1989 Ballymena Borough Council election
Appearance
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Elections to Ballymena Borough 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 23 councillors.
Election results
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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DUP | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 52.2 | 44.8 | 9,435 | 10.8 | |
UUP | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30.4 | 30.8 | 6,491 | 2.2 | |
SDLP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 9.2 | 1,926 | 2.9 | |
Alliance | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.2 | 6.1 | 1,280 | 6.1 | |
Ind. Unionist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 1,033 | 0.7 | |
Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 887 | 0.2 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
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DUP | UUP | SDLP | Alliance | Others | |||||||
Ballymena Town | 26.8 | 2 | 23.7 | 2 | 21.8 | 1 | 14.0 | 1 | 13.7 | 1 | 7 |
Braid Valley | 40.9 | 2 | 41.7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 17.4 | 1 | 5 |
Kells Water | 58.7 | 4 | 36.5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.8 | 0 | 6 |
The Main | 56.6 | 4 | 23.7 | 1 | 11.4 | 0 | 8.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 44.8 | 12 | 30.8 | 7 | 9.2 | 1 | 6.1 | 1 | 9.1 | 2 | 23 |
Districts results
Ballymena Town
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1985-1989 Change: Alliance gain from DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
SDLP | Patrick McAvoy* | 15.06% | 897 | ||||||||
Alliance | Gareth Williams | 13.97% | 832 | ||||||||
Ind. Unionist | Samuel Henry* | 13.67% | 814 | ||||||||
UUP | James Alexander | 10.60% | 631 | 631.17 | 651.32 | 668.06 | 750.12 | ||||
DUP | Maurice Mills* | 8.14% | 485 | 485 | 488.12 | 495.14 | 501.99 | 724.64 | 969.75 | ||
UUP | Robert Coulter* | 9.99% | 595 | 595 | 612.55 | 631.54 | 738.14 | 743.49 | 784.65 | ||
DUP | John Wilson | 7.42% | 442 | 442 | 445.51 | 447.94 | 451.88 | 466.06 | 592.47 | 783.26 | |
SDLP | Declan O'Loan | 6.77% | 403 | 553.45 | 573.34 | 576.04 | 580.65 | 581.65 | 582.65 | 585.65 | |
DUP | John Carson | 6.87% | 409 | 409 | 410.69 | 413.12 | 416.87 | 433.05 | |||
DUP | Vera Mills | 4.38% | 261 | 261.34 | 261.99 | 263.52 | 264.01 | ||||
UUP | Robert Simpson | 3.12% | 186 | 186 | 204.2 | 220.13 | |||||
Electorate: 12,831 Valid: 5,955 (46.41%) Spoilt: 130 Quota: 745 Turnout: 6,085 (47.42%) |
Braid Valley
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1985-1989 Change: Independent gain from DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
UUP | Desmond Armstrong* | 18.78% | 957 | ||||||
Independent | James Woulahan | 17.41% | 887 | ||||||
UUP | Margaret Alexander* | 15.60% | 795 | 848.02 | 864.49 | ||||
DUP | John Armstrong* | 10.00% | 510 | 526.39 | 527.2 | 528.82 | 852.94 | ||
DUP | Samuel Hanna* | 13.19% | 672 | 676.07 | 677.96 | 677.96 | 697.89 | 790.39 | |
DUP | Agnes McLeister | 9.95% | 507 | 507.66 | 507.66 | 508.2 | 537.18 | 625.5 | |
UUP | William Owens | 7.30% | 372 | 394 | 406.15 | 413.71 | 430.64 | ||
DUP | Robert Robinson | 7.75% | 395 | 399.73 | 404.32 | 404.32 | |||
Electorate: 8,336 Valid: 5,095 (61.12%) Spoilt: 116 Quota: 850 Turnout: 5,211 (62.51%) |
Kells Water
1985: 5 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1989: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
UUP | William Brownlees* | 20.48% | 929 | ||||
DUP | Martin Clarke* | 16.73% | 759 | ||||
UUP | James Currie | 16.07% | 729 | ||||
DUP | Ronald Fry | 11.28% | 512 | 581.66 | 661.01 | ||
DUP | David McClintock* | 11.22% | 509 | 556.3 | 565 | 623.12 | |
DUP | James McCosh | 11.00% | 499 | 536.41 | 546.16 | 585.25 | |
DUP | Andrew McKendry | 8.40% | 381 | 410.24 | 416.39 | 489.44 | |
Ind. Unionist | Melvyn McKendry | 4.83% | 219 | 315.32 | 318.92 | ||
Electorate: 10,142 Valid: 4,537 (44.73%) Spoilt: 138 Quota: 649 Turnout: 4,675 (46.10%) |
The Main
1985: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1989: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1985-1989 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
DUP | Roy Gillespie* | 19.54% | 1,068 | |||||||
UUP | Ian Johnston* | 10.94% | 598 | 608.5 | 628.65 | 780.8 | 1,072.25 | |||
DUP | Sandy Spence* | 13.76% | 752 | 773.75 | 788.05 | 816.8 | 857.45 | 918.75 | ||
DUP | Tommy Nicholl* | 13.71% | 749 | 761.15 | 770.15 | 791.45 | 811.75 | 819.75 | 891.9 | |
DUP | Hubert Nicholl* | 9.61% | 525 | 626.7 | 628.7 | 649.6 | 673.65 | 694.65 | 777.45 | |
SDLP | Seamus Laverty | 11.45% | 626 | 626 | 626 | 632 | 632.15 | 632.15 | 691.3 | |
Alliance | David Alderdice | 8.20% | 448 | 451 | 458 | 465.15 | 481.6 | 517.6 | ||
UUP | Robert Megaw | 4.72% | 258 | 262.2 | 342.2 | 402.35 | ||||
UUP | Sarah McCullough | 5.32% | 291 | 293.85 | 308.85 | |||||
UUP | John Sutter | 2.74% | 150 | 150.45 | ||||||
Electorate: 9,076 Valid: 5,465 (60.21%) Spoilt: 118 Quota: 911 Turnout: 5,583 (61.51%) |
References
- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Ballymena". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.