1989 Belfast City Council election
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Elections to Belfast City Council were held on 17 May 1989 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used nine district electoral areas to elect a total of 51 councillors, most representing the more heavily populated north and west.
The UUP remained the largest party, and Reg Empey became the Lord Mayor.
Election results[edit]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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UUP | 14 | 1 | 1 | ![]() |
27.5 | 21.7 | 22,846 | ![]() | |
Sinn Féin | 8 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
15.7 | 18.7 | 19,688 | ![]() | |
SDLP | 8 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
15.7 | 16.1 | 16,937 | ![]() | |
DUP | 8 | 0 | 3 | ![]() |
15.7 | 14.8 | 15,618 | ![]() | |
Alliance | 6 | 0 | 2 | ![]() |
11.8 | 10.9 | 11,479 | ![]() | |
Ind. Unionist | 4 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
7.8 | 6.7 | 7,013 | ![]() | |
Workers' Party | 1 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
2.0 | 5.3 | 5,571 | ![]() | |
PUP | 1 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
2.0 | 2.5 | 2,533 | ![]() | |
Protestant Unionist | 1 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
2.0 | 1.3 | 1,408 | ![]() | |
Ulster Democratic | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.9 | 908 | ![]() | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.7 | 717 | ![]() | |
Labour Party NI | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.2 | 212 | New | |
Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.2 | 175 | ![]() | |
Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.08 | 95 | New | |
National Front | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.02 | 27 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary[edit]
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UUP | Sinn Féin | SDLP | DUP | Alliance | Workers' Party | PUP | Others | ||||||||||
Balmoral | 34.9 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 14.3 | 1 | 19.3 | 1 | 19.0 | 1 | 2.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 10.4 | 0 | 5 |
Castle | 24.6 | 1 | 3.8 | 0 | 19.2 | 1 | 16.6 | 1 | 8.8 | 1 | 4.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 22.9 | 2 | 6 |
Court | 19.8 | 1 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 15.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.5 | 0 | 24.2 | 1 | 34.4 | 2 | 6 |
Laganbank | 31.6 | 2 | 7.7 | 0 | 20.8 | 1 | 12.0 | 1 | 19.0 | 1 | 4.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.0 | 0 | 5 |
Lower Falls | 0.0 | 0 | 61.0 | 3 | 28.5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 9.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Oldpark | 22.8 | 2 | 37.8 | 3 | 8.9 | 0 | 15.8 | 1 | 3.3 | 0 | 11.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
Pottinger | 25.7 | 2 | 5.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 40.1 | 2 | 12.1 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 11.3 | 1 | 6 |
Upper Falls | 0.0 | 0 | 49.5 | 2 | 41.9 | 2 | 2.2 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 5 |
Victoria | 39.5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 23.7 | 2 | 31.0 | 2 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 7 |
Total | 21.7 | 14 | 18.7 | 8 | 16.1 | 8 | 14.8 | 8 | 10.9 | 6 | 5.3 | 1 | 2.5 | 1 | 10.0 | 5 | 51 |
District results[edit]
Balmoral[edit]
