# 1989 Northern Ireland local elections

Elections for local government were held in Northern Ireland in 1989, with candidates contesting 565 seats.

## Background

The elections took place after a turbulent period in Northern Irish politics. The signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement (AIA) in November 1985 had been followed by widespread protests by those in the Unionist community. In November 1985, the 18 Unionist controlled District Councils voted for a policy of adjournment in protest against the AIA and in February 1986 also refused to set the 'rates' (local government taxes). In September 1986 Unionist councillors considered but rejected the option of mass resignations but decided to continue to use council chambers as a forum to protest the agreement.
One new development on the Unionist side was the entry into Northern Ireland politics of the Conservative Party which was joined by three sitting Unionist councillors.
On the Irish Republican side, the Irish Independence Party had disbanded following poor election results in 1985. Sinn Féin had split in 1986 over the issue of sitting in the Irish parliament, Dáil Éireann, if elected. The dissenting faction had formed Republican Sinn Féin (RSF). Three of the fifty nine councillors elected for Sinn Féin in 1985 joined this grouping. The Remembrance Day bombing of 1987 had a negative impact on subsequent SF support. Irish Republicanism was also affected by the passing of the Elected Authorities (Northern Ireland) Act 1989 which disqualified candidates who refused to sign a declaration renouncing:
       "(a) any organisation that is for the time being a proscribed organisation specified in Schedule 2 to the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978: or
       (b) acts of terrorism (that is to say, violence for political ends) connected with the affairs of Northern Ireland"
RSF refused to sign the declaration and thus their twenty three candidates became ineligible.

## Results
### Overall

| Party | Party | Councillors | Councillors | Votes | Votes |
| Party | Party | Total | +/- | % share | Total |
| | UUP | 194 | +5 | 31.3 | 193,064 |
| | SDLP | 121 | +19 | 21.0 | 129,557 |
| | DUP | 110 | -32 | 17.7 | 109,342 |
| | Sinn Féin | 43 | -16 | 11.2 | 69,032 |
| | Alliance | 38 | +4 | 6.9 | 42,646 |
| | Independent | 23 | +14 | 3.8 | 23,617 |
| | Ind. Unionist | 15 | +7 | 2.6 | 15,804 |
| | Workers' Party | 4 | 0 | 2.1 | 13,078 |
| | NI Conservatives | 6 | N/A | 0.8 | 5,204 |
| | PUP | 3 | 0 | 0.6 | 3,839 |
| | Ulster Democratic | 1 | +1 | 0.4 | 2,413 |
| | Protestant Unionist | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 1,879 |
| | Protestant | 1 | +1 | 0.3 | 1,754 |
| | Labour '87 | 1 | N/A | 0.2 | 1,433 |
| | UPUP | 3 | 0 | 0.2 | 1,223 |
| | Ind. Nationalist | 0 | -6 | 0.1 | 804 |
| | Ind. Conservative | 1 | N/A | 0.1 | 752 |
| | Independent Democratic Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 585 |
| | Independent Loyalist | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 351 |
| | Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 329 |
| | Independent Labour | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 293 |
| | Communist | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 175 |
| | National Front | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 68 |

### By council

The results were interpreted as "movement away from the extremes" with the UUP and SDLP increasing their lead over their rivals in the DUP and Sinn Féin respectively. A total of eleven councils saw the two top posts shared by parties from either side of the political/sectarian divide. The number of councils controlled by one party increased from two to six. The DUP retained control of Ballymena, while the UUP retained control of Banbridge and gained control of Antrim and Lisburn. The SDLP gained control of Down and Derry.

#### Antrim

Antrim North West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | James Graham | 1,374 |
| | SDLP | Robert Loughran | 1,019 |
| | DUP | Wilson Clyde | 855 |
| | Sinn Féin | Henry Cushinan | 668 |
| | SDLP | Donovan McClelland | 405 |
| | UUP | Roderick Swann | 282 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,701 |
| | SDLP gain from Sinn Fein | SDLP gain from Sinn Fein | SDLP gain from Sinn Fein |
Antrim South East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | DUP | Roy Thompson | 1,248 |
| | UUP | Edgar Wallace | 1,043 |
| | UUP | Mervyn Rea | 876 |
| | SDLP | Robert Burns | 764 |
| | UUP | Howard Campbell | 687 |
| | DUP | Samuel Dunlop | 492 |
| | Alliance | David Ford | 299 |
| | UUP | Roy Stinson | 284 |
| | Alliance | Theresa Gallagher | 242 |
| | DUP | James Simpson | 210 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,311 |
| No change ||||
Antrim Town :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | Jack Allen | 907 |
| | UUP | Frederick Marks | 741 |
| | DUP | James Brown | 604 |
| | SDLP | Oran Keenan | 535 |
| | Alliance | James McConnell | 355 |
| | UUP | Andrew Thompson | 244 |
| | DUP | James Graham | 200 |
| | Alliance | Peter Kelly | 172 |
| | Sinn Féin | Paul Little | 171 |
| | Workers' Party | Eamon Gillen | 158 |
| | UUP | Avril Swann | 134 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Jim Millar | 75 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,437 |
| | UUP gain from DUP | UUP gain from DUP | UUP gain from DUP |

#### Ards

Ards Peninsula :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | Alliance | Kieran McCarthy | 1,119 |
| | DUP | Jim Shannon | 1,030 |
| | UUP | John Shields | 1,018 |
| | UUP | Robert Ambrose | 1,008 |
| | DUP | Mervyn Rea | 584 |
| | Independent | James McMullan | 564 |
| | Alliance | Clifford Auld | 512 |
| | UUP | Ronald Ferguson | 459 |
| | DUP | Oliver Johnston | 452 |
| | UUP | Trevor Hussey | 165 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,140 |
| | Alliance gain from Independent | Alliance gain from Independent | Alliance gain from Independent |
| | UUP gain from UPUP | UUP gain from UPUP | UUP gain from UPUP |
Ards West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | Robert Gibson | 1,375 |
| | UUP | Edward Archdale | 815 |
| | UUP | Bobby McBride | 773 |
| | Alliance | Thomas McBriar | 660 |
| | DUP | John Hamilton | 651 |
| | DUP | David McKibben | 619 |
| | Alliance | Alan McDowell | 387 |
| | UUP | William Elliott | 273 |
| | DUP | Andrew Marks | 194 |
| | DUP | Glynn Moore | 190 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,073 |
| No change ||||
Newtownards :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | Tom Benson | 1,307 |
| | DUP | Simpson Gibson | 1,283 |
| | Alliance | Owen Dorrian | 719 |
| | DUP | Wilbert Magill | 548 |
| | Independent | John Purdy | 473 |
| | UUP | David Smyth | 452 |
| | Ind. Unionist | William Hannigan | 434 |
| | DUP | John Elliott | 408 |
| | DUP | Cedric Wilson | 228 |
| | Alliance | Laurence Thompson | 213 |
| | UUP | Tom Hamilton | 183 |
| | UUP | James McKernon | 98 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,521 |
| | Independent gain from NILP | Independent gain from NILP | Independent gain from NILP |

