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1989 Derry City Council election

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1989 Derry City Council election
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All 30 seats to Derry City Council
16 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party SDLP Sinn Féin DUP
Seats won 15 5 4
Seat change Increase 1 Steady 0 Decrease 1

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party UUP Ind. Unionist Ulster Democratic
Seats won 3 2 1
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 2 Increase 1

  Seventh party
 
Party Irish Independence
Seats won 0
Seat change Decrease 1

Elections to Derry City 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 30 councillors.

Election results

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Derry City Council Election Result 1989[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SDLP 15 1 0 Increase1 50.0 49.7 18,454 Increase7.8
  Sinn Féin 5 0 0 Steady0 16.7 16.4 6,082 Decrease0.7
  DUP 4 0 1 Decrease1 13.3 13.5 5,003 Decrease3.8
  UUP 3 0 2 Decrease1 10.0 10.2 3,800 Decrease2.9
  Ind. Unionist 2 2 0 Increase2 6.7 3.7 1,390 Increase3.7
  Ulster Democratic 1 1 0 Increase1 3.3 2.6 980 New
  Ind. Nationalist 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 2.2 804 Increase2.2
  Alliance 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.6 238 Decrease2.1
  Workers' Party 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.1 358 Increase0.4

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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Results of the Derry City Council election, 1989
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
%
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
SDLP Sinn Féin DUP UUP UDP Others
Cityside 51.7 3 42.2 3 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 6.1 0 6
Northland 67.1 4 18.8 1 0.0 0 6.9 0 0.0 0 7.2 1 6
Rural 41.4 3 0.0 0 25.1 2 23.4 2 3.8 0 6.3 0 7
Shantallow 73.8 4 21.9 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 4.3 0 5
Waterside 19.7 1 8.1 0 36.0 2 15.0 1 8.3 1 12.9 1 6
Total 49.7 15 16.4 5 13.5 4 10.2 3 2.6 1 7.6 2 30

District results

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Cityside

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1985: 3 x SDLP, 3 x Sinn Féin
1989: 3 x SDLP, 3 x Sinn Féin
1985-1989 Change: No change

Cityside - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
SDLP Patrick Devine* 17.15% 1,011      
Sinn Féin Hugh Brady* 15.22% 897      
SDLP Tony Carlin* 12.45% 734 786.7 859.7  
Sinn Féin Mitchel McLaughlin* 11.84% 698 699.02 855.02  
Sinn Féin Anne McGuinness* 11.13% 656 660.25 777.42 821.34
SDLP Jim Clifford 10.86% 640 706.13 802.89 805.17
SDLP Pat Ramsey* 11.27% 664 693.58 766.96 767.14
Workers' Party Eamonn Melaugh 6.07% 358 366.67    
Sinn Féin Gerry Doherty 4.00% 236 236.85    
Electorate: 9,973   Valid: 5,894 (59.10%)   Spoilt: 232   Quota: 843   Turnout: 6,126 (61.43%)  

Northland

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1985: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x IIP
1989: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Unionist
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from IIP, Independent Unionist leaves UUP

Northland - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SDLP John Tierney* 18.31% 1,565          
SDLP Anna Gallagher* 15.08% 1,289          
SDLP William McCorriston 13.20% 1,128 1,228.28        
Sinn Féin Bernard McFadden* 13.84% 1,183 1,197.26 1,561.26      
SDLP John Kerr 11.43% 977 1,054.51 1,065.81 1,113.81 1,127.81 1,133.81
Ind. Unionist David Davis* 7.10% 607 622.18 629.1 651.1 654.2 1,128.48
SDLP Leonard Green* 9.10% 778 889.78 898.7 917.7 960.05 972.05
UUP Jack Allen 6.90% 590 591.15 593.15 593.15 593.25  
Sinn Féin Martin Nelis 5.01% 428 437.89        
Electorate: 14,337   Valid: 8,545 (59.60%)   Spoilt: 284   Quota: 1,221   Turnout: 8,829 (61.58%)  

