1989 Castlereagh Borough Council election

Local government election in Northern Ireland

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1989

1989 Castlereagh Borough Council election | <- 1985 | 17 May 1989 (1989-05-17) | 1993 ->

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All 21 seats to Castlereagh Borough Council
11 seats needed for a majority
|  | First party  | Second party  | Third party

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Party  | DUP | UUP | Alliance
Seats won  | 9  | 6  | 4
Seat change  |  1  |  2  |  1

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| Fourth party  | Fifth party
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Party  | UPUP | Ind. Unionist
Seats won  | 1  | 1
Seat change  |  1  |  1

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] Party  | Seats  | Gains  | Losses  | Net gain/loss  | Seats %  | Votes %  | Votes  | +/−

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| 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  | %
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Cllrs

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DUP | UUP | Alliance | UPUP | Others
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

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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

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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

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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]

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

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