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All 15 seats toMagherafelt District Council 8 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections toMagherafelt District 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 15councillors.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDLP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26.7 | 26.7 | 4,790 | |||
| UUP | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26.7 | 20.7 | 3,730 | |||
| DUP | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20.0 | 23.4 | 4,197 | |||
| Sinn Féin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 | 22.1 | 3,965 | |||
| Ind. Nationalist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 691 | |||
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 587 | |||
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
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| SDLP | UUP | DUP | Sinn Féin | Others | |||||||
| Magherafelt Town | 27.4 | 1 | 18.5 | 1 | 36.7 | 2 | 15.9 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 5 |
| Moyola | 21.3 | 1 | 29.5 | 2 | 21.5 | 1 | 24.2 | 1 | 3.5 | 0 | 5 |
| Sperrin | 31.2 | 2 | 14.4 | 1 | 10.8 | 0 | 26.6 | 1 | 17.0 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 26.7 | 4 | 20.7 | 4 | 23.4 | 3 | 22.1 | 3 | 7.1 | 1 | 15 |
1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1985-1989 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| DUP | William McCrea* | 34.33% | 2,162 | ||||
| SDLP | Patrick Kilpatrick* | 20.17% | 1,270 | ||||
| UUP | Ernest Caldwell* | 18.55% | 1,168 | ||||
| DUP | Paul McLean | 2.38% | 150 | 1,248.24 | |||
| Sinn Féin | John Hurl | 15.93% | 1,003 | 1,003 | 1,021 | 1,034.26 | |
| SDLP | Margaret O'Hagan | 7.27% | 458 | 459.04 | 648.76 | 713.06 | |
| Workers' Party | Marian Donnelly | 1.38% | 87 | 90.12 | 101.1 | ||
| Electorate: 8,585 Valid: 6,298 (73.36%) Spoilt: 123 Quota: 1,050 Turnout: 6,421 (74.79%) | |||||||
1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| UUP | John Junkin* | 19.03% | 1,109 | ||||||
| SDLP | Henry McErlean* | 15.05% | 877 | 940 | 940.48 | 1,290.48 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Pauline Davey-Kennedy | 15.98% | 931 | 950 | 950 | 976 | |||
| UUP | Norman Montgomery | 10.49% | 611 | 620 | 708.32 | 709.68 | 716.68 | 725.68 | |
| DUP | Thomas Catherwood* | 11.91% | 694 | 696 | 714 | 715 | 718 | 724 | |
| DUP | Thomas Milligan* | 9.59% | 559 | 562 | 586.24 | 587.24 | 588.24 | 588.24 | |
| Sinn Féin | Margaret McKenna | 8.22% | 479 | 495 | 495 | 510 | 573 | ||
| SDLP | Francis Madden | 6.30% | 367 | 425 | 425.48 | ||||
| Workers' Party | Hugh Scullion | 3.43% | 200 | ||||||
| Electorate: 7,941 Valid: 5,827 (73.38%) Spoilt: 182 Quota: 972 Turnout: 6,009 (75.67%) | |||||||||
1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
1989: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin, Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| UUP | Robert Montgomery | 14.43% | 842 | 846 | 847 | 1,429 | ||
| Ind. Nationalist | Mary McSorley* | 11.84% | 691 | 753 | 796 | 821 | 997 | |
| SDLP | Patrick Sweeney* | 10.52% | 614 | 680 | 952 | 957 | 986 | |
| Sinn Féin | Bernard O'Hagan | 13.73% | 801 | 819 | 869 | 869 | 869 | |
| SDLP | Ghislaine O'Keeney | 11.55% | 674 | 689 | 857 | 858 | 862 | |
| Sinn Féin | Patrick Groogan | 12.87% | 751 | 794 | 803 | 804 | 805 | |
| DUP | John Linton | 10.83% | 632 | 635 | 635 | |||
| SDLP | Francis McKendry | 9.08% | 530 | 575 | ||||
| Workers' Party | Francis Donnelly | 5.14% | 300 | |||||
| Electorate: 7,827 Valid: 5,835 (74.55%) Spoilt: 134 Quota: 973 Turnout: 5,969 (76.26%) | ||||||||