1989 Larne Borough Council election
Appearance
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All 15 seats to Larne Borough Council 8 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to Larne 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.
Election results
[edit]Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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UUP | 7 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
46.7 | 42.7 | 4,502 | ![]() | |
DUP | 4 | 0 | 2 | ![]() |
26.7 | 29.1 | 3,046 | ![]() | |
Alliance | 2 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
13.3 | 11.5 | 1,214 | ![]() | |
Independent | 1 | 1 | 1 | ![]() |
0.0 | 10.2 | 1,070 | ![]() | |
Independent Nationalist | 1 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
6.7 | 6.6 | 700 | ![]() |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
[edit]Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
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UUP | DUP | Alliance | Others | ||||||
Coast Road | 36.0 | 2 | 30.0 | 1 | 13.1 | 1 | 20.9 | 1 | 5 |
Larne Lough | 61.0 | 3 | 27.4 | 2 | 11.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Larne Town | 31.0 | 2 | 29.4 | 1 | 10.0 | 1 | 29.6 | 1 | 5 |
Total | 42.7 | 7 | 29.1 | 4 | 11.5 | 2 | 16.7 | 2 | 15 |
Districts results
[edit]Coast Road
[edit]1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
UUP | Thomas Robinson* | 23.19% | 777 | ||||
Independent Nationalist | William Cunning* | 20.89% | 700 | ||||
UUP | Joan Drummond | 12.80% | 429 | 554.72 | 561 | ||
DUP | Winston Fulton* | 14.26% | 478 | 496.48 | 560.44 | ||
Alliance | Amelia Kelly* | 13.10% | 439 | 446.84 | 454.4 | 592.32 | |
DUP | Rachel Rea* | 12.32% | 413 | 465.08 | 507.72 | 508.64 | |
DUP | Hill Taggart | 3.43% | 115 | 122 | |||
Electorate: 7,089 Valid: 3,351 (47.27%) Spoilt: 90 Quota: 559 Turnout: 3,441 (48.54%) |
Larne Lough
[edit]1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP
1989: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP
1985-1989 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
UUP | Roy Beggs* | 38.94% | 1,387 | |||||
UUP | Thomas Baxter* | 13.81% | 492 | 927.58 | ||||
UUP | Samuel Steele* | 8.31% | 296 | 473.48 | 725.03 | |||
DUP | Bobby McKee | 13.73% | 489 | 560.34 | 592.74 | 633.24 | ||
DUP | Gary Haggan | 6.85% | 244 | 294.46 | 320.56 | 365.11 | 569.16 | |
Alliance | Thomas Caldwell | 11.54% | 411 | 435.94 | 449.44 | 472.39 | 496.83 | |
DUP | William Sloan | 6.82% | 243 | 267.36 | 273.66 | 295.26 | ||
Electorate: 7,198 Valid: 3,562 (49.49%) Spoilt: 116 Quota: 594 Turnout: 3,678 (51.10%) |
Larne Town
[edit]1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance
1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent
1985-1989 Change: Independent gain from DUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
DUP | Jack McKee* | 25.76% | 979 | |||||
Independent | Pat Buckley | 23.63% | 855 | |||||
UUP | Robert Robinson* | 16.03% | 580 | 630.31 | ||||
UUP | Rosalie Armstrong* | 14.95% | 541 | 576.1 | 595.18 | 606.34 | ||
Alliance | Patricia Kay | 6.30% | 228 | 229.95 | 333.63 | 487.55 | 615.21 | |
DUP | Leonard Sluman* | 2.35% | 85 | 362.29 | 365.17 | 365.92 | 418.13 | |
Independent | Roy Craig | 5.94% | 215 | 223.97 | 280.85 | 301.85 | ||
Alliance | William Geddis | 3.76% | 136 | 136.39 | 202.27 | |||
Electorate: 7,298 Valid: 3,619 (49.59%) Spoilt: 91 Quota: 604 Turnout: 3,710 (50.84%) |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Larne". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 8 July 2021.