1989 Armagh District Council election

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17 May 1989 (1989-05-17)

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All 22 seats to Armagh District Council
12 seats needed for a majority

Elections to Armagh District Council were held on 17 May 1989 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 22 councillors.

Armagh District Council Election Result 1989^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
UUP	11	0	0	0	50.0	46.6	11,631	2.8
SDLP	8	1	0	1	36.4	31.7	7,931	1.6
DUP	2	0	1	1	9.1	12.2	3,054	4.8
Sinn Féin	1	0	0	0	4.5	8.2	2,050	1.8
Workers' Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.9	232	0.9
Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.4	100	0.4

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Armagh District Council election, 1989
by district
Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
UUP	SDLP	DUP	Sinn Féin	Others
Armagh City	29.6	2	43.0	3	10.4	0	13.3	1	3.7	0	6
Crossmore	36.7	2	54.3	3	0.0	0	9.1	0	0.0	0	5
Cusher	60.5	4	15.1	1	18.9	1	4.3	0	1.2	0	6
The Orchard	55.6	3	20.9	1	16.5	1	7.0	0	0.0	0	5
Total	46.6	11	31.7	8	12.2	2	8.2	1	1.3	0	22

1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from DUP

Armagh City - 6 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	SDLP	John Agnew*	16.07%	1,019
	UUP	George Macartney*	15.44%	979
	UUP	John Doogan*	14.16%	898
	SDLP	Pat Brannigan*	14.08%	893	967.69
	SDLP	Anna Brolly	12.87%	816	841.19	841.26	897.96	996.96
	Sinn Féin	Seamus Hart	8.51%	540	544.18	544.18	545.08	576.81	881.64
	DUP	Harold Carson	10.41%	660	660.33	666.56	666.56	672.93	673.93
	Sinn Féin	Stephen Fields	4.81%	305	307.09	307.09	307.54	325.76
	Workers' Party	Patrick McCusker	3.66%	232	235.74	236.65	237.91
Electorate: 9,628 Valid: 6,342 (65.87%) Spoilt: 202 Quota: 907 Turnout: 6,544 (67.97%)

1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1985-1989 Change: No change

Crossmore - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	UUP	Jim Nicholson*	28.29%	1,484
	SDLP	Thomas Kavanagh	22.15%	1,162
	SDLP	James McKernan*	19.85%	1,041
	UUP	Thomas Shilliday*	8.39%	440	1,036.96
	SDLP	Charles Mallon*	12.26%	643	643.82	897.57
	Sinn Féin	Thomas Carroll	9.06%	475	475	499.25
Electorate: 7,295 Valid: 5,245 (71.90%) Spoilt: 158 Quota: 875 Turnout: 5,403 (74.06%)

1985: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: No change

Cusher - 6 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	UUP	Eric Speers*	20.38%	1,561
	DUP	Thomas Black*	18.85%	1,444
	UUP	Thomas Johnston*	17.15%	1,314
	SDLP	Thomas Canavan	15.07%	1,154
	UUP	Robert Turner*	12.22%	936	1,239.49
	UUP	James Clayton*	10.73%	822	974.52	1,314.72
	Sinn Féin	Margaret McNally	4.30%	329	329	329.56
	Independent	Eugene Turley	1.31%	100	109.61	113.81
Electorate: 9,988 Valid: 7,660 (76.69%) Spoilt: 151 Quota: 1,095 Turnout: 7,811 (78.20%)

1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: No change

The Orchard - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	UUP	Jim Speers*	28.95%	1,665
	SDLP	John Kernan	20.92%	1,203
	UUP	Samuel Foster*	14.87%	855	1,179.24
	DUP	Douglas Hutchinson*	16.52%	950	1,081.88
	UUP	Olive Whitten	11.77%	677	910.52	928	1,147.9
	Sinn Féin	Brendan Casey	6.97%	401	401	625.02	625.02
Electorate: 8,056 Valid: 5,751 (71.39%) Spoilt: 111 Quota: 959 Turnout: 5,862 (72.77%)

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