1989 Carrickfergus Borough Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1989

Elections to Carrickfergus 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 15 councillors.

1989 Carrickfergus Borough Council election

17 May 1989 (1989-05-17)
All 15 seats to Carrickfergus Borough Council 8 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party UUP Alliance DUP Seats won 4 4 3 Seat change 3 1 0   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Ind. Unionist PUP Seats won 3 1 Seat change 2 0

Election results

Carrickfergus Borough Council Election Result 1989

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	UUP	4	0	3	3	26.7	28.7	2,956	5.0
	Alliance	4	1	0	1	26.7	27.1	2,793	2.2
	DUP	3	0	0	0	20.0	16.4	1,694	10.6
	Ind. Unionist	3	2	0	2	20.0	12.6	1,296	3.4
	PUP	1	0	0	0	0.0	4.6	472	1.6
	Protestant Unionist	0	0	0	0	0.0	4.6	471	New
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.7	171	1.7

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Carrickfergus Borough Council election, 1989
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	UUP		Alliance		DUP		PUP		Others
Carrick Castle	18.9	1	35.5	2	15.4	1	15.1	1	15.1	0	5
Kilroot	42.1	2	25.3	1	14.5	1	0.0	0	18.1	1	5
Knockagh Monument	23.4	1	21.9	1	19.2	1	0.0	0	35.5	2	5
Total	28.7	4	27.1	4	16.4	3	4.6	1	23.2	3	15

Districts results

Carrick Castle

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

Carrick Castle - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Alliance	Sean Neeson*	32.91%	1,029
	PUP	Samuel Stewart*	15.09%	472	531.16
	UUP	Samuel McCamley*	9.18%	287	320.15	362.72	381.29	398.88	567.88
	DUP	Andrew Blair	9.31%	291	298.65	301.16	444.69	458.22	492.79
	Alliance	Arthur McQuitty	2.59%	81	369.66	375.72	376.72	458.75	476.93
	Protestant Unionist	David Hilditch	9.66%	302	315.77	325.83	339.34	353.87	383.4
	UUP	Robert English*	7.29%	228	245.85	263.91	275.91	290.48
	Independent	Patrick Lennox	5.47%	171	222	225.51	226.51
	UUP	Margaret Cross	6.08%	190	199.69	203.2
	UUP	Sarah Picken	2.43%	76	93.34
Electorate: 6,840   Valid: 3,127 (45.72%)   Spoilt: 54   Quota: 522   Turnout: 3,181 (46.51%)

Kilroot

1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP
1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1985-1989 Change: Independent Unionist leaves UUP

Kilroot - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	UUP	Alexander Beggs	20.05%	739
	Alliance	Brenda Crampsey*	19.51%	719
	Ind. Unionist	Robert Patton*	18.13%	668
	UUP	James Brown*	16.26%	599	668.02
	DUP	William Cross*	14.52%	535	545.37	547.92	558	574.11	660.11
	Alliance	David McCann	5.78%	213	216.74	309.89	310.87	327.16	383.59
	UUP	Eric Ferguson	5.75%	212	250.59	257.49	298.37	314.84
Electorate: 7,981   Valid: 3,685 (46.17%)   Spoilt: 84   Quota: 615   Turnout: 3,769 (47.22%)

Knockagh Monument

1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1989: 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x UUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: Independent Unionist leaves UUP

Knockagh Monument - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	William Haggan*	19.22%	668
	Alliance	Stewart Dickson*	18.70%	650
	Ind. Unionist	Charles Johnston*	18.07%	628
	UUP	William Murray	14.47%	503	536.6	538.14	551.26	566.03	641.03
	Ind. Unionist	Mary Ardill*	12.51%	435	445.08	451.79	466.43	525.76	552.16
	UUP	Samuel Wilson*	8.98%	312	337.2	338.19	343.87	356.28	402.5
	Protestant Unionist	John Everitt	4.86%	169	183.98	184.31	189.03	194.74
	Alliance	Noreen McIlwrath	3.19%	111	111.98	171.05	176.89
Electorate: 7,803   Valid: 3,476 (44.55%)   Spoilt: 73   Quota: 580   Turnout: 3,549 (45.48%)