1989 Castlereagh Borough Council election
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All 21 seats to Castlereagh Borough Council 11 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Castlereagh 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[edit]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Democratic Unionist | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 42.9 | 45.0 | 9,077 | 3.0 | |
Ulster Unionist | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 28.6 | 27.0 | 5,452 | 2.0 | |
Alliance | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19.0 | 21.5 | 4,330 | 2.7 | |
Ind. Unionist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 796 | 2.3 | |
UPUP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.8 | 2.5 | 509 | 2.5 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary[edit]
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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 |
Districts results[edit]
Castlereagh Central[edit]
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 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Peter Robinson* | 50.75% | 3,461 | ||||||||
Ulster Unionist | Grant Dillon* | 13.40% | 914 | ||||||||
Alliance | Patrick Mitchell | 13.33% | 909 | ||||||||
Democratic Unionist | Alan Carson* | 4.06% | 277 | 1,895.04 | |||||||
Democratic Unionist | Joyce Boyd | 2.70% | 184 | 497.88 | 1,371.06 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | Ellen Gray* | 6.64% | 453 | 616.4 | 657.56 | 684.26 | 733.46 | 970.46 | |||
Democratic Unionist | Paul McNaughten | 0.38% | 26 | 124.8 | 192.42 | 646.32 | 647.16 | 666.92 | 729.71 | 759.29 | |
Democratic Unionist | 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%) |
Castlereagh East[edit]
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 | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Iris Robinson | 21.05% | 1,168 | |||||||||
Democratic Unionist | Matthew Anderson* | 16.91% | 938 | |||||||||
Ind. Unionist | William Abraham* | 13.63% | 756 | |||||||||
Alliance | William Boyd | 13.50% | 749 | |||||||||
Ulster Unionist | 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 | ||
Democratic Unionist | John Boyle* | 3.53% | 196 | 344.42 | 527.46 | 532.76 | 539.24 | 548.66 | 550.86 | 592.4 | 650.4 | |
Democratic Unionist | Mark Robinson | 2.20% | 122 | 371.28 | 402.22 | 407.04 | 410.88 | 421.71 | 424.24 | 457.28 | 492.28 | |
Ulster Unionist | 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%) |
Castlereagh South[edit]
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 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | John Taylor | 26.15% | 2,039 | |||||||
Democratic Unionist | Ernest Harper* | 25.06% | 1,954 | |||||||
Alliance | David Andrews* | 17.50% | 1,364 | |||||||
Democratic Unionist | Myreve Chambers* | 5.54% | 432 | 484.47 | 1,258.97 | |||||
Alliance | Geraldine Rice | 7.76% | 605 | 633.62 | 638.12 | 978.04 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Jean Clarke | 8.56% | 667 | 928.82 | 954.82 | 972.18 | 976.14 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Frederick Kane* | 5.16% | 402 | 812.22 | 838.72 | 851.88 | 857.46 | 870.46 | 1,013.46 | |
Democratic Unionist | Thomas Scott | 1.37% | 107 | 154.7 | 220.7 | 223.22 | 453.62 | 585.13 | 600.13 | |
Ulster Unionist | Marie Luney | 2.10% | 164 | 396.67 | 408.17 | 410.69 | 412.31 | 422.23 | ||
Democratic Unionist | 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%) |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Castlereagh". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.