North Down Borough Council election, 1989

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

Prior to the election three Ulster Unionist politicians, including George Green, had defected to the Conservative Party in Northern Ireland. The election saw the Conservative presence in North Down doubling, with the Conservatives emerging as the single largest party on the council.

Election Results

North Down Borough Council Election Result 1989^[1]
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	NI Conservatives	6					24.9	5,204
	UUP	5					21.7	4,548
	Alliance	4					20.7	4,313
	DUP	4					15.5	3,234
	Independent	2					6.9	1,443
	Ulster Popular Unionist	2					5.9	1,223
	Independent Unionist	1					2.8	578
	PUP	0					1.6	325

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Bangor West

Bangor West - 7 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10
	UUP	H. E. Bradford (incumbent)	10.7%	698	707	710	716	748	880
	Alliance	B. A. S. Wilson (incumbent)	10.7%	697	699	763	779	789	802	808	817
	NI Conservatives	T. G. Miskelly	9.6%	626	629	632	643	664	694	696	704	764	795
	NI Conservatives	J. H. O'Fee	8.8%	573
	NI Conservatives	J. Preston	%	537
	Independent	A. M. Hillen	%	537
	DUP	W. J. Baxter	%	462
	Alliance	W. Baillie	%	414
	UUP	R. H. Bradford	%	403
	UUP	T. McKeag	%	396
	DUP	R. A. Graham	%	347
	PUP	T. H. O'Brien	%	316
	Independent	C. G. Simpson	%	211
	Alliance	E. Bell	%	145
	DUP	E. McMurtry	%	135
	PUP	S. J. Meneely	%	9
Electorate: 15,249 Valid: 6,506 Spoilt: 147 Quota: 814 Turnout: 6,653 (43.6%)

References

Elections and referendums in Northern Ireland

NI general elections	1921 1925 1929 1933 1938 1945 1949 1953 1958 1962 1965 1969

Ad-hoc elections	1973 1975 1982 1996

Assembly elections	1998 2003 2007 2011 2016

European elections	1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014

Local elections	1924 1946 1967 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2011 2014

Referendums	1973 1998

UK general elections	2001 2005 2010 2015

See also: Elections in the Kingdom of Ireland Elections in Ireland as part of the UK UK elections

Council elections in County Down

Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon District Council	2014

Lisburn and Castlereagh District Council	2014

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council	2014

North Down and Ards District Council	2014

Ards Borough Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2011 Abolished

Banbridge District Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2011 Abolished

Castlereagh Borough Council	Castlereagh District Council 1973 Castlereagh Borough Council 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2011 Abolished

Craigavon Borough Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2011 Abolished

Down District Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2011 Abolished

Lisburn City Council	Lisburn Borough Council 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 Lisburn City Council 2005 2011 Abolished

Newry and Mourne District Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2011 Abolished

North Down Borough Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2011 Abolished

(1988 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 1989 (→ 1990)

County council elections (England)	Avon Bedfordshire Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cleveland Cornwall Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Dorset Durham East Sussex Essex Gloucestershire Hampshire Hereford and Worcester Hertfordshire Humberside Isle of Wight Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire Norfolk North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Shropshire Somerset Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Warwickshire West Sussex Wiltshire

County council elections (Wales)	Clwyd Dyfed Gwent Gwynedd Mid Glamorgan Powys South Glamorgan West Glamorgan

District councils (Northern Ireland)	Northern Irish District councils Antrim Ards Armagh Ballymena Ballymoney Banbridge Belfast Carrickfergus Castlereagh Coleraine Cookstown Craigavon Derry Down Dungannon Fermanagh Larne Limavady Lisburn Magherafelt Moyle Newry and Mourne Newtownabbey North Down Omagh Strabane

Sui generis	Isles of Scilly

See also: European Parliament election

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