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All 16 seats to Ballymoney Borough Council 9 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Ballymoney 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 16 councillors.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Ulster Unionist | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.5 | 35.1 | 2,254 | 5.2 | |
DUP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.5 | 33.9 | 2,185 | 8.0 | |
SDLP | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18.8 | 21.7 | 1,401 | 9.0 | |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 0 | 7.1 | |
Sinn Féin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 9.3 | 600 | 3.8 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
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UUP | DUP | SDLP | Others | ||||||
Ballymoney Town | N/A | 2 | N/A | 2 | N/A | 0 | N/A | 1 | 5 |
Bann Valley | 30.8 | 2 | 35.8 | 2 | 23.6 | 2 | 9.8 | 0 | 6 |
Bushvale | 40.8 | 2 | 31.3 | 2 | 19.2 | 1 | 8.7 | 0 | 5 |
Total | 35.1 | 6 | 33.9 | 6 | 21.7 | 3 | 9.3 | 1 | 16 |
1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1985-1989 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
DUP | Cecil Cousley* | N/A | N/A | |
Ulster Unionist | James McKeown | N/A | N/A | |
Independent | Robert McComb* | N/A | N/A | |
DUP | Sam McConaghie | N/A | N/A | |
Ulster Unionist | James Simpson* | N/A | N/A | |
Electorate: N/A Valid: N/A Spoilt: N/A Quota: N/A Turnout: N/A |
1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Joe Gaston* | 21.21% | 790 | ||||
DUP | Robert Halliday | 19.06% | 710 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | John Watt | 9.56% | 356 | 558.95 | |||
DUP | Robert Wilson* | 11.52% | 429 | 457.05 | 570.3 | ||
SDLP | Malachy McCamphill* | 12.08% | 450 | 452.31 | 452.56 | 455.47 | |
SDLP | Charley O'Kane | 11.54% | 430 | 430 | 430.25 | 431 | |
Sinn Féin | Una Casey | 9.80% | 365 | 365.33 | 365.58 | 365.58 | |
DUP | Daniel Taylor | 5.23% | 195 | 216.45 | 273.2 | ||
Electorate: 6,284 Valid: 3,725 (59.28%) Spoilt: 91 Quota: 533 Turnout: 3,816 (60.73%) |
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
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1 | 2 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | John Ramsay* | 21.18% | 575 | ||
Ulster Unionist | William Logan* | 19.63% | 533 | ||
SDLP | Harry Connolly* | 19.19% | 521 | ||
DUP | Bill Kennedy | 18.31% | 497 | ||
DUP | Donald McKenzie | 13.04% | 354 | 474.32 | |
Sinn Féin | Malachy Carey | 8.66% | 235 | 235 | |
Electorate: 4,942 Valid: 2,715 (54.94%) Spoilt: 59 Quota: 453 Turnout: 2,774 (56.13%) |