# 1989 Magherafelt District Council election

Elections to Magherafelt 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.

## Election results

Magherafelt District Council Election Result 1989 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| SDLP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.7 | 26.7 | 4,790 | 1.5 |
| UUP | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26.7 | 20.7 | 3,730 | 1.4 |
| DUP | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20.0 | 23.4 | 4,197 | 0.6 |
| Sinn Féin | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25.0 | 22.1 | 3,965 | 3.9 |
| Ind. Nationalist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 691 | 3.8 |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 587 | 2.0 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Magherafelt District Council election, 1989 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | SDLP | SDLP | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Magherafelt Town | 27.4 | 1 | 18.5 | 1 | 36.7 | 2 | 15.9 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 5 |
| Moyola | 21.3 | 1 | 29.5 | 2 | 21.5 | 1 | 24.2 | 1 | 3.5 | 0 | 5 |
| Sperrin | 31.2 | 2 | 14.4 | 1 | 10.8 | 0 | 26.6 | 1 | 17.0 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 26.7 | 4 | 20.7 | 4 | 23.4 | 3 | 22.1 | 3 | 7.1 | 1 | 15 |

## District results
### Magherafelt Town

1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1989: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1985-1989 Change: No change
Magherafelt Town - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | DUP | William McCrea* | 34.33% | 2,162 | | | |
| | SDLP | Patrick Kilpatrick* | 20.17% | 1,270 | | | |
| | UUP | Ernest Caldwell* | 18.55% | 1,168 | | | |
| | DUP | Paul McLean | 2.38% | 150 | 1,248.24 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | John Hurl | 15.93% | 1,003 | 1,003 | 1,021 | 1,034.26 |
| | SDLP | Margaret O'Hagan | 7.27% | 458 | 459.04 | 648.76 | 713.06 |
| | Workers' Party | Marian Donnelly | 1.38% | 87 | 90.12 | 101.1 | |
| Electorate: 8,585 Valid: 6,298 (73.36%) Spoilt: 123 Quota: 1,050 Turnout: 6,421 (74.79%) ||||||||

### Moyola

1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Moyola - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | UUP | John Junkin* | 19.03% | 1,109 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Henry McErlean* | 15.05% | 877 | 940 | 940.48 | 1,290.48 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Pauline Davey-Kennedy | 15.98% | 931 | 950 | 950 | 976 | | |
| | UUP | Norman Montgomery | 10.49% | 611 | 620 | 708.32 | 709.68 | 716.68 | 725.68 |
| | DUP | Thomas Catherwood* | 11.91% | 694 | 696 | 714 | 715 | 718 | 724 |
| | DUP | Thomas Milligan* | 9.59% | 559 | 562 | 586.24 | 587.24 | 588.24 | 588.24 |
| | Sinn Féin | Margaret McKenna | 8.22% | 479 | 495 | 495 | 510 | 573 | |
| | SDLP | Francis Madden | 6.30% | 367 | 425 | 425.48 | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Hugh Scullion | 3.43% | 200 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,941 Valid: 5,827 (73.38%) Spoilt: 182 Quota: 972 Turnout: 6,009 (75.67%) ||||||||||

### Sperrin

1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP 1989: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin, Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP
Sperrin - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | UUP | Robert Montgomery | 14.43% | 842 | 846 | 847 | 1,429 | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Mary McSorley* | 11.84% | 691 | 753 | 796 | 821 | 997 |
| | SDLP | Patrick Sweeney* | 10.52% | 614 | 680 | 952 | 957 | 986 |
| | Sinn Féin | Bernard O'Hagan | 13.73% | 801 | 819 | 869 | 869 | 869 |
| | SDLP | Ghislaine O'Keeney | 11.55% | 674 | 689 | 857 | 858 | 862 |
| | Sinn Féin | Patrick Groogan | 12.87% | 751 | 794 | 803 | 804 | 805 |
| | DUP | John Linton | 10.83% | 632 | 635 | 635 | | |
| | SDLP | Francis McKendry | 9.08% | 530 | 575 | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Francis Donnelly | 5.14% | 300 | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,827 Valid: 5,835 (74.55%) Spoilt: 134 Quota: 973 Turnout: 5,969 (76.26%) |||||||||