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
UUP | Mary Crooks* | 18.97% | 2,163 | |||||||
UUP | Jim Kirkpatrick* | 15.94% | 1,818 | 1,968.72 | ||||||
DUP | John Parkes* | 14.05% | 1,602 | 1,631.76 | 1,997.76 | |||||
Alliance | Mark Long | 9.69% | 1,105 | 1,111 | 1,178.68 | 1,182.37 | 1,188.37 | 2,118.37 | ||
SDLP | Dorita Field | 14.35% | 1,636 | 1,637.08 | 1,708.32 | 1,708.73 | 1,708.85 | 1,778.63 | 1,888.89 | |
Ind. Unionist | William Dickson* | 10.32% | 1,177 | 1,207.84 | 1,418.56 | 1,505.89 | 1,558.09 | 1,639.9 | 1,743.87 | |
Alliance | John Montgomery* | 9.30% | 1,061 | 1,067.24 | 1,152.32 | 1,157.65 | 1,162.09 | |||
DUP | Caroline Bingham | 5.25% | 599 | 626 | ||||||
Workers' Party | Shaun McKeown | 2.14% | 243 | 243.72 | ||||||
Electorate: 23,343 Valid: 11,404 (48.85%) Spoilt: 314 Quota: 1,901 Turnout: 11,718 (50.20%) |
Castle[edit]
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1989: 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x UUP, 1 SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1985-1989 Change: Independent Unionist gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
SDLP | Alban Maginness* | 19.17% | 2,301 | ||||||||
UUP | John Carson* | 18.26% | 2,192 | ||||||||
DUP | Nigel Dodds* | 14.82% | 1,779 | ||||||||
Alliance | Tom Campbell* | 8.77% | 1,053 | 1,384.02 | 1,405.36 | 1,405.63 | 1,488.77 | 1,493.04 | 1,591.75 | 1,855.75 | |
Ind. Unionist | Frank Millar* | 11.54% | 1,385 | 1,386.62 | 1,455.7 | 1,460.44 | 1,475.44 | 1,559.34 | 1,561.16 | 1,618.15 | |
Ind. Unionist | Nelson McCausland | 9.69% | 1,163 | 1,163 | 1,270.36 | 1,276.3 | 1,280.1 | 1,390.64 | 1,392.76 | 1,433.56 | |
UUP | Alfred Redpath* | 6.39% | 767 | 771.05 | 993.25 | 996.76 | 1,003.74 | 1,053.35 | 1,061.95 | 1,118.56 | |
Workers' Party | Anthony Kerr | 4.13% | 496 | 612.37 | 619.85 | 620.24 | 714.69 | 724.37 | 864.13 | ||
Sinn Féin | Bobby Lavery* | 3.77% | 453 | 510.78 | 511.22 | 511.43 | 527.37 | 527.37 | |||
DUP | Samuel Lowry | 1.80% | 216 | 216.27 | 254.11 | 291.13 | 294.13 | ||||
Green (NI) | Maria O'Sullivan | 0.79% | 95 | 139.28 | 140.16 | 140.19 | |||||
Labour '87 | Thomas Galloway | 0.86% | 103 | 124.87 | 127.95 | 128.04 | |||||
Electorate: 24,488 Valid: 12,003 (49.02%) Spoilt: 323 Quota: 1,715 Turnout: 12,326 (50.33%) |
Court[edit]
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Protestant Unionist, 1 x Independent Unionist
1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP, 1 x Protestant Unionist, 1 x Independent Unionist
1985-1989 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
PUP | Hugh Smyth* | 24.25% | 2,533 | |||||||
Protestant Unionist | Elizabeth Seawright | 13.48% | 1,408 | 1,768.36 | ||||||
UUP | Fred Cobain* | 11.20% | 1,170 | 1,253.16 | 1,289.54 | 1,294.54 | 1,334.82 | 1,468.84 | 1,669.84 | |
DUP | Eric Smyth | 9.63% | 1,006 | 1,158.04 | 1,197.48 | 1,199.48 | 1,220.08 | 1,276.5 | 1,559.5 | |
Ind. Unionist | Joseph Coggle* | 9.12% | 953 | 1,134.02 | 1,212.9 | 1,217.9 | 1,253.74 | 1,349.08 | 1,439.04 | |
UUP | Herbert Ditty* | 8.59% | 897 | 962.52 | 1,002.98 | 1,005.32 | 1,030.92 | 1,208.88 | 1,309.8 | |
Independent | William Smith | 6.87% | 717 | 809.4 | 847.82 | 849.82 | 932.84 | 979.16 | 1,008.36 | |
DUP | Frederick Ashby* | 6.17% | 644 | 673.82 | 688.1 | 688.1 | 703.78 | 762.72 | ||
Ind. Unionist | Alfie Ferguson | 4.87% | 509 | 562.34 | 583.08 | 583.08 | 625.5 | |||
