1989 Coleraine Borough Council election

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17 May 1989 (1989-05-17)

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All 21 seats to Coleraine Borough Council
12 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Ulster Unionist	DUP	SDLP
Seats won	10	5	2
Seat change	0	1	0

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	Alliance	Independent	Ind. Unionist
Seats won	2	1	1
Seat change	0	0	1

Elections to Coleraine 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

Coleraine Borough Council Election Result 1989^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Ulster Unionist	10	1	1	0	47.6	48.5	9,420	5.6
DUP	5	0	1	1	23.8	23.4	4,556	7.1
SDLP	2	0	0	0	9.5	13.5	2,632	0.6
Alliance	2	0	0	0	9.5	7.9	1,510	1.7
Ind. Unionist	1	1	0	1	4.8	2.6	509	4.8
Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.1	405	3.3
Labour Party NI	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.2	234	New
Green (NI)	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.6	127	0.6
Workers' Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	39	0.2

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Coleraine Borough Council election, 1989
by district^[1]
Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	UUP		DUP		SDLP		Alliance		Others		Total Cllrs
Bann	59.2	4	13.6	1	24.4	2	2.8	0	0.0	0	7
Coleraine Town	41.3	3	33.9	2	7.0	0	8.0	1	9.8	1	7
The Skerries	43.4	3	24.2	2	7.8	0	13.1	1	11.5	1	7
Total	48.5	10	23.4	5	13.5	2	7.9	2	6.7	2	21

District results

Bann

1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: No change

Bann - 7 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Ulster Unionist	William King*	18.82%	1,326
	Ulster Unionist	William Watt*	16.82%	1,185
	Ulster Unionist	Creighton Hutchinson*	16.04%	1,130
	SDLP	John Dallat*	15.50%	1,092
	DUP	Robert Catherwood*	13.56%	955
	Ulster Unionist	John Moody*	7.50%	528	957.4
	SDLP	Gerard O'Kane*	8.87%	625	626.9	680.9	710.9	909.1
	Alliance	Ian McEwan	2.88%	203	215.54	384.54	594.54	601.54
Electorate: 11,366 Valid: 7,044 (61.97%) Spoilt: 201 Quota: 881 Turnout: 7,245 (63.74%)

Coleraine Town

1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP

Coleraine Town - 7 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	James McClure*	28.97%	1,790
	Ulster Unionist	Robert White*	18.27%	1,129
	Ulster Unionist	Gladys Black*	13.24%	818
	Ulster Unionist	David McClarty	9.83%	607	743.4	1,006.9
	DUP	Marie McAllister*	3.03%	187	759.88	788.78
	Independent	Patrick McFeely*	6.56%	405	424.22	431.36	434.88	452.56	499.9	765.9
	Alliance	William Mathews*	6.44%	398	419.08	446.96	456.16	489.14	631	720
	DUP	William Thompson	1.91%	118	372.2	392.94	418.46	516.38	538.88	540.88
	SDLP	Gerry McLaughlin	7.01%	433	434.86	436.22	436.54	437.22	468.38
	Labour Party NI	Timothy Blackman	1.62%	100	103.72	105.42	106.62	109.34
	Alliance	Yvonne Boyle	1.59%	98	98.62	99.98	101.1	105.18
	Green (NI)	David Garland	0.91%	56	56.62	57.98	58.54	60.92
	Workers' Party	Rosemary McBride	0.63%	39	40.86	42.22	42.7	44.06
Electorate: 12,216 Valid: 6,178 (50.57%) Spoilt: 151 Quota: 773 Turnout: 6,329 (51.81%)

The Skerries

1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist
1985-1989 Change: Independent Unionist leaves UUP

The Skerries - 7 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Ulster Unionist	Pauline Armitage*	13.53%	840
	Ulster Unionist	Elizabeth Black*	12.35%	767	795.42
	Alliance	Patrick McGowan*	7.95%	494	496.59	553.66	834.66
	DUP	William Creelman*	11.66%	724	727.22	734.22	735.22	736.12	845.12
	Ulster Unionist	William Glenn*	11.66%	658	673.12	678.19	685.54	695.74	716.02	936.02
	DUP	Robert Stewart	6.49%	403	403.63	408.63	409.63	409.63	611.81	714.39	771.39
	Ind. Unionist	Robert Mitchell*	8.20%	509	511.1	520.1	533.1	547.8	574.94	666.77	741.77
	SDLP	Sean Farren	7.76%	482	482.21	537.21	559.21	584.71	584.71	588.01	589.01
	Ulster Unionist	Thomas Peacock	6.96%	432	435.99	443.06	447.06	450.96	469.96
	DUP	Eric Stewart	6.10%	379	379.77	384.77	384.77	385.97
	Alliance	Kate Condy	5.10%	317	317.49	346.49
	Labour Party NI	Roberta Woods	2.16%	134	134.21
	Green (NI)	Malcolm Samuels	1.14%	71	71
Electorate: 11,940 Valid: 6,210 (52.01%) Spoilt: 149 Quota: 777 Turnout: 6,359 (53.26%)

References

^ ^a ^b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Coleraine". www.ark.ac.uk.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

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