1989 Castlereagh Borough Council election
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All 21 seats to Castlereagh Borough Council 11 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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 | |
Ulster Unionist | 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]
Ward | % |
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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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
DUP | Peter Robinson* | 50.75% | 3,461 | ||||||||
Ulster Unionist | 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 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | 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)
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 | |||||||||
Ulster Unionist | 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 | |
Ulster Unionist | 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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | 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 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Jean Clarke | 8.56% | 667 | 928.82 | 954.82 | 972.18 | 976.14 | |||
Ulster Unionist | 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 | |
Ulster Unionist | 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]
- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Castlereagh". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.