1989 Coleraine Borough Council election

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1989 Coleraine Borough Council election
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All 21 seats to Coleraine Borough Council
12 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party UUP DUP SDLP
Seats won 10 5 2
Seat change Steady Decrease 1 Steady
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Alliance Independent Ind U
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change Steady Steady Increase 1

Elections to Coleraine 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 21 councillors.

Election results[]

Coleraine Borough Council Election Result 1989[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  UUP 10 1 1 Steady 47.6 48.5 9,420 Increase5.6
  DUP 5 0 1 Decrease1 23.8 23.4 4,556 Decrease7.1
  SDLP 2 0 0 Steady 9.5 13.5 2,632 Increase0.6
  Alliance 2 0 0 Steady 9.5 7.9 1,510 Increase1.7
  Ind U 1 1 0 Increase1 4.8 2.6 509 Increase4.8
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 2.1 405 Decrease3.3
  [[Labour '87|Labour Party NI]] 0 0 0 New 0.0 1.2 234 New
  Green (NI) 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.6 127 Increase0.6
  Workers' Party 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.2 39 Increase0.2

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary[]

Results of the Coleraine Borough Council election, 1989
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
UUP DUP SDLP Alliance Others
Bann 59.2 4 13.6 1 24.4 2 2.8 0 0.0 0 7
Coleraine Town 41.3 3 33.9 2 7.0 0 8.0 1 9.8 1 7
The Skerries 43.4 3 24.2 2 7.8 0 13.1 1 11.5 1 7
Total 48.5 10 23.4 5 13.5 2 7.9 2 6.7 2 21

Districts results[]

Bann[]

1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: No change

Bann - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
UUP William King* 18.82% 1,326        
UUP William Watt* 16.82% 1,185        
UUP Creighton Hutchinson* 16.04% 1,130        
SDLP John Dallat* 15.50% 1,092        
DUP Robert Catherwood* 13.56% 955        
UUP John Moody* 7.50% 528 957.4      
SDLP Gerard O'Kane* 8.87% 625 626.9 680.9 710.9 909.1
Alliance Ian McEwan 2.88% 203 215.54 384.54 594.54 601.54
Electorate: 11,366   Valid: 7,044 (61.97%)   Spoilt: 201   Quota: 881   Turnout: 7,245 (63.74%)

Coleraine Town[]

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

Coleraine Town - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
DUP James McClure* 28.97% 1,790            
UUP Robert White* 18.27% 1,129            
UUP Gladys Black* 13.24% 818            
UUP David McClarty 9.83% 607 743.4 1,006.9        
DUP Marie McAllister* 3.03% 187 759.88 788.78        
Independent Patrick McFeely* 6.56% 405 424.22 431.36 434.88 452.56 499.9 765.9
Alliance William Mathews* 6.44% 398 419.08 446.96 456.16 489.14 631 720
DUP William Thompson 1.91% 118 372.2 392.94 418.46 516.38 538.88 540.88
SDLP Gerry McLaughlin 7.01% 433 434.86 436.22 436.54 437.22 468.38  
Labour '87 Timothy Blackman 1.62% 100 103.72 105.42 106.62 109.34    
Alliance Yvonne Boyle 1.59% 98 98.62 99.98 101.1 105.18    
Green (NI) David Garland 0.91% 56 56.62 57.98 58.54 60.92    
Workers' Party Rosemary McBride 0.63% 39 40.86 42.22 42.7 44.06    
Electorate: 12,216   Valid: 6,178 (50.57%)   Spoilt: 151   Quota: 773   Turnout: 6,329 (51.81%)

The Skerries[]

1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1985-1989 Change: Independent Unionist leaves UUP

The Skerries - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
UUP Pauline Armitage* 13.53% 840              
UUP Elizabeth Black* 12.35% 767 795.42            
Alliance Patrick McGowan* 7.95% 494 496.59 553.66 834.66        
DUP William Creelman* 11.66% 724 727.22 734.22 735.22 736.12 845.12    
UUP William Glenn* 11.66% 658 673.12 678.19 685.54 695.74 716.02 936.02  
DUP Robert Stewart 6.49% 403 403.63 408.63 409.63 409.63 611.81 714.39 771.39
Ind U Robert Mitchell* 8.20% 509 511.1 520.1 533.1 547.8 574.94 666.77 741.77
SDLP Sean Farren 7.76% 482 482.21 537.21 559.21 584.71 584.71 588.01 589.01
UUP Thomas Peacock 6.96% 432 435.99 443.06 447.06 450.96 469.96    
DUP Eric Stewart 6.10% 379 379.77 384.77 384.77 385.97      
Alliance Kate Condy 5.10% 317 317.49 346.49          
Labour '87 Roberta Woods 2.16% 134 134.21            
Green (NI) Malcolm Samuels 1.14% 71 71            
Electorate: 11,940   Valid: 6,210 (52.01%)   Spoilt: 149   Quota: 777   Turnout: 6,359 (53.26%)

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Coleraine". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
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