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All 21 seats toCastlereagh Borough Council 11 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections toCastlereagh 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 21councillors.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUP | 9 | 0 | 1 | 42.9 | 45.0 | 9,077 | |||
| UUP | 6 | 0 | 2 | 28.6 | 27.0 | 5,452 | |||
| Alliance | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19.0 | 21.5 | 4,330 | |||
| Ind. Unionist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 796 | |||
| UPUP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.8 | 2.5 | 509 | |||
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
| 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 |
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 | ||||||||
| 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%) | |||||||||||
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 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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%) | ||||||||||||
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 | ||||
| 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%) | ||||||||||