1989 Strabane District Council election

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

All 15 seats to Strabane District Council
8 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party DUP Ulster Unionist SDLP
Seats won333
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg 0Steady2.svg 0

 Fourth partyFifth partySixth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Independent Nationalist Alliance
Seats won221
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg 0Increase2.svg 1

 Seventh party
 
Party Ind. Unionist
Seats won1
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1

Elections to Strabane 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.

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Election results

Strabane District Council Election Result 1989 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Ulster Unionist 300Steady2.svg020.020.33,358Increase2.svg1.2
  DUP 301Decrease2.svg120.019.73,251Decrease2.svg6.4
  SDLP 311Steady2.svg020.017.92,955Decrease2.svg1.2
  Sinn Féin 201Decrease2.svg113.321.13,484Decrease2.svg1.2
  Independent Nationalist 211Steady2.svg013.314.82,445Increase2.svg1.4
  Ind. Unionist 110Increase2.svg16.75.0827Increase2.svg5.0
  Alliance 110Increase2.svg16.71.1187Increase2.svg1.1

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Strabane District Council election, 1989
by district
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
UUP DUP SDLP Sinn Féin Alliance Others
Derg19.0125.2110.6121.111.1023.015
Glenelly26.5136.2224.6110.202.510.005
Mourne16.210.0018.9130.610.0034.325
Total20.3319.7317.9321.121.1119.9215

District results

Derg

1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1989: 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1985-1989 Change: SDLP and Independent Unionist gain from DUP and Independent Nationalist

Derg - 5 seats [2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
Ulster Unionist Edward Turner*18.97%1,050     
DUP Thomas Kerrigan*17.52%970     
Sinn Féin Charles McHugh*16.76%928     
Ind. Unionist Derek Hussey 14.94%827890.48 915.24 915.24 924.8 
SDLP Laurence McNamee10.64%589589.12 608.24 663.36 663.56 932.56
DUP Desmond Monteith7.70%426478.8 485.6 486.6 514.72 519.72
Independent Nationalist Denis McCrory*8.00%443444.56 454.68 496.68 497  
Sinn Féin Thomas McNamee*4.34%240240.12 241.12    
Alliance James Smyth1.14%6369     
Electorate: 7,611  Valid: 5,536 (72.74%)  Spoilt: 175  Quota: 923  Turnout: 5,711 (75.04%)  

    Glenelly

    1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
    1989: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
    1985-1989 Change: Alliance gain from Sinn Féin

    Glenelly - 5 seats [2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    Ulster Unionist James Emery26.52%1,359     
    DUP John Donnell21.82%1,118     
    SDLP John Gallagher*20.20%1,035     
    DUP Samuel Rogers*14.38%7371,186.54    
    Alliance Hughes Colhoun2.42%124168.46 473.71 684.71 748.18 835.78
    Sinn Féin Martin Forbes10.27%526526.76 527.31 530.31 580.31 671.91
    SDLP Brian Logue4.39%225229.18 253.93 272.93   
    Electorate: 7,347  Valid: 5,124 (69.74%)  Spoilt: 156  Quota: 855  Turnout: 5,280 (71.87%)  

      Mourne

      1985: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
      1989: 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
      1985-1989 Change: Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP

      Mourne - 5 seats [2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      Sinn Féin Ivan Barr*22.70%1,327    
      Independent Nationalist Peggy McManus*19.21%1,123    
      Independent Nationalist James O'Kane*15.03%879907.56 978.96  
      SDLP Joseph McElroy10.96%641656.68 688.98 833.27 1,030.27
      Ulster Unionist John Cummings*16.23%949950.68 952.89 953.34 953.51
      Sinn Féin Ultan McNulty7.92%463750.28 772.04 781.28 795.21
      SDLP Bernard Mullen4.34%254260.16 270.36 305.21  
      SDLP Bernard McDermott3.61%211216.32 224.99   
      Electorate: 9,609  Valid: 5,847 (60.85%)  Spoilt: 211  Quota: 975  Turnout: 6,058 (63.05%)  

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        References

        1. 1 2 "Local Government Election 1985-1989: Strabane". www.ark.ac.uk.
        2. 1 2 3 "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 12 August 2021.