1989 Moyle District Council election

Elections to Moyle 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	+/−
SDLP	4	0	0	0	20.0	29.6	1,756	0.8
DUP	3	0	0	0	20.0	19.3	1,143	1.7
Independent	2	1	0	1	13.3	16.3	969	10.5
Ind. Unionist	2	0	0	0	13.3	15.5	919	6.6
UUP	2	0	0	0	13.3	8.8	522	7.4
Ind. Nationalist	1	0	0	0	13.3	5.0	297	0.7
Sinn Féin	1	0	1	1	6.7	5.6	331	6.6

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	SDLP		DUP		UUP		Sinn Féin		Others		Total Cllrs
Ballycastle	25.2	1	20.5	1	11.6	1	0.0	0	42.7	2	5
Giant's Causeway	0.0	0	29.3	2	17.6	1	0.0	0	53.1	2	5
The Glens	55.1	3	10.8	0	0.0	0	14.2	1	19.9	1	5
Total	29.6	4	19.3	3	8.8	2	5.6	1	36.7	5	15

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Gardiner Kane*	20.52%	385
	SDLP	Michael O'Cleary*	20.20%	379
	Independent	Archibald McAuley	11.62%	218	221.2	232.2	251.96	318.96
	Independent	James McShane*	10.77%	202	202.2	233.2	251.82	300.77
	UUP	Robert McPherson*	11.62%	218	284.2	285.2	285.2	297.39
	Independent	Seamus Blaney	11.78%	221	221.4	231.4	242.61	273.6
	Independent	Christopher McCaughan	8.53%	160	161.2	177.2	191.64
	SDLP	Noel McCurdy	4.96%	93	93.6
Electorate: 3,489 Valid: 1,876 (53.77%) Spoilt: 50 Quota: 313 Turnout: 1,926 (55.20%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2
	Ind. Unionist	Robert McIlroy	32.02%	554
	DUP	James Rodgers*	21.39%	370
	Ind. Unionist	Price McConaghy*	18.44%	319
	UUP	Robert Getty*	17.57%	304
	DUP	Glenda Rodgers	7.92%	137	346.71
	Ind. Unionist	Ronnie McIlvar	2.66%	46	100.27
Electorate: 3,226 Valid: 1,730 (53.63%) Spoilt: 48 Quota: 289 Turnout: 1,778 (55.11%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	SDLP	Malachy McSparran*	20.08%	468
	Ind. Nationalist	Randal McDonnell*	12.74%	297	321.14	389.41
	SDLP	Joseph Mitchell	12.18%	284	296.92	321.77	420.77
	SDLP	Patrick McBride*	14.76%	344	349.95	355.14	397.14
	Sinn Féin	James McCarry	14.20%	331	333.72	358.4	389.29
	DUP	Elizabeth White	10.77%	251	251.17	253.34	255.36
	SDLP	Daniel Anderson*	8.07%	188	207.04	244.1
	Independent	Michael Brogan	7.21%	168	180.58
Electorate: 3,606 Valid: 2,331 (64.64%) Spoilt: 29 Quota: 389 Turnout: 2,360 (65.45%)

Districts summary

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