1989 Carrickfergus Borough Council election

Elections to Carrickfergus 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 15 councillors.

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
UUP	4	0	3	3	26.7	28.7	2,956	5.0
Alliance	4	1	0	1	26.7	27.1	2,793	2.2
DUP	3	0	0	0	20.0	16.4	1,694	10.6
Ind. Unionist	3	2	0	2	20.0	12.6	1,296	3.4
PUP	1	0	0	0	0.0	4.6	472	1.6
Protestant Unionist	0	0	0	0	0.0	4.6	471	New
Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.7	171	1.7

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	UUP		Alliance		DUP		PUP		Others		Total Cllrs
Carrick Castle	18.9	1	35.5	2	15.4	1	15.1	1	15.1	0	5
Kilroot	42.1	2	25.3	1	14.5	1	0.0	0	18.1	1	5
Knockagh Monument	23.4	1	21.9	1	19.2	1	0.0	0	35.5	2	5
Total	28.7	4	27.1	4	16.4	3	4.6	1	23.2	3	15

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Alliance	Sean Neeson*	32.91%	1,029
	PUP	Samuel Stewart*	15.09%	472	531.16
	UUP	Samuel McCamley*	9.18%	287	320.15	362.72	381.29	398.88	567.88
	DUP	Andrew Blair	9.31%	291	298.65	301.16	444.69	458.22	492.79
	Alliance	Arthur McQuitty	2.59%	81	369.66	375.72	376.72	458.75	476.93
	Protestant Unionist	David Hilditch	9.66%	302	315.77	325.83	339.34	353.87	383.4
	UUP	Robert English*	7.29%	228	245.85	263.91	275.91	290.48
	Independent	Patrick Lennox	5.47%	171	222	225.51	226.51
	UUP	Margaret Cross	6.08%	190	199.69	203.2
	UUP	Sarah Picken	2.43%	76	93.34
Electorate: 6,840 Valid: 3,127 (45.72%) Spoilt: 54 Quota: 522 Turnout: 3,181 (46.51%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	UUP	Alexander Beggs	20.05%	739
	Alliance	Brenda Crampsey*	19.51%	719
	Ind. Unionist	Robert Patton*	18.13%	668
	UUP	James Brown*	16.26%	599	668.02
	DUP	William Cross*	14.52%	535	545.37	547.92	558	574.11	660.11
	Alliance	David McCann	5.78%	213	216.74	309.89	310.87	327.16	383.59
	UUP	Eric Ferguson	5.75%	212	250.59	257.49	298.37	314.84
Electorate: 7,981 Valid: 3,685 (46.17%) Spoilt: 84 Quota: 615 Turnout: 3,769 (47.22%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	William Haggan*	19.22%	668
	Alliance	Stewart Dickson*	18.70%	650
	Ind. Unionist	Charles Johnston*	18.07%	628
	UUP	William Murray	14.47%	503	536.6	538.14	551.26	566.03	641.03
	Ind. Unionist	Mary Ardill*	12.51%	435	445.08	451.79	466.43	525.76	552.16
	UUP	Samuel Wilson*	8.98%	312	337.2	338.19	343.87	356.28	402.5
	Protestant Unionist	John Everitt	4.86%	169	183.98	184.31	189.03	194.74
	Alliance	Noreen McIlwrath	3.19%	111	111.98	171.05	176.89
Electorate: 7,803 Valid: 3,476 (44.55%) Spoilt: 73 Quota: 580 Turnout: 3,549 (45.48%)

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