Workers' Party | Peter Cullen | 3.51% | 367 | 374.98 | 379.06 | 467.06 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Joe Austin | 2.30% | 240 | 240.42 | 240.76 | |||||
Electorate: 21,173 Valid: 10,444 (49.33%) Spoilt: 381 Quota: 1,493 Turnout: 10,825 (51.13%) |
Laganbank[edit]
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
SDLP | Alasdair McDonnell* | 14.43% | 1,415 | 1,424 | 1,440 | 1,558 | 2,134 | |||||
UUP | Dixie Gilmore* | 15.25% | 1,496 | 1,497 | 1,567 | 1,579 | 1,579 | 1,580 | 2,080 | |||
Alliance | Steve McBride | 11.29% | 1,107 | 1,110 | 1,147 | 1,243 | 1,282 | 1,490 | 1,497 | 1,500.84 | 1,602.84 | |
UUP | Jim Clarke | 8.71% | 854 | 859 | 901 | 903 | 903 | 903 | 1,128 | 1,445.76 | 1,448.76 | |
DUP | Rhonda Paisley* | 10.56% | 1,036 | 1,037 | 1,171 | 1,179 | 1,180 | 1,180 | 1,278 | 1,346.16 | 1,349.16 | |
Alliance | Mary Thomas | 7.70% | 755 | 757 | 780 | 898 | 937 | 1,126 | 1,130 | 1,131.92 | 1,209.92 | |
Sinn Féin | James Clinton | 7.68% | 753 | 775 | 776 | 799 | 811 | 836 | 837 | 837.96 | ||
UUP | Harry Fletcher | 7.68% | 753 | 753 | 813 | 816 | 816 | 816 | ||||
SDLP | Gerard McKettrick | 6.41% | 629 | 635 | 638 | 700 | ||||||
Workers' Party | Kevin Smyth | 4.88% | 479 | 503 | 553 | |||||||
Ind. Unionist | Margaret Dickson | 2.02% | 198 | 198 | ||||||||
DUP | Benjamin Horan | 1.35% | 132 | 133 | ||||||||
Labour '87 | Paul Hainsworth | 1.11% | 109 | 123 | ||||||||
Communist | Barry Bruton | 0.93% | 91 | |||||||||
Electorate: 20,689 Valid: 9,807 (47.40%) Spoilt: 372 Quota: 1,635 Turnout: 10,179 (49.20%) |
Lower Falls[edit]
1985: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1989: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
SDLP | Joe Hendron* | 23.51% | 2,748 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Fra McCann | 19.73% | 2,307 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Elizabeth Fitzsimons* | 15.10% | 1,765 | 1,786.7 | 1,816.25 | 1,849.69 | 1,885.5 | |
Sinn Féin | Sean McKnight* | 12.22% | 1,428 | 1,461.48 | 1,466.72 | 1,750.56 | 1,774.62 | |
SDLP | Mary Muldoon | 5.03% | 588 | 1,196.84 | 1,257.51 | 1,261.19 | 1,738.98 | |
Sinn Féin | Richard May | 13.91% | 1,626 | 1,634.68 | 1,637.68 | 1,651.92 | 1,679.45 | |
Workers' Party | Mary McMahon | 9.35% | 1,093 | 1,186 | 1,218.75 | 1,224.19 | ||
Alliance | Derrick Crothers | 1.15% | 135 | 164.45 | ||||
Electorate: 20,095 Valid: 11,690 (58.17%) Spoilt: 570 Quota: 1,949 Turnout: 12,260 (61.01%) |
Oldpark[edit]
1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Workers' Party
1989: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Workers' Party
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
SDLP | Brian Feeney* | 18.38% | 2,426 | ||||||
Workers' Party | Seamus Lynch* | 12.42% | 1,639 | 1,912.6 | |||||
UUP | Fred Proctor* | 14.02% | 1,850 | 1,850.96 | 1,976.96 | ||||
UUP | William Gault | 9.05% | 780 | 782.64 | 886.56 | 951.36 | 1,491.96 | 2,050.96 | |
Sinn Féin | Gerard McGuigan* | 12.75% | 1,682 | 1,706.96 | 1,723.84 | 1,723.84 | 1,723.84 | 1,725.84 | |
Sinn Féin | Paddy McManus | 11.73% | 1,548 | 1,572.24 | 1,585.2 | 1,586.1 | 1,588.1 | 1,592.82 | |
Sinn Féin | William McGarry | 8.45% | 1,115 | 1,153.16 | 1,187.2 | 1,187.2 | 1,188.44 | 1,206 | |
Ulster Democratic | Patrick Bird | 6.34% | 837 | 837.72 | 883.36 | 896.86 | 1,117.84 | ||
DUP | Stanley Mulholland | 6.10% | 805 | 805.24 | 839.4 | 851.1 | |||
Alliance | George Jones | 3.36% | 443 | 610.52 | |||||
Ulster Democratic | William Clark | 0.54% | 71 | 71.24 | |||||
