1989 Castlereagh Borough Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1989

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.

1989 Castlereagh Borough Council election

17 May 1989 (1989-05-17)
All 21 seats to Castlereagh Borough Council 11 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party DUP UUP Alliance Seats won 9 6 4 Seat change 1 2 1   Fourth party Fifth party   Party UPUP Ind. Unionist Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 1

Election results

Castlereagh Borough Council Election Result 1989

Party		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

Results of the Castlereagh Borough Council election, 1989
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	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

Castlereagh Central

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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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

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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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

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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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%)