1989 Ards Borough Council election

1989 Ards Borough Council election
← 1985 17 May 1989 1993 →
All 20 seats to Ards Borough Council; 11 seats needed for a majority

Elections to Ards 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 20 councillors.

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
UUP	8	2	0	2	40.0	41.3	7,926	10.8
DUP	7	0	1	1	35.0	32.2	6,187	7.1
Alliance	4	1	0	1	20.0	18.8	3,610	6.4
Ind. Unionist	1	1	0	1	5.0	4.7	907	4.7
Independent	0	0	1	1	0.0	2.9	564	1.2

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	UUP		DUP		Alliance		Others		Total Cllrs
Ards Peninsula	38.3	3	30.0	2	23.6	2	8.1	0	7
Ards West	54.5	3	27.8	2	17.6	1	0.0	0	6
Newtownards	32.1	2	38.9	3	14.7	1	14.3	1	7
Total	41.3	8	32.2	7	18.8	4	7.7	1	20

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Alliance	Kieran McCarthy*	16.19%	1,119
	DUP	Jim Shannon*	14.90%	1,030
	UUP	John Shields*	14.73%	1,018
	UUP	Robert Ambrose*	14.59%	1,008
	DUP	Mervyn Rea	8.45%	584	588.56	682.4	705.49	738.45	748.8	1,139.8
	UUP	Ronald Ferguson	6.64%	459	464.52	474.21	586.38	688.3	786.85	845.31	983.31
	Alliance	Clifford Auld	7.41%	512	698	705.48	717.3	726.1	742	753.72	765.72
	Independent	James McMullan	8.16%	564	616.32	616.83	616.83	617.95	619	624.15	632.15
	DUP	Oliver Johnston*	6.54%	452	453.44	502.4	511.57	519.09	531.84
	UUP	Trevor Hussey	2.39%	165	167.4	172.5
Electorate: 16,006 Valid: 6,911 (43.18%) Spoilt: 229 Quota: 864 Turnout: 7,140 (44.61%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	UUP	Robert Gibson*	23.16%	1,375
	UUP	Edward Archdale	13.73%	815	930.05
	UUP	Bobby McBride*	13.02%	773	856.46
	DUP	David McKibbin	10.43%	619	698.17	702.09	759.48	887.48
	Alliance	Jim McBriar*	11.12%	660	692.37	696.57	700.57	706.8	1,072.8
	DUP	John Hamilton*	10.97%	651	684.15	689.47	727.47	817.61	822.78
	UUP	William Elliott	4.60%	273	427.05	488.37	497.65	515	530.07
	Alliance	Alan McDowell	6.52%	387	393.24	394.08	400.08	402.08
	DUP	Glynn Moore	3.20%	190	205.21	207.45	268.12
	DUP	Andrew Marks	3.27%	194	195.17	196.01
Electorate: 13,303 Valid: 5,937 (44.63%) Spoilt: 136 Quota: 849 Turnout: 6,073 (45.65%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	UUP	Thomas Benson*	20.60%	1,307
	DUP	Simpson Gibson*	20.22%	1,283
	Alliance	Owen Dorrian*	11.33%	719	757	763.08	770.08	964.08
	DUP	Wilbert Magill	8.64%	548	565.6	679.98	686.38	686.38	687.38	799.54
	DUP	John Elliott*	6.43%	408	450.4	625.2	633.1	633.48	634.48	785.14	906.14
	UUP	David Smyth*	7.12%	452	544	565.66	625.38	628.18	671.18	699.68	794.68
	Ind. Unionist	John Purdy	7.45%	473	485.4	496.04	503.22	511.82	578.82	585.74	682.36	697.36
	UUP	Thomas Hamilton	2.88%	183	430.6	449.22	482.58	489.58	525.58	535.06	603.58	636.58
	Ind. Unionist	William Hannigan	6.84%	434	449.6	473.92	478.72	481.12	490.12	504.1
	DUP	Cedric Wilson	3.59%	228	236.4	339.38	340.18	342.58	343.58
	Alliance	Laurence Thompson	3.36%	213	218.2	218.58	221.58
	UUP	James McKernon	1.54%	98	130.8	136.12
Electorate: 16,907 Valid: 6,346 (37.53%) Spoilt: 175 Quota: 794 Turnout: 6,521 (38.57%)

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