1989 Castlereagh Borough Council election

Elections to Castlereagh 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[edit]

Castlereagh Borough Council Election Result 1989^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
DUP	9	0	1	1	42.9	45.0	9,077	3.0
UUP	6	0	2	2	28.6	27.0	5,452	2.0
Alliance	4	0	1	1	19.0	21.5	4,330	2.7
Ind. Unionist	1	1	0	1	4.8	4.0	796	2.3
UPUP	1	1	0	1	4.8	2.5	509	2.5

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary[edit]

Results of the Castlereagh Borough Council election, 1989
by district^[1]
Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	DUP		UUP		Alliance		UPUP		Others		Total Cllrs
Castlereagh Central	60.1	4	20.0	2	19.9	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	7
Castlereagh East	43.7	3	14.7	1	18.1	1	9.2	1	14.3	1	7
Castlereagh South	32.8	2	42.0	3	25.2	2	0.0	0	0.0	0	7
Total	45.0	9	27.0	6	21.5	4	2.5	1	4.0	1	21

Districts results[edit]

Castlereagh Central[edit]

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

Castlereagh Central - 7 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	DUP	Peter Robinson*	50.75%	3,461
	UUP	Grant Dillon*	13.40%	914
	Alliance	Patrick Mitchell	13.33%	909
	DUP	Alan Carson*	4.06%	277	1,895.04
	DUP	Joyce Boyd	2.70%	184	497.88	1,371.06
	UUP	Ellen Gray*	6.64%	453	616.4	657.56	684.26	733.46	970.46
	DUP	Paul McNaughten	0.38%	26	124.8	192.42	646.32	647.16	666.92	729.71	759.29
	DUP	Cecil Moore	2.20%	150	510.24	553.85	583.55	584.81	621.55	675.24	699.55
	Alliance	Ann Smith	6.54%	446	474.88	479.29	481.09	482.53
Electorate: 14,462 Valid: 6,820 (47.16%) Spoilt: 188 Quota: 853 Turnout: 7,008 (48.46%)

Castlereagh East[edit]

1985: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1989: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UPUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1985-1989 Change: UPUP and Independent Unionist gain from UUP (two seats)

Castlereagh East - 7 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	DUP	Iris Robinson	21.05%	1,168
	DUP	Matthew Anderson*	16.91%	938
	Ind. Unionist	William Abraham*	13.63%	756
	Alliance	William Boyd	13.50%	749
	UUP	John Bell	9.03%	501	522.32	535.58	538.1	563.86	626.15	643.75	868.75
	UPUP	Tommy Jeffers	9.17%	509	530.73	537.23	539.64	552.04	643.35	663.7	695.7
	DUP	John Boyle*	3.53%	196	344.42	527.46	532.76	539.24	548.66	550.86	592.4	650.4
	DUP	Mark Robinson	2.20%	122	371.28	402.22	407.04	410.88	421.71	424.24	457.28	492.28
	UUP	Alexander Murray	5.62%	312	332.91	335.77	347.03	353.27	384.43	393.12
	Alliance	Muriel Wilkes	4.63%	257	263.56	265.64	272.64	274.4
	Ind. Unionist	Michael Brooks	0.72%	40	41.23	43.83
Electorate: 14,754 Valid: 5,548 (37.60%) Spoilt: 155 Quota: 694 Turnout: 5,703 (38.65%)

Castlereagh South[edit]

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

Castlereagh South - 7 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	UUP	John Taylor	26.15%	2,039
	DUP	Ernest Harper*	25.06%	1,954
	Alliance	David Andrews*	17.50%	1,364
	DUP	Myreve Chambers*	5.54%	432	484.47	1,258.97
	Alliance	Geraldine Rice	7.76%	605	633.62	638.12	978.04
	UUP	Jean Clarke	8.56%	667	928.82	954.82	972.18	976.14
	UUP	Frederick Kane*	5.16%	402	812.22	838.72	851.88	857.46	870.46	1,013.46
	DUP	Thomas Scott	1.37%	107	154.7	220.7	223.22	453.62	585.13	600.13
	UUP	Marie Luney	2.10%	164	396.67	408.17	410.69	412.31	422.23
	DUP	Gillian McCorkell	0.80%	62	83.2	141.2	142.6	178.6
Electorate: 17,232 Valid: 7,796 (45.24%) Spoilt: 210 Quota: 975 Turnout: 8,006 (46.46%)

References[edit]

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

[Castlereagh-1] "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Castlereagh". www.ark.ac.uk.

[Results-2] "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

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