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Elections to Newry and Mourne District Council were held on 17 May 1989 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.
Election results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SDLP | 17 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
56.7 | 49.4 | 18,805 | ![]() | |
UUP | 6 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
20.0 | 18.5 | 7,032 | ![]() | |
Sinn Féin | 4 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
13.3 | 14.0 | 5,336 | ![]() | |
Independent Nationalist | 2 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
6.7 | 5.6 | 2,142 | ![]() | |
Protestant Unionist | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
3.3 | 4.6 | 1,754 | ![]() | |
DUP | 0 | 0 | 2 | ![]() |
0.0 | 3.2 | 1,203 | ![]() | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
3.3 | 3.1 | 1,197 | ![]() | |
Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.9 | 360 | ![]() | |
Ind. Republican | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.5 | 208 | ![]() |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
[edit]Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
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SDLP | UUP | Sinn Féin | Others | ||||||
Crotlieve | 64.5 | 5 | 20.8 | 1 | 4.2 | 0 | 10.5 | 1 | 7 |
Newry Town | 47.2 | 4 | 10.4 | 1 | 14.6 | 1 | 27.8 | 1 | 7 |
Slieve Gullion | 57.1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.4 | 2 | 3.5 | 0 | 5 |
The Fews | 43.5 | 3 | 31.9 | 2 | 15.4 | 1 | 9.2 | 0 | 6 |
The Mournes | 32.4 | 2 | 26.0 | 2 | 3.1 | 0 | 38.5 | 1 | 5 |
Total | 49.4 | 17 | 18.5 | 6 | 14.0 | 4 | 18.1 | 3 | 30 |
District results
[edit]Crotlieve
[edit]1985: 4 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1989: 5 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
SDLP | P. J. Bradley* | 16.32% | 1,488 | |||||
UUP | Violet Cromie* | 15.11% | 1,378 | |||||
SDLP | Hugh Carr | 11.85% | 1,081 | 1,183.81 | ||||
Independent Nationalist | Ciaran Mussen* | 10.46% | 954 | 971.94 | 974.15 | 1,109.61 | 1,274.61 | |
SDLP | Patrick Maginn | 8.40% | 766 | 818.9 | 819.92 | 849.15 | 1,153.15 | |
SDLP | Jim McCart* | 10.89% | 993 | 1,054.87 | 1,055.72 | 1,080.87 | 1,121.77 | |
SDLP | Brian Mulligan* | 10.94% | 998 | 1,081.49 | 1,081.66 | 1,120.81 | 1,151.81 | |
UUP | John Fisher | 5.65% | 515 | 516.38 | 742.82 | 742.82 | 743.82 | |
SDLP | Felix O'Hare | 6.11% | 557 | 566.43 | 566.43 | 602.89 | ||
Sinn Féin | Ann Marie Willis | 4.27% | 389 | 392.91 | 392.91 | |||
Electorate: 13,264 Valid: 9,119 (68.75%) Spoilt: 256 Quota: 1,140 Turnout: 9,375 (70.68%) |
Newry Town
[edit]1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x IIP
1989: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1985-1989 Change: Independent Nationalist leaves IIP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
Independent Nationalist | Eugene Markey* | 11.71% | 973 | 974 | 1,006 | 1,039 | |||||||||
Sinn Féin | Brendan Curran* | 8.92% | 741 | 741 | 755 | 766 | 770 | 802 | 817 | 1,219 | |||||
SDLP | Arthur Ruddy* | 10.74% | 892 | 894 | 907 | 921 | 937 | 975 | 990 | 995 | 1,137 | ||||
SDLP | Frank Feely | 11.52% | 957 | 961 | 963 | 981 | 995 | 1,004 | 1,017 | 1,023 | 1,099 | ||||
SDLP | Sean Gallogly* | 9.84% | 818 | 821 | 826 | 837 | 877 | 882 | 905 | 911 | 1,023 | 1,045 | |||
SDLP | Patrick McElroy* | 7.39% | 614 | 618 | 623 | 627 | 688 | 699 | 722 | 727 | 828 | 840 | 933.45 | 988.55 | |