#### Armagh

Armagh City :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | SDLP | John Agnew | 1,019 |
| | UUP | George McCartney | 979 |
| | UUP | John Doogan | 898 |
| | SDLP | Pat Brannigan | 893 |
| | SDLP | Anna Brolly | 816 |
| | DUP | Harold Carson | 660 |
| | Sinn Féin | Seamus Hart | 540 |
| | Sinn Féin | Stephen Fields | 305 |
| | Workers' Party | Patrick McCusker | 232 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,544 |
| | SDLP gain from DUP | SDLP gain from DUP | SDLP gain from DUP |
Crossmore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | Jim Nicholson | 1,484 |
| | SDLP | Thomas Kavanagh | 1,162 |
| | SDLP | James McKernan | 1,041 |
| | SDLP | Charles Mallon | 643 |
| | Sinn Féin | Thomas Carroll | 475 |
| | UUP | Thomas Shilliday | 440 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,403 |
| No change ||||
Cusher :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | Eric Speers | 1,561 |
| | DUP | Thomas Black | 1,444 |
| | UUP | Thomas Johnston | 1,314 |
| | SDLP | Thomas Canavan | 1,154 |
| | UUP | Robert Turner | 936 |
| | UUP | James Clayton | 822 |
| | Sinn Féin | Margaret McNally | 329 |
| | Independent Labour | Eugene Turley | 100 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,811 |
| No change ||||
The Orchard :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | Jim Speers | 1,665 |
| | SDLP | John Kernan | 1,203 |
| | DUP | Douglas Hutchinson | 950 |
| | UUP | Samuel Foster | 855 |
| | UUP | Olive Whitten | 677 |
| | Sinn Féin | Brendan Casey | 401 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,862 |
| No change ||||

#### Ballymena

Ballymena Town :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | SDLP | Patrick McAvoy | 897 |
| | Alliance | John Williams | 832 |
| | Independent | Samuel Henry | 814 |
| | UUP | James Alexander | 631 |
| | UUP | Robert Coulter | 595 |
| | DUP | Maurice Mills | 485 |
| | DUP | John Wilson | 442 |
| | DUP | John Carson | 409 |
| | SDLP | Declan O'Loan | 403 |
| | DUP | Vera Mills | 261 |
| | UUP | Robert Simpson | 186 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,085 |
| | Alliance gain from DUP | Alliance gain from DUP | Alliance gain from DUP |
Braid Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | Desmond Armstrong | 957 |
| | Independent | James Woulahan | 887 |
| | UUP | Margaret Alexander | 795 |
| | DUP | Samuel Hanna | 672 |
| | DUP | William Armstrong | 510 |
| | DUP | Agnes McLeister | 507 |
| | DUP | Robert Robinson | 395 |
| | UUP | William Owens | 372 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,211 |
| | Independent gain from DUP | Independent gain from DUP | Independent gain from DUP |
Kells Water :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | William Brownlees | 929 |
| | DUP | Martin Clarke | 759 |
| | UUP | James Currie | 729 |
| | DUP | Ronald Fry | 512 |
| | DUP | David McClintock | 509 |
| | DUP | James McCosh | 499 |
| | DUP | Andrew McKendry | 381 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Melvyn McKendry | 219 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,675 |
| | Ulster Unionist gain from DUP | Ulster Unionist gain from DUP | Ulster Unionist gain from DUP |
The Main :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | DUP | Roy Gillespie | 1,068 |
| | DUP | Sandy Spence | 752 |
| | DUP | Thomas Nicholl | 749 |
| | SDLP | James Laverty | 626 |
| | UUP | John Johnston | 598 |
| | DUP | Hubert Nicholl | 525 |
| | Alliance | David Alderdice | 448 |
| | UUP | Sarah McCullough | 291 |
| | UUP | Robert Megaw | 258 |
| | UUP | John Sutter | 150 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,583 |
| No change ||||

#### Ballymoney

Ballymoney Town :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | James McKeown | N/A |
| | UUP | James Simpson | NA |
| | DUP | Cecil Cousley | N/A |
| | DUP | Samuel McConaghie | N/A |
| | Independent | Robert McComb | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | N/A |
| No change ||||
* ↑ Because only five candidates had been nominated for the five seats, there was no vote and all five candidates were declared elected.
Bann Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | Joe Gaston | 790 |
| | DUP | Robert Halliday | 710 |
| | SDLP | Malachy McCamphill | 450 |
| | SDLP | Charley O'Kane | 430 |
| | DUP | Robert Wilson | 429 |
| | Sinn Féin | Una Casey | 365 |
| | UUP | John Watt | 356 |
| | DUP | Daniel Taylor | 195 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,816 |
| | SDLP gain from Sinn Fein | SDLP gain from Sinn Fein | SDLP gain from Sinn Fein |
Bushvale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | John Ramsay | 575 |
| | UUP | William Logan | 533 |
| | SDLP | Harry Connolly | 521 |
| | DUP | William Kennedy | 497 |
| | DUP | Donald McKenzie | 354 |
| | Sinn Féin | Malachy Carey | 235 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,774 |
| No change ||||

#### Banbridge

Banbridge Town :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | Kathleen Baird | 1,549 |
| | UUP | Archie McKelvey | 836 |
| | UUP | John Dobson | 782 |
| | SDLP | James Walsh | 774 |
| | DUP | Margaret Walker | 486 |
| | Alliance | Mary Doyle | 343 |
| | SDLP | Robert Murray | 198 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,094 |
| No change ||||
Dromore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | Drew Nelson | 1,109 |
| | SDLP | Catherine McDermott | 976 |
| | UUP | William Martin | 846 |
| | UUP | Robert Hill | 767 |
| | UUP | William McCracken | 569 |
| | DUP | Robert McIlroy | 446 |
| | DUP | William Lough | 327 |
| | Ulster Democratic | Colin Halliday | 217 |
| | Ulster Democratic | Thomas Dickson | 73 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,433 |
| | UUP gain from DUP | UUP gain from DUP | UUP gain from DUP |
Knockiveagh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | DUP | Wilfred McFadden | 824 |
| | Independent | Laurence McCartan | 784 |
| | SDLP | Seamus Doyle | 739 |
| | UUP | Vivienne Bennett | 721 |
| | UUP | Samuel Walker | 699 |
| | UUP | John Hanna | 526 |
| | UUP | Bertie McRoberts | 524 |
| | SDLP | Peter McGreevy | 272 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,206 |
| No change ||||

