1989 Newry and Mourne District Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1989

1989 Newry and Mourne District Council election

17 May 1989 (1989-05-17)
All 30 seats to Newry and Mourne District Council 16 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party SDLP UUP Sinn Féin Seats won 17 6 4 Seat change 3 1 1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Ind. Nationalist Protestant Unionist DUP Seats won 2 1 0 Seat change 1 1 2   Seventh party   Party Irish Independence Seats won 0 Seat change 1

Elections to Newry and Mourne District Council were held on 17 May 1989 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.

Election results

Newry and Mourne District Council Election Result 1989

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	/−
	SDLP	17	3	0	3	56.7	49.4	18,805	8.5
	UUP	6	0	1	1	20.0	18.5	7,032	1.7
	Sinn Féin	4	0	1	1	13.3	14.0	5,336	4.5
	Ind. Nationalist	2	1	0	1	6.7	5.6	2,142	3.0
	Protestant Unionist	1	1	0	1	3.3	4.6	1,754	4.6
	DUP	0	0	2	2	0.0	3.2	1,203	4.6
	Independent	0	0	0	0	3.3	3.1	1,197	0.6
	Workers' Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.9	360	0.6
	Ind. Republican	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.5	208	0.1

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Newry and Mourne District Council election, 1989
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	SDLP		UUP		Sinn Féin		Others
Crotlieve	64.5	5	20.8	1	4.2	0	10.5	1	7
Newry Town	47.2	4	10.4	1	14.6	1	27.8	1	7
Slieve Gullion	57.1	3	0.0	0	39.4	2	3.5	0	5
The Fews	43.5	3	31.9	2	15.4	1	9.2	0	6
The Mournes	32.4	2	26.0	2	3.1	0	38.5	1	5
Total	49.4	17	18.5	6	14.0	4	18.1	3	30

District results

Crotlieve

1985: 4 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1989: 5 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from UUP

Crotlieve - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SDLP	P. J. Bradley*	16.32%	1,488
	UUP	Violet Cromie*	15.11%	1,378
	SDLP	Hugh Carr	11.85%	1,081	1,183.81
	Ind. Nationalist	Ciaran Mussen*	10.46%	954	971.94	974.15	1,109.61	1,274.61
	SDLP	Patrick Maginn	8.40%	766	818.9	819.92	849.15	1,153.15
	SDLP	Jim McCart*	10.89%	993	1,054.87	1,055.72	1,080.87	1,121.77
	SDLP	Brian Mulligan*	10.94%	998	1,081.49	1,081.66	1,120.81	1,151.81
	UUP	John Fisher	5.65%	515	516.38	742.82	742.82	743.82
	SDLP	Felix O'Hare	6.11%	557	566.43	566.43	602.89
	Sinn Féin	Ann Marie Willis	4.27%	389	392.91	392.91
Electorate: 13,264   Valid: 9,119 (68.75%)   Spoilt: 256   Quota: 1,140   Turnout: 9,375 (70.68%)

Newry Town

1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x IIP
1989: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1985-1989 Change: Independent Nationalist leaves IIP

Newry Town - 7 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Ind. Nationalist	Eugene Markey*	11.71%	973	974	1,006	1,039
	Sinn Féin	Brendan Curran*	8.92%	741	741	755	766	770	802	817	1,219
	SDLP	Arthur Ruddy*	10.74%	892	894	907	921	937	975	990	995	1,137
	SDLP	Frank Feely	11.52%	957	961	963	981	995	1,004	1,017	1,023	1,099
	SDLP	Sean Gallogly*	9.84%	818	821	826	837	877	882	905	911	1,023	1,045
	SDLP	Patrick McElroy*	7.39%	614	618	623	627	688	699	722	727	828	840	933.45	988.55
	UUP	William McCaigue*	10.41%	865	865	869	871	871	873	882	882	886	888	888.89	889.84
	Independent	Louis Morgan	6.44%	535	538	554	569	586	627	687	711	742	821	823.67	827.47
	SDLP	John McArdle	5.30%	440	447	450	455	492	499	511	517
	Sinn Féin	Eileen Morgan	5.66%	470	470	473	476	480	484	495
	Workers' Party	Kevin Morgan	3.18%	264	264	271	275	279	295
	Ind. Nationalist	James McKevitt	2.59%	215	217	219	232	236
	SDLP	Teddy McLoughlin	2.43%	202	202	204	206
	Independent	Peter McKevitt	1.84%	153	161	165
	Independent	Noel Sloan	1.61%	134	135
	Independent	Patrick Ruddy	0.43%	36
Electorate: 13,812   Valid: 8,309 (60.16%)   Spoilt: 321   Quota: 1,039   Turnout: 8,630 (62.48%)

Slieve Gullion

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

Slieve Gullion - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	SDLP	John Fee	20.41%	1,207
	SDLP	Pat Toner*	19.85%	1,174
	Sinn Féin	Jim McAllister*	17.50%	1,035
	SDLP	Michael O'Neill	16.82%	995
	Sinn Féin	Jimmy McCreesh	12.78%	756	825.16	855.52	928.92
	Sinn Féin	Patrick McDonald	9.13%	540	551.44	592.8	623.8
	Ind. Republican	Brian Woods	3.52%	208	347.88	464.04
Electorate: 8,845   Valid: 5,915 (66.87%)   Spoilt: 292   Quota: 986   Turnout: 6,207 (70.18%)

The Fews

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

The Fews - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	UUP	Danny Kennedy*	18.19%	1,406
	SDLP	Stephen McGinn	14.98%	1,158
	SDLP	James Savage*	14.27%	1,103	1,124
	SDLP	Charlie Smyth	14.27%	1,103	1,111
	UUP	Andy Moffett*	13.66%	1,056	1,079	1,350.74
	Sinn Féin	Conor Murphy	9.12%	705	713	713.21	713.21	1,126.21
	DUP	Gordon Heslip*	7.95%	614	615	635.58	878.38	878.38
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Quinn	6.30%	487	491	491	491
	Workers' Party	Brian Mulligan	1.24%	96
Electorate: 10,545   Valid: 7,728 (73.29%)   Spoilt: 223   Quota: 1,105   Turnout: 7,951 (75.40%)

The Mournes

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

The Mournes - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Protestant Unionist	George Graham*	25.18%	1,754
	SDLP	Emmett Haughian	18.79%	1,309
	UUP	Henry Reilly	16.91%	1,178
	SDLP	Austin Crawford	13.64%	950	952.38	1,078.88	1,443.88
	UUP	Arthur Coulter*	9.10%	634	911.1	911.76	927.78	947.78
	DUP	George McConnell	8.46%	589	890.58	890.69	893.92	897.92
	Independent	Mark Brennan	4.87%	339	341.04	349.62
	Sinn Féin	Gabriel Curran	3.06%	213	213.34	218.29
Electorate: 9,812   Valid: 6,966 (70.99%)   Spoilt: 184   Quota: 1,162   Turnout: 7,150 (72.87%)