# 1989 Lisburn Borough Council election

Elections to Lisburn Borough Council were held on 17 May 1989 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 28 councillors.

## Election results

Lisburn Borough Council Election Result 1989 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 53.6 | 49.9 | 16,786 | 7.1 |
| DUP | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17.9 | 17.8 | 5,996 | 14.3 |
| SDLP | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10.7 | 8.0 | 2,685 | 1.4 |
| Alliance | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7.1 | 10.7 | 3,603 | 0.3 |
| Sinn Féin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 2,573 | 1.9 |
| Ind. Conservative | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 752 | 2.2 |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 1,037 | 1.3 |
| Ulster Democratic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 235 | 0.7 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Lisburn Borough Council election, 1989 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | SDLP | SDLP | Alliance | Alliance | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Downshire | 56.1 | 4 | 32.3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 10.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 7 |
| Dunmurry Cross | 26.4 | 2 | 10.7 | 1 | 18.1 | 2 | 7.6 | 0 | 28.7 | 2 | 8.5 | 0 | 7 |
| Killultagh | 52.9 | 4 | 17.7 | 1 | 10.9 | 1 | 7.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 10.9 | 1 | 7 |
| Lisburn Town | 68.8 | 5 | 10.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 18.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 49.9 | 15 | 17.8 | 5 | 8.0 | 3 | 10.7 | 2 | 7.6 | 2 | 6.0 | 1 | 28 |

## Districts results
### Downshire

1985: 3 x UUP, 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance 1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance 1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Downshire - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | UUP | William Bleakes* | 28.40% | 2,297 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Thomas Lilburn* | 13.40% | 1,084 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Charles Poots* | 12.88% | 1,042 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Anne Blake | 12.34% | 998 | 1,125.11 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Thomas Davis | 8.24% | 666 | 992.61 | 995.18 | 1,018.55 | | | |
| | UUP | Wilfred Corfield-McClung* | 2.11% | 171 | 634.98 | 636.98 | 682.01 | 705.11 | 706.88 | 1,023.51 |
| | Alliance | Kenneth Hull | 10.78% | 872 | 910.76 | 951.33 | 951.9 | 956.59 | 956.95 | 1,000.61 |
| | DUP | James McCann | 7.10% | 574 | 637.84 | 641.84 | 658.37 | 666.42 | 689.88 | 816.42 |
| | UUP | John Curry | 3.96% | 320 | 572.51 | 575.51 | 601.16 | 633.78 | 636.39 | |
| | Workers' Party | Patrick Pollock | 0.78% | 63 | 64.71 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,814 Valid: 8,087 (51.14%) Spoilt: 175 Quota: 1,011 Turnout: 8,262 (52.24%) |||||||||||

### Dunmurry Cross

1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance 1989: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance
Dunmurry Cross - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Sinn Féin | Patrick Rice* | 16.69% | 1,498 | | | | |
| | UUP | William McAllister* | 12.91% | 1,159 | | | | |
| | UUP | Billy Bell | 10.66% | 957 | 1,145 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Michael Ferguson | 11.98% | 1,075 | 1,075 | 1,421.06 | | |
| | DUP | William Beattie* | 10.74% | 964 | 1,005 | 1,005 | 1,007.28 | 1,123.28 |
| | SDLP | William McDonnell* | 9.12% | 819 | 819 | 835.12 | 1,000.04 | 1,086.84 |
| | SDLP | Hugh Lewsley | 9.00% | 808 | 808 | 813.2 | 882.36 | 1,068.66 |
| | Workers' Party | John Lowry | 8.48% | 761 | 764 | 768.16 | 808.44 | 972.7 |
| | Alliance | Patrick Bell | 7.62% | 684 | 698 | 698.52 | 719.8 | |
| | UUP | Richard Scott* | 2.81% | 252 | | | | |
| Electorate: 16,626 Valid: 8,977 (53.99%) Spoilt: 337 Quota: 1,123 Turnout: 9,314 (56.02%) |||||||||

### Killultagh

1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Conservative 1985-1989 Change: Independent Conservative gain from DUP
Killultagh - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | UUP | David Campbell | 21.39% | 2,072 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Ronnie Crawford | 9.46% | 917 | 1,371.69 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Jim Dillon* | 12.50% | 1,211 | 1,352.86 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Cecil Calvert* | 12.41% | 1,202 | 1,294.66 | | | | | |
| | UUP | William Lewis* | 9.56% | 926 | 1,021.12 | 1,141.92 | 1,250.6 | | | |
| | SDLP | Peter O'Hagan | 10.92% | 1,058 | 1,059.64 | 1,059.8 | 1,059.8 | 1,083.8 | 1,086.96 | 1,091.28 |
| | Ind. Conservative | David Greene | 7.76% | 752 | 765.53 | 775.13 | 783.49 | 788.9 | 827.19 | 1,024.49 |
| | Alliance | Eileen Drayne | 7.64% | 740 | 752.71 | 758.63 | 761.71 | 794.12 | 813.92 | 845.02 |
| | DUP | William Stevenson | 5.20% | 504 | 524.91 | 533.87 | 545.75 | 548.91 | 653.91 | |
| | Ulster Democratic | Richard Haggan | 2.43% | 235 | 241.97 | 253.81 | 261.29 | 264.29 | | |
| | Workers' Party | Anne-Marie Lowry | 0.74% | 72 | 72.82 | 73.62 | 73.62 | | | |
| Electorate: 18,323 Valid: 9,689 (52.88%) Spoilt: 141 Quota: 1,212 Turnout: 9,830 (53.65%) |||||||||||

### Lisburn Town

1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance 1989: 5 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance 1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Lisburn Town - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | UUP | Ivan Davis* | 36.59% | 2,530 | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Seamus Close* | 18.90% | 1,307 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | William Belshaw* | 15.17% | 1,049 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Samuel Semple* | 9.89% | 684 | 1,156.6 | | | | | |
| | UUP | George Morrison | 2.56% | 177 | 585.68 | 620.54 | 722.54 | 769.88 | 886.56 | |
| | UUP | William Gardiner-Watson | 2.82% | 195 | 513.24 | 582.12 | 670.12 | 746.44 | 857.4 | 880.4 |
| | DUP | Robin McMaster | 6.10% | 422 | 586.56 | 596.64 | 614.64 | 635.34 | 667.86 | 719.54 |
| | DUP | James Mulholland | 4.19% | 290 | 417.84 | 428.34 | 446.34 | 460.74 | 497.92 | 538.18 |
| | Workers' Party | Paul McDonald | 2.04% | 141 | 160.04 | 445.22 | 449.22 | 450.84 | 452.78 | |
| | UUP | Andrew Park | 1.72% | 119 | 261.8 | 291.62 | 351.12 | 366.96 | | |
| Electorate: 14,362 Valid: 6,914 (48.14%) Spoilt: 145 Quota: 865 Turnout: 7,059 (49.15%) |||||||||||