1989 Newry and Mourne District Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1989
1989 Newry and Mourne District Council election
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All 30 seats to Newry and Mourne District Council
16 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party SDLP UUP Sinn Féin
Seats won 17 6 4
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 1 Decrease 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Ind. Nationalist Protestant Unionist DUP
Seats won 2 1 0
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 1 Decrease 2
  Seventh party
 
Party Irish Independence
Seats won 0
Seat change Decrease 1

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

Newry and Mourne District Council Election Result 1989[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SDLP 17 3 0 Increase3 56.7 49.4 18,805 Increase8.5
  UUP 6 0 1 Decrease1 20.0 18.5 7,032 Decrease1.7
  Sinn Féin 4 0 1 Decrease1 13.3 14.0 5,336 Decrease4.5
  Ind. Nationalist 2 1 0 Increase1 6.7 5.6 2,142 Increase3.0
  Protestant Unionist 1 1 0 Increase1 3.3 4.6 1,754 Increase4.6
  DUP 0 0 2 Decrease2 0.0 3.2 1,203 Decrease4.6
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady0 3.3 3.1 1,197 Increase0.6
  Workers' Party 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.9 360 Decrease0.6
  Ind. Republican 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.5 208 Decrease0.1

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Newry and Mourne District Council election, 1989
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
SDLP UUP Sinn Féin Others
Crotlieve 64.5 5 20.8 1 4.2 0 10.5 1 7
Newry Town 47.2 4 10.4 1 14.6 1 27.8 1 7
Slieve Gullion 57.1 3 0.0 0 39.4 2 3.5 0 5
The Fews 43.5 3 31.9 2 15.4 1 9.2 0 6
The Mournes 32.4 2 26.0 2 3.1 0 38.5 1 5
Total 49.4 17 18.5 6 14.0 4 18.1 3 30

District results

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

Crotlieve - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SDLP P. J. Bradley* 16.32% 1,488        
UUP Violet Cromie* 15.11% 1,378        
SDLP Hugh Carr 11.85% 1,081 1,183.81      
Ind. Nationalist Ciaran Mussen* 10.46% 954 971.94 974.15 1,109.61 1,274.61
SDLP Patrick Maginn 8.40% 766 818.9 819.92 849.15 1,153.15
SDLP Jim McCart* 10.89% 993 1,054.87 1,055.72 1,080.87 1,121.77
SDLP Brian Mulligan* 10.94% 998 1,081.49 1,081.66 1,120.81 1,151.81
UUP John Fisher 5.65% 515 516.38 742.82 742.82 743.82
SDLP Felix O'Hare 6.11% 557 566.43 566.43 602.89  
Sinn Féin Ann Marie Willis 4.27% 389 392.91 392.91    
Electorate: 13,264   Valid: 9,119 (68.75%)   Spoilt: 256   Quota: 1,140   Turnout: 9,375 (70.68%)  

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

Newry Town - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Ind. Nationalist Eugene Markey* 11.71% 973 974 1,006 1,039                
Sinn Féin Brendan Curran* 8.92% 741 741 755 766 770 802 817 1,219        
SDLP Arthur Ruddy* 10.74% 892 894 907 921 937 975 990 995 1,137      
SDLP Frank Feely 11.52% 957 961 963 981 995 1,004 1,017 1,023 1,099      
SDLP Sean Gallogly* 9.84% 818 821 826 837 877 882 905 911 1,023 1,045    
SDLP Patrick McElroy* 7.39% 614 618 623 627 688 699 722 727 828 840 933.45 988.55
UUP William McCaigue* 10.41% 865 865 869 871 871 873 882 882 886 888 888.89 889.84
Independent Louis Morgan 6.44% 535 538 554 569 586 627 687 711 742 821 823.67 827.47
SDLP John McArdle 5.30% 440 447 450 455 492 499 511 517        
Sinn Féin Eileen Morgan 5.66% 470 470 473 476 480 484 495          
Workers' Party Kevin Morgan 3.18% 264 264 271 275 279 295            
Ind. Nationalist James McKevitt 2.59% 215 217 219 232 236              
SDLP Teddy McLoughlin 2.43% 202 202 204 206                
Independent Peter McKevitt 1.84% 153 161 165                  
Independent Noel Sloan 1.61% 134 135                    
Independent Patrick Ruddy 0.43% 36                      
Electorate: 13,812   Valid: 8,309 (60.16%)   Spoilt: 321   Quota: 1,039   Turnout: 8,630 (62.48%)  

Slieve Gullion

1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1985-1989 Change: No change

Slieve Gullion - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
SDLP John Fee 20.41% 1,207      
SDLP Pat Toner* 19.85% 1,174      
Sinn Féin Jim McAllister* 17.50% 1,035      
SDLP Michael O'Neill 16.82% 995      
Sinn Féin Jimmy McCreesh 12.78% 756 825.16 855.52 928.92
Sinn Féin Patrick McDonald 9.13% 540 551.44 592.8 623.8
Ind. Republican Brian Woods 3.52% 208 347.88 464.04  
Electorate: 8,845   Valid: 5,915 (66.87%)   Spoilt: 292   Quota: 986   Turnout: 6,207 (70.18%)  

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 Fews - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
UUP Danny Kennedy* 18.19% 1,406        
SDLP Stephen McGinn 14.98% 1,158        
SDLP James Savage* 14.27% 1,103 1,124      
SDLP Charlie Smyth 14.27% 1,103 1,111      
UUP Andy Moffett* 13.66% 1,056 1,079 1,350.74    
Sinn Féin Conor Murphy 9.12% 705 713 713.21 713.21 1,126.21
DUP Gordon Heslip* 7.95% 614 615 635.58 878.38 878.38
Sinn Féin Patrick Quinn 6.30% 487 491 491 491  
Workers' Party Brian Mulligan 1.24% 96        
Electorate: 10,545   Valid: 7,728 (73.29%)   Spoilt: 223   Quota: 1,105   Turnout: 7,951 (75.40%)  

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

The Mournes - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Protestant Unionist George Graham* 25.18% 1,754        
SDLP Emmett Haughian 18.79% 1,309        
UUP Henry Reilly 16.91% 1,178        
SDLP Austin Crawford 13.64% 950 952.38 1,078.88 1,443.88  
UUP Arthur Coulter* 9.10% 634 911.1 911.76 927.78 947.78
DUP George McConnell 8.46% 589 890.58 890.69 893.92 897.92
Independent Mark Brennan 4.87% 339 341.04 349.62    
Sinn Féin Gabriel Curran 3.06% 213 213.34 218.29    
Electorate: 9,812   Valid: 6,966 (70.99%)   Spoilt: 184   Quota: 1,162   Turnout: 7,150 (72.87%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Newry and Mourne". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 30 July 2021.