1989 Armagh District Council election
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All 22 seats to Armagh District Council
12 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Ulster Unionist SDLP DUP
Seats won 11 8 2
Seat change Steady 0 Increase 1 Decrease 1
  Fourth party
 
Party Sinn Féin
Seats won 1
Seat change Steady 0

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

Armagh District Council Election Result 1989[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Ulster Unionist 11 0 0 Steady0 50.0 46.6 11,631 Increase2.8
  SDLP 8 1 0 Increase1 36.4 31.7 7,931 Increase1.6
  DUP 2 0 1 Decrease1 9.1 12.2 3,054 Decrease4.8
  Sinn Féin 1 0 0 Steady0 4.5 8.2 2,050 Increase1.8
  Workers' Party 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.9 232 Increase0.9
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.4 100 Increase0.4

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Armagh District Council election, 1989
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
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

Armagh City

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

Armagh City - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SDLP John Agnew* 16.07% 1,019          
Ulster Unionist George Macartney* 15.44% 979          
Ulster Unionist John Doogan* 14.16% 898          
SDLP Pat Brannigan* 14.08% 893 967.69        
SDLP 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
DUP 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

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

Crossmore - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Ulster Unionist Jim Nicholson* 28.29% 1,484    
SDLP Thomas Kavanagh 22.15% 1,162    
SDLP James McKernan* 19.85% 1,041    
Ulster Unionist Thomas Shilliday* 8.39% 440 1,036.96  
SDLP 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

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

Cusher - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Ulster Unionist Eric Speers* 20.38% 1,561    
DUP Thomas Black* 18.85% 1,444    
Ulster Unionist Thomas Johnston* 17.15% 1,314    
SDLP 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

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

The Orchard - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Ulster Unionist Jim Speers* 28.95% 1,665      
SDLP John Kernan 20.92% 1,203      
Ulster Unionist Samuel Foster* 14.87% 855 1,179.24    
DUP 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

  1. ^ a b "Local Government Election 1985-1989: Armagh". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c d "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
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