1989 Strabane District Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1989
1989 Strabane District Council election
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All 15 seats to Strabane District Council
8 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party DUP UUP SDLP
Seats won 3 3 3
Seat change Decrease 1 Steady 0 Steady 0
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Ind. Nationalist Alliance
Seats won 2 2 1
Seat change Decrease 1 Steady 0 Increase 1
  Seventh party
 
Party Ind. Unionist
Seats won 1
Seat change Increase 1

Elections to Strabane District 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 15 councillors.

Election results

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Strabane District Council Election Result 1989[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  UUP 3 0 0 Steady0 20.0 20.3 3,358 Increase1.2
  DUP 3 0 1 Decrease1 20.0 19.7 3,251 Decrease6.4
  SDLP 3 1 1 Steady0 20.0 17.9 2,955 Decrease1.2
  Sinn Féin 2 0 1 Decrease1 13.3 21.1 3,484 Decrease1.2
  Ind. Nationalist 2 1 1 Steady0 13.3 14.8 2,445 Increase1.4
  Ind. Unionist 1 1 0 Increase1 6.7 5.0 827 Increase5.0
  Alliance 1 1 0 Increase1 6.7 1.1 187 Increase1.1

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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Results of the Strabane District Council election, 1989
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
UUP DUP SDLP Sinn Féin Alliance Others
Derg 19.0 1 25.2 1 10.6 1 21.1 1 1.1 0 23.0 1 5
Glenelly 26.5 1 36.2 2 24.6 1 10.2 0 2.5 1 0.0 0 5
Mourne 16.2 1 0.0 0 18.9 1 30.6 1 0.0 0 34.3 2 5
Total 20.3 3 19.7 3 17.9 3 21.1 2 1.1 1 19.9 2 15

District results

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Derg

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

Derg - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
UUP Edward Turner* 18.97% 1,050          
DUP Thomas Kerrigan* 17.52% 970          
Sinn Féin Charles McHugh* 16.76% 928          
Ind. Unionist Derek Hussey 14.94% 827 890.48 915.24 915.24 924.8  
SDLP Laurence McNamee 10.64% 589 589.12 608.24 663.36 663.56 932.56
DUP Desmond Monteith 7.70% 426 478.8 485.6 486.6 514.72 519.72
Ind. Nationalist Denis McCrory* 8.00% 443 444.56 454.68 496.68 497  
Sinn Féin Thomas McNamee* 4.34% 240 240.12 241.12      
Alliance James Smyth 1.14% 63 69        
Electorate: 7,611   Valid: 5,536 (72.74%)   Spoilt: 175   Quota: 923   Turnout: 5,711 (75.04%)  

Glenelly

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

Glenelly - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
UUP James Emery 26.52% 1,359          
DUP John Donnell 21.82% 1,118          
SDLP John Gallagher* 20.20% 1,035          
DUP Samuel Rogers* 14.38% 737 1,186.54        
Alliance Hughes Colhoun 2.42% 124 168.46 473.71 684.71 748.18 835.78
Sinn Féin Martin Forbes 10.27% 526 526.76 527.31 530.31 580.31 671.91
SDLP Brian Logue 4.39% 225 229.18 253.93 272.93    
Electorate: 7,347   Valid: 5,124 (69.74%)   Spoilt: 156   Quota: 855   Turnout: 5,280 (71.87%)  

Mourne

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

Mourne - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Sinn Féin Ivan Barr* 22.70% 1,327        
Ind. Nationalist Peggy McManus* 19.21% 1,123        
Ind. Nationalist James O'Kane* 15.03% 879 907.56 978.96    
SDLP Joseph McElroy 10.96% 641 656.68 688.98 833.27 1,030.27
UUP John Cummings* 16.23% 949 950.68 952.89 953.34 953.51
Sinn Féin Ultan McNulty 7.92% 463 750.28 772.04 781.28 795.21
SDLP Bernard Mullen 4.34% 254 260.16 270.36 305.21  
SDLP Bernard McDermott 3.61% 211 216.32 224.99    
Electorate: 9,609   Valid: 5,847 (60.85%)   Spoilt: 211   Quota: 975   Turnout: 6,058 (63.05%)  

References

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  1. ^ a b "Local Government Election 1985-1989: Strabane". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
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