# 1989 Newry and Mourne District Council election

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 |
| Ward | SDLP | SDLP | UUP | UUP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| 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 | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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%) |||||||||