1989 Lisburn Borough Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1989
1989 Lisburn Borough Council election
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All 28 seats to Lisburn Borough Council
15 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party UUP DUP SDLP
Seats won 15 5 3
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 3 Increase 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Alliance Sinn Féin Ind. Conservative
Seats won 2 2 1
Seat change Decrease 1 Steady 0 Increase 1

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

Lisburn Borough Council Election Result 1989[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  UUP 15 2 0 Increase2 53.6 49.9 16,786 Increase7.1
  DUP 5 0 3 Decrease3 17.9 17.8 5,996 Decrease14.3
  SDLP 3 1 0 Increase1 10.7 8.0 2,685 Increase1.4
  Alliance 2 0 1 Decrease1 7.1 10.7 3,603 Decrease0.3
  Sinn Féin 2 0 0 Steady0 7.1 7.6 2,573 Increase1.9
  Ind. Conservative 1 1 0 Increase1 3.6 2.2 752 Increase2.2
  Workers' Party 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 3.1 1,037 Increase1.3
  Ulster Democratic 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.7 235 Increase0.7

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Lisburn Borough Council election, 1989
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
UUP DUP SDLP Alliance Sinn Féin Others
Downshire 56.1 4 32.3 2 0.0 0 10.8 1 0.0 0 0.8 0 7
Dunmurry Cross 26.4 2 10.7 1 18.1 2 7.6 0 28.7 2 8.5 0 7
Killultagh 52.9 4 17.7 1 10.9 1 7.6 0 0.0 0 10.9 1 7
Lisburn Town 68.8 5 10.3 1 0.0 0 18.9 1 0.0 0 2.0 0 7
Total 49.9 15 17.8 5 8.0 3 10.7 2 7.6 2 6.0 1 28

Districts results

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

Downshire - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
UUP William Bleakes* 28.40% 2,297            
UUP Thomas Lilburn* 13.40% 1,084            
DUP Charles Poots* 12.88% 1,042            
DUP Anne Blake 12.34% 998 1,125.11          
UUP Thomas Davis 8.24% 666 992.61 995.18 1,018.55      
UUP Wilfred Corfield-McClung* 2.11% 171 634.98 636.98 682.01 705.11 706.88 1,023.51
Alliance Kenneth Hull 10.78% 872 910.76 951.33 951.9 956.59 956.95 1,000.61
DUP James McCann 7.10% 574 637.84 641.84 658.37 666.42 689.88 816.42
UUP John Curry 3.96% 320 572.51 575.51 601.16 633.78 636.39  
Workers' Party Patrick Pollock 0.78% 63 64.71          
Electorate: 15,814   Valid: 8,087 (51.14%)   Spoilt: 175   Quota: 1,011   Turnout: 8,262 (52.24%)  

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

Dunmurry Cross - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Sinn Féin Patrick Rice* 16.69% 1,498        
UUP William McAllister* 12.91% 1,159        
UUP Billy Bell 10.66% 957 1,145      
Sinn Féin Michael Ferguson 11.98% 1,075 1,075 1,421.06    
DUP William Beattie* 10.74% 964 1,005 1,005 1,007.28 1,123.28
SDLP William McDonnell* 9.12% 819 819 835.12 1,000.04 1,086.84
SDLP Hugh Lewsley 9.00% 808 808 813.2 882.36 1,068.66
Workers' Party John Lowry 8.48% 761 764 768.16 808.44 972.7
Alliance Patrick Bell 7.62% 684 698 698.52 719.8  
UUP Richard Scott* 2.81% 252        
Electorate: 16,626   Valid: 8,977 (53.99%)   Spoilt: 337   Quota: 1,123   Turnout: 9,314 (56.02%)  

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

Killultagh - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
UUP David Campbell 21.39% 2,072            
UUP Ronnie Crawford 9.46% 917 1,371.69          
UUP Jim Dillon* 12.50% 1,211 1,352.86          
DUP Cecil Calvert* 12.41% 1,202 1,294.66          
UUP William Lewis* 9.56% 926 1,021.12 1,141.92 1,250.6      
SDLP Peter O'Hagan 10.92% 1,058 1,059.64 1,059.8 1,059.8 1,083.8 1,086.96 1,091.28
Ind. Conservative David Greene 7.76% 752 765.53 775.13 783.49 788.9 827.19 1,024.49
Alliance Eileen Drayne 7.64% 740 752.71 758.63 761.71 794.12 813.92 845.02
DUP William Stevenson 5.20% 504 524.91 533.87 545.75 548.91 653.91  
Ulster Democratic Richard Haggan 2.43% 235 241.97 253.81 261.29 264.29    
Workers' Party Anne-Marie Lowry 0.74% 72 72.82 73.62 73.62      
Electorate: 18,323   Valid: 9,689 (52.88%)   Spoilt: 141   Quota: 1,212   Turnout: 9,830 (53.65%)  

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

Lisburn Town - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
UUP Ivan Davis* 36.59% 2,530            
Alliance Seamus Close* 18.90% 1,307            
UUP William Belshaw* 15.17% 1,049            
UUP Samuel Semple* 9.89% 684 1,156.6          
UUP George Morrison 2.56% 177 585.68 620.54 722.54 769.88 886.56  
UUP William Gardiner-Watson 2.82% 195 513.24 582.12 670.12 746.44 857.4 880.4
DUP Robin McMaster 6.10% 422 586.56 596.64 614.64 635.34 667.86 719.54
DUP James Mulholland 4.19% 290 417.84 428.34 446.34 460.74 497.92 538.18
Workers' Party Paul McDonald 2.04% 141 160.04 445.22 449.22 450.84 452.78  
UUP Andrew Park 1.72% 119 261.8 291.62 351.12 366.96    
Electorate: 14,362   Valid: 6,914 (48.14%)   Spoilt: 145   Quota: 865   Turnout: 7,059 (49.15%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Lisburn". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.