#### Belfast

Balmoral :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | Margaret Crooks | 2,163 |
| | UUP | Jim Kirkpatrick | 1,818 |
| | SDLP | Dorita Field | 1,636 |
| | DUP | Joan Parkes | 1,602 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Billy Dickson | 1,177 |
| | Alliance | Mark Long | 1,105 |
| | Alliance | John Montgomery | 1,061 |
| | DUP | Caroline Bingham | 599 |
| | Workers' Party | Shaun McKeown | 243 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,160 |
| | SDLP gain from DUP | SDLP gain from DUP | SDLP gain from DUP |
Castle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | SDLP | Alban Maginness | 2,301 |
| | UUP | John Carson | 2,192 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Frank Millar | 1,835 |
| | DUP | Nigel Dodds | 1,779 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Nelson McCausland | 1,163 |
| | Alliance | Tom Campbell | 1,053 |
| | UUP | Alfred Redpath | 767 |
| | Workers' Party | Anthony Kerr | 496 |
| | Sinn Féin | Bobby Lavery | 453 |
| | DUP | Samuel Lowry | 216 |
| | Labour '87 | Thomas Galloway | 103 |
| | Green (NI) | Maria O'Sullivan | 95 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,326 |
| | Independent Unionist gain from UUP | Independent Unionist gain from UUP | Independent Unionist gain from UUP |
Court :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | PUP | Hugh Smyth | 2,533 |
| | Protestant Unionist | Elizabeth Seawright | 1,408 |
| | UUP | Fred Cobain | 1,170 |
| | DUP | Eric Smyth | 1,006 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Joe Coggle | 953 |
| | UUP | Herbert Ditty | 897 |
| | Independent | William Smith | 717 |
| | DUP | Frederick Ashby | 644 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Alfie Ferguson | 509 |
| | Workers' Party | Peter Cullen | 367 |
| | Sinn Féin | Joe Austin | 240 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,825 |
| No change ||||
Laganbank :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | Dixie Gilmore | 1,496 |
| | SDLP | Alasdair McDonnell | 1,415 |
| | Alliance | Steve McBride | 1,107 |
| | DUP | Rhonda Paisley | 1,036 |
| | UUP | Jim Clarke | 854 |
| | Alliance | Mary Thomas | 755 |
| | UUP | Harry Fletcher | 753 |
| | Sinn Féin | James Clinton | 753 |
| | SDLP | Gerard McGettrick | 629 |
| | Workers' Party | Kevin Smyth | 479 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Margaret Dickson | 198 |
| | DUP | Benjamin Horan | 132 |
| | Labour '87 | Paul Hainsworth | 109 |
| | Communist | Barry Bruton | 91 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,179 |
| No change ||||
Lower Falls :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | SDLP | Joe Hendron | 2,748 |
| | Sinn Féin | Fra McCann | 2,307 |
| | Sinn Féin | Elizabeth Fitzsimons | 1,765 |
| | Sinn Féin | Richard May | 1,626 |
| | Sinn Féin | Seán McKnight | 1,428 |
| | Workers' Party | Mary McMahon | 1,093 |
| | SDLP | Mary Muldoon | 588 |
| | Alliance | Derrick Crothers | 135 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,260 |
| | SDLP gain from Alliance | SDLP gain from Alliance | SDLP gain from Alliance |
Oldpark :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | SDLP | Brian Feeney | 2,426 |
| | UUP | Fred Proctor | 1,850 |
| | Sinn Féin | Gerard McGuigan | 1,682 |
| | Workers' Party | Seamus Lynch | 1,639 |
| | Sinn Féin | Paddy McManus | 1,548 |
| | Sinn Féin | William McGarry | 1,115 |
| | Ulster Loyalist Democratic | Paddy Bird | 837 |
| | DUP | Stanley Mulholland | 805 |
| | UUP | William Gault | 780 |
| | Alliance | George Jones | 443 |
| | Ulster Loyalist Democratic | William Clark | 71 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,744 |
| | UUP gain from DUP | UUP gain from DUP | UUP gain from DUP |
Pottinger :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | DUP | Sammy Wilson | 2,780 |
| | UUP | Margaret Clarke | 1,480 |
| | Alliance | Mervyn Jones | 1,296 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Dorothy Dunlop | 1,179 |
| | UUP | Reg Empey | 864 |
| | DUP | Frank Leslie | 768 |
| | Sinn Féin | Joe O'Donnell | 629 |
| | Workers' Party | Sean Flanagan | 541 |
| | DUP | Jim Walker | 493 |
| | UUP | David McNutt | 420 |
| | DUP | John Norris | 263 |
| | National Front | Stuart McCullough | 27 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,248 |
| | Independent Unionist gain from DUP | Independent Unionist gain from DUP | Independent Unionist gain from DUP |
Upper Falls :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | SDLP | Alex Attwood | 3,292 |
| | Sinn Féin | Alex Maskey | 2,378 |
| | Sinn Féin | Theresa Holland | 2,329 |
| | Sinn Féin | Máirtín Ó Muilleoir | 1,435 |
| | SDLP | Cormac Boomer | 1,189 |
| | SDLP | Peter Prendiville | 713 |
| | Independent | Cormac Boomer | 378 |
| | Workers' Party | Jean Craig | 380 |
| | Alliance | Dan McGuinness | 326 |
| | DUP | Robert Morrow | 283 |
| | Communist | Kevin O'Donnell | 84 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,835 |
| | Sinn Féin gain from Alliance | Sinn Féin gain from Alliance | Sinn Féin gain from Alliance |
Victoria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | Alliance | John Alderdice | 2,933 |
| | UUP | Tommy Patton | 2,845 |
| | UUP | Ian Adamson | 1,730 |
| | DUP | Wallace Browne | 1,374 |
| | DUP | Robin Newton | 1,171 |
| | UUP | Alan Montgomery | 767 |
| | Alliance | Danny Dow | 732 |
| | DUP | Irene Lewis | 667 |
| | Alliance | George Thompson | 533 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Samuel Walker | 449 |
| | Workers' Party | Hugh Jordan | 333 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,901 |
| No change ||||

#### Carrickfergus

Carrick Castle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | Alliance | Sean Neeson | 1,029 |
| | PUP | Samuel Stewart | 472 |
| | Protestant Unionist | David Hilditch | 302 |
| | DUP | Andrew Blair | 291 |
| | UUP | Samuel McCamley | 287 |
| | UUP | Robert English | 228 |
| | DUP | Margaret Cross | 190 |
| | Independent | Patrick Lennox | 171 |
| | Alliance | Arthur McQuitty | 81 |
| | UUP | Sarah Picken | 76 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,181 |
| | Alliance gain from UUP | Alliance gain from UUP | Alliance gain from UUP |
Kilroot :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | Alexander Beggs | 739 |
| | Alliance | Janet Crampsey | 719 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Robert Patton | 668 |
| | UUP | James Brown | 599 |
| | DUP | William Cross | 535 |
| | Alliance | David McCann | 213 |
| | UUP | Eric Ferguson | 212 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,769 |
| | Robert Patton leaves UUP | Robert Patton leaves UUP | Robert Patton leaves UUP |
Knockagh Monument :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | DUP | William Haggan | 668 |
| | Alliance | Stewart Dickson | 650 |
| | Independent | Charles Johnston | 628 |
| | UUP | William Murray | 503 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Mary Ardill | 435 |
| | UUP | Samuel Wilson | 312 |
| | Protestant Unionist | John Everitt | 169 |
| | Alliance | Noreen McIlwrath | 111 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,549 |
| | Mary Ardill leaves UUP | Mary Ardill leaves UUP | Mary Ardill leaves UUP |

