1989 Fermanagh District Council election
17 May 1989 (1989-05-17)
All 23 seats to Fermanagh District Council
12 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Ulster Unionist SDLP Sinn Féin
Seats won 10 5 4
Seat change Increase 2 Increase 1 Decrease 4
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party DUP Workers' Party Independent Nationalist
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change Steady 0 Increase 1 Increase 1
  Seventh party
 
Party Irish Independence
Seats won 0
Seat change Decrease 1

Elections to Fermanagh 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 23 councillors.

Election results

Fermanagh District Council Election Result 1989[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Ulster Unionist 10 2 0 Increase2 43.5 39.9 12,043 Increase6.9
  SDLP 5 1 0 Increase2 21.7 18.7 5,646 Increase1.9
  Sinn Féin 4 0 4 Decrease4 17.4 20.4 6,170 Decrease4.8
  DUP 2 0 0 Steady0 8.7 8.6 2,582 Decrease4.4
  Independent Nationalist 1 1 0 Increase1 4.3 5.3 1,604 Increase3.8
  Workers' Party 1 1 0 Increase1 0.0 3.8 1,150 Increase2.5
  Independent Republican 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.6 473 Increase1.6
  Alliance 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 1.0 305 Decrease0.8
  Independent Socialist 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.6 170 Increase0.6
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.1 25 Decrease0.1

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Fermanagh District Council election, 1989
by district
Ward  %
Cllrs
  %
Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
  %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
UUP SDLP Sinn Féin DUP Workers' Party Others
Enniskillen 45.6 3 13.5 1 14.2 1 10.5 1 12.6 1 3.6 1 7
Erne East 37.3 3 19.3 1 30.5 2 4.9 0 0.0 0 8.0 0 6
Erne North 42.1 2 27.7 2 10.4 0 19.8 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 5
Erne West 33.4 2 16.8 1 26.2 1 0.0 0 0.0 0 23.6 1 5
Total 39.9 10 18.7 5 20.4 4 8.6 2 3.8 1 8.6 1 23

District results

Enniskillen

1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Workers' Party
1985-1989 Change: Workers' Party gain from Sinn Féin

Enniskillen - 7 seats[2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678910
Ulster Unionist Raymond Ferguson* 17.97% 1,639                  
Ulster Unionist Samuel Foster* 16.28% 1,485                  
Workers' Party Davy Kettyles 12.61% 1,150                  
Ulster Unionist William Hetherington* 8.60% 784 1,058.04 1,202.25              
SDLP James Lunny* 7.40% 675 679.34 681.64 686.64 686.87 787.27 787.47 1,268.47    
Sinn Féin Pat Cox* 7.19% 656 656.31 656.31 658.31 660.31 663.31 663.31 685.31 762.73 1,361.73
DUP Roy Coulter* 8.81% 803 830.9 868.16 869.16 1,011.01 1,024.56 1,030.06 1,031.68 1,035.6 1,039.56
Ulster Unionist Bertie Kerr 2.72% 248 410.13 546.98 547.98 569.21 668.34 722.84 730.07 749.67 755.57
Sinn Féin John McManus 7.01% 639 639 639 645 645 646.31 646.31 655.31 682.75  
SDLP James Donnelly 6.09% 555 556.24 556.47 559.47 559.47 596.78 596.78      
Alliance William Barbour 3.34% 305 322.36 326.04 327.04 329.12          
DUP John Connor 1.70% 155 161.82 174.01 176.01            
Independent John Bothwell 0.27% 25 25.62 25.62              
Electorate: 12,402   Valid: 9,119 (73.53%)   Spoilt: 222   Quota: 1,140   Turnout: 9,341 (75.32%)  

    Erne East

    1985: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
    1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
    1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from Sinn Féin

    Erne East - 6 seats[2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456789
    SDLP Fergus McQuillan* 19.28% 1,547                
    Ulster Unionist Cecil Noble* 15.81% 1,268                
    Ulster Unionist Albert Liddle* 13.20% 1,059 1,061.38 1,135.36 1,159.36          
    Sinn Féin Brian McCaffrey 9.29% 745 776.28 776.28 776.28 783 783 920.5 1,423.5  
    Sinn Féin Plunket O'Neill* 7.62% 611 625.62 625.62 625.62 646.7 647.79 846.99 987.59 1,249.79
    Ulster Unionist Jean McVitty 8.31% 667 672.78 702.03 716.81 723.67 1,034.24 1,038.33 1,040.33 1,040.33
    Independent Republican John McCusker 5.90% 473 669.52 669.52 669.52 786.28 786.28 859.2 901.62 914.82
    Sinn Féin Vincent McCaffrey* 8.21% 659 685.52 685.52 685.52 695.54 695.54 739.32    
    Sinn Féin Ciaran Leonard 5.37% 431 473.16 473.34 474.34 484.72 485.72      
    DUP Paul Robinson 3.29% 264 264 271.11 357.74 358.74        
    Independent Socialist Seamus Mullan 2.12% 170 244.12 244.3 245.64          
    DUP Caroline Madill 1.60% 128 128.68 130.93            
    Electorate: 9,489   Valid: 8,022 (84.54%)   Spoilt: 155   Quota: 1,147   Turnout: 8,177 (86.17%)  

      Erne North

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

      Erne North - 5 seats[2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      Ulster Unionist Caldwell McClaughry* 24.34% 1,516        
      DUP Bert Johnston* 17.88% 1,114        
      Ulster Unionist Simon Loane* 13.04% 812 1,170.36      
      SDLP John O'Kane* 14.95% 931 932.86 934.79 1,042.32  
      SDLP Tommy Gallagher 12.74% 793 793.62 795.55 839.3 954.62
      Sinn Féin Brian McSorley 10.40% 648 648.93 648.93 649.55 651.1
      Ulster Unionist Gladys Nixon 4.77% 297 359.93 473.97    
      DUP Victor Milligan 1.89% 118 156.75      
      Electorate: 7,782   Valid: 6,229 (80.04%)   Spoilt: 110   Quota: 1,039   Turnout: 6,339 (81.46%)  

        Erne West

        1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x IIP
        1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
        1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from Sinn Féin, Independent Nationalist leaves IIP

        Erne West - 5 seats[2]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234
        Independent Nationalist Patrick McCaffrey* 23.60% 1,604      
        Ulster Unionist Wilson Elliott* 20.55% 1,397      
        Sinn Féin Paul Corrigan* 17.45% 1,186      
        SDLP Gerry Gallagher* 13.08% 889 1,055.6 1,265.6  
        Ulster Unionist Derrick Nixon 12.81% 871 875.08 880.46 1,138.86
        Sinn Féin Vincent Martin 8.75% 595 754.12 815.46 816.98
        SDLP Patrick McGovern 3.77% 256 390.98    
        Electorate: 8,034   Valid: 6,798 (84.62%)   Spoilt: 203   Quota: 1,134   Turnout: 7,001 (87.14%)  

          References

          1. 1 2 "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Fermanagh". www.ark.ac.uk.
          2. 1 2 3 4 "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
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