1989 North Down Borough Council election
Elections to North Down 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 25 councillors.
Prior to the election three Ulster Unionist politicians, including George Green, had defected to the Conservative Party in Northern Ireland. The election saw the Conservative presence in North Down doubling, with the Conservatives emerging as the single largest party on the council.
Election results
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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NI Conservatives | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 24.9 | 5,204 | ||
UUP | 5 | 3 | 20.8 | 21.7 | 4,548 | ||||
Alliance | 4 | 3 | 16.7 | 20.7 | 4,313 | ||||
DUP | 4 | 2 | 16.7 | 15.5 | 3,234 | ||||
Independent | 2 | 2 | 8.3 | 6.9 | 1,443 | ||||
UPUP | 2 | 8.3 | 5.9 | 1,223 | |||||
Ind. Unionist | 1 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 578 | |||||
PUP | 0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 325 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
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colspan=2 bgcolor="Template:Northern Ireland Conservatives/meta/color" | Con | colspan=2 bgcolor="Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" | UUP | colspan=2 bgcolor="Template:Alliance Party of Northern Ireland/meta/color" | Alliance | colspan=2 bgcolor="Template:Democratic Unionist Party/meta/color" | DUP | colspan=2 bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | Ind | Others | ||||||||
Abbey | 19.2 | 1 | 12.4 | 1 | 12.9 | 1 | 25.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 29.9 | 2 | 6 |
Ballyholme and Groomsport | 27.5 | 2 | 25.4 | 1 | 24.1 | 1 | 12.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 10.6 | 1 | 6 |
Bangor West | 26.7 | 2 | 23.0 | 2 | 19.3 | 1 | 14.5 | 1 | 11.5 | 1 | 5.0 | 0 | 7 |
Holywood | 24.6 | 1 | 24.1 | 1 | 25.2 | 1 | 11.7 | 1 | 14.4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 24.9 | 6 | 21.7 | 5 | 20.7 | 4 | 15.5 | 4 | 6.9 | 2 | 10.3 | 3 | 24 |
Districts results
Abbey
Ballyholme and Groomsport
Bangor West
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
UUP | H. E. Bradford (incumbent) | 10.7% | 698 | 707 | 710 | 716 | 748 | 880 | |||||
Alliance | B. A. S. Wilson (incumbent) | 10.7% | 697 | 699 | 763 | 779 | 789 | 802 | 808 | 817 | |||
NI Conservatives | T. G. Miskelly | 9.6% | 626 | 629 | 632 | 643 | 664 | 694 | 696 | 704 | 764 | 795 | |
NI Conservatives | J. H. O'Fee | 8.8% | 573 | ||||||||||
NI Conservatives | J. Preston | % | 537 | ||||||||||
Independent | A. M. Hillen | % | 537 | ||||||||||
DUP | W. J. Baxter | % | 462 | ||||||||||
Alliance | W. Baillie | % | 414 | ||||||||||
UUP | R. H. Bradford | % | 403 | ||||||||||
UUP | T. McKeag | % | 396 | ||||||||||
DUP | R. A. Graham | % | 347 | ||||||||||
PUP | T. H. O'Brien | % | 316 | ||||||||||
Independent | C. G. Simpson | % | 211 | ||||||||||
Alliance | E. Bell | % | 145 | ||||||||||
DUP | E. McMurtry | % | 135 | ||||||||||
PUP | S. J. Meneely | % | 9 | ||||||||||
Electorate: 15,249 Valid: 6,506 Spoilt: 147 Quota: 814 Turnout: 6,653 (43.6%) |
Holywood
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
NI Conservatives | L. Kennedy | 775 | 852 | ||||||
Independent | D. W. Ogborn | 695 | 712 | 755 | 764 | 804 | |||
Alliance | S. K. O'Brien | 660 | 670 | 696 | 702 | 733 | 755 | ||
UUP | E. McKay (incumbent) | 589 | 641 | 694 | 704 | 1,035 | |||
DUP | G. M. Dunne | % | 561 | 564 | 576 | 579 | 659 | 805 | |
Alliance | P. J. De Haan | % | 552 | 559 | 585 | 592 | 626 | 659 | |
UUP | J. McC. Auld (incumbent) | % | 473 | 498 | 549 | 565 | |||
NI Conservatives | A. R. Kennedy | % | 269 | 299 | |||||
NI Conservatives | M. B. Weir | % | 135 | ||||||
UUP | I. McL. Sinclair (incumbent) | % | 93 | ||||||
Electorate: 10,290 Valid: 4,802 Spoilt: 116 Quota: 801 Turnout: 4,918 (47.8%) |