#### Castlereagh

Castlereagh Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | DUP | Peter Robinson | 3,461 |
| | UUP | Grant Dillon | 914 |
| | Alliance | Robert Mitchell | 909 |
| | UUP | Ellen Gray | 453 |
| | Alliance | Ann Smith | 446 |
| | DUP | Alan Carson | 277 |
| | DUP | Joyce Boyd | 184 |
| | DUP | Cecil Moore | 150 |
| | DUP | Paul McNaughten | 26 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,820 |
| No change ||||
Castlereagh East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | DUP | Iris Robinson | 1,168 |
| | DUP | Matthew Anderson | 938 |
| | Ind. Unionist | William Abraham | 756 |
| | Alliance | William Boyd | 749 |
| | UPUP | Thomas Jeffers | 509 |
| | UUP | John Bell | 501 |
| | UUP | Alexander Murray | 312 |
| | Alliance | Muriel Wilkes | 257 |
| | DUP | John Boyle | 196 |
| | DUP | Simon Robinson | 122 |
| | Independent | Michael Brooks | 40 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,548 |
| | UPUP gain from UUP | UPUP gain from UUP | UPUP gain from UUP |
| | William Abraham leaves UUP | William Abraham leaves UUP | William Abraham leaves UUP |
Castlereagh South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | John Taylor | 2,039 |
| | DUP | Ernest Harper | 1,954 |
| | Alliance | David Andrews | 1,364 |
| | UUP | James Clarke | 667 |
| | Alliance | Geraldine Rice | 605 |
| | DUP | Beatrice Chambers | 432 |
| | UUP | Frederick Kane | 402 |
| | UUP | Marie Luney | 164 |
| | DUP | Thomas Scott | 107 |
| | DUP | Gillian McCorkell | 62 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,796 |
| | Alliance gain from DUP | Alliance gain from DUP | Alliance gain from DUP |

#### Coleraine

Bann :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | William King | 1,326 |
| | UUP | William Watt | 1,185 |
| | UUP | Creighton Hutchinson | 1,130 |
| | SDLP | John Dallat | 1,092 |
| | DUP | Robert Catherwood | 955 |
| | SDLP | Gerard O'Kane | 625 |
| | UUP | John Moody | 528 |
| | Alliance | Ian McEwan | 203 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,245 |
| No change ||||
Coleraine Town :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | DUP | James McClure | 1,790 |
| | UUP | Robert White | 1,129 |
| | UUP | Gladys Black | 818 |
| | UUP | David McClarty | 607 |
| | SDLP | Gerald McLaughlin | 433 |
| | Independent | Patrick McFeely | 405 |
| | Alliance | William Mathews | 398 |
| | DUP | Marie McAllister | 187 |
| | DUP | William Thompson | 118 |
| | Labour '87 | Timothy Blackman | 100 |
| | Alliance | Yvonne Boyle | 98 |
| | Green (NI) | David Garland | 56 |
| | Workers' Party | Rosemary McBride | 39 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,329 |
| | UUP gain from DUP | UUP gain from DUP | UUP gain from DUP |
The Skerries :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | Pauline Armitage | 840 |
| | UUP | Elizabeth Black | 767 |
| | DUP | William Creelman | 724 |
| | UUP | William Glenn | 658 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Robert Mitchell | 509 |
| | Alliance | Patrick McGowan | 494 |
| | SDLP | Sean Farren | 482 |
| | UUP | Thomas Peacock | 432 |
| | DUP | Robert Stewart | 403 |
| | DUP | Eric Stewart | 379 |
| | Alliance | Catherine Condy | 317 |
| | Labour '87 | Roberta Woods | 134 |
| | Green (NI) | Malcolm Samuel | 71 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,359 |
| | Robert Mitchell leaves UUP | Robert Mitchell leaves UUP | Robert Mitchell leaves UUP |

#### Cookstown

Ballinderry :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | SDLP | Paddy Duffy | 1,370 |
| | DUP | William McIntyre | 1,039 |
| | Sinn Féin | Francis McNally | 868 |
| | UUP | Victor McGahie | 781 |
| | Sinn Féin | Siobhan McQuillan | 617 |
| | DUP | Samuel McCartney | 528 |
| | UUP | Neville Forsythe | 512 |
| | SDLP | John O'Neill | 402 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,341 |
| | SDLP gain from Sinn Fein | SDLP gain from Sinn Fein | SDLP gain from Sinn Fein |
Cookstown Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | Trevor Wilson | 1,337 |
| | DUP | Alan Kane | 1,325 |
| | SDLP | Denis Haughey | 855 |
| | Sinn Féin | Dermot Coyle | 550 |
| | SDLP | Peggy Laverty | 420 |
| | Workers' Party | Hugh Brennan | 252 |
| | DUP | Kenneth Loughrin | 106 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,935 |
| | SDLP gain from Sinn Fein | SDLP gain from Sinn Fein | SDLP gain from Sinn Fein |
Drum Manor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | Samuel Glasgow | 1,096 |
| | Sinn Féin | Sean Begley | 966 |
| | DUP | Walter Millar | 863 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Samuel Parke | 747 |
| | SDLP | James McGarvey | 648 |
| | SDLP | Sean Mallon | 453 |
| | Sinn Féin | Desmond McElhatton | 266 |
| | Workers' Party | Desmond Gourley | 90 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,296 |
| No change ||||

#### Craigavon

Craigavon Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | James McCammick | 1,642 |
| | SDLP | James Daly | 1,003 |
| | DUP | David Calvin | 915 |
| | UUP | Frederick Crowe | 813 |
| | Sinn Féin | Sheena Campbell | 610 |
| | Alliance | John Hagan | 605 |
| | UUP | Pauline Lindsay | 495 |
| | UUP | Elizabeth McClurg | 457 |
| | DUP | Meredith Patterson | 406 |
| | Workers' Party | Peter Smyth | 370 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Barrie Bradbury | 255 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,776 |
| | UUP gain from DUP | UUP gain from DUP | UUP gain from DUP |
| | Alliance gain from Workers' Party | Alliance gain from Workers' Party | Alliance gain from Workers' Party |
Loughside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | SDLP | Sean McKavanagh | 1,393 |
| | UUP | Thomas Bell | 861 |
| | SDLP | Hugh Casey | 754 |
| | Workers' Party | Tom French | 713 |
| | Sinn Féin | Brendan Curran | 633 |
| | SDLP | Catherine McStravick | 603 |
| | Sinn Féin | John O'Dowd | 475 |
| | SDLP | Patrick Crilly | 424 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,047 |
| | SDLP gain from UUP | SDLP gain from UUP | SDLP gain from UUP |
Lurgan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | Sydney Cairns | 1,942 |
| | UUP | Audrey Savage | 1,565 |
| | SDLP | Brid Rodgers | 1,040 |
| | DUP | Ruth Allen | 891 |
| | DUP | Yvonne Calvert | 814 |
| | UUP | Samuel Lutton | 771 |
| | Alliance | Gordon Burrell | 586 |
| | UUP | Meta Crozier | 492 |
| | Sinn Féin | Patricia McKee | 280 |
| | Workers' Party | Maureen McKeever | 88 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,624 |
| No change ||||
Portadown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | James Gillespie | 1,583 |
| | DUP | Michael Briggs | 1,089 |
| | SDLP | Ignatius Fox | 1,071 |
| | UUP | Joe Trueman | 887 |
| | UUP | Brian Maguinness | 730 |
| | Alliance | William Ramsay | 580 |
| | Sinn Féin | John Dignam | 523 |
| | Independent | Andrew Watson | 511 |
| | UUP | Anna Moore | 449 |
| | Independent | Mario McCooe | 361 |
| | DUP | Phyllis Lutton | 209 |
| | Workers' Party | Kathy Foy | 114 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,327 |
| | UUP gain from DUP | UUP gain from DUP | UUP gain from DUP |
| | Alliance gain from Sinn Fein | Alliance gain from Sinn Fein | Alliance gain from Sinn Fein |

