1989 Dungannon District Council election

Elections to Dungannon District 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 22 councillors.

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1989
1989 Dungannon District Council election
17 May 1989 (1989-05-17)
All 22 seats to Dungannon District Council
12 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Ulster Unionist SDLP Sinn Féin
Seats won 8 5 3
Seat change Steady Steady Decrease 1
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party DUP Independent Nationalist Workers' Party
Seats won 3 2 1
Seat change Steady Steady Increase 1

Election results
Dungannon District Council Election Result 1989[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Ulster Unionist 8 0 0 Steady0 36.4 37.5 8,775 Increase5.4
  SDLP 5 0 0 Steady0 22.7 20.1 4,711 Increase2.5
  Sinn Féin 3 0 1 Decrease1 13.6 18.7 4,369 Decrease4.2
  DUP 3 0 0 Steady0 13.6 13.1 3,059 Decrease4.1
  Independent Nationalist 2 0 0 Steady0 9.1 9.5 2,226 Decrease0.7
  Workers' Party 1 1 0 Increase1 4.5 1.1 276 Increase1.1

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Dungannon District Council election, 1989
by district
Ward  %
Cllrs
  %
Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
Cllrs
  %
Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
UUP SDLP Sinn Féin DUP Workers' Party Others
Blackwater 49.0 3 17.1 1 10.4 0 23.5 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 5
Clogher Valley 38.5 2 29.5 1 16.5 1 15.5 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 5
Dungannon Town 42.7 2 13.2 1 13.7 0 14.4 1 5.1 1 10.9 1 6
Torrent 21.3 1 20.1 2 32.6 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 26.0 1 6
Total 37.5 8 20.1 5 18.7 3 13.1 3 1.1 1 9.5 2 22

District results

Blackwater

1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: No change

Blackwater - 5 seats[2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12
DUP James Ewing* 23.52% 1,345  
Ulster Unionist Derek Irwin* 17.50% 1,001  
SDLP Patrick Daly* 17.14% 980  
Ulster Unionist Jim Hamilton 16.02% 916 1,107.89
Ulster Unionist Jim Brady* 15.46% 884 1,078.37
Sinn Féin Tony Gildernew 10.37% 593 594.55
Electorate: 7,203   Valid: 5,719 (79.40%)   Spoilt: 128   Quota: 954   Turnout: 5,847 (81.17%)  

    Clogher Valley

    1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
    1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
    1985-1989 Change: No change

    Clogher Valley - 5 seats[2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123
    Ulster Unionist Noel Mulligan* 19.71% 1,171    
    Ulster Unionist Samuel Brush* 18.80% 1,117    
    SDLP Anthony McGonnell* 17.86% 1,061    
    DUP William McIlwrath* 15.47% 919 1,082.2  
    Sinn Féin Raymond McMahon 16.53% 982 983.28 991.32
    SDLP John Monaghan 11.62% 690 696.08 813.33
    Electorate: 7,065   Valid: 5,940 (84.08%)   Spoilt: 142   Quota: 991   Turnout: 6,082 (86.09%)  

      Dungannon Town

      1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Nationalist
      1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Workers' Party, 1 x Independent Nationalist
      1985-1989 Change: Workers' Party gain from Sinn Féin

      Dungannon Town - 6 seats[2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      Ulster Unionist Ken Maginnis* 26.86% 1,479            
      Ulster Unionist William Brown* 15.87% 874            
      DUP Maurice Morrow* 14.44% 795            
      SDLP Vincent Currie* 10.35% 570 747 880        
      Independent Nationalist Michael McLoughlin* 10.90% 600 738 750 827.6      
      Workers' Party Gerry Cullen 5.01% 276 595 626 640.4 725.52 765.84 771.16
      Sinn Féin Peter Corrigan 13.75% 757 759 760 760.8 761.94 761.94 762
      SDLP Peggy Devlin 2.83% 156 197          
      Electorate: 8,169   Valid: 5,507 (67.41%)   Spoilt: 120   Quota: 787   Turnout: 5,627 (68.88%)  

        Torrent

        1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
        1989: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
        1985-1989 Change: No change

        Torrent - 6 seats[2]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456
        Independent Nationalist Jim Canning* 26.02% 1,626          
        Ulster Unionist Thomas Kempton* 21.33% 1,333          
        SDLP Jim Cavanagh* 10.93% 683 1,148.01        
        SDLP Angela Donnelly 5.71% 357 383.95 733.11 835.48 984.48  
        Sinn Féin Brendan Doris 12.13% 758 835.91 836.77 848.66 878.44 884.44
        Sinn Féin Martin McCaughey 11.66% 729 737.33 740.77 743.09 752.53 753.53
        Sinn Féin John Corr 8.80% 550 617.62 624.5 656.4 688.57 697.57
        SDLP Bridie O'Donnell 3.42% 214 294.85 373.11 476.64    
        Electorate: 8,643   Valid: 6,250 (72.31%)   Spoilt: 222   Quota: 893   Turnout: 6,472 (74.88%)  

          References
          1. "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Dungannon". www.ark.ac.uk.
          2. "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
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