1989 Antrim Borough Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1989

Elections to Antrim 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 19 councillors.

1989 Antrim Borough Council election

17 May 1989 (1989-05-17)
All 19 seats to Antrim Borough Council 10 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party UUP DUP SDLP Seats won 10 4 4 Seat change 1 1 1   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Alliance Sinn Féin Seats won 1 0 Seat change 0 1

Election results

Antrim Borough Council Election Result 1989

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	UUP	10	1	0	1	52.6	43.7	6,572	4.0
	DUP	4	0	1	1	21.1	24.0	3,609	4.4
	SDLP	4	1	0	1	21.1	18.1	2,723	0.3
	Alliance	1	0	0	0	5.3	7.0	1,068	0.6
	Sinn Féin	0	0	1	1	0.0	5.6	839	1.1
	Workers' Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.1	158	0.7
	Ind. Unionist	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.5	75	0.5

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Antrim Borough Council election, 1989
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	UUP		DUP		SDLP		Alliance		Sinn Féin		Others
Antrim North West	36.0	2	18.6	1	30.9	2	0.0	0	14.5	0	0.0	0	5
Antrim South East	47.0	4	31.7	2	12.4	1	8.9	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	7
Antrim Town	47.2	4	18.7	1	12.4	1	12.3	1	4.0	0	5.4	0	7
Total	43.7	10	24.0	4	18.1	4	7.0	1	5.6	0	1.6	0	19

Districts results

Antrim North West

1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin

Antrim North West - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	UUP	James Graham*	29.85%	1,374
	SDLP	Robert Loughran*	22.14%	1,019
	DUP	Wilson Clyde*	18.57%	855
	UUP	Roderick Swann	6.13%	282	875.55
	SDLP	Donovan McClelland*	8.80%	405	407.7	643.52	728.12	784.12
	Sinn Féin	Henry Cushinan*	14.51%	668	669.35	684.43	686.23	693.23
Electorate: 7,570   Valid: 4,603 (60.81%)   Spoilt: 98   Quota: 768   Turnout: 4,701 (62.10%)

Antrim South East

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

Antrim South East - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	Roy Thompson*	20.31%	1,248
	UUP	Edgar Wallace*	16.97%	1,043
	UUP	Mervyn Rea*	14.26%	876
	UUP	Howard Campbell*	11.18%	687	750.18	839.62
	SDLP	Robert Burns*	12.43%	764	765.56	765.82	767.12	767.56	787.56
	DUP	Samuel Dunlop*	8.01%	492	648	664.38	672.31	680.89	684.89	843.89
	UUP	Roy Stinson*	4.62%	284	325.73	466.13	548.68	602.36	604.71	771.09
	Alliance	David Ford	4.87%	299	300.95	307.71	309.79	311.55	520.11	525.45
	DUP	James Simpson	3.42%	210	417.09	426.97	435.94	440.12	442.51
	Alliance	Theresa Gallagher	3.94%	242	243.17	243.95	244.6	245.04
Electorate: 11,349   Valid: 6,145 (54.15%)   Spoilt: 166   Quota: 769   Turnout: 6,311 (55.61%)

Antrim Town

1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP

Antrim Town - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	UUP	Jack Allen*	21.11%	907
	UUP	Paddy Marks*	17.25%	741
	DUP	James Brown	14.06%	604
	SDLP	Oran Keenan*	12.52%	535	537.46	538.58
	Alliance	James McConnell*	8.26%	355	364.43	368.91	377.73	378.06	388.06	536.21	619.21
	UUP	Avril Swann	3.12%	134	330.8	433.56	466.13	469.32	473.32	475.32	491.47	501.47
	UUP	Andrew Thompson	5.68%	244	324.77	386.65	396	398.64	398.64	399.64	402.05	405.05
	DUP	James Graham	4.66%	200	248.38	269.1	284.2	342.83	342.83	343.8	352.03	358.03
	Workers' Party	Eamon Gillen	3.68%	158	162.51	163.91	179.91	180.35	253.35	275.35
	Alliance	Peter Kelly	4.00%	172	176.51	178.19	181.19	181.41	202.41
	Sinn Féin	Paul Little	3.98%	171	171	171.28	171.28	171.28
	Independent	James Millar	1.75%	75	89.76	97.04
Electorate: 9,883   Valid: 4,296 (43.47%)   Spoilt: 141   Quota: 538   Turnout: 4,437 (44.90%)