Elections to Moyle 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.
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Election results
editParty | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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SDLP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 29.6 | 1,756 | 0.8 | |
DUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 19.3 | 1,143 | 1.7 | |
Independent | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13.3 | 16.3 | 969 | 10.5 | |
Ind. Unionist | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 15.5 | 919 | 6.6 | |
UUP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 8.8 | 522 | 7.4 | |
Ind. Nationalist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 5.0 | 297 | 0.7 | |
Sinn Féin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.7 | 5.6 | 331 | 6.6 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
editWard | % |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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% |
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Total Cllrs |
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SDLP | DUP | UUP | Sinn Féin | Others | |||||||
Ballycastle | 25.2 | 1 | 20.5 | 1 | 11.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 42.7 | 2 | 5 |
Giant's Causeway | 0.0 | 0 | 29.3 | 2 | 17.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 53.1 | 2 | 5 |
The Glens | 55.1 | 3 | 10.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 14.2 | 1 | 19.9 | 1 | 5 |
Total | 29.6 | 4 | 19.3 | 3 | 8.8 | 2 | 5.6 | 1 | 36.7 | 5 | 15 |
District results
editBallycastle
edit1985: 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent
1989: 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1985-1989 Change: Independent gain from Sinn Féin
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
DUP | Gardiner Kane* | 20.52% | 385 | |||||
SDLP | Michael O'Cleary* | 20.20% | 379 | |||||
Independent | Archibald McAuley | 11.62% | 218 | 221.2 | 232.2 | 251.96 | 318.96 | |
Independent | James McShane* | 10.77% | 202 | 202.2 | 233.2 | 251.82 | 300.77 | |
UUP | Robert McPherson* | 11.62% | 218 | 284.2 | 285.2 | 285.2 | 297.39 | |
Independent | Seamus Blaney | 11.78% | 221 | 221.4 | 231.4 | 242.61 | 273.6 | |
Independent | Christopher McCaughan | 8.53% | 160 | 161.2 | 177.2 | 191.64 | ||
SDLP | Noel McCurdy | 4.96% | 93 | 93.6 | ||||
Electorate: 3,489 Valid: 1,876 (53.77%) Spoilt: 50 Quota: 313 Turnout: 1,926 (55.20%) |
Giant's Causeway
edit1985: 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1989: 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP
1985-1989 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
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1 | 2 | ||||
Ind. Unionist | Robert McIlroy | 32.02% | 554 | ||
DUP | James Rodgers* | 21.39% | 370 | ||
Ind. Unionist | Price McConaghy* | 18.44% | 319 | ||
UUP | Robert Getty* | 17.57% | 304 | ||
DUP | Glenda Rodgers | 7.92% | 137 | 346.71 | |
Ind. Unionist | Ronnie McIlvar | 2.66% | 46 | 100.27 | |
Electorate: 3,226 Valid: 1,730 (53.63%) Spoilt: 48 Quota: 289 Turnout: 1,778 (55.11%) |
The Glens
edit1985: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1989: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1985-1989 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
SDLP | Malachy McSparran* | 20.08% | 468 | ||||
Ind. Nationalist | Randal McDonnell* | 12.74% | 297 | 321.14 | 389.41 | ||
SDLP | Joseph Mitchell | 12.18% | 284 | 296.92 | 321.77 | 420.77 | |
SDLP | Patrick McBride* | 14.76% | 344 | 349.95 | 355.14 | 397.14 | |
Sinn Féin | James McCarry | 14.20% | 331 | 333.72 | 358.4 | 389.29 | |
DUP | Elizabeth White | 10.77% | 251 | 251.17 | 253.34 | 255.36 | |
SDLP | Daniel Anderson* | 8.07% | 188 | 207.04 | 244.1 | ||
Independent | Michael Brogan | 7.21% | 168 | 180.58 | |||
Electorate: 3,606 Valid: 2,331 (64.64%) Spoilt: 29 Quota: 389 Turnout: 2,360 (65.45%) |
References
edit- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Moyle". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 13 July 2021.