1989 North Down Borough Council election

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1989 North Down Borough Council election
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All 24 seats to North Down Borough Council
13 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party NI Conservatives Ulster Unionist Alliance
Seats won654
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 6Decrease2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 3
 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party DUP UPUP Independent
Seats won422
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 2Steady2.svg 0Increase2.svg 2
 Seventh party
 
Party Ind. Unionist
Seats won1
Seat changeSteady2.svg 0

Elections to North Down 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 24 councillors.

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Prior to the election three Ulster Unionist politicians, including George Green, had defected to the Conservative Party in Northern Ireland. The election saw the Conservative presence in North Down doubling, with the Conservatives emerging as the single largest party on the council.

Election results

North Down Borough Council Election Result 1989 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  NI Conservatives 660Increase2.svg625.024.95,204New
  Ulster Unionist 503Decrease2.svg320.821.74,548Decrease2.svg10.6
  Alliance 403Decrease2.svg316.720.74,313Decrease2.svg5.6
  DUP 402Decrease2.svg316.715.53,234Decrease2.svg7.8
  Independent 220Increase2.svg28.36.91,443Increase2.svg4.2
  UPUP 211Steady2.svg08.35.91,223Decrease2.svg3.8
  Ind. Unionist 100Steady2.svg04.22.8578Decrease2.svg1.2
  PUP 000Steady2.svg00.01.6325Decrease2.svg0.1

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the North Down Borough Council election, 1989
by district
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
Conservative UUP Alliance DUP UPUP Others
Abbey19.2112.4112.9125.6129.920.006
Ballyholme and Groomsport 27.5225.4124.1112.410.0010.616
Bangor West 26.7223.0219.3114.510.0016.517
Holywood 24.6124.1125.2111.710.0014.415
Total24.9621.7520.7415.545.9211.3324

Districts results

Abbey

1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UPUP
1989: 2 x UPUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP
1985-1989 Change: UPUP and Conservative gain from DUP and UUP

Abbey - 6 seats [2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567
UPUP Valerie Kinghan18.19%745      
NI Conservatives George Green *13.09%536546.12 551.66 558.66 752.66  
UPUP Cecil Braniff*11.67%478560.50 580.36 584.80 587.46  
Alliance James Magee*7.30%299305.82 308.92 513.80 541.46 605.46 
DUP Denny Vitty 10.47%429438.68 445.34 445.56 448.78 454.78 609.78
Ulster Unionist Irene Cree8.52%349364.40 483.26 483.26 498.92 546.92 571.9
DUP Ivy Cooling*7.89%323332.24 337.12 337.12 338.34 349.34 462.10
NI Conservatives Shirley McCann6.10%250252.86 254.30 262.30    
Alliance Mariam Judge5.57%228229.76 229.98     
Ulster Unionist Edward Johnston2.91%119128.02      
Ulster Unionist Robert Todd1.03%4245.30      
Electorate: 11,789  Valid: 4,096 (34.74%)  Spoilt: 188  Quota: 586  Turnout: 4,284 (36.34%)  

    Ballyholme and Groomsport

    1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
    1989: 2 x Conservative, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
    1985-1989 Change: Conservatives (two seats) gain from UUP and Alliance

    Ballyholme and Groomsport - 6 seats [2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678910
    Ulster Unionist Leslie Cree 15.81%864         
    NI Conservatives Bruce Mulligan*11.18%611612.35 614.35 621.98 623.25 814.25    
    Alliance Jane Copeland*13.01%711712.53 762.53 768.89 771.16 779.25 779.59 1,159.59  
    NI Conservatives Ivan Thompson10.49%573574.53 582.53 586.89 587.16 672.43 703.71 765.07 877.07 
    Ind. Unionist Edmund Mills*10.58%578580.25 584.25 589.88 593.06 602.42 602.76 630.85 684.85 713.85
    DUP Alan Leslie*7.85%429432.6 434.6 452.31 686.82 693.09 693.26 697.89 703.89 705.89
    Ulster Unionist Samuel Mellon6.52%356375.35 378.35 518.2 532.28 547.09 547.09 575.54 608.54 635.54
    Alliance Donald Hayes*8.86%484485.44 533.44 535.71 535.89 542.89 543.06    
    NI Conservatives William McLean5.84%319320.44 322.53 326.25 329.34      
    DUP Robert Gordon4.58%250255.22 255.31 269.21       
    Ulster Unionist Ian Henry3.04%166204.79 207.79        
    Alliance William Johnston2.25%123123.18         
    Electorate: 14,179  Valid: 5,464 (38.54%)  Spoilt: 150  Quota: 781  Turnout: 5,614 (39.59%)  

      Bangor West

      1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP, 1 x UPUP
      1989: 2 x Conservative, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
      1985-1989 Change: Conservatives (two seats) and Independent gain from Alliance, DUP and UPUP

      Bangor West - 7 seats [2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678910
      Ulster Unionist Hazel Bradford*10.73%698707 710 716 748 880    
      DUP William Baxter7.10%462497 498 502 551 573 575.5 829.5  
      Alliance Brian Wilson *10.71%697699 763 779 789 802 808 817  
      Independent Ann-Marie Hillen8.25%537540 549 701 725 741 742.5 764.5 902.5 
      NI Conservatives Thomas Miskelly9.62%626629 632 643 664 694 695.5 703.5 763.5 794.5
      NI Conservatives James O'Fee8.81%573579 580 587 597 623 624.5 641.5 717 744
      Ulster Unionist Roy Bradford 6.19%403408 409 411 443 534 581 650 693 706
      NI Conservatives Jack Preston8.25%537550 551 556 577 605 605 613 662 673
      Alliance William Bailie*6.36%414416 471 473 476 491 491.5 493.5   
      DUP Alan Graham*5.34%347398 402 404 429 453 457.5    
      Ulster Unionist Terence McKeag6.09%396397 398 399 425      
      PUP Thomas O'Brien4.86%316327 328 329       
      Independent Colin Simpson3.24%211212 212        
      Alliance Eileen Bell 2.23%145145         
      DUP Elizabeth McMurtry2.08%135         
      PUP Samuel Meneely0.14%9         
      Electorate: 15,249  Valid: 6,506 (42.67%)  Spoilt: 147  Quota: 814  Turnout: 6,653 (43.63%)  

        Holywood

        1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
        1989: 1 x Alliance, 1 x Conservative, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent
        1985-1989 Change: Conservative and Independent gain from UUP and Alliance

        Holywood - 5 seats [2]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456
        NI Conservatives Laurence Kennedy16.14%775852    
        Ulster Unionist Ellie McKay*12.27%589641 694 704.12 1,035.12 
        Independent Dennis Ogborn14.47%695712 755 764.2 804.2 
        DUP Gordon Dunne *11.68%561564 576 578.76 659.28 805.28
        Alliance Susan O'Brien*13.74%660670 696 701.52 732.96 754.96
        Alliance Paul De Haan11.50%552559 585 592.36 626.12 659.12
        Ulster Unionist John Auld*9.85%473498 549 564.64   
        NI Conservatives Alice Kennedy5.60%269299     
        NI Conservatives Michael Weir2.81%135     
        Ulster Unionist Ian Sinclair*1.94%93     
        Electorate: 10,290  Valid: 4,802 (46.67%)  Spoilt: 116  Quota: 801  Turnout: 4,918 (47.79%)  

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          References

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