#### Derry

Cityside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | SDLP | Patrick Devine | 1,011 |
| | Sinn Féin | Hugh Brady | 897 |
| | SDLP | Tony Carlin | 734 |
| | Sinn Féin | Mitchel McLaughlin | 698 |
| | SDLP | Pat Ramsey | 664 |
| | Sinn Féin | Anne McGuinness | 656 |
| | SDLP | James Clifford | 640 |
| | Workers' Party | Eamon Melaugh | 358 |
| | Sinn Féin | Gerry Doherty | 236 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,126 |
| No change ||||
Northland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | SDLP | John Tierney | 1,565 |
| | SDLP | Anna Gallagher | 1,289 |
| | Sinn Féin | Bernard McFadden | 1,183 |
| | SDLP | William McCorriston | 1,128 |
| | SDLP | John Kerr | 977 |
| | SDLP | Len Green | 778 |
| | Ind. Unionist | David Davis | 607 |
| | UUP | Jack Allen | 590 |
| | Sinn Féin | Mary Nelis | 428 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,829 |
| | SDLP gain from IIP | SDLP gain from IIP | SDLP gain from IIP |
| | David Davis leaves UUP | David Davis leaves UUP | David Davis leaves UUP |
Rural :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | SDLP | Annie Courtney | 1,117 |
| | DUP | William Hay | 1,078 |
| | SDLP | John McNickle | 1,023 |
| | SDLP | George Peoples | 946 |
| | UUP | John Adams | 922 |
| | UUP | Ernest Hamilton | 636 |
| | DUP | Mervyn Lindsay | 634 |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Michael Breslin | 544 |
| | SDLP | Robert Brolly | 499 |
| | UUP | Margaret Parkhill | 473 |
| | DUP | David Nicholl | 461 |
| | Ulster Democratic | Ernest Curry | 329 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,873 |
| No change ||||
Shantallow :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | SDLP | Mary Bradley | 1,502 |
| | SDLP | Noel McKenna | 1,203 |
| | SDLP | William O'Connell | 1,024 |
| | SDLP | Shaun Gallagher | 803 |
| | Sinn Féin | Gearoid O'Heara | 759 |
| | Sinn Féin | Richard Halpenny | 586 |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Thomas Mullan | 260 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,365 |
| No change ||||
Waterside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | DUP | Gregory Campbell | 1,737 |
| | SDLP | Gerald Toland | 819 |
| | Ind. Unionist | James Guy | 783 |
| | DUP | Joe Miller | 778 |
| | SDLP | Wilfred White | 732 |
| | Sinn Féin | John Carlin | 639 |
| | UUP | George Duddy | 449 |
| | Ulster Democratic | Kenneth Kerr | 389 |
| | UUP | Albert McCartney | 367 |
| | UUP | Gladys Carey | 363 |
| | DUP | Robert Hall | 315 |
| | Ulster Democratic | Ronnie O'Brien | 262 |
| | Alliance | Snoo Sinclair | 238 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,030 |
| | James Guy leaves UUP | James Guy leaves UUP | James Guy leaves UUP |
| | UDP gain from DUP | UDP gain from DUP | UDP gain from DUP |

#### Down

Ballynahinch :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | SDLP | Patrick Toman | 1,222 |
| | UUP | James Cochrane | 1,204 |
| | SDLP | James Magee | 985 |
| | UUP | Walter Lyons | 864 |
| | DUP | Thomas Poole | 790 |
| | SDLP | Patrick King | 388 |
| | Sinn Féin | Patrick McGreevy | 170 |
| | Green (NI) | Philip Allen | 107 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,856 |
| No change ||||
Downpatrick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | SDLP | Dermot Curran | 1,198 |
| | UUP | Samuel McCartney | 1,110 |
| | SDLP | John Ritchie | 888 |
| | SDLP | Sean Quinn | 792 |
| | SDLP | Malachi Curran | 715 |
| | SDLP | John Doris | 707 |
| | SDLP | Mary Breen | 548 |
| | Sinn Féin | Geraldine Ritchie | 547 |
| | Alliance | Michael Healy | 534 |
| | Workers' Party | Monica Hynds | 214 |
| | Labour Party of Ireland | William Hampton | 193 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,599 |
| | Alliance gain from Workers' Party | Alliance gain from Workers' Party | Alliance gain from Workers' Party |
| | SDLP gain from Sinn Fein | SDLP gain from Sinn Fein | SDLP gain from Sinn Fein |
Newcastle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | Gerald Douglas | 1,329 |
| | SDLP | Michael Boyd | 1,271 |
| | SDLP | Eamon O'Neill | 1,093 |
| | SDLP | Peter Fitzpatrick | 542 |
| | Sinn Féin | Sean Fitzpatrick | 477 |
| | DUP | John Finlay | 416 |
| | SDLP | Cathal O'Baoill | 369 |
| | UUP | William Brown | 366 |
| | Workers' Party | Henry Robinson | 179 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,208 |
| | UUP gain from DUP | UUP gain from DUP | UUP gain from DUP |
| | SDLP gain from Sinn Fein | SDLP gain from Sinn Fein | SDLP gain from Sinn Fein |
Rowallane :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | SDLP | Margaret Ritchie | 1,509 |
| | UUP | Samuel Osborne | 1,332 |
| | UUP | Albert Colmer | 781 |
| | UUP | William Biggerstaff | 740 |
| | DUP | William Dick | 652 |
| | Independent Loyalist | William Walker | 351 |
| | DUP | William Greer | 252 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,713 |
| No change ||||

#### Dungannon

Blackwater :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | DUP | James Ewing | 1,345 |
| | UUP | Derek Irwin | 1,001 |
| | SDLP | Patsy Daly | 980 |
| | UUP | Jim Hamilton | 916 |
| | UUP | Jim Brady | 884 |
| | Sinn Féin | Tony Gildernew | 593 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,847 |
| No change ||||
Clogher Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | Noel Mulligan | 1,171 |
| | UUP | Samuel Brush | 1,117 |
| | SDLP | Anthony McGonnell | 1,061 |
| | Sinn Féin | Raymond McMahon | 982 |
| | DUP | Johnston McIlwrath | 919 |
| | SDLP | John Monaghan | 690 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,082 |
| No change ||||
Dungannon Town :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | Ken Maginnis | 1,479 |
| | UUP | William Brown | 874 |
| | DUP | Maurice Morrow | 795 |
| | Sinn Féin | Peter Corrigan | 757 |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Michael McLoughlin | 600 |
| | SDLP | Vincent Currie | 570 |
| | Workers' Party | Gerry Cullen | 276 |
| | SDLP | Peggie Devlin | 156 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,627 |
| | Workers' Party gain from Sinn Fein | Workers' Party gain from Sinn Fein | Workers' Party gain from Sinn Fein |
Torrent :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Jim Canning | 1,626 |
| | UUP | Thomas Kempton | 1,333 |
| | Sinn Féin | Brendan Doris | 758 |
| | Sinn Féin | Martin McCaughey | 729 |
| | SDLP | Jim Cavanagh | 683 |
| | Sinn Féin | Sean Corr | 550 |
| | SDLP | Angela Donnelly | 357 |
| | SDLP | Bridie O'Donnell | 214 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,472 |
| No change ||||

