1989_Lisburn_Borough_Council_election

1989 Lisburn Borough Council election

Local government election in Northern Ireland

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.

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Districts results

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Ulster Unionist	15	2	0	2	53.6	49.9	16,786	7.1
DUP	5	0	3	3	17.9	17.8	5,996	14.3
SDLP	3	1	0	1	10.7	8.0	2,685	1.4
Alliance	2	0	1	1	7.1	10.7	3,603	0.3
Sinn Féin	2	0	0	0	7.1	7.6	2,573	1.9
Ind. Conservative	1	1	0	1	3.6	2.2	752	2.2
Workers' Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	3.1	1,037	1.3
Ulster Democratic	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.7	235	0.7

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	UUP		DUP		SDLP		Alliance		Sinn Féin		Others		Total Cllrs
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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Ulster Unionist	William Bleakes*	28.40%	2,297
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Lilburn*	13.40%	1,084
	DUP	Charles Poots*	12.88%	1,042
	DUP	Anne Blake	12.34%	998	1,125.11
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Davis	8.24%	666	992.61	995.18	1,018.55
	Ulster Unionist	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
	Ulster Unionist	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%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Rice*	16.69%	1,498
	Ulster Unionist	William McAllister*	12.91%	1,159
	Ulster Unionist	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
	Ulster Unionist	Richard Scott*	2.81%	252
Electorate: 16,626 Valid: 8,977 (53.99%) Spoilt: 337 Quota: 1,123 Turnout: 9,314 (56.02%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Ulster Unionist	David Campbell	21.39%	2,072
	Ulster Unionist	Ronnie Crawford	9.46%	917	1,371.69
	Ulster Unionist	Jim Dillon*	12.50%	1,211	1,352.86
	DUP	Cecil Calvert*	12.41%	1,202	1,294.66
	Ulster Unionist	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 - 7 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Ulster Unionist	Ivan Davis*	36.59%	2,530
	Alliance	Seamus Close*	18.90%	1,307
	Ulster Unionist	William Belshaw*	15.17%	1,049
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Semple*	9.89%	684	1,156.6
	Ulster Unionist	George Morrison	2.56%	177	585.68	620.54	722.54	769.88	886.56
	Ulster Unionist	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
	Ulster Unionist	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%)