Rural

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1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1985-1989 Change: No change

Rural - 7 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
SDLP Annie Courtney* 12.90% 1,117                
DUP William Hay* 12.45% 1,078 1,159              
UUP John Adams* 10.64% 922 995 1,007.22 1,007.34 1,116.34        
SDLP John McNickle* 11.81% 1,023 1,027 1,027 1,034.98 1,034.98 1,034.98 1,288.98    
SDLP George Peoples 10.92% 946 947 947 952.28 963.28 963.92 1,112.92    
DUP Mervyn Lindsay 7.32% 634 668 712.18 712.21 755.15 757.71 758.77 758.77 1,164.77
UUP Ernest Hamilton* 7.34% 636 675 678.76 678.88 966.91 995.07 996.28 1,000.28 1,020.28
Ind. Nationalist Michael Breslin 6.28% 544 544 544.94 546.68 547.68 548 605.73 651.73 652.73
DUP David Nicholl 5.32% 461 501 510.4 510.52 527.52 527.84 531.08 533.08  
SDLP Robert Brolly 5.76% 499 499 500.88 516.99 516.99 516.99      
UUP Margaret Parkhill 5.46% 473 484 485.88 486          
Ulster Democratic Ernest Curry 3.80% 329                
Electorate: 13,344   Valid: 8,662 (64.91%)   Spoilt: 211   Quota: 1,084   Turnout: 8,873 (66.49%)  

Shantallow

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1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1985-1989 Change: No change

Shantallow - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SDLP Mary Bradley* 24.47% 1,502        
SDLP Noel McKenna* 19.60% 1,203        
SDLP William O'Connell* 16.69% 1,024        
SDLP Shaun Gallagher 13.08% 803 1,237.7      
Sinn Féin Gearóid Ó hEára 12.37% 759 770.55 778.6 847.75 934.75
Sinn Féin Richard Halpenny 9.55% 586 598.25 626.95 726.8 796.8
Ind. Nationalist Thomas Mullan 4.24% 260 272.95 331.4    
Electorate: 10,573   Valid: 6,137 (58.04%)   Spoilt: 228   Quota: 1,023   Turnout: 6,365 (60.20%)  

Waterside

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1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1989: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UDP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1985-1989 Change: UDP gain from DUP, Independent Unionist leaves UUP

Waterside - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
DUP Gregory Campbell* 22.07% 1,737                  
UUP George Duddy* 5.70% 449 500.45 511.15 519.5 656.5 1,153.45        
DUP Joe Miller 9.88% 778 875.65 881.35 900.75 925.25 945.15 949.74 949.74 1,245.74  
Ind. Unionist James Guy* 9.95% 783 815.9 913.95 922.3 966.15 1,002.45 1,014.6 1,033 1,112.42 1,155.89
SDLP Gerald Toland 10.41% 819 819 862 863 863 863 863 1,034.62 1,034.62 1,034.62
Ulster Democratic Kenneth Kerr 4.94% 389 429.95 433.95 656.8 674.9 687.3 687.84 687.84 810 885.9
SDLP Wilfred White 9.30% 732 732 753 753 753 754 754 791 791 791
DUP Robert Hall 4.00% 315 594.65 602 610.4 619.9 636.15 646.68 646.68    
Sinn Féin John Carlin 8.12% 639 639.35 642.35 642.35 642.35 644.75 645.02      
UUP Gladys Carey 4.61% 363 422.15 432.85 436.2 602.4          
UUP Albert McCartney 4.66% 367 391.5 404.85 407.2            
Ulster Democratic Ronnie O'Brien 3.33% 262 270.4 276.75              
Alliance Snoo Sinclair 3.02% 238 243.6                
Electorate: 12,405   Valid: 7,871 (63.45%)   Spoilt: 159   Quota: 1,125   Turnout: 8,030 (64.73%)  

References

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  1. ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Derry". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 11 August 2021.