1989 Ballymoney Borough Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1989

1989 Ballymoney Borough Council election

17 May 1989 (1989-05-17)
All 16 seats to Ballymoney Borough Council 9 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Ulster Unionist DUP SDLP Seats won 6 6 3 Seat change 0 0 1   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Independent Sinn Féin Seats won 1 0 Seat change 0 1

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.

Election results

Ballymoney Borough Council Election Result 1989

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	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.

Districts summary

Results of the Ballymoney Borough Council election, 1989
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	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

Districts results

Ballymoney Town

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

Ballymoney Town - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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

• As only five candidates had been nominated for five seats, there was no vote in Ballymoney Town and all five candidates were deemed elected.

Bann Valley

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

Bann Valley - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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%)

Bushvale

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

Bushvale - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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%)