495 510 573  
SDLP Francis Madden 6.30% 367 425 425.48      
Workers' Party Hugh Scullion 3.43% 200          
Electorate: 7,941   Valid: 5,827 (73.38%)   Spoilt: 182   Quota: 972   Turnout: 6,009 (75.67%)  

Sperrin

1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
1989: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin, Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP

Sperrin - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
UUP Robert Montgomery 14.43% 842 846 847 1,429  
Ind. Nationalist Mary McSorley* 11.84% 691 753 796 821 997
SDLP Patrick Sweeney* 10.52% 614 680 952 957 986
Sinn Féin Bernard O'Hagan 13.73% 801 819 869 869 869
SDLP Ghislaine O'Keeney 11.55% 674 689 857 858 862
Sinn Féin Patrick Groogan 12.87% 751 794 803 804 805
DUP John Linton 10.83% 632 635 635    
SDLP Francis McKendry 9.08% 530 575      
Workers' Party Francis Donnelly 5.14% 300        
Electorate: 7,827   Valid: 5,835 (74.55%)   Spoilt: 134   Quota: 973   Turnout: 5,969 (76.26%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Magherafelt". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 3 August 2021.