Elections to Ballymoney 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 16 councillors.

Election results

Ballymoney Borough Council Election Result 1989[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  UUP 6 0 0 Steady0 37.5 35.1 2,254 Increase5.2
  DUP 6 0 0 Steady0 37.5 33.9 2,185 Decrease8.0
  SDLP 3 1 0 Increase1 18.8 21.7 1,401 Increase9.0
  Independent 1 0 0 Steady0 6.3 0.0 0 Decrease7.1
  Sinn Féin 0 0 1 Decrease1 0.0 9.3 600 Increase3.8

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Ballymoney Borough Council election, 1989
by district
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
UUP DUP SDLP Others
Ballymoney Town N/A 2 N/A 2 N/A 0 N/A 1 5
Bann Valley 30.8 2 35.8 2 23.6 2 9.8 0 6
Bushvale 40.8 2 31.3 2 19.2 1 8.7 0 5
Total 35.1 6 33.9 6 21.7 3 9.3 1 16

Districts results

Ballymoney Town

1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent
1985-1989 Change: No change

Ballymoney Town - 5 seats[2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1
DUP Cecil Cousley* N/A N/A
UUP James McKeown N/A N/A
Independent Robert McComb* N/A N/A
DUP Sam McConaghie N/A N/A
UUP James Simpson* N/A N/A
Electorate: N/A   Valid: N/A   Spoilt: N/A   Quota: N/A   Turnout: N/A  
  • As only five candidates had been nominated for five seats, there was no vote in Ballymoney Town and all five candidates were deemed elected.

Bann Valley

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

Bann Valley - 6 seats[2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234
UUP Joe Gaston* 21.21% 790      
DUP Robert Halliday 19.06% 710      
UUP John Watt 9.56% 356 558.95    
DUP Robert Wilson* 11.52% 429 457.05 570.3  
SDLP Malachy McCamphill* 12.08% 450 452.31 452.56 455.47
SDLP Charley O'Kane 11.54% 430 430 430.25 431
Sinn Féin Una Casey 9.80% 365 365.33 365.58 365.58
DUP Daniel Taylor 5.23% 195 216.45 273.2  
Electorate: 6,284   Valid: 3,725 (59.28%)   Spoilt: 91   Quota: 533   Turnout: 3,816 (60.73%)  

Bushvale

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: No change

Bushvale - 5 seats[2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12
UUP John Ramsay* 21.18% 575  
UUP William Logan* 19.63% 533  
SDLP Harry Connolly* 19.19% 521  
DUP Bill Kennedy 18.31% 497  
DUP Donald McKenzie 13.04% 354 474.32
Sinn Féin Malachy Carey 8.66% 235 235
Electorate: 4,942   Valid: 2,715 (54.94%)   Spoilt: 59   Quota: 453   Turnout: 2,774 (56.13%)  

References

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Ballymoney_Borough_Council_election