1989 Dungannon District Council election

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1989 Dungannon District Council election
  1985 17 May 1989 (1989-05-17) 1993  

All 22 seats to Dungannon District Council
12 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Ulster Unionist SDLP Sinn Féin
Seats won853
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svgDecrease2.svg 1

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party DUP Independent Nationalist Workers' Party
Seats won321
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg 1

Elections to Dungannon District 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 22 councillors.

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Election results

Dungannon District Council Election Result 1989 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Ulster Unionist 800Steady2.svg036.437.58,775Increase2.svg5.4
  SDLP 500Steady2.svg022.720.14,711Increase2.svg2.5
  Sinn Féin 301Decrease2.svg113.618.74,369Decrease2.svg4.2
  DUP 300Steady2.svg013.613.13,059Decrease2.svg4.1
  Independent Nationalist 200Steady2.svg09.19.52,226Decrease2.svg0.7
  Workers' Party 110Increase2.svg14.51.1276Increase2.svg1.1

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Dungannon District Council election, 1989
by district
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
UUP SDLP Sinn Féin DUP Workers' Party Others
Blackwater49.0317.1110.4023.510.000.005
Clogher Valley38.5229.5116.5115.510.000.005
Dungannon Town 42.7213.2113.7014.415.1110.916
Torrent21.3120.1232.620.000.0026.016
Total37.5820.1518.7313.131.119.5222

District results

Blackwater

1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: No change

Blackwater - 5 seats [2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12
DUP James Ewing*23.52%1,345 
Ulster Unionist Derek Irwin*17.50%1,001 
SDLP Patrick Daly*17.14%980 
Ulster Unionist Jim Hamilton16.02%9161,107.89
Ulster Unionist Jim Brady*15.46%8841,078.37
Sinn Féin Tony Gildernew10.37%593594.55
Electorate: 7,203  Valid: 5,719 (79.40%)  Spoilt: 128  Quota: 954  Turnout: 5,847 (81.17%)  

    Clogher Valley

    1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
    1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
    1985-1989 Change: No change

    Clogher Valley - 5 seats [2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123
    Ulster Unionist Noel Mulligan*19.71%1,171  
    Ulster Unionist Samuel Brush*18.80%1,117  
    SDLP Anthony McGonnell*17.86%1,061  
    DUP William McIlwrath*15.47%9191,082.2 
    Sinn Féin Raymond McMahon16.53%982983.28 991.32
    SDLP John Monaghan11.62%690696.08 813.33
    Electorate: 7,065  Valid: 5,940 (84.08%)  Spoilt: 142  Quota: 991  Turnout: 6,082 (86.09%)  

      Dungannon Town

      1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Nationalist
      1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Workers' Party, 1 x Independent Nationalist
      1985-1989 Change: Workers' Party gain from Sinn Féin

      Dungannon Town - 6 seats [2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      Ulster Unionist Ken Maginnis *26.86%1,479      
      Ulster Unionist William Brown*15.87%874      
      DUP Maurice Morrow *14.44%795      
      SDLP Vincent Currie*10.35%570747 880    
      Independent Nationalist Michael McLoughlin*10.90%600738 750 827.6   
      Workers' Party Gerry Cullen5.01%276595 626 640.4 725.52 765.84 771.16
      Sinn Féin Peter Corrigan13.75%757759 760 760.8 761.94 761.94 762
      SDLP Peggy Devlin2.83%156197      
      Electorate: 8,169  Valid: 5,507 (67.41%)  Spoilt: 120  Quota: 787  Turnout: 5,627 (68.88%)  

        Torrent

        1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
        1989: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
        1985-1989 Change: No change

        Torrent - 6 seats [2]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456
        Independent Nationalist Jim Canning*26.02%1,626     
        Ulster Unionist Thomas Kempton*21.33%1,333     
        SDLP Jim Cavanagh*10.93%6831,148.01    
        SDLP Angela Donnelly5.71%357383.95 733.11 835.48 984.48 
        Sinn Féin Brendan Doris12.13%758835.91 836.77 848.66 878.44 884.44
        Sinn Féin Martin McCaughey11.66%729737.33 740.77 743.09 752.53 753.53
        Sinn Féin John Corr8.80%550617.62 624.5 656.4 688.57 697.57
        SDLP Bridie O'Donnell3.42%214294.85 373.11 476.64   
        Electorate: 8,643  Valid: 6,250 (72.31%)  Spoilt: 222  Quota: 893  Turnout: 6,472 (74.88%)  

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          References

          1. 1 2 "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Dungannon". www.ark.ac.uk.
          2. 1 2 3 4 "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 August 2021.