# 1989 Fermanagh District Council election

Elections to Fermanagh District 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 23 councillors.

## Election results

Fermanagh District Council Election Result 1989 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 43.5 | 39.9 | 12,043 | 6.9 |
| SDLP | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21.7 | 18.7 | 5,646 | 1.9 |
| Sinn Féin | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 17.4 | 20.4 | 6,170 | 4.8 |
| DUP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 2,582 | 4.4 |
| Ind. Nationalist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 1,604 | 3.8 |
| Workers' Party | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 1,150 | 2.5 |
| Ind. Republican | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 473 | 1.6 |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 305 | 0.8 |
| Independent Socialist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 170 | 0.6 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 25 | 0.1 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Fermanagh District Council election, 1989 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | DUP | DUP | Workers' Party | Workers' Party | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Enniskillen | 45.6 | 3 | 13.5 | 1 | 14.2 | 1 | 10.5 | 1 | 12.6 | 1 | 3.6 | 1 | 7 |
| Erne East | 37.3 | 3 | 19.3 | 1 | 30.5 | 2 | 4.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Erne North | 42.1 | 2 | 27.7 | 2 | 10.4 | 0 | 19.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Erne West | 33.4 | 2 | 16.8 | 1 | 26.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 23.6 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 39.9 | 10 | 18.7 | 5 | 20.4 | 4 | 8.6 | 2 | 3.8 | 1 | 8.6 | 1 | 23 |

## District results
### Enniskillen

1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Workers' Party 1985-1989 Change: Workers' Party gain from Sinn Féin
Enniskillen - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | UUP | Raymond Ferguson* | 17.97% | 1,639 | | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Samuel Foster* | 16.28% | 1,485 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Davy Kettyles | 12.61% | 1,150 | | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | William Hetherington* | 8.60% | 784 | 1,058.04 | 1,202.25 | | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | James Lunny* | 7.40% | 675 | 679.34 | 681.64 | 686.64 | 686.87 | 787.27 | 787.47 | 1,268.47 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Pat Cox* | 7.19% | 656 | 656.31 | 656.31 | 658.31 | 660.31 | 663.31 | 663.31 | 685.31 | 762.73 | 1,361.73 |
| | DUP | Roy Coulter* | 8.81% | 803 | 830.9 | 868.16 | 869.16 | 1,011.01 | 1,024.56 | 1,030.06 | 1,031.68 | 1,035.6 | 1,039.56 |
| | UUP | Bertie Kerr | 2.72% | 248 | 410.13 | 546.98 | 547.98 | 569.21 | 668.34 | 722.84 | 730.07 | 749.67 | 755.57 |
| | Sinn Féin | John McManus | 7.01% | 639 | 639 | 639 | 645 | 645 | 646.31 | 646.31 | 655.31 | 682.75 | |
| | SDLP | James Donnelly | 6.09% | 555 | 556.24 | 556.47 | 559.47 | 559.47 | 596.78 | 596.78 | | | |
| | Alliance | William Barbour | 3.34% | 305 | 322.36 | 326.04 | 327.04 | 329.12 | | | | | |
| | DUP | John Connor | 1.70% | 155 | 161.82 | 174.01 | 176.01 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | John Bothwell | 0.27% | 25 | 25.62 | 25.62 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,402 Valid: 9,119 (73.53%) Spoilt: 222 Quota: 1,140 Turnout: 9,341 (75.32%) ||||||||||||||

### Erne East

1985: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from Sinn Féin
Erne East - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | SDLP | Fergus McQuillan* | 19.28% | 1,547 | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Cecil Noble* | 15.81% | 1,268 | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Albert Liddle* | 13.20% | 1,059 | 1,061.38 | 1,135.36 | 1,159.36 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Brian McCaffrey | 9.29% | 745 | 776.28 | 776.28 | 776.28 | 783 | 783 | 920.5 | 1,423.5 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Plunket O'Neill* | 7.62% | 611 | 625.62 | 625.62 | 625.62 | 646.7 | 647.79 | 846.99 | 987.59 | 1,249.79 |
| | UUP | Jean McVitty | 8.31% | 667 | 672.78 | 702.03 | 716.81 | 723.67 | 1,034.24 | 1,038.33 | 1,040.33 | 1,040.33 |
| | Ind. Republican | John McCusker | 5.90% | 473 | 669.52 | 669.52 | 669.52 | 786.28 | 786.28 | 859.2 | 901.62 | 914.82 |
| | Sinn Féin | Vincent McCaffrey* | 8.21% | 659 | 685.52 | 685.52 | 685.52 | 695.54 | 695.54 | 739.32 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Ciaran Leonard | 5.37% | 431 | 473.16 | 473.34 | 474.34 | 484.72 | 485.72 | | | |
| | DUP | Paul Robinson | 3.29% | 264 | 264 | 271.11 | 357.74 | 358.74 | | | | |
| | Independent Socialist | Seamus Mullan | 2.12% | 170 | 244.12 | 244.3 | 245.64 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Caroline Madill | 1.60% | 128 | 128.68 | 130.93 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,489 Valid: 8,022 (84.54%) Spoilt: 155 Quota: 1,147 Turnout: 8,177 (86.17%) |||||||||||||

### Erne North

1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin
Erne North - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | UUP | Caldwell McClaughry* | 24.34% | 1,516 | | | | |
| | DUP | Bert Johnston* | 17.88% | 1,114 | | | | |
| | UUP | Simon Loane* | 13.04% | 812 | 1,170.36 | | | |
| | SDLP | John O'Kane* | 14.95% | 931 | 932.86 | 934.79 | 1,042.32 | |
| | SDLP | Tommy Gallagher | 12.74% | 793 | 793.62 | 795.55 | 839.3 | 954.62 |
| | Sinn Féin | Brian McSorley | 10.40% | 648 | 648.93 | 648.93 | 649.55 | 651.1 |
| | UUP | Gladys Nixon | 4.77% | 297 | 359.93 | 473.97 | | |
| | DUP | Victor Milligan | 1.89% | 118 | 156.75 | | | |
| Electorate: 7,782 Valid: 6,229 (80.04%) Spoilt: 110 Quota: 1,039 Turnout: 6,339 (81.46%) |||||||||

### Erne West

1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x IIP 1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from Sinn Féin, Independent Nationalist leaves IIP
Erne West - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Patrick McCaffrey* | 23.60% | 1,604 | | | |
| | UUP | Wilson Elliott* | 20.55% | 1,397 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Paul Corrigan* | 17.45% | 1,186 | | | |
| | SDLP | Gerry Gallagher* | 13.08% | 889 | 1,055.6 | 1,265.6 | |
| | UUP | Derrick Nixon | 12.81% | 871 | 875.08 | 880.46 | 1,138.86 |
| | Sinn Féin | Vincent Martin | 8.75% | 595 | 754.12 | 815.46 | 816.98 |
| | SDLP | Patrick McGovern | 3.77% | 256 | 390.98 | | |
| Electorate: 8,034 Valid: 6,798 (84.62%) Spoilt: 203 Quota: 1,134 Turnout: 7,001 (87.14%) ||||||||