1989 Ballymoney Borough Council election
Appearance
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Elections to Ballymoney 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 16 councillors.
Election results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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UUP | 6 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
37.5 | 35.1 | 2,254 | ![]() | |
DUP | 6 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
37.5 | 33.9 | 2,185 | ![]() | |
SDLP | 3 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
18.8 | 21.7 | 1,401 | ![]() | |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
6.3 | 0.0 | 0 | ![]() | |
Sinn Féin | 0 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
0.0 | 9.3 | 600 | ![]() |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
[edit]Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
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UUP | DUP | SDLP | Others | ||||||
Ballymoney Town | N/A | 2 | N/A | 2 | N/A | 0 | N/A | 1 | 5 |
Bann Valley | 30.8 | 2 | 35.8 | 2 | 23.6 | 2 | 9.8 | 0 | 6 |
Bushvale | 40.8 | 2 | 31.3 | 2 | 19.2 | 1 | 8.7 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 35.1 | 6 | 33.9 | 6 | 21.7 | 3 | 9.3 | 1 | 16 |
Districts results
[edit]Ballymoney Town
[edit]1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1985-1989 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
DUP | Cecil Cousley* | N/A | N/A | |
UUP | James McKeown | N/A | N/A | |
Independent | Robert McComb* | N/A | N/A | |
DUP | Sam McConaghie | N/A | N/A | |
UUP | James Simpson* | N/A | N/A | |
Electorate: N/A Valid: N/A Spoilt: N/A Quota: N/A Turnout: N/A |
- As only five candidates had been nominated for five seats, there was no vote in Ballymoney Town and all five candidates were deemed elected.
Bann Valley
[edit]1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
UUP | Joe Gaston* | 21.21% | 790 | ||||
DUP | Robert Halliday | 19.06% | 710 | ||||
UUP | John Watt | 9.56% | 356 | 558.95 | |||
DUP | Robert Wilson* | 11.52% | 429 | 457.05 | 570.3 | ||
SDLP | Malachy McCamphill* | 12.08% | 450 | 452.31 | 452.56 | 455.47 | |
SDLP | Charley O'Kane | 11.54% | 430 | 430 | 430.25 | 431 | |
Sinn Féin | Una Casey | 9.80% | 365 | 365.33 | 365.58 | 365.58 | |
DUP | Daniel Taylor | 5.23% | 195 | 216.45 | 273.2 | ||
Electorate: 6,284 Valid: 3,725 (59.28%) Spoilt: 91 Quota: 533 Turnout: 3,816 (60.73%) |
Bushvale
[edit]1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
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1 | 2 | ||||
UUP | John Ramsay* | 21.18% | 575 | ||
UUP | William Logan* | 19.63% | 533 | ||
SDLP | Harry Connolly* | 19.19% | 521 | ||
DUP | Bill Kennedy | 18.31% | 497 | ||
DUP | Donald McKenzie | 13.04% | 354 | 474.32 | |
Sinn Féin | Malachy Carey | 8.66% | 235 | 235 | |
Electorate: 4,942 Valid: 2,715 (54.94%) Spoilt: 59 Quota: 453 Turnout: 2,774 (56.13%) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Local Government Election 1985-1989: Ballymoney". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 11 July 2021.