1989 Strabane District Council election

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1989 Strabane District Council election

17 May 1989 (1989-05-17)
All 15 seats to Strabane District Council 8 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Democratic Unionist Ulster Unionist Social Democratic and Labour Seats won 3 3 3 Seat change 1 0 0   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Sinn Féin Independent Nationalist Alliance Seats won 2 2 1 Seat change 1 0 1   Seventh party   Party Ind. Unionist Seats won 1 Seat change 1

Elections to Strabane District 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 15 councillors.

Election results

Strabane District Council Election Result 1989

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Ulster Unionist	3	0	0	0	20.0	20.3	3,358	1.2
	Democratic Unionist	3	0	1	1	20.0	19.7	3,251	6.4
	Social Democratic and Labour	3	1	1	0	20.0	17.9	2,955	1.2
	Sinn Féin	2	0	1	1	13.3	21.1	3,484	1.2
	Independent Nationalist	2	1	1	0	13.3	14.8	2,445	1.4
	Ind. Unionist	1	1	0	1	6.7	5.0	827	5.0
	Alliance	1	1	0	1	6.7	1.1	187	1.1

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Strabane District Council election, 1989
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	UUP		DUP		SDLP		Sinn Féin		Alliance		Others
Derg	19.0	1	25.2	1	10.6	1	21.1	1	1.1	0	23.0	1	5
Glenelly	26.5	1	36.2	2	24.6	1	10.2	0	2.5	1	0.0	0	5
Mourne	16.2	1	0.0	0	18.9	1	30.6	1	0.0	0	34.3	2	5
Total	20.3	3	19.7	3	17.9	3	21.1	2	1.1	1	19.9	2	15

District results

Derg

1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1989: 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1985-1989 Change: SDLP and Independent Unionist gain from DUP and Independent Nationalist

Derg - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ulster Unionist	Edward Turner*	18.97%	1,050
	Democratic Unionist	Thomas Kerrigan*	17.52%	970
	Sinn Féin	Charles McHugh*	16.76%	928
	Ind. Unionist	Derek Hussey	14.94%	827	890.48	915.24	915.24	924.8
	Social Democratic and Labour	Laurence McNamee	10.64%	589	589.12	608.24	663.36	663.56	932.56
	Democratic Unionist	Desmond Monteith	7.70%	426	478.8	485.6	486.6	514.72	519.72
	Independent Nationalist	Denis McCrory*	8.00%	443	444.56	454.68	496.68	497
	Sinn Féin	Thomas McNamee*	4.34%	240	240.12	241.12
	Alliance	James Smyth	1.14%	63	69
Electorate: 7,611   Valid: 5,536 (72.74%)   Spoilt: 175   Quota: 923   Turnout: 5,711 (75.04%)

Glenelly

1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1985-1989 Change: Alliance gain from Sinn Féin

Glenelly - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ulster Unionist	James Emery	26.52%	1,359
	Democratic Unionist	John Donnell	21.82%	1,118
	Social Democratic and Labour	John Gallagher*	20.20%	1,035
	Democratic Unionist	Samuel Rogers*	14.38%	737	1,186.54
	Alliance	Hughes Colhoun	2.42%	124	168.46	473.71	684.71	748.18	835.78
	Sinn Féin	Martin Forbes	10.27%	526	526.76	527.31	530.31	580.31	671.91
	Social Democratic and Labour	Brian Logue	4.39%	225	229.18	253.93	272.93
Electorate: 7,347   Valid: 5,124 (69.74%)   Spoilt: 156   Quota: 855   Turnout: 5,280 (71.87%)

Mourne

1985: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1989: 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
1985-1989 Change: Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP

Mourne - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Ivan Barr*	22.70%	1,327
	Independent Nationalist	Peggy McManus*	19.21%	1,123
	Independent Nationalist	James O'Kane*	15.03%	879	907.56	978.96
	Social Democratic and Labour	Joseph McElroy	10.96%	641	656.68	688.98	833.27	1,030.27
	Ulster Unionist	John Cummings*	16.23%	949	950.68	952.89	953.34	953.51
	Sinn Féin	Ultan McNulty	7.92%	463	750.28	772.04	781.28	795.21
	Social Democratic and Labour	Bernard Mullen	4.34%	254	260.16	270.36	305.21
	Social Democratic and Labour	Bernard McDermott	3.61%	211	216.32	224.99
Electorate: 9,609   Valid: 5,847 (60.85%)   Spoilt: 211   Quota: 975   Turnout: 6,058 (63.05%)