1989 Dungannon District Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1989

Elections to Dungannon District Council were held on 17 May 1989 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 22 councillors.

1989 Dungannon District Council election

17 May 1989 (1989-05-17)
All 22 seats to Dungannon District Council 12 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party UUP SDLP Sinn Féin Seats won 8 5 3 Seat change 1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party DUP Ind. Nationalist Workers' Party Seats won 3 2 1 Seat change 1

Election results

Dungannon District Council Election Result 1989

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	UUP	8	0	0	0	36.4	37.5	8,775	5.4
	SDLP	5	0	0	0	22.7	20.1	4,711	2.5
	Sinn Féin	3	0	1	1	13.6	18.7	4,369	4.2
	DUP	3	0	0	0	13.6	13.1	3,059	4.1
	Ind. Nationalist	2	0	0	0	9.1	9.5	2,226	0.7
	Workers' Party	1	1	0	1	4.5	1.1	276	1.1

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Dungannon District Council election, 1989
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	UUP		SDLP		Sinn Féin		DUP		Workers' Party		Others
Blackwater	49.0	3	17.1	1	10.4	0	23.5	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	5
Clogher Valley	38.5	2	29.5	1	16.5	1	15.5	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	5
Dungannon Town	42.7	2	13.2	1	13.7	0	14.4	1	5.1	1	10.9	1	6
Torrent	21.3	1	20.1	2	32.6	2	0.0	0	0.0	0	26.0	1	6
Total	37.5	8	20.1	5	18.7	3	13.1	3	1.1	1	9.5	2	22

District results

Blackwater

1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: No change

Blackwater - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	DUP	James Ewing*	23.52%	1,345
	UUP	Derek Irwin*	17.50%	1,001
	SDLP	Patrick Daly*	17.14%	980
	UUP	Jim Hamilton	16.02%	916	1,107.89
	UUP	Jim Brady*	15.46%	884	1,078.37
	Sinn Féin	Tony Gildernew	10.37%	593	594.55
Electorate: 7,203   Valid: 5,719 (79.40%)   Spoilt: 128   Quota: 954   Turnout: 5,847 (81.17%)

Clogher Valley

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

Clogher Valley - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	UUP	Noel Mulligan*	19.71%	1,171
	UUP	Samuel Brush*	18.80%	1,117
	SDLP	Anthony McGonnell*	17.86%	1,061
	DUP	William McIlwrath*	15.47%	919	1,082.2
	Sinn Féin	Raymond McMahon	16.53%	982	983.28	991.32
	SDLP	John Monaghan	11.62%	690	696.08	813.33
Electorate: 7,065   Valid: 5,940 (84.08%)   Spoilt: 142   Quota: 991   Turnout: 6,082 (86.09%)

Dungannon Town

1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Workers' Party, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1985-1989 Change: Workers' Party gain from Sinn Féin

Dungannon Town - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	UUP	Ken Maginnis*	26.86%	1,479
	UUP	William Brown*	15.87%	874
	DUP	Maurice Morrow*	14.44%	795
	SDLP	Vincent Currie*	10.35%	570	747	880
	Ind. Nationalist	Michael McLoughlin*	10.90%	600	738	750	827.6
	Workers' Party	Gerry Cullen	5.01%	276	595	626	640.4	725.52	765.84	771.16
	Sinn Féin	Peter Corrigan	13.75%	757	759	760	760.8	761.94	761.94	762
	SDLP	Peggy Devlin	2.83%	156	197
Electorate: 8,169   Valid: 5,507 (67.41%)   Spoilt: 120   Quota: 787   Turnout: 5,627 (68.88%)

Torrent

1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1989: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1985-1989 Change: No change

Torrent - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ind. Nationalist	Jim Canning*	26.02%	1,626
	UUP	Thomas Kempton*	21.33%	1,333
	SDLP	Jim Cavanagh*	10.93%	683	1,148.01
	SDLP	Angela Donnelly	5.71%	357	383.95	733.11	835.48	984.48
	Sinn Féin	Brendan Doris	12.13%	758	835.91	836.77	848.66	878.44	884.44
	Sinn Féin	Martin McCaughey	11.66%	729	737.33	740.77	743.09	752.53	753.53
	Sinn Féin	John Corr	8.80%	550	617.62	624.5	656.4	688.57	697.57
	SDLP	Bridie O'Donnell	3.42%	214	294.85	373.11	476.64
Electorate: 8,643   Valid: 6,250 (72.31%)   Spoilt: 222   Quota: 893   Turnout: 6,472 (74.88%)