1989 Derry City Council election
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Elections to Derry City 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
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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SDLP | 15 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
50.0 | 49.7 | 18,454 | ![]() | |
Sinn Féin | 5 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
16.7 | 16.4 | 6,082 | ![]() | |
DUP | 4 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
13.3 | 13.5 | 5,003 | ![]() | |
UUP | 3 | 0 | 2 | ![]() |
10.0 | 10.2 | 3,800 | ![]() | |
Ind. Unionist | 2 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
6.7 | 3.7 | 1,390 | ![]() | |
Ulster Democratic | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
3.3 | 2.6 | 980 | New | |
Independent Nationalist | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 2.2 | 804 | ![]() | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.6 | 238 | ![]() | |
Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 1.1 | 358 | ![]() |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
[edit]Ward | % |
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Total Cllrs |
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SDLP | Sinn Féin | DUP | UUP | UDP | Others | ||||||||
Cityside | 51.7 | 3 | 42.2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 6 |
Northland | 67.1 | 4 | 18.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7.2 | 1 | 6 |
Rural | 41.4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 25.1 | 2 | 23.4 | 2 | 3.8 | 0 | 6.3 | 0 | 7 |
Shantallow | 73.8 | 4 | 21.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.3 | 0 | 5 |
Waterside | 19.7 | 1 | 8.1 | 0 | 36.0 | 2 | 15.0 | 1 | 8.3 | 1 | 12.9 | 1 | 6 |
Total | 49.7 | 15 | 16.4 | 5 | 13.5 | 4 | 10.2 | 3 | 2.6 | 1 | 7.6 | 2 | 30 |
District results
[edit]Cityside
[edit]1985: 3 x SDLP, 3 x Sinn Féin
1989: 3 x SDLP, 3 x Sinn Féin
1985-1989 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
SDLP | Patrick Devine* | 17.15% | 1,011 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Hugh Brady* | 15.22% | 897 | ||||
SDLP | Tony Carlin* | 12.45% | 734 | 786.7 | 859.7 | ||
Sinn Féin | Mitchel McLaughlin* | 11.84% | 698 | 699.02 | 855.02 | ||
Sinn Féin | Anne McGuinness* | 11.13% | 656 | 660.25 | 777.42 | 821.34 | |
SDLP | Jim Clifford | 10.86% | 640 | 706.13 | 802.89 | 805.17 | |
SDLP | Pat Ramsey* | 11.27% | 664 | 693.58 | 766.96 | 767.14 | |
Workers' Party | Eamonn Melaugh | 6.07% | 358 | 366.67 | |||
Sinn Féin | Gerry Doherty | 4.00% | 236 | 236.85 | |||
Electorate: 9,973 Valid: 5,894 (59.10%) Spoilt: 232 Quota: 843 Turnout: 6,126 (61.43%) |
Northland
[edit]1985: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x IIP
1989: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Unionist
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from IIP, Independent Unionist leaves UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
SDLP | John Tierney* | 18.31% | 1,565 | ||||||
SDLP | Anna Gallagher* | 15.08% | 1,289 | ||||||
SDLP | William McCorriston | 13.20% | 1,128 | 1,228.28 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Bernard McFadden* | 13.84% | 1,183 | 1,197.26 | 1,561.26 | ||||
SDLP | John Kerr | 11.43% | 977 | 1,054.51 | 1,065.81 | 1,113.81 | 1,127.81 | 1,133.81 | |
Ind. Unionist | David Davis* | 7.10% | 607 | 622.18 | 629.1 | 651.1 | 654.2 | 1,128.48 | |
SDLP | Leonard Green* | 9.10% | 778 | 889.78 | 898.7 | 917.7 | 960.05 | 972.05 | |
UUP | Jack Allen | 6.90% | 590 | 591.15 | 593.15 | 593.15 | 593.25 | ||
Sinn Féin | Martin Nelis | 5.01% | 428 | 437.89 | |||||
Electorate: 14,337 Valid: 8,545 (59.60%) Spoilt: 284 Quota: 1,221 Turnout: 8,829 (61.58%) |
Rural
