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Elections to Magherafelt 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
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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SDLP | 4 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
26.7 | 26.7 | 4,790 | ![]() | |
UUP | 4 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
26.7 | 20.7 | 3,730 | ![]() | |
DUP | 3 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
20.0 | 23.4 | 4,197 | ![]() | |
Sinn Féin | 3 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
25.0 | 22.1 | 3,965 | ![]() | |
Independent Nationalist | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 3.8 | 691 | ![]() | |
Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 3.3 | 587 | ![]() |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
[edit]Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
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SDLP | UUP | DUP | Sinn Féin | Others | |||||||
Magherafelt Town | 27.4 | 1 | 18.5 | 1 | 36.7 | 2 | 15.9 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 5 |
Moyola | 21.3 | 1 | 29.5 | 2 | 21.5 | 1 | 24.2 | 1 | 3.5 | 0 | 5 |
Sperrin | 31.2 | 2 | 14.4 | 1 | 10.8 | 0 | 26.6 | 1 | 17.0 | 1 | 5 |
Total | 26.7 | 4 | 20.7 | 4 | 23.4 | 3 | 22.1 | 3 | 7.1 | 1 | 15 |
District results
[edit]Magherafelt Town
[edit]1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1985-1989 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
DUP | William McCrea* | 34.33% | 2,162 | ||||
SDLP | Patrick Kilpatrick* | 20.17% | 1,270 | ||||
UUP | Ernest Caldwell* | 18.55% | 1,168 | ||||
DUP | Paul McLean | 2.38% | 150 | 1,248.24 | |||
Sinn Féin | John Hurl | 15.93% | 1,003 | 1,003 | 1,021 | 1,034.26 | |
SDLP | Margaret O'Hagan | 7.27% | 458 | 459.04 | 648.76 | 713.06 | |
Workers' Party | Marian Donnelly | 1.38% | 87 | 90.12 | 101.1 | ||
Electorate: 8,585 Valid: 6,298 (73.36%) Spoilt: 123 Quota: 1,050 Turnout: 6,421 (74.79%) |
Moyola
[edit]1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
UUP | John Junkin* | 19.03% | 1,109 | ||||||
SDLP | Henry McErlean* | 15.05% | 877 | 940 | 940.48 | 1,290.48 | |||
Sinn Féin | Pauline Davey-Kennedy | 15.98% | 931 | 950 | 950 | 976 | |||
UUP | Norman Montgomery | 10.49% | 611 | 620 | 708.32 | 709.68 | 716.68 | 725.68 | |
DUP | Thomas Catherwood* | 11.91% | 694 | 696 | 714 | 715 | 718 | 724 | |
DUP | Thomas Milligan* | 9.59% | 559 | 562 | 586.24 | 587.24 | 588.24 | 588.24 | |
Sinn Féin | Margaret McKenna | 8.22% | 479 | 495 | 495 | 510 | 573 | ||
SDLP | Francis Madden | 6.30% | 367 | 425 | 425.48 | ||||
Workers' Party | Hugh Scullion | 3.43% | 200 | ||||||
Electorate: 7,941 Valid: 5,827 (73.38%) Spoilt: 182 Quota: 972 Turnout: 6,009 (75.67%) |
Sperrin
[edit]1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
1989: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin, Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
UUP | Robert Montgomery | 14.43% | 842 | 846 | 847 | 1,429 | ||
Independent Nationalist | Mary McSorley* | 11.84% | 691 | 753 | 796 | 821 | 997 | |
SDLP | Patrick Sweeney* | 10.52% | 614 | 680 | 952 | 957 | 986 | |
Sinn Féin | Bernard O'Hagan | 13.73% | 801 | 819 | 869 | 869 | 869 | |
SDLP | Ghislaine O'Keeney | 11.55% | 674 | 689 | 857 | 858 | 862 | |
Sinn Féin | Patrick Groogan | 12.87% | 751 | 794 | 803 | 804 | 805 | |
DUP | John Linton | 10.83% | 632 | 635 | 635 | |||
SDLP | Francis McKendry | 9.08% | 530 | 575 | ||||
Workers' Party | Francis Donnelly | 5.14% | 300 | |||||
Electorate: 7,827 Valid: 5,835 (74.55%) Spoilt: 134 Quota: 973 Turnout: 5,969 (76.26%) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Magherafelt". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 3 August 2021.