1989 Newtownabbey Borough Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1989

Elections to Newtownabbey Borough Council were held on 17 May 1989 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 25 councillors.

1989 Newtownabbey Borough Council election

17 May 1989 (1989-05-17)
All 25 seats to Newtownabbey Borough Council 13 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party UUP DUP Alliance Seats won 11 6 4 Seat change 1 3 2   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Ind. Unionist Labour '87 SDLP Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 0 1 1   Seventh party Eighth party   Party Newtownabbey Labour Independent Seats won 0 0 Seat change 1 1

Election results

Newtownabbey Borough Council Election Result 1989

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	UUP	11	1	0	1	44.0	45.8	9,953	8.2
	DUP	6	0	3	3	24.0	19.5	4,242	11.3
	Alliance	4	2	0	2	16.0	14.0	3,059	3.7
	Ind. Unionist	2	0	1	0	8.0	9.3	2,013	1.2
	Labour Party NI	1	1	0	1	4.0	4.6	987	New
	SDLP	1	0	0	1	4.0	3.1	684	0.7
	Workers' Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.8	395	0.5
	Independent	0	0	1	1	0.0	1.3	281	1.4
	Sinn Féin	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.5	96	New
	National Front	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	41	New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Newtownabbey Borough Council election, 1989
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	UUP		DUP		Alliance		SDLP		Others
Antrim Line	39.8	2	21.6	1	19.0	1	14.3	1	5.3	0	5
Ballyclare	37.5	2	17.5	1	7.2	0	0.0	0	37.8	2	5
Doagh Road	39.8	2	17.2	1	9.5	1	0.0	0	33.5	1	5
Manse Road	63.5	3	15.2	1	15.5	1	0.0	0	5.8	0	5
Shore Road	46.6	2	25.9	2	18.1	1	0.0	0	9.4	0	5
Total	45.8	11	19.5	6	14.0	4	3.1	1	17.6	3	25

Districts results

Antrim Line

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

Antrim Line - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Alliance	James Rooney*	18.97%	908
	DUP	Tommy Kirkham	16.71%	800
	SDLP	Tommy McTeague	14.29%	684	731.71	771.39	868.39
	UUP	James Smith	16.19%	775	788.65	796.95	806.95
	UUP	William Green*	15.00%	718	725.02	734.06	745.74
	UUP	Ivan Hunter*	8.65%	414	420.63	423.89	435.79
	DUP	William McDonnell*	4.91%	235	237.86	242.12	250.03
	Workers' Party	Brendan Harrison	2.97%	142	156.69	207.36
	Labour '87	Thomas Davidson	2.32%	111	127.77
Electorate: 10,918   Valid: 4,787 (43.85%)   Spoilt: 106   Quota: 798   Turnout: 4,893 (44.82%)

Ballyclare

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

Ballyclare - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	UUP	Stephen Turkington	21.48%	969
	Ind. Unionist	Arthur Templeton*	19.13%	863
	UUP	Thomas Downes	15.98%	721	846.12
	Ind. Unionist	Sidney Cameron*	12.52%	565	594.67	656.62	697.15	791.15
	DUP	Samuel Cameron	9.55%	431	442.96	461.26	478.48	527.16	600.94
	DUP	Samuel Gardiner*	7.96%	359	384.3	396.3	414.57	456.23	507.23
	Alliance	Trevor Strain	7.16%	323	326.22	332.37	334.26	399.81
	Independent	Leonard Hardy*	6.23%	281	297.79	308.29	319.63
Electorate: 11,546   Valid: 4,512 (39.08%)   Spoilt: 106   Quota: 753   Turnout: 4,618 (40.00%)

Doagh Road

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour
1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Labour '87
1985-1989 Change: Alliance gain from DUP, Newtownabbey Labour joins Labour '87

Doagh Road - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	UUP	Fraser Agnew*	21.70%	761
	Labour '87	Robert Kidd*	20.30%	712
	DUP	Billy Snoddy	17.22%	604
	UUP	Andrew Beattie*	15.00%	526	660.09
	Alliance	John Blair	9.52%	334	337.91	379.91	387.89	389.31	390.03	469.81	512.87
	Ind. Unionist	David Hollis*	7.01%	246	254.97	271.56	279.4	294.03	300.79	308.03	392
	UUP	Winifred Wright	3.11%	109	131.77	159.07	215.91	225.58	235.42	245.24
	Workers' Party	J. J. Magee	2.22%	78	78	104.88	105.16	109.72	109.84
	Sinn Féin	Liam Collins	2.74%	96	96	102.3	102.3	103.3	103.3
	National Front	David Kerr	1.17%	41	41.46	44.19	44.33
Electorate: 8,976   Valid: 3,507 (39.07%)   Spoilt: 118   Quota: 585   Turnout: 3,625 (40.39%)

Manse Road

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

Manse Road - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	UUP	George Herron*	37.56%	1,762
	UUP	James Robinson*	19.48%	914
	UUP	Arthur Kell	6.46%	303	1,131.78
	DUP	Samuel Neill*	15.20%	713	800.78
	Alliance	Gordon Mawhinney	15.46%	725	768.89	904.25
	Ind. Unionist	Thomas Buchanan	2.11%	99	109.83	305.35
	Workers' Party	Brendan Heaney	3.73%	175	182.41	196.98
Electorate: 11,302   Valid: 4,691 (41.51%)   Spoilt: 134   Quota: 782   Turnout: 4,825 (42.69%)

Shore Road

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

Shore Road - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	UUP	Barbara Gilliland	23.70%	1,008
	UUP	Ken Robinson*	22.87%	973
	DUP	Billy Boyd*	22.33%	950
	Alliance	William McKimmon	18.08%	769
	DUP	Jean Boyd	3.53%	150	351.31	544.86	767.16
	Ind. Unionist	William Ball	5.64%	240	310.93	363.43	376.17
	Labour '87	David Lowrie	3.86%	164	184.5	198.85	199.63
Electorate: 10,478   Valid: 4,254 (40.60%)   Spoilt: 148   Quota: 710   Turnout: 4,402 (42.01%)