UUP | William McCaigue* | 10.41% | 865 | 865 | 869 | 871 | 871 | 873 | 882 | 882 | 886 | 888 | 888.89 | 889.84 | |
Independent | Louis Morgan | 6.44% | 535 | 538 | 554 | 569 | 586 | 627 | 687 | 711 | 742 | 821 | 823.67 | 827.47 | |
SDLP | John McArdle | 5.30% | 440 | 447 | 450 | 455 | 492 | 499 | 511 | 517 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Eileen Morgan | 5.66% | 470 | 470 | 473 | 476 | 480 | 484 | 495 | ||||||
Workers' Party | Kevin Morgan | 3.18% | 264 | 264 | 271 | 275 | 279 | 295 | |||||||
Independent Nationalist | James McKevitt | 2.59% | 215 | 217 | 219 | 232 | 236 | ||||||||
SDLP | Teddy McLoughlin | 2.43% | 202 | 202 | 204 | 206 | |||||||||
Independent | Peter McKevitt | 1.84% | 153 | 161 | 165 | ||||||||||
Independent | Noel Sloan | 1.61% | 134 | 135 | |||||||||||
Independent | Patrick Ruddy | 0.43% | 36 | ||||||||||||
Electorate: 13,812 Valid: 8,309 (60.16%) Spoilt: 321 Quota: 1,039 Turnout: 8,630 (62.48%) |
Slieve Gullion
[edit]1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin
1985-1989 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
SDLP | John Fee | 20.41% | 1,207 | ||||
SDLP | Pat Toner* | 19.85% | 1,174 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Jim McAllister* | 17.50% | 1,035 | ||||
SDLP | Michael O'Neill | 16.82% | 995 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Jimmy McCreesh | 12.78% | 756 | 825.16 | 855.52 | 928.92 | |
Sinn Féin | Patrick McDonald | 9.13% | 540 | 551.44 | 592.8 | 623.8 | |
Ind. Republican | Brian Woods | 3.52% | 208 | 347.88 | 464.04 | ||
Electorate: 8,845 Valid: 5,915 (66.87%) Spoilt: 292 Quota: 986 Turnout: 6,207 (70.18%) |
The Fews
[edit]1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
UUP | Danny Kennedy* | 18.19% | 1,406 | |||||
SDLP | Stephen McGinn | 14.98% | 1,158 | |||||
SDLP | James Savage* | 14.27% | 1,103 | 1,124 | ||||
SDLP | Charlie Smyth | 14.27% | 1,103 | 1,111 | ||||
UUP | Andy Moffett* | 13.66% | 1,056 | 1,079 | 1,350.74 | |||
Sinn Féin | Conor Murphy | 9.12% | 705 | 713 | 713.21 | 713.21 | 1,126.21 | |
DUP | Gordon Heslip* | 7.95% | 614 | 615 | 635.58 | 878.38 | 878.38 | |
Sinn Féin | Patrick Quinn | 6.30% | 487 | 491 | 491 | 491 | ||
Workers' Party | Brian Mulligan | 1.24% | 96 | |||||
Electorate: 10,545 Valid: 7,728 (73.29%) Spoilt: 223 Quota: 1,105 Turnout: 7,951 (75.40%) |
The Mournes
[edit]1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Protestant Unionist
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin, Protestant Unionist leaves DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Protestant Unionist | George Graham* | 25.18% | 1,754 | |||||
SDLP | Emmett Haughian | 18.79% | 1,309 | |||||
UUP | Henry Reilly | 16.91% | 1,178 | |||||
SDLP | Austin Crawford | 13.64% | 950 | 952.38 | 1,078.88 | 1,443.88 | ||
UUP | Arthur Coulter* | 9.10% | 634 | 911.1 | 911.76 | 927.78 | 947.78 | |
DUP | George McConnell | 8.46% | 589 | 890.58 | 890.69 | 893.92 | 897.92 | |
Independent | Mark Brennan | 4.87% | 339 | 341.04 | 349.62 | |||
Sinn Féin | Gabriel Curran | 3.06% | 213 | 213.34 | 218.29 | |||
Electorate: 9,812 Valid: 6,966 (70.99%) Spoilt: 184 Quota: 1,162 Turnout: 7,150 (72.87%) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Newry and Mourne". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c d e "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 30 July 2021.