1989 Armagh District Council election
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All 22 seats to Armagh District Council 12 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Armagh 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.
Election results[edit]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Ulster Unionist | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 46.6 | 11,631 | 2.8 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 36.4 | 31.7 | 7,931 | 1.6 | |
Democratic Unionist | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9.1 | 12.2 | 3,054 | 4.8 | |
Sinn Féin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 8.2 | 2,050 | 1.8 | |
Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 232 | 0.9 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 100 | 0.4 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary[edit]
Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
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UUP | SDLP | DUP | Sinn Féin | Others | |||||||
Armagh City | 29.6 | 2 | 43.0 | 3 | 10.4 | 0 | 13.3 | 1 | 3.7 | 0 | 6 |
Crossmore | 36.7 | 2 | 54.3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 9.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Cusher | 60.5 | 4 | 15.1 | 1 | 18.9 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 6 |
The Orchard | 55.6 | 3 | 20.9 | 1 | 16.5 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 46.6 | 11 | 31.7 | 8 | 12.2 | 2 | 8.2 | 1 | 1.3 | 0 | 22 |
District results[edit]
Armagh City[edit]
1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | John Agnew* | 16.07% | 1,019 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | George Macartney* | 15.44% | 979 | ||||||
Ulster Unionist | John Doogan* | 14.16% | 898 | ||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Pat Brannigan* | 14.08% | 893 | 967.69 | |||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Anna Brolly | 12.87% | 816 | 841.19 | 841.26 | 897.96 | 996.96 | ||
Sinn Féin | Seamus Hart | 8.51% | 540 | 544.18 | 544.18 | 545.08 | 576.81 | 881.64 | |
Democratic Unionist | Harold Carson | 10.41% | 660 | 660.33 | 666.56 | 666.56 | 672.93 | 673.93 | |
Sinn Féin | Stephen Fields | 4.81% | 305 | 307.09 | 307.09 | 307.54 | 325.76 | ||
Workers' Party | Patrick McCusker | 3.66% | 232 | 235.74 | 236.65 | 237.91 | |||
Electorate: 9,628 Valid: 6,342 (65.87%) Spoilt: 202 Quota: 907 Turnout: 6,544 (67.97%) |
Crossmore[edit]
1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1985-1989 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Jim Nicholson* | 28.29% | 1,484 | |||
Social Democratic and Labour | Thomas Kavanagh | 22.15% | 1,162 | |||
Social Democratic and Labour | James McKernan* | 19.85% | 1,041 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Thomas Shilliday* | 8.39% | 440 | 1,036.96 | ||
Social Democratic and Labour | Charles Mallon* | 12.26% | 643 | 643.82 | 897.57 | |
Sinn Féin | Thomas Carroll | 9.06% | 475 | 475 | 499.25 | |
Electorate: 7,295 Valid: 5,245 (71.90%) Spoilt: 158 Quota: 875 Turnout: 5,403 (74.06%) |
Cusher[edit]
1985: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Eric Speers* | 20.38% | 1,561 | |||
Democratic Unionist | Thomas Black* | 18.85% | 1,444 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Thomas Johnston* | 17.15% | 1,314 | |||
Social Democratic and Labour | Thomas Canavan | 15.07% | 1,154 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Robert Turner* | 12.22% | 936 | 1,239.49 | ||
Ulster Unionist | James Clayton* | 10.73% | 822 | 974.52 | 1,314.72 | |
Sinn Féin | Margaret McNally | 4.30% | 329 | 329 | 329.56 | |
Independent | Eugene Turley | 1.31% | 100 | 109.61 | 113.81 | |
Electorate: 9,988 Valid: 7,660 (76.69%) Spoilt: 151 Quota: 1,095 Turnout: 7,811 (78.20%) |
The Orchard[edit]
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Jim Speers* | 28.95% | 1,665 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | John Kernan | 20.92% | 1,203 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Samuel Foster* | 14.87% | 855 | 1,179.24 | |||
Democratic Unionist | Douglas Hutchinson* | 16.52% | 950 | 1,081.88 | |||
Ulster Unionist | Olive Whitten | 11.77% | 677 | 910.52 | 928 | 1,147.9 | |
Sinn Féin | Brendan Casey | 6.97% | 401 | 401 | 625.02 | 625.02 | |
Electorate: 8,056 Valid: 5,751 (71.39%) Spoilt: 111 Quota: 959 Turnout: 5,862 (72.77%) |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Local Government Election 1985-1989: Armagh". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 24 July 2021.