# 1989 Newtownabbey Borough Council election

Elections to Newtownabbey Borough 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 25 councillors.

## Election results

Newtownabbey Borough Council Election Result 1989 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 44.0 | 45.8 | 9,953 | 8.2 |
| DUP | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 24.0 | 19.5 | 4,242 | 11.3 |
| Alliance | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16.0 | 14.0 | 3,059 | 3.7 |
| Ind. Unionist | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 9.3 | 2,013 | 1.2 |
| Labour Party NI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 987 | New |
| SDLP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 684 | 0.7 |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 395 | 0.5 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 281 | 1.4 |
| Sinn Féin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 96 | New |
| National Front | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 41 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Newtownabbey Borough Council election, 1989 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | Alliance | Alliance | SDLP | SDLP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Antrim Line | 39.8 | 2 | 21.6 | 1 | 19.0 | 1 | 14.3 | 1 | 5.3 | 0 | 5 |
| Ballyclare | 37.5 | 2 | 17.5 | 1 | 7.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 37.8 | 2 | 5 |
| Doagh Road | 39.8 | 2 | 17.2 | 1 | 9.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 33.5 | 1 | 5 |
| Manse Road | 63.5 | 3 | 15.2 | 1 | 15.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5.8 | 0 | 5 |
| Shore Road | 46.6 | 2 | 25.9 | 2 | 18.1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 9.4 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 45.8 | 11 | 19.5 | 6 | 14.0 | 4 | 3.1 | 1 | 17.6 | 3 | 25 |

## Districts results
### Antrim Line

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance 1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x SDLP 1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from DUP
Antrim Line - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Alliance | James Rooney* | 18.97% | 908 | | | |
| | DUP | Tommy Kirkham | 16.71% | 800 | | | |
| | SDLP | Tommy McTeague | 14.29% | 684 | 731.71 | 771.39 | 868.39 |
| | UUP | James Smith | 16.19% | 775 | 788.65 | 796.95 | 806.95 |
| | UUP | William Green* | 15.00% | 718 | 725.02 | 734.06 | 745.74 |
| | UUP | Ivan Hunter* | 8.65% | 414 | 420.63 | 423.89 | 435.79 |
| | DUP | William McDonnell* | 4.91% | 235 | 237.86 | 242.12 | 250.03 |
| | Workers' Party | Brendan Harrison | 2.97% | 142 | 156.69 | 207.36 | |
| | Labour '87 | Thomas Davidson | 2.32% | 111 | 127.77 | | |
| Electorate: 10,918 Valid: 4,787 (43.85%) Spoilt: 106 Quota: 798 Turnout: 4,893 (44.82%) ||||||||

### Ballyclare

1985: 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent 1989: 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP 1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from Independent
Ballyclare - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | UUP | Stephen Turkington | 21.48% | 969 | | | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Arthur Templeton* | 19.13% | 863 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Thomas Downes | 15.98% | 721 | 846.12 | | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Sidney Cameron* | 12.52% | 565 | 594.67 | 656.62 | 697.15 | 791.15 | |
| | DUP | Samuel Cameron | 9.55% | 431 | 442.96 | 461.26 | 478.48 | 527.16 | 600.94 |
| | DUP | Samuel Gardiner* | 7.96% | 359 | 384.3 | 396.3 | 414.57 | 456.23 | 507.23 |
| | Alliance | Trevor Strain | 7.16% | 323 | 326.22 | 332.37 | 334.26 | 399.81 | |
| | Independent | Leonard Hardy* | 6.23% | 281 | 297.79 | 308.29 | 319.63 | | |
| Electorate: 11,546 Valid: 4,512 (39.08%) Spoilt: 106 Quota: 753 Turnout: 4,618 (40.00%) ||||||||||

### Doagh Road

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour 1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Labour '87 1985-1989 Change: Alliance gain from DUP, Newtownabbey Labour joins Labour '87
Doagh Road - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | UUP | Fraser Agnew* | 21.70% | 761 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour '87 | Robert Kidd* | 20.30% | 712 | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Billy Snoddy | 17.22% | 604 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Andrew Beattie* | 15.00% | 526 | 660.09 | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | John Blair | 9.52% | 334 | 337.91 | 379.91 | 387.89 | 389.31 | 390.03 | 469.81 | 512.87 |
| | Ind. Unionist | David Hollis* | 7.01% | 246 | 254.97 | 271.56 | 279.4 | 294.03 | 300.79 | 308.03 | 392 |
| | UUP | Winifred Wright | 3.11% | 109 | 131.77 | 159.07 | 215.91 | 225.58 | 235.42 | 245.24 | |
| | Workers' Party | J. J. Magee | 2.22% | 78 | 78 | 104.88 | 105.16 | 109.72 | 109.84 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Liam Collins | 2.74% | 96 | 96 | 102.3 | 102.3 | 103.3 | 103.3 | | |
| | National Front | David Kerr | 1.17% | 41 | 41.46 | 44.19 | 44.33 | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,976 Valid: 3,507 (39.07%) Spoilt: 118 Quota: 585 Turnout: 3,625 (40.39%) ||||||||||||

### Manse Road

1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP 1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance 1985-1989 Change: Alliance gain from DUP
Manse Road - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | UUP | George Herron* | 37.56% | 1,762 | | |
| | UUP | James Robinson* | 19.48% | 914 | | |
| | UUP | Arthur Kell | 6.46% | 303 | 1,131.78 | |
| | DUP | Samuel Neill* | 15.20% | 713 | 800.78 | |
| | Alliance | Gordon Mawhinney | 15.46% | 725 | 768.89 | 904.25 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Thomas Buchanan | 2.11% | 99 | 109.83 | 305.35 |
| | Workers' Party | Brendan Heaney | 3.73% | 175 | 182.41 | 196.98 |
| Electorate: 11,302 Valid: 4,691 (41.51%) Spoilt: 134 Quota: 782 Turnout: 4,825 (42.69%) |||||||

### Shore Road

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance 1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance 1985-1989 Change: No change
Shore Road - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | UUP | Barbara Gilliland | 23.70% | 1,008 | | | |
| | UUP | Ken Robinson* | 22.87% | 973 | | | |
| | DUP | Billy Boyd* | 22.33% | 950 | | | |
| | Alliance | William McKimmon | 18.08% | 769 | | | |
| | DUP | Jean Boyd | 3.53% | 150 | 351.31 | 544.86 | 767.16 |
| | Ind. Unionist | William Ball | 5.64% | 240 | 310.93 | 363.43 | 376.17 |
| | Labour '87 | David Lowrie | 3.86% | 164 | 184.5 | 198.85 | 199.63 |
| Electorate: 10,478 Valid: 4,254 (40.60%) Spoilt: 148 Quota: 710 Turnout: 4,402 (42.01%) ||||||||