[edit]1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1985-1989 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
SDLP | Annie Courtney* | 12.90% | 1,117 | |||||||||
DUP | William Hay* | 12.45% | 1,078 | 1,159 | ||||||||
UUP | John Adams* | 10.64% | 922 | 995 | 1,007.22 | 1,007.34 | 1,116.34 | |||||
SDLP | John McNickle* | 11.81% | 1,023 | 1,027 | 1,027 | 1,034.98 | 1,034.98 | 1,034.98 | 1,288.98 | |||
SDLP | George Peoples | 10.92% | 946 | 947 | 947 | 952.28 | 963.28 | 963.92 | 1,112.92 | |||
DUP | Mervyn Lindsay | 7.32% | 634 | 668 | 712.18 | 712.21 | 755.15 | 757.71 | 758.77 | 758.77 | 1,164.77 | |
UUP | Ernest Hamilton* | 7.34% | 636 | 675 | 678.76 | 678.88 | 966.91 | 995.07 | 996.28 | 1,000.28 | 1,020.28 | |
Independent Nationalist | Michael Breslin | 6.28% | 544 | 544 | 544.94 | 546.68 | 547.68 | 548 | 605.73 | 651.73 | 652.73 | |
DUP | David Nicholl | 5.32% | 461 | 501 | 510.4 | 510.52 | 527.52 | 527.84 | 531.08 | 533.08 | ||
SDLP | Robert Brolly | 5.76% | 499 | 499 | 500.88 | 516.99 | 516.99 | 516.99 | ||||
UUP | Margaret Parkhill | 5.46% | 473 | 484 | 485.88 | 486 | ||||||
Ulster Democratic | Ernest Curry | 3.80% | 329 | |||||||||
Electorate: 13,344 Valid: 8,662 (64.91%) Spoilt: 211 Quota: 1,084 Turnout: 8,873 (66.49%) |
Shantallow
[edit]1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1985-1989 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
SDLP | Mary Bradley* | 24.47% | 1,502 | |||||
SDLP | Noel McKenna* | 19.60% | 1,203 | |||||
SDLP | William O'Connell* | 16.69% | 1,024 | |||||
SDLP | Shaun Gallagher | 13.08% | 803 | 1,237.7 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Gearóid Ó hEára | 12.37% | 759 | 770.55 | 778.6 | 847.75 | 934.75 | |
Sinn Féin | Richard Halpenny | 9.55% | 586 | 598.25 | 626.95 | 726.8 | 796.8 | |
Independent Nationalist | Thomas Mullan | 4.24% | 260 | 272.95 | 331.4 | |||
Electorate: 10,573 Valid: 6,137 (58.04%) Spoilt: 228 Quota: 1,023 Turnout: 6,365 (60.20%) |
Waterside
[edit]1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1989: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UDP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1985-1989 Change: UDP gain from DUP, Independent Unionist leaves UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
DUP | Gregory Campbell* | 22.07% | 1,737 | ||||||||||
UUP | George Duddy* | 5.70% | 449 | 500.45 | 511.15 | 519.5 | 656.5 | 1,153.45 | |||||
DUP | Joe Miller | 9.88% | 778 | 875.65 | 881.35 | 900.75 | 925.25 | 945.15 | 949.74 | 949.74 | 1,245.74 | ||
Ind. Unionist | James Guy* | 9.95% | 783 | 815.9 | 913.95 | 922.3 | 966.15 | 1,002.45 | 1,014.6 | 1,033 | 1,112.42 | 1,155.89 | |
SDLP | Gerald Toland | 10.41% | 819 | 819 | 862 | 863 | 863 | 863 | 863 | 1,034.62 | 1,034.62 | 1,034.62 | |
Ulster Democratic | Kenneth Kerr | 4.94% | 389 | 429.95 | 433.95 | 656.8 | 674.9 | 687.3 | 687.84 | 687.84 | 810 | 885.9 | |
SDLP | Wilfred White | 9.30% | 732 | 732 | 753 | 753 | 753 | 754 | 754 | 791 | 791 | 791 | |
DUP | Robert Hall | 4.00% | 315 | 594.65 | 602 | 610.4 | 619.9 | 636.15 | 646.68 | 646.68 | |||
Sinn Féin | John Carlin | 8.12% | 639 | 639.35 | 642.35 | 642.35 | 642.35 | 644.75 | 645.02 | ||||
UUP | Gladys Carey | 4.61% | 363 | 422.15 | 432.85 | 436.2 | 602.4 | ||||||
UUP | Albert McCartney | 4.66% | 367 | 391.5 | 404.85 | 407.2 | |||||||
Ulster Democratic | Ronnie O'Brien | 3.33% | 262 | 270.4 | 276.75 | ||||||||
Alliance | Snoo Sinclair | 3.02% | 238 | 243.6 | |||||||||
Electorate: 12,405 Valid: 7,871 (63.45%) Spoilt: 159 Quota: 1,125 Turnout: 8,030 (64.73%) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Derry". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c d e "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 11 August 2021.