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All 19 seats toAntrim Borough Council 10 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections toAntrim Borough Council were held on 17 May 1989 on the same day as the otherNorthern Irish local governmentelections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 19councillors.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | 10 | 1 | 0 | 52.6 | 43.7 | 6,572 | |||
| DUP | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21.1 | 24.0 | 3,609 | |||
| SDLP | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21.1 | 18.1 | 2,723 | |||
| Alliance | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 7.0 | 1,068 | |||
| Sinn Féin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 839 | |||
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 158 | |||
| Ind. Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 75 | |||
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
| 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 |
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
| 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%) | ||||||||
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
| 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%) | ||||||||||
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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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| 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%) | ||||||||||||