1989 Ards Borough Council election

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1989 Ards Borough Council election
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All 20 seats to Ards Borough Council
11 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party UUP DUP Alliance
Seats won 8 7 4
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 1 Increase 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Ind U NI Labour UPUP
Seats won 1 0 0
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1 Decrease 1
  Seventh party
 
Party Independent
Seats won 0
Seat change Decrease 1

Elections to Ards Borough 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 20 councillors.

Election results[]

Ards Borough Council Election Result 1989[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  UUP 8 2 0 Increase2 40.0 41.3 7,926 Increase10.8
  DUP 7 0 1 Decrease1 35.0 32.2 6,187 Decrease7.1
  Alliance 4 1 0 Increase1 20.0 18.8 3,610 Increase6.4
  Ind U 1 1 0 Increase1 5.0 4.7 907 Increase4.7
  Independent 0 0 1 Decrease1 0.0 2.9 564 Decrease1.2

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary[]

Results of the Ards Borough Council election, 1989
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
UUP DUP Alliance Others
Ards Peninsula 38.3 3 30.0 2 23.6 2 8.1 0 7
Ards West 54.5 3 27.8 2 17.6 1 0.0 0 6
Newtownards 32.1 2 38.9 3 14.7 1 14.3 1 7
Total 41.3 8 32.2 7 18.8 4 7.7 1 20

Districts results[]

Ards Peninsula[]

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UPUP, 1 x Independent
1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance
1985-1989 Change: UUP and Alliance gain from UPUP and Independent

Ards Peninsula - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Alliance Kieran McCarthy* 16.19% 1,119              
DUP Jim Shannon* 14.90% 1,030              
UUP John Shields* 14.73% 1,018              
UUP Robert Ambrose* 14.59% 1,008              
DUP Mervyn Rea 8.45% 584 588.56 682.4 705.49 738.45 748.8 1,139.8  
UUP Ronald Ferguson 6.64% 459 464.52 474.21 586.38 688.3 786.85 845.31 983.31
Alliance Clifford Auld 7.41% 512 698 705.48 717.3 726.1 742 753.72 765.72
Independent James McMullan 8.16% 564 616.32 616.83 616.83 617.95 619 624.15 632.15
DUP Oliver Johnston* 6.54% 452 453.44 502.4 511.57 519.09 531.84    
UUP Trevor Hussey 2.39% 165 167.4 172.5          
Electorate: 16,006   Valid: 6,911 (43.18%)   Spoilt: 229   Quota: 864   Turnout: 7,140 (44.61%)

Ards West[]

1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP

Ards West - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
UUP Robert Gibson* 23.16% 1,375          
UUP Edward Archdale 13.73% 815 930.05        
UUP Bobby McBride* 13.02% 773 856.46        
DUP David McKibbin 10.43% 619 698.17 702.09 759.48 887.48  
Alliance Thomas McBriar* 11.12% 660 692.37 696.57 700.57 706.8 1,072.8
DUP John Hamilton* 10.97% 651 684.15 689.47 727.47 817.61 822.78
UUP William Elliott 4.60% 273 427.05 488.37 497.65 515 530.07
Alliance Alan McDowell 6.52% 387 393.24 394.08 400.08 402.08  
DUP Glynn Moore 3.20% 190 205.21 207.45 268.12    
DUP Andrew Marks 3.27% 194 195.17 196.01      
Electorate: 13,303   Valid: 5,937 (44.63%)   Spoilt: 136   Quota: 849   Turnout: 6,073 (45.65%)

Newtownards[]

1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x NILP
1989: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1985-1989 Change: Independent Unionist gain from NILP

Newtownards - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
UUP Thomas Benson* 20.60% 1,307                
DUP Simpson Gibson* 20.22% 1,283                
Alliance Owen Dorrian* 11.33% 719 757 763.08 770.08 964.08        
DUP Wilbert Magill 8.64% 548 565.6 679.98 686.38 686.38 687.38 799.54    
DUP John Elliott* 6.43% 408 450.4 625.2 633.1 633.48 634.48 785.14 906.14  
UUP David Smyth* 7.12% 452 544 565.66 625.38 628.18 671.18 699.68 794.68  
Ind U John Purdy 7.45% 473 485.4 496.04 503.22 511.82 578.82 585.74 682.36 697.36
UUP Thomas Hamilton 2.88% 183 430.6 449.22 482.58 489.58 525.58 535.06 603.58 636.58
Ind U William Hannigan 6.84% 434 449.6 473.92 478.72 481.12 490.12 504.1    
DUP Cedric Wilson 3.59% 228 236.4 339.38 340.18 342.58 343.58      
Alliance Laurence Thompson 3.36% 213 218.2 218.58 221.58          
UUP James McKernon 1.54% 98 130.8 136.12            
Electorate: 16,907   Valid: 6,346 (37.53%)   Spoilt: 175   Quota: 794   Turnout: 6,521 (38.57%)

References[]

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