1989 Banbridge District Council election

Elections to Banbridge 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 15 councillors.

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
UUP	9	1	0	1	60.0	58.0	8,928	10.8
SDLP	3	0	0	0	20.0	19.2	2,959	0.5
DUP	2	0	1	1	13.3	13.5	2,083	11.9
Ind. Nationalist	1	0	0	0	6.7	5.1	784	0.4
Alliance	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.2	343	0.6
Ulster Democratic	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.9	290	New

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	UUP		SDLP		DUP		Others		Total Cllrs
Banbridge Town	63.7	3	19.6	1	9.8	1	6.9	0	5
Dromore	61.7	4	18.3	1	14.5	0	5.5	0	5
Knockiveagh	48.5	2	19.9	1	16.2	1	15.4	1	5
Total	58.0	9	19.2	3	13.5	2	9.3	1	15

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	UUP	Joan Baird*	31.18%	1,549
	UUP	Archie McKelvey*	16.83%	836
	UUP	John Dobson	15.74%	782	1,384.07
	DUP	Margaret Walker	9.78%	486	572.01	1,054.96
	SDLP	James Walsh*	15.58%	774	782.46	800.66	826.01
	Alliance	Mary Doyle	6.90%	343	355.22	394.87	452.72
	SDLP	Robert Murray	3.99%	198	199.41	206.56	214.36
Electorate: 8,871 Valid: 4,968 (56.00%) Spoilt: 126 Quota: 829 Turnout: 5,094 (57.42%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	UUP	Drew Nelson	20.81%	1,109
	SDLP	Cassie McDermott*	18.31%	976
	UUP	William Martin*	15.87%	846	874.8	876	916.32
	UUP	Robert Hill*	14.39%	767	814	821.4	844.36	893.36
	UUP	William McCracken	10.68%	569	669.8	676	683.56	729.96	822.6
	DUP	Robert McIlroy	8.37%	446	458.2	467.4	475.24	495.12	784.36
	DUP	William Lough	6.14%	327	346.4	350.6	354.24	439.4
	Ulster Democratic	Colin Halliday	4.07%	217	224.4	268.8	271.32
	Ulster Democratic	Thomas Dickson	1.37%	73	74.6
Electorate: 7,883 Valid: 5,330 (67.61%) Spoilt: 103 Quota: 889 Turnout: 5,433 (68.92%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	SDLP	Seamus Doyle	14.52%	739	942
	Ind. Nationalist	Laurence McCartan*	15.41%	784	839	926.84
	UUP	Vivienne Bennett	14.17%	721	723	724.22	729.1	1,019.1
	DUP	Wilfred McFadden*	16.20%	824	824	825.83	828.88	915.88
	UUP	Samuel Walker	13.74%	699	699	699	700.83	796.83	843.03
	UUP	John Hanna	10.34%	526	526	527.22	527.83	570.44	691.64
	UUP	James McRoberts	10.30%	524	524	524	524.61
	SDLP	Peter McGreevy*	5.34%	272
Electorate: 7,162 Valid: 5,089 (71.06%) Spoilt: 117 Quota: 849 Turnout: 5,206 (72.69%)

Districts summary

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