1989 Dungannon District Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1989
1989 Dungannon District Council election
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All 22 seats to Dungannon District Council
12 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party UUP SDLP Sinn Féin
Seats won 8 5 3
Seat change 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party DUP Ind. Nationalist Workers' Party
Seats won 3 2 1
Seat change 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.

Election results

Dungannon District Council Election Result 1989
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  UUP 8 0 0 0 36.4 37.5 8,775 5.4
  SDLP 5 0 0 0 22.7 20.1 4,711 2.5
  Sinn Féin 3 0 1 1 13.6 18.7 4,369 4.2
  DUP 3 0 0 0 13.6 13.1 3,059 4.1
  Ind. Nationalist 2 0 0 0 9.1 9.5 2,226 0.7
  Workers' Party 1 1 0 1 4.5 1.1 276 1.1

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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
Blackwater 49.0 3 17.1 1 10.4 0 23.5 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 5
Clogher Valley 38.5 2 29.5 1 16.5 1 15.5 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 5
Dungannon Town 42.7 2 13.2 1 13.7 0 14.4 1 5.1 1 10.9 1 6
Torrent 21.3 1 20.1 2 32.6 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 26.0 1 6
Total 37.5 8 20.1 5 18.7 3 13.1 3 1.1 1 9.5 2 22

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
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
DUP James Ewing* 23.52% 1,345  
UUP Derek Irwin* 17.50% 1,001  
SDLP Patrick Daly* 17.14% 980  
UUP Jim Hamilton 16.02% 916 1,107.89
UUP Jim Brady* 15.46% 884 1,078.37
Sinn Féin Tony Gildernew 10.37% 593 594.55
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
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
UUP Noel Mulligan* 19.71% 1,171    
UUP Samuel Brush* 18.80% 1,117    
SDLP Anthony McGonnell* 17.86% 1,061    
DUP William McIlwrath* 15.47% 919 1,082.2  
Sinn Féin Raymond McMahon 16.53% 982 983.28 991.32
SDLP John Monaghan 11.62% 690 696.08 813.33
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
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
UUP Ken Maginnis* 26.86% 1,479            
UUP William Brown* 15.87% 874            
DUP Maurice Morrow* 14.44% 795            
SDLP Vincent Currie* 10.35% 570 747 880        
Ind. Nationalist Michael McLoughlin* 10.90% 600 738 750 827.6      
Workers' Party Gerry Cullen 5.01% 276 595 626 640.4 725.52 765.84 771.16
Sinn Féin Peter Corrigan 13.75% 757 759 760 760.8 761.94 761.94 762
SDLP Peggy Devlin 2.83% 156 197          
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
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Ind. Nationalist Jim Canning* 26.02% 1,626          
UUP Thomas Kempton* 21.33% 1,333          
SDLP Jim Cavanagh* 10.93% 683 1,148.01        
SDLP Angela Donnelly 5.71% 357 383.95 733.11 835.48 984.48  
Sinn Féin Brendan Doris 12.13% 758 835.91 836.77 848.66 878.44 884.44
Sinn Féin Martin McCaughey 11.66% 729 737.33 740.77 743.09 752.53 753.53
Sinn Féin John Corr 8.80% 550 617.62 624.5 656.4 688.57 697.57
SDLP Bridie O'Donnell 3.42% 214 294.85 373.11 476.64    
Electorate: 8,643   Valid: 6,250 (72.31%)   Spoilt: 222   Quota: 893   Turnout: 6,472 (74.88%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Dungannon". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 August 2021.