1989_Banbridge_District_Council_election
1989 Banbridge District Council election
Local govt election in Northern Ireland
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.
Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1989
Quick Facts All 15 seats to Banbridge District Council 8 seats needed for a majority, First party ...
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More information Party, Seats ...
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Ulster Unionist | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 60.0 | 58.0 | 8,928 | 10.8 | |
SDLP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 19.2 | 2,959 | 0.5 | |
DUP | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13.3 | 13.5 | 2,083 | 11.9 | |
Independent Nationalist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 5.1 | 784 | 0.4 | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 343 | 0.6 | |
Ulster Democratic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 290 | New | |
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Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
More information Ward, % ...
Ward | % |
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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 |
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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
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
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%) |
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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
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
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%) |
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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
More information Party, Candidate ...
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
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%) |
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- "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Banbridge". www.ark.ac.uk.
- "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 21 July 2021.