Electorate: 25,895 Valid: 13,196 (50.96%) Spoilt: 548 Quota: 1,886 Turnout: 13,744 (53.08%) |
Pottinger[edit]
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 Independent Unionist
1985-1989 Change: Independent Unionist gain from DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
DUP | Sammy Wilson* | 25.88% | 2,780 | ||||||
UUP | Margaret Clarke* | 13.78% | 1,480 | 1,524.55 | 1,537.55 | ||||
Alliance | Mervyn Jones* | 12.07% | 1,296 | 1,309.05 | 1,314.3 | 1,326.75 | 1,599.75 | ||
DUP | Jim Walker* | 4.59% | 493 | 1,268.35 | 1,479.35 | 1,531.7 | 1,546.7 | ||
Ind. Unionist | Dorothy Dunlop | 10.98% | 1,179 | 1,225.8 | 1,245.75 | 1,313.9 | 1,344.35 | 1,357.35 | |
UUP | Reg Empey* | 8.04% | 864 | 921.15 | 942.1 | 1,210.2 | 1,220.2 | 1,226.2 | |
DUP | Frank Leslie* | 7.15% | 768 | 900.3 | 1,015 | 1,044.05 | 1,056.5 | 1,064.4 | |
Sinn Féin | Joseph O'Donnell | 5.86% | 629 | 629.45 | 631.9 | 631.9 | 677.9 | ||
Workers' Party | Sean Flanagan | 5.04% | 541 | 543.7 | 546.7 | 548.7 | |||
UUP | David McNutt | 3.91% | 420 | 447 | 457.15 | ||||
DUP | John Norris | 2.45% | 263 | 381.8 | |||||
National Front | Stuart McCullough | 0.25% | 27 | 29.7 | |||||
Electorate: 24,265 Valid: 10,740 (44.26%) Spoilt: 508 Quota: 1,535 Turnout: 11,248 (46.35%) |
Upper Falls[edit]
1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1989: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Alliance
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
SDLP | Alex Attwood* | 26.53% | 3,292 | |||||||
Sinn Féin | Alex Maskey* | 19.26% | 2,378 | |||||||
Sinn Féin | Teresa Holland* | 18.77% | 2,329 | |||||||
SDLP | Cormac Boomer* | 9.58% | 1,189 | 2,202.46 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | Mairtin O'Muilleoir | 15.74% | 1,435 | 1,462.74 | 1,739.64 | 1,976.47 | 2,000.75 | 2,004.3 | 2,004.67 | |
SDLP | Peter Prendiville | 5.75% | 713 | 815.98 | 819.1 | 820.97 | 834.35 | 935.6 | 962.75 | |
Alliance | Dan McGuinness | 2.63% | 326 | 363.24 | 365.71 | 368.35 | 374.73 | 384.88 | 505.88 | |
Workers' Party | Jean Craig | 3.06% | 380 | 409.64 | 411.72 | 413.48 | 432.48 | 443.83 | 488.83 | |
DUP | Robert Morrow | 2.28% | 283 | 283 | 283.39 | 283.72 | 283.72 | 283.97 | ||
Communist | Kevin O'Donnell | 0.68% | 84 | 87.04 | 89.77 | 90.54 | ||||
Electorate: 22,975 Valid: 12,409 (54.01%) Spoilt: 426 Quota: 2,069 Turnout: 12,835 (55.87%) |
Victoria[edit]
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP
1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Alliance | John Alderdice | 21.67% | 2,933 | ||||||
UUP | Thomas Patton* | 21.02% | 2,845 | ||||||
UUP | Ian Adamson | 12.78% | 1,730 | ||||||
DUP | Wallace Browne* | 10.15% | 1,374 | 1,407.97 | 1,512.97 | 1,523.34 | 1,585.51 | 1,890.51 | |
DUP | Robin Newton* | 8.65% | 1,171 | 1,177.88 | 1,274.06 | 1,287.33 | 1,346.33 | 1,644.33 | |
Alliance | Danny Dow | 5.41% | 732 | 1,405.38 | 1,475.94 | 1,617.36 | 1,685.17 | 1,696.17 | |
UUP | Alan Montgomery | 5.67% | 767 | 821.61 | 1,496.55 | 1,521.91 | 1,641.98 | 1,692.98 | |
Alliance | George Thompson* | 3.94% | 533 | 937.2 | 963.66 | 1,041.39 | 1,110.23 | 1,117.23 | |
DUP | Irene Lewis | 4.93% | 667 | 685.49 | 776.63 | 786.05 | 846.22 | ||
Ind. Unionist | Samuel Walker | 3.32% | 449 | 469.64 | 520.46 | 555.74 | |||
Workers' Party | Hugh Jordan | 2.46% | 333 | 359.23 | 378.97 | ||||
Electorate: 30,508 Valid: 13,534 (44.36%) Spoilt: 367 Quota: 1,692 Turnout: 13,901 (45.57%) |