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Elections to Omagh 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 21 councillors.
Election results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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SDLP | 6 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
28.6 | 26.1 | 5,587 | ![]() | |
Sinn Féin | 6 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
28.6 | 24.9 | 5,331 | ![]() | |
UUP | 5 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
23.8 | 21.9 | 4,679 | ![]() | |
DUP | 3 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
14.3 | 15.1 | 3,217 | ![]() | |
Independent Nationalist | 1 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
4.8 | 4.1 | 872 | ![]() | |
Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 4.2 | 895 | ![]() | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 3.7 | 800 | ![]() |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
[edit]Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
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SDLP | Sinn Féin | UUP | DUP | Others | |||||||
Mid Tyrone | 17.4 | 1 | 34.8 | 3 | 20.7 | 2 | 10.5 | 0 | 16.6 | 1 | 7 |
Omagh Town | 36.6 | 3 | 13.8 | 1 | 15.5 | 1 | 21.7 | 2 | 12.4 | 1 | 7 |
West Tyrone | 26.6 | 2 | 23.9 | 2 | 28.2 | 2 | 14.3 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
Total | 26.1 | 6 | 24.9 | 6 | 21.9 | 5 | 15.1 | 3 | 12.0 | 1 | 21 |
District results
[edit]Mid Tyrone
[edit]1985: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x IIP
1989: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP, Independent Nationalist leaves IIP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Patrick McMahon | 15.41% | 1,186 | ||||||||
Sinn Féin | Barney McAleer* | 10.24% | 788 | 962.04 | |||||||
UUP | Desmond Anderson | 11.78% | 906 | 906 | 923 | 933 | 975 | ||||
SDLP | Seamus Shields | 9.55% | 735 | 750.58 | 769.96 | 859.53 | 859.53 | 1,320.53 | |||
Independent Nationalist | Brian McGrath* | 11.33% | 872 | 877.89 | 892.89 | 939.89 | 940.89 | 1,017.89 | |||
Sinn Féin | Sean Clarke | 9.10% | 700 | 715.01 | 715.01 | 727.58 | 728.58 | 748.77 | 817.77 | 830.77 | |
UUP | William Thompson* | 8.90% | 685 | 685 | 727 | 739 | 752 | 765.57 | 773.57 | 774.57 | |
DUP | Willis Cooke* | 6.32% | 486 | 486 | 489 | 489 | 750 | 751 | 756 | 756 | |
SDLP | Nuala McSherry | 7.81% | 601 | 603.47 | 635.47 | 679.47 | 681.66 | ||||
DUP | Tommy Armstrong | 4.21% | 324 | 324.19 | 325.19 | 325.19 | |||||
Workers' Party | Patrick McClean | 3.17% | 244 | 246.47 | 269.47 | ||||||
Alliance | Ethne McClelland | 2.17% | 167 | 167.38 | |||||||
Electorate: 10,300 Valid: 7,694 (74.70%) Spoilt: 273 Quota: 962 Turnout: 7,967 (77.35%) |
Omagh Town
[edit]1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Labour
1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1985-1989 Change: Independent Labour joins SDLP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
DUP | Oliver Gibson* | 17.39% | 1,058 | ||||||||||
SDLP | Johnny McLaughlin* | 13.48% | 820 | ||||||||||
UUP | Wilfred Breen* | 12.10% | 736 | 792.84 | |||||||||
SDLP | Patrick McGowan* | 12.39% | 754 | 754.84 | 771.57 | ||||||||
Sinn Féin | Francis Mackey* | 11.44% | 696 | 696.28 | 702.3 | 702.3 | 702.3 | 823.3 | |||||
SDLP | Stephen McKenna* | 5.42% | 330 | 330 | 348.48 | 348.64 | 354.71 | 358.99 | 358.99 | 372.99 | 613.23 | 771.23 | |
DUP | Stanley Johnston | 4.28% | 260 | 464.4 | 464.47 | 481.27 | 481.43 | 481.43 | 679.13 | 679.13 | 690.25 | 700.09 | |
Alliance | Patrick Bogan | 5.01% | 305 | 305.56 | 306.47 | 306.95 | 398.25 | 398.32 | 418.76 | 419.76 | 447.04 | 519.86 | |
Workers' Party | James Doody | 5.51% | 335 | 336.12 | 341.23 | 341.23 | 344.65 | 348.72 | 358.16 | 369.16 | 394.79 | ||
SDLP | Arthur Breen | 5.34% | 325 | 325.84 | 329.48 | 329.8 | 332.8 | 334.94 | 340.5 | 341.5 | |||
UUP | Rachel Hussey | 3.42% | 208 | 234.32 | 234.6 | 247.4 | 252.4 | 252.4 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Colm Grimes | 2.35% | 143 | 143 | 144.05 | 144.05 | 144.05 | ||||||
Alliance | Eric Bullick | 1.89% | 115 | 116.12 | 116.54 | 117.02 | |||||||
Electorate: 9,451 Valid: 6,085 (64.38%) Spoilt: 179 Quota: 761 Turnout: 6,264 (66.28%) |
West Tyrone
[edit]1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
UUP | Arthur McFarland* | 17.28% | 1,314 | ||||||||||
SDLP | Liam McQuaid* | 14.63% | 1,112 | ||||||||||
UUP | Allan Rainey | 10.92% | 830 | 1,135.1 | |||||||||
DUP | Harry Cairns* | 10.94% | 832 | 856.03 | 961.6 | ||||||||
Sinn Féin | Gerry McMenamin* | 11.02% | 838 | 838.27 | 838.27 | 841.42 | 841.42 | 841.42 | 923.42 | 927.57 | 927.74 | 979.19 | |
Sinn Féin | Cecilia Quinn* | 10.02% | 762 | 762.27 | 762.44 | 777.74 | 777.74 | 778.01 | 860.31 | 865.76 | 866.76 | 890.08 | |
SDLP | Gregory McMullan* | 5.54% | 421 | 421.27 | 421.61 | 512.51 | 512.51 | 512.51 | 517.66 | 560.11 | 567.32 | 748.7 | |
SDLP | James Connolly | 6.43% | 489 | 489 | 489.17 | 520.07 | 520.08 | 521.25 | 540.4 | 574.64 | 587.63 | 636.42 | |
Workers' Party | Tommy Owens | 4.16% | 316 | 316.81 | 317.83 | 328.33 | 328.33 | 329.03 | 333.03 | 398.72 | 417.27 | ||
DUP | Raymond Farrell | 1.79% | 136 | 145.18 | 173.4 | 173.55 | 177.63 | 313.27 | 314.27 | 332.98 | |||
Alliance | Ann Gormley | 2.80% | 213 | 215.97 | 225.32 | 228.17 | 228.22 | 231.49 | 235.64 | ||||
Sinn Féin | William McLaughlin | 2.87% | 218 | 218 | 218 | 218.9 | 218.9 | 218.9 | |||||
DUP | Raymond Little | 1.59% | 121 | 129.91 | 165.61 | 165.61 | 167.22 | ||||||
Electorate: 9,836 Valid: 7,602 (77.29%) Spoilt: 243 Quota: 951 Turnout: 7,845 (79.76%) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Omagh". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 15 August 2021.