#### Fermanagh

Enniskillen :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | Raymond Ferguson | 1,639 |
| | UUP | Samuel Foster | 1,485 |
| | Workers' Party | David Kettyles | 1,150 |
| | DUP | Roy Coulter | 803 |
| | UUP | William Hetherington | 784 |
| | SDLP | James Lunny | 675 |
| | Sinn Féin | Patrick Cox | 656 |
| | Sinn Féin | John McManus | 639 |
| | SDLP | James Donnelly | 555 |
| | Alliance | William Barbour | 305 |
| | UUP | Bertie Kerr | 248 |
| | DUP | John Connor | 155 |
| | Independent | John Bothwell | 25 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,341 |
| | Workers' Party gain from Sinn Fein | Workers' Party gain from Sinn Fein | Workers' Party gain from Sinn Fein |
Erne East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | SDLP | Fergus McQuillan | 1,547 |
| | UUP | William Noble | 1,268 |
| | UUP | Albert Liddle | 1,059 |
| | Sinn Féin | Brian McCaffrey | 745 |
| | UUP | Jean McVitty | 667 |
| | Sinn Féin | Vincent McCaffrey | 659 |
| | Sinn Féin | Plunket O'Neill | 611 |
| | Independent | John Joe McCusker | 473 |
| | Sinn Féin | Ciaran Leonard | 431 |
| | DUP | Paul Robinson | 264 |
| | Independent | Seamus Mullan | 170 |
| | DUP | Caroline Madill | 128 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,177 |
| | UUP gain from Sinn Fein | UUP gain from Sinn Fein | UUP gain from Sinn Fein |
Erne North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | Caldwell McClaughry | 1,516 |
| | DUP | Bert Johnston | 1,114 |
| | SDLP | John O'Kane | 931 |
| | UUP | Simon Loane | 812 |
| | SDLP | Tommy Gallagher | 793 |
| | Sinn Féin | Brian McSorley | 648 |
| | UUP | Gladys Nixon | 297 |
| | DUP | Victor Milligan | 118 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,339 |
| | SDLP gain from Sinn Fein | SDLP gain from Sinn Fein | SDLP gain from Sinn Fein |
Erne West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | Independent | Patrick McCaffrey | 1,604 |
| | UUP | Wilson Elliott | 1,397 |
| | Sinn Féin | Paul Corrigan | 1,186 |
| | SDLP | Gerard Gallagher | 889 |
| | UUP | Derrick Nixon | 871 |
| | Sinn Féin | Vincent Martin | 595 |
| | SDLP | Patrick McGovern | 256 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,001 |
| | UUP gain from Sinn Fein | UUP gain from Sinn Fein | UUP gain from Sinn Fein |
| | Patrick McCaffrey leaves IIP | Patrick McCaffrey leaves IIP | Patrick McCaffrey leaves IIP |

#### Larne

Coast Road :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | Thomas Robinson | 777 |
| | Ind. Nationalist | William Cunning | 700 |
| | DUP | John Fulton | 478 |
| | Alliance | Amelia Kelly | 439 |
| | UUP | Joan Drummond | 429 |
| | DUP | Rachel Rea | 413 |
| | DUP | Hill Taggart | 115 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,441 |
| | UUP gain from DUP | UUP gain from DUP | UUP gain from DUP |
Larne Lough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | Roy Beggs | 1,387 |
| | UUP | Thomas Baxter | 492 |
| | DUP | Bobby McKee | 489 |
| | Alliance | Thomas Caldwell | 411 |
| | UUP | Samuel Steele | 296 |
| | DUP | Andrew Haggan | 244 |
| | DUP | William Sloan | 243 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,678 |
| No change ||||
Larne Town :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | DUP | Jack McKee | 979 |
| | Independent | Pat Buckley | 855 |
| | UUP | Robert Robinson | 580 |
| | UUP | Rosalie Armstrong | 541 |
| | Alliance | Patricia Kay | 228 |
| | Independent | Roy Craig | 215 |
| | Alliance | William Geddis | 136 |
| | DUP | Leonard Sluman | 85 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,710 |
| | Independent gain from DUP | Independent gain from DUP | Independent gain from DUP |

#### Limavady

Bellarena :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | Stanley Gault | 797 |
| | SDLP | John McKinney | 785 |
| | UUP | Robert Grant | 696 |
| | SDLP | Arthur Doherty | 676 |
| | SDLP | Thomas Mullan | 618 |
| | DUP | Ernest Murray | 471 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,116 |
| | SDLP gain from DUP | SDLP gain from DUP | SDLP gain from DUP |
Benbradagh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | SDLP | Lawrence Hegarty | 987 |
| | UUP | David Robinson | 939 |
| | Sinn Féin | Thomas Donaghy | 793 |
| | UUP | Max Gault | 446 |
| | Sinn Féin | Michael Hasson | 343 |
| | SDLP | John Lynch | 182 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,794 |
| | SDLP gain from Sinn Fein | SDLP gain from Sinn Fein | SDLP gain from Sinn Fein |
Limavady Town :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | Ronald Cartwright | 961 |
| | DUP | George Robinson | 915 |
| | SDLP | Barry Doherty | 686 |
| | UUP | Jackie Dolan | 482 |
| | SDLP | Brian McWilliams | 378 |
| | UUP | Norman Reynolds | 374 |
| | Alliance | Joseph McGuigan | 241 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,112 |
| No change ||||

