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All 15 seats to Larne Borough Council 8 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Larne 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 15 councillors.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Ulster Unionist | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 46.7 | 42.7 | 4,502 | 5.4 | |
DUP | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26.7 | 29.1 | 3,046 | 10.3 | |
Alliance | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 11.5 | 1,214 | 4.9 | |
Independent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 10.2 | 1,070 | 10.2 | |
Independent Nationalist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 700 | 0.3 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
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UUP | DUP | Alliance | Others | ||||||
Coast Road | 36.0 | 2 | 30.0 | 1 | 13.1 | 1 | 20.9 | 1 | 5 |
Larne Lough | 61.0 | 3 | 27.4 | 2 | 11.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Larne Town | 31.0 | 2 | 29.4 | 1 | 10.0 | 1 | 29.6 | 1 | 5 |
Total | 42.7 | 7 | 29.1 | 4 | 11.5 | 2 | 16.7 | 2 | 15 |
1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Thomas Robinson* | 23.19% | 777 | ||||
Independent Nationalist | William Cunning* | 20.89% | 700 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Joan Drummond | 12.80% | 429 | 554.72 | 561 | ||
DUP | Winston Fulton* | 14.26% | 478 | 496.48 | 560.44 | ||
Alliance | Amelia Kelly* | 13.10% | 439 | 446.84 | 454.4 | 592.32 | |
DUP | Rachel Rea* | 12.32% | 413 | 465.08 | 507.72 | 508.64 | |
DUP | Hill Taggart | 3.43% | 115 | 122 | |||
Electorate: 7,089 Valid: 3,351 (47.27%) Spoilt: 90 Quota: 559 Turnout: 3,441 (48.54%) |
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
1989: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1985-1989 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Roy Beggs* | 38.94% | 1,387 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | Thomas Baxter* | 13.81% | 492 | 927.58 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Samuel Steele* | 8.31% | 296 | 473.48 | 725.03 | |||
DUP | Bobby McKee | 13.73% | 489 | 560.34 | 592.74 | 633.24 | ||
DUP | Gary Haggan | 6.85% | 244 | 294.46 | 320.56 | 365.11 | 569.16 | |
Alliance | Thomas Caldwell | 11.54% | 411 | 435.94 | 449.44 | 472.39 | 496.83 | |
DUP | William Sloan | 6.82% | 243 | 267.36 | 273.66 | 295.26 | ||
Electorate: 7,198 Valid: 3,562 (49.49%) Spoilt: 116 Quota: 594 Turnout: 3,678 (51.10%) |
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
1985-1989 Change: Independent gain from DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
DUP | Jack McKee* | 25.76% | 979 | |||||
Independent | Pat Buckley | 23.63% | 855 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | Robert Robinson* | 16.03% | 580 | 630.31 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Rosalie Armstrong* | 14.95% | 541 | 576.1 | 595.18 | 606.34 | ||
Alliance | Patricia Kay | 6.30% | 228 | 229.95 | 333.63 | 487.55 | 615.21 | |
DUP | Leonard Sluman* | 2.35% | 85 | 362.29 | 365.17 | 365.92 | 418.13 | |
Independent | Roy Craig | 5.94% | 215 | 223.97 | 280.85 | 301.85 | ||
Alliance | William Geddis | 3.76% | 136 | 136.39 | 202.27 | |||
Electorate: 7,298 Valid: 3,619 (49.59%) Spoilt: 91 Quota: 604 Turnout: 3,710 (50.84%) |