1989 Castlereagh Borough Council election
17 May 1989 (1989-05-17)
All 21 seats to Castlereagh Borough Council
11 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party DUP Ulster Unionist Alliance
Seats won 9 6 4
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 2 Increase 1
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party UPUP Ind. Unionist
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Increase 1 Increase 1

Elections to Castlereagh Borough 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 21 councillors.

Election results

Castlereagh Borough Council Election Result 1989[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  DUP 9 0 1 Decrease1 42.9 45.0 9,077 Decrease3.0
  Ulster Unionist 6 0 2 Decrease2 28.6 27.0 5,452 Decrease2.0
  Alliance 4 0 1 Increase1 19.0 21.5 4,330 Increase2.7
  Ind. Unionist 1 1 0 Increase1 4.8 4.0 796 Increase2.3
  UPUP 1 1 0 Increase1 4.8 2.5 509 Increase2.5

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Castlereagh Borough Council election, 1989
by district
Ward  %
Cllrs
  %
Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
DUP UUP Alliance UPUP Others
Castlereagh Central 60.1 4 20.0 2 19.9 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 7
Castlereagh East 43.7 3 14.7 1 18.1 1 9.2 1 14.3 1 7
Castlereagh South 32.8 2 42.0 3 25.2 2 0.0 0 0.0 0 7
Total 45.0 9 27.0 6 21.5 4 2.5 1 4.0 1 21

Districts results

Castlereagh Central

1985: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1989: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
1985-1989 Change: No change

Castlereagh Central - 7 seats[2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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DUP Peter Robinson* 50.75% 3,461              
Ulster Unionist Grant Dillon* 13.40% 914              
Alliance Patrick Mitchell 13.33% 909              
DUP Alan Carson* 4.06% 277 1,895.04            
DUP Joyce Boyd 2.70% 184 497.88 1,371.06          
Ulster Unionist Ellen Gray* 6.64% 453 616.4 657.56 684.26 733.46 970.46    
DUP Paul McNaughten 0.38% 26 124.8 192.42 646.32 647.16 666.92 729.71 759.29
DUP Cecil Moore 2.20% 150 510.24 553.85 583.55 584.81 621.55 675.24 699.55
Alliance Ann Smith 6.54% 446 474.88 479.29 481.09 482.53      
Electorate: 14,462   Valid: 6,820 (47.16%)   Spoilt: 188   Quota: 853   Turnout: 7,008 (48.46%)  

    Castlereagh East

    1985: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance
    1989: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UPUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
    1985-1989 Change: UPUP and Independent Unionist gain from UUP (two seats)

    Castlereagh East - 7 seats[2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456789
    DUP Iris Robinson 21.05% 1,168                
    DUP Matthew Anderson* 16.91% 938                
    Ind. Unionist William Abraham* 13.63% 756                
    Alliance William Boyd 13.50% 749                
    Ulster Unionist John Bell 9.03% 501 522.32 535.58 538.1 563.86 626.15 643.75 868.75  
    UPUP Tommy Jeffers 9.17% 509 530.73 537.23 539.64 552.04 643.35 663.7 695.7  
    DUP John Boyle* 3.53% 196 344.42 527.46 532.76 539.24 548.66 550.86 592.4 650.4
    DUP Mark Robinson 2.20% 122 371.28 402.22 407.04 410.88 421.71 424.24 457.28 492.28
    Ulster Unionist Alexander Murray 5.62% 312 332.91 335.77 347.03 353.27 384.43 393.12    
    Alliance Muriel Wilkes 4.63% 257 263.56 265.64 272.64 274.4        
    Ind. Unionist Michael Brooks 0.72% 40 41.23 43.83            
    Electorate: 14,754   Valid: 5,548 (37.60%)   Spoilt: 155   Quota: 694   Turnout: 5,703 (38.65%)  

      Castlereagh South

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

      Castlereagh South - 7 seats[2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      Ulster Unionist John Taylor 26.15% 2,039            
      DUP Ernest Harper* 25.06% 1,954            
      Alliance David Andrews* 17.50% 1,364            
      DUP Myreve Chambers* 5.54% 432 484.47 1,258.97        
      Alliance Geraldine Rice 7.76% 605 633.62 638.12 978.04      
      Ulster Unionist Jean Clarke 8.56% 667 928.82 954.82 972.18 976.14    
      Ulster Unionist Frederick Kane* 5.16% 402 812.22 838.72 851.88 857.46 870.46 1,013.46
      DUP Thomas Scott 1.37% 107 154.7 220.7 223.22 453.62 585.13 600.13
      Ulster Unionist Marie Luney 2.10% 164 396.67 408.17 410.69 412.31 422.23  
      DUP Gillian McCorkell 0.80% 62 83.2 141.2 142.6 178.6    
      Electorate: 17,232   Valid: 7,796 (45.24%)   Spoilt: 210   Quota: 975   Turnout: 8,006 (46.46%)  

        References

        1. 1 2 "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Castlereagh". www.ark.ac.uk.
        2. 1 2 3 "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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