#### Lisburn

Downshire :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | William Bleakes | 2,297 |
| | UUP | Thomas Lilburn | 1,084 |
| | DUP | Charles Poots | 1,042 |
| | DUP | Anne Blake | 998 |
| | Alliance | Kenneth Hull | 872 |
| | UUP | Thomas Davis | 666 |
| | DUP | James McCann | 574 |
| | UUP | John Curry | 320 |
| | UUP | Wilfred Corfield-McClung | 171 |
| | Workers' Party | Patrick Pollock | 63 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,262 |
| | Thomas Davis leaves DUP | Thomas Davis leaves DUP | Thomas Davis leaves DUP |
Dunmurry Cross :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | Sinn Féin | Patrick Rice | 1,498 |
| | UUP | William McAllister | 1,159 |
| | Sinn Féin | Michael Ferguson | 1,075 |
| | DUP | William Beattie | 964 |
| | UUP | Billy Bell | 957 |
| | SDLP | William McDonnell | 819 |
| | SDLP | Hugh Lewsley | 808 |
| | Workers' Party | John Lowry | 761 |
| | Alliance | Patrick Bell | 684 |
| | UUP | Richard Scott | 252 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,314 |
| | SDLP gain from Alliance | SDLP gain from Alliance | SDLP gain from Alliance |
Killultagh :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | Robert Campbell | 2,072 |
| | UUP | William Dillon | 1,211 |
| | DUP | Cecil Calvert | 1,202 |
| | SDLP | Peter O'Hagan | 1,058 |
| | UUP | William Lewis | 926 |
| | UUP | Ronnie Crawford | 917 |
| | Ind. Conservative | David Greene | 752 |
| | Alliance | Eileen Drayne | 740 |
| | DUP | William Stevenson | 504 |
| | Ulster Democratic | Richard Haggan | 235 |
| | Workers' Party | Anne-Marie Lowry | 72 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,830 |
| | Independent Conservative gain from DUP | Independent Conservative gain from DUP | Independent Conservative gain from DUP |
Lisburn Town :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | Ivan Davis | 2,530 |
| | Alliance | Seamus Close | 1,307 |
| | UUP | William Belshaw | 1,049 |
| | UUP | Samuel Semple | 684 |
| | DUP | Robin McMaster | 422 |
| | DUP | James Mulholland | 290 |
| | UUP | William Gardiner-Watson | 195 |
| | UUP | George Morrison | 177 |
| | Workers' Party | Paul McDonald | 141 |
| | UUP | Andrew Park | 119 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,059 |
| | Ivan Davis leaves DUP | Ivan Davis leaves DUP | Ivan Davis leaves DUP |

#### Magherafelt

Magherafelt Town :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | DUP | William McCrea | 2,162 |
| | SDLP | Patrick Kilpatrick | 1,270 |
| | UUP | Ernest Caldwell | 1,168 |
| | Sinn Féin | John Hurl | 1,003 |
| | SDLP | Margaret O'Hagan | 458 |
| | DUP | Paul McLean | 150 |
| | Workers' Party | Marian Donnelly | 87 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,421 |
| No change ||||
Moyola :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | John Junkin | 1,109 |
| | Sinn Féin | Pauline Davey-Kennedy | 931 |
| | SDLP | Henry McErlean | 877 |
| | DUP | Thomas Catherwood | 694 |
| | UUP | Norman Montgomery | 611 |
| | DUP | Thomas Milligan | 559 |
| | Sinn Féin | Margaret McKenna | 479 |
| | SDLP | Francis Madden | 367 |
| | Workers' Party | Hugh Scullion | 200 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,009 |
| | UUP gain from DUP | UUP gain from DUP | UUP gain from DUP |
Sperrin :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | Robert Montgomery | 842 |
| | Sinn Féin | Bernard O'Hagan | 801 |
| | Sinn Féin | Patrick Groogan | 751 |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Mary McSorley | 691 |
| | SDLP | Ghislaine O'Keeney | 674 |
| | DUP | John Linton | 632 |
| | SDLP | Patrick Sweeney | 614 |
| | SDLP | Frank McKendry | 530 |
| | Workers' Party | Francis Donnelly | 300 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,969 |
| | Mary McSorley leaves SDLP | Mary McSorley leaves SDLP | Mary McSorley leaves SDLP |
| | SDLP gain from Sinn Fein | SDLP gain from Sinn Fein | SDLP gain from Sinn Fein |

#### Moyle

Ballycastle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | DUP | Gardiner Kane | 385 |
| | SDLP | Michael O'Cleary | 379 |
| | Independent | Seamus Blaney | 221 |
| | Independent | Archie McAuley | 218 |
| | UUP | Robert McPherson | 218 |
| | Independent | James McShane | 202 |
| | Independent | Christopher McCaughan | 160 |
| | SDLP | Noel McCurdy | 93 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,876 |
| | Independent gain from Sinn Féin | Independent gain from Sinn Féin | Independent gain from Sinn Féin |
Giant's Causeway :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | Ind. Unionist | Robert McIlroy | 554 |
| | DUP | James Rodgers | 370 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Price McConaghy | 319 |
| | UUP | Robert Getty | 304 |
| | DUP | Glenda Rodgers | 137 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Ronnie McIlvar | 46 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,730 |
| No change ||||
The Glens :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | SDLP | Malachy McSparran | 468 |
| | SDLP | Patrick McBride | 344 |
| | Sinn Féin | James McCarry | 331 |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Randal McDonnell | 297 |
| | SDLP | Joseph Mitchell | 284 |
| | DUP | Elizabeth White | 251 |
| | SDLP | Daniel Anderson | 188 |
| | Independent | Michael Brogan | 168 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,331 |
| No change ||||

#### Newry and Mourne

Crotlieve :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | SDLP | P. J. Bradley | 1,488 |
| | UUP | Violet Cromie | 1,378 |
| | SDLP | Hugh Carr | 1,081 |
| | SDLP | Brian Mulligan | 998 |
| | SDLP | Jim McCart | 993 |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Ciaran Mussen | 954 |
| | SDLP | Patrick Maginn | 766 |
| | SDLP | Felix O'Hare | 557 |
| | UUP | John Fisher | 515 |
| | Sinn Féin | Anne Marie Willis | 389 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,375 |
| | SDLP gain from UUP | SDLP gain from UUP | SDLP gain from UUP |
Newry Town :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Eugene Markey | 973 |
| | SDLP | Frank Feely | 957 |
| | SDLP | Arthur Ruddy | 892 |
| | UUP | William McCaigue | 865 |
| | SDLP | Sean Gallogly | 818 |
| | Sinn Féin | Brendan Curran | 741 |
| | SDLP | Patrick McElroy | 614 |
| | Independent | Louis Morgan | 535 |
| | Sinn Féin | Eileen Morgan | 470 |
| | SDLP | John McArdle | 440 |
| | Workers' Party | Kevin Morgan | 264 |
| | Ind. Nationalist | James McKevitt | 215 |
| | SDLP | Teddy McLoughlin | 202 |
| | Independent | Peter McKevitt | 215 |
| | Independent | Noel Sloan | 134 |
| | Independent | Patrick Ruddy | 36 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,630 |
| | Eugene Markey leaves IIP | Eugene Markey leaves IIP | Eugene Markey leaves IIP |
Slieve Gullion :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | SDLP | John Fee | 1,207 |
| | SDLP | Pat Toner | 1,174 |
| | Sinn Féin | Jim McAllister | 1,035 |
| | SDLP | Michael O'Neill | 995 |
| | Sinn Féin | James McCreesh | 756 |
| | Sinn Féin | Patrick McDonald | 540 |
| | Ind. Republican | Brian Woods | 208 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,207 |
| No change ||||
The Fews :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | Danny Kennedy | 1,406 |
| | SDLP | Stephen McGinn | 1,158 |
| | SDLP | James Savage | 1,103 |
| | SDLP | Charles Smyth | 1,103 |
| | UUP | William Moffett | 1,056 |
| | Sinn Féin | Conor Murphy | 705 |
| | DUP | Gordon Heslip | 554 |
| | Sinn Féin | Patrick Quinn | 487 |
| | Workers' Party | Brian Mulligan | 96 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,951 |
| | SDLP gain from DUP | SDLP gain from DUP | SDLP gain from DUP |
The Mournes :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | Protestant Unionist | George Graham | 1,754 |
| | SDLP | Desmond Haughian | 1,309 |
| | UUP | Henry Reilly | 1,178 |
| | SDLP | Austin Crawford | 950 |
| | UUP | William Coulter | 634 |
| | DUP | George McConnell | 589 |
| | Independent | Mark Brennan | 339 |
| | Sinn Féin | Gabriel Curran | 213 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,150 |
| | George Graham leaves DUP | George Graham leaves DUP | George Graham leaves DUP |

