# 1989 Antrim Borough Council election

Elections to Antrim Borough 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 19 councillors.

## Election results

Antrim Borough Council Election Result 1989 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 52.6 | 43.7 | 6,572 | 4.0 |
| DUP | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21.1 | 24.0 | 3,609 | 4.4 |
| SDLP | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21.1 | 18.1 | 2,723 | 0.3 |
| Alliance | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 7.0 | 1,068 | 0.6 |
| Sinn Féin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 839 | 1.1 |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 158 | 0.7 |
| Ind. Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 75 | 0.5 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Antrim 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 |
| Antrim North West | 36.0 | 2 | 18.6 | 1 | 30.9 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 14.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Antrim South East | 47.0 | 4 | 31.7 | 2 | 12.4 | 1 | 8.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Antrim Town | 47.2 | 4 | 18.7 | 1 | 12.4 | 1 | 12.3 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 5.4 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 43.7 | 10 | 24.0 | 4 | 18.1 | 4 | 7.0 | 1 | 5.6 | 0 | 1.6 | 0 | 19 |

## District results
### Antrim North West

1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1989: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP 1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin
Antrim North West - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | UUP | James Graham* | 29.85% | 1,374 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Robert Loughran* | 22.14% | 1,019 | | | | |
| | DUP | Wilson Clyde* | 18.57% | 855 | | | | |
| | UUP | Roderick Swann | 6.13% | 282 | 875.55 | | | |
| | SDLP | Donovan McClelland* | 8.80% | 405 | 407.7 | 643.52 | 728.12 | 784.12 |
| | Sinn Féin | Henry Cushinan* | 14.51% | 668 | 669.35 | 684.43 | 686.23 | 693.23 |
| Electorate: 7,570 Valid: 4,603 (60.81%) Spoilt: 98 Quota: 768 Turnout: 4,701 (62.10%) |||||||||

### Antrim South East

1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1985-1989 Change: No change
Antrim South East - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | DUP | Roy Thompson* | 20.31% | 1,248 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Edgar Wallace* | 16.97% | 1,043 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Mervyn Rea* | 14.26% | 876 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Howard Campbell* | 11.18% | 687 | 750.18 | 839.62 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Robert Burns* | 12.43% | 764 | 765.56 | 765.82 | 767.12 | 767.56 | 787.56 | |
| | DUP | Samuel Dunlop* | 8.01% | 492 | 648 | 664.38 | 672.31 | 680.89 | 684.89 | 843.89 |
| | UUP | Roy Stinson* | 4.62% | 284 | 325.73 | 466.13 | 548.68 | 602.36 | 604.71 | 771.09 |
| | Alliance | David Ford | 4.87% | 299 | 300.95 | 307.71 | 309.79 | 311.55 | 520.11 | 525.45 |
| | DUP | James Simpson | 3.42% | 210 | 417.09 | 426.97 | 435.94 | 440.12 | 442.51 | |
| | Alliance | Theresa Gallagher | 3.94% | 242 | 243.17 | 243.95 | 244.6 | 245.04 | | |
| Electorate: 11,349 Valid: 6,145 (54.15%) Spoilt: 166 Quota: 769 Turnout: 6,311 (55.61%) |||||||||||

### Antrim Town

1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Antrim Town - 7 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 |
| | UUP | Jack Allen* | 21.11% | 907 | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Paddy Marks* | 17.25% | 741 | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | James Brown | 14.06% | 604 | | | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Oran Keenan* | 12.52% | 535 | 537.46 | 538.58 | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | James McConnell* | 8.26% | 355 | 364.43 | 368.91 | 377.73 | 378.06 | 388.06 | 536.21 | 619.21 | |
| | UUP | Avril Swann | 3.12% | 134 | 330.8 | 433.56 | 466.13 | 469.32 | 473.32 | 475.32 | 491.47 | 501.47 |
| | UUP | Andrew Thompson | 5.68% | 244 | 324.77 | 386.65 | 396 | 398.64 | 398.64 | 399.64 | 402.05 | 405.05 |
| | DUP | James Graham | 4.66% | 200 | 248.38 | 269.1 | 284.2 | 342.83 | 342.83 | 343.8 | 352.03 | 358.03 |
| | Workers' Party | Eamon Gillen | 3.68% | 158 | 162.51 | 163.91 | 179.91 | 180.35 | 253.35 | 275.35 | | |
| | Alliance | Peter Kelly | 4.00% | 172 | 176.51 | 178.19 | 181.19 | 181.41 | 202.41 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Paul Little | 3.98% | 171 | 171 | 171.28 | 171.28 | 171.28 | | | | |
| | Independent | James Millar | 1.75% | 75 | 89.76 | 97.04 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,883 Valid: 4,296 (43.47%) Spoilt: 141 Quota: 538 Turnout: 4,437 (44.90%) |||||||||||||