# 1989 Craigavon Borough Council election

Elections to Craigavon 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 26 councillors.

## Election results

Craigavon Borough Council Election Result 1989 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 46.2 | 42.4 | 12,687 | 6.3 |
| SDLP | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23.1 | 21.0 | 6,288 | 3.8 |
| DUP | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15.4 | 14.4 | 4,314 | 11.3 |
| Alliance | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7.7 | 5.8 | 1,742 | 1.5 |
| Sinn Féin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.8 | 8.4 | 2,521 | 3.1 |
| Workers' Party | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 1,285 | 0.9 |
| Protestant Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 511 | New |
| Ind. Nationalist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 361 | 1.2 |
| Ind. Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 255 | 0.8 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Craigavon Borough Council election, 1989 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | DUP | DUP | Alliance | Alliance | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Workers' Party | Workers' Party | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Craigavon Central | 45.0 | 4 | 13.2 | 1 | 17.5 | 1 | 8.0 | 1 | 8.1 | 0 | 4.9 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 7 |
| Loughside | 14.7 | 0 | 54.2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 18.9 | 1 | 12.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Lurgan | 56.6 | 4 | 12.3 | 1 | 20.1 | 2 | 6.6 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Portadown | 45.0 | 4 | 13.2 | 1 | 16.0 | 2 | 7.2 | 1 | 6.4 | 0 | 1.4 | 0 | 10.8 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 42.4 | 12 | 21.0 | 6 | 14.4 | 4 | 5.8 | 2 | 8.4 | 1 | 4.3 | 1 | 3.7 | 0 | 26 |

## District results
### Craigavon Central

1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Workers' Party 1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1985-1989 Change: UUP and Alliance gain from DUP and Workers' Party
Craigavon Central - 7 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 | Samuel McCammick* | 21.69% | 1,642 | | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | James Daly | 13.25% | 1,003 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Frederick Crowe | 10.74% | 813 | 1,079.29 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | David Calvin | 12.09% | 915 | 936.84 | 945.24 | 1,068.24 | | | | |
| | UUP | Pauline Lindsay | 6.54% | 495 | 637.8 | 700.17 | 750.9 | 792.9 | 798.32 | 997.32 | |
| | UUP | Elizabeth McClurg | 6.04% | 457 | 651.04 | 697.87 | 719.55 | 728.55 | 733.97 | 951.31 | |
| | Alliance | Sean Hagan | 7.99% | 605 | 614.24 | 615.29 | 627.29 | 632.29 | 793.29 | 799.34 | 840.22 |
| | Sinn Féin | Sheena Campbell | 8.06% | 610 | 610 | 610.21 | 612.21 | 614.21 | 744.21 | 744.21 | 759.05 |
| | DUP | Eric Patterson | 5.36% | 406 | 451.36 | 462.28 | 495.12 | 555.12 | 559.12 | | |
| | Workers' Party | Peter Smyth | 4.89% | 370 | 370.84 | 371.05 | 373.05 | 373.05 | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Barrie Bradbury | 3.37% | 255 | 259.62 | 261.09 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,988 Valid: 7,571 (54.12%) Spoilt: 205 Quota: 947 Turnout: 7,776 (55.59%) ||||||||||||

### Loughside

1985: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party, 1 x UUP 1989: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party 1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
Loughside - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | SDLP | Sean McCavanagh* | 23.79% | 1,393 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Brendan Curran* | 10.81% | 633 | 640 | 1,048.5 | | | |
| | SDLP | Hugh Casey | 12.88% | 754 | 867.7 | 870.7 | 1,054.7 | | |
| | SDLP | Catherine McStravick | 10.30% | 603 | 749.7 | 763.3 | 994 | | |
| | Workers' Party | Tom French* | 12.18% | 713 | 747.8 | 762.4 | 834.7 | 912.05 | 977.05 |
| | UUP | Thomas Bell* | 14.70% | 861 | 861.9 | 863.9 | 863.9 | 864.81 | 867.81 |
| | SDLP | Patrick Crilly | 7.24% | 424 | 521.5 | 529.7 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | John O'Dowd | 8.11% | 475 | 480.4 | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,783 Valid: 5,856 (54.31%) Spoilt: 191 Quota: 976 Turnout: 6,047 (56.08%) ||||||||||

### Lurgan

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
Lurgan - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | UUP | Sydney Cairns* | 23.04% | 1,942 | | | | |
| | UUP | Audrey Savage | 18.56% | 1,565 | | | | |
| | UUP | Samuel Lutton | 9.15% | 771 | 1,127.5 | | | |
| | UUP | Meta Crozier | 5.84% | 492 | 886.22 | 1,236.68 | | |
| | DUP | Ruth Allen | 10.57% | 891 | 924.12 | 979.56 | 1,077.31 | |
| | SDLP | Brid Rodgers* | 12.34% | 1,040 | 1,040 | 1,040.33 | 1,041.02 | 1,249.02 |
| | DUP | Yvonne Calvert | 9.54% | 804 | 884.5 | 864.69 | 1,029.32 | 1,033.21 |
| | Alliance | Gordon Burrell | 6.61% | 557 | 572.64 | 586.17 | 604.34 | 623.67 |
| | Sinn Féin | Patricia McKee | 3.32% | 280 | 280 | 280.66 | 280.89 | |
| | Workers' Party | Maureen McKeever | 1.04% | 88 | 88 | 88.99 | 89.45 | |
| Electorate: 13,861 Valid: 8,430 (60.82%) Spoilt: 194 Quota: 1,054 Turnout: 8,624 (62.22%) |||||||||

### Portadown

1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1985-1989 Change: UUP and Alliance gain from DUP and Sinn Féin
Portadown - 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 | James Gillespie* | 19.53% | 1,583 | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Michael Briggs* | 13.43% | 1,089 | | | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Ignatius Fox* | 13.21% | 1,071 | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Joseph Trueman | 10.94% | 887 | 1,055.12 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Brian Maguinness | 9.00% | 730 | 1,021.96 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Anna Moore | 5.54% | 449 | 510.56 | 517.28 | 519.35 | 519.41 | 662.9 | 663.26 | 697.37 | 1,066.37 |
| | Alliance | William Ramsay | 7.15% | 580 | 586.84 | 588.31 | 615.31 | 640.45 | 647.71 | 769.43 | 770.78 | 832.59 |
| | Sinn Féin | John Dignam | 6.45% | 523 | 523.36 | 523.57 | 551.57 | 563.45 | 563.58 | 706.7 | 706.79 | 706.86 |
| | Protestant Unionist | Andrew Watson | 6.30% | 511 | 520.36 | 526.03 | 528.03 | 528.03 | 638.82 | 640.89 | 643.41 | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Mario McCooe | 4.45% | 361 | 361.36 | 361.43 | 393.43 | 410.77 | 410.77 | | | |
| | DUP | Phyllis Lutton | 2.58% | 209 | 238.16 | 297.38 | 298.38 | 298.44 | | | | |
| | Workers' Party | Kathy Fox | 1.41% | 114 | 114.36 | 114.43 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,753 Valid: 8,107 (58.95%) Spoilt: 220 Quota: 1,014 Turnout: 8,327 (60.55%) |||||||||||||