#### Newtownabbey

Antrim Line :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | Alliance | James Rooney | 908 |
| | DUP | Tommy Kirkham | 800 |
| | UUP | James Smith | 775 |
| | UUP | William Green | 718 |
| | SDLP | Thomas McTeague | 684 |
| | UUP | Ivan Hunter | 414 |
| | DUP | Billy McDonnell | 235 |
| | Workers' Party | Brendan Harrison | 142 |
| | Labour Party NI | Thomas Davidson | 111 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,893 |
| | SDLP gain from DUP | SDLP gain from DUP | SDLP gain from DUP |
Ballyclare :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | Stephen Turkington | 969 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Arthur Templeton | 863 |
| | UUP | Thomas Downes | 721 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Sidney Cameron | 565 |
| | DUP | Samuel Cameron | 431 |
| | DUP | Samuel Gardiner | 359 |
| | Alliance | Trevor Strain | 323 |
| | Independent | Leonard Hardy | 281 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,618 |
| | UUP gain from Independent | UUP gain from Independent | UUP gain from Independent |
Doagh Road :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | Fraser Agnew | 761 |
| | Labour Party NI | Bob Kidd | 712 |
| | DUP | Billy Snoddy | 604 |
| | UUP | Andrew Beattie | 526 |
| | Alliance | John Blair | 334 |
| | Independent Democratic Unionist | David Hollis | 246 |
| | UUP | Winifred Wright | 109 |
| | Sinn Féin | Liam Collins | 96 |
| | Workers' Party | James Magee | 78 |
| | National Front | David Kerr | 41 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,625 |
| | Alliance gain from DUP | Alliance gain from DUP | Alliance gain from DUP |
Manse Road :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | George Herron | 1,762 |
| | UUP | James Robinson | 914 |
| | Alliance | Gordon Mawhinney | 725 |
| | DUP | Samuel Neill | 713 |
| | UUP | Joseph Kell | 303 |
| | Workers' Party | Brendan Heaney | 175 |
| | Independent Democratic Unionist | Thomas Buchanan | 99 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,825 |
| | Alliance gain from DUP | Alliance gain from DUP | Alliance gain from DUP |
Shore Road :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | Barbara Gilliland | 1,008 |
| | UUP | Ken Robinson | 973 |
| | DUP | Billy Boyd | 950 |
| | Alliance | William McKimmon | 769 |
| | Independent Democratic Unionist | William Ball | 240 |
| | Labour Party NI | David Lowrie | 164 |
| | DUP | Jean Boyd | 150 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,402 |
| No change ||||

#### North Down

Abbey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UPUP | Valerie Kinghan | 745 |
| | NI Conservatives | George Green | 536 |
| | UPUP | Cecil Braniff | 478 |
| | DUP | Denny Vitty | 429 |
| | UUP | Irene Cree | 349 |
| | DUP | Ivy Cooling | 323 |
| | Alliance | James Magee | 299 |
| | DUP | George McMurtry | 298 |
| | NI Conservatives | Shirley McCann | 250 |
| | Alliance | Miriam Judge | 228 |
| | UUP | Edward Johnston | 119 |
| | UUP | Robert Todd | 42 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,284 |
| | George Green leaves UUP | George Green leaves UUP | George Green leaves UUP |
| | UPUP gain from DUP | UPUP gain from DUP | UPUP gain from DUP |
Ballyholme and Groomsport :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | Robin Cree | 864 |
| | Alliance | Jane Copeland | 711 |
| | NI Conservatives | Bruce Mulligan | 611 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Edmund Mills | 578 |
| | NI Conservatives | Ivan Thompson | 573 |
| | Alliance | Donald Hayes | 484 |
| | DUP | Alan Leslie | 429 |
| | UUP | Samuel Mellon | 356 |
| | NI Conservatives | Bill McLean | 319 |
| | DUP | Robert Gordon | 250 |
| | UUP | Ian Henry | 166 |
| | Alliance | William Johnston | 123 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,614 |
| | Bruce Mulligan leaves UUP | Bruce Mulligan leaves UUP | Bruce Mulligan leaves UUP |
| | NI Conservatives gain from Alliance | NI Conservatives gain from Alliance | NI Conservatives gain from Alliance |
Bangor West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | Hazel Bradford | 698 |
| | Alliance | Brian Wilson | 697 |
| | NI Conservatives | Thomas Miskelly | 626 |
| | NI Conservatives | James O'Fee | 573 |
| | NI Conservatives | Jack Preston | 537 |
| | Independent | Ann-Marie Hillen | 537 |
| | DUP | William Baxter | 462 |
| | Alliance | William Baillie | 414 |
| | UUP | Roy Bradford | 403 |
| | UUP | Terence McKeag | 396 |
| | DUP | Alan Graham | 347 |
| | PUP | Thomas O'Brien | 316 |
| | Independent | Colin Simpson | 211 |
| | Alliance | Eileen Bell | 145 |
| | DUP | Elizabeth McMurtry | 135 |
| | PUP | Samuel Meneely | 9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,653 |
| NI Conservatives gain from DUP and UPUP ||||
| Independent gain from Alliance ||||
Holywood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | NI Conservatives | Laurence Kennedy | 775 |
| | Independent | Dennis Ogborn | 695 |
| | Alliance | Susan O'Brien | 660 |
| | UUP | Ellie McKay | 589 |
| | DUP | Gordon Dunne | 561 |
| | Alliance | Paul de Haan | 552 |
| | UUP | McConnell Auld | 473 |
| | NI Conservatives | Alice Kennedy | 269 |
| | NI Conservatives | Michael Weir | 135 |
| | UUP | Ian Sinclair | 93 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,918 |
| NI Conservatives gain from UUP ||||
| Independent gain from Alliance ||||

#### Omagh

Mid Tyrone :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | Sinn Féin | Patrick McMahon | 1,186 |
| | UUP | Desmond Anderson | 906 |
| | Independent | Brian McGrath | 872 |
| | Sinn Féin | Barney McAleer | 788 |
| | SDLP | Seamus Shields | 735 |
| | Sinn Féin | Sean Clarke | 700 |
| | UUP | William Thompson | 685 |
| | SDLP | Nuala McSherry | 601 |
| | DUP | Willis Cooke | 486 |
| | DUP | Tommy Armstrong | 324 |
| | Workers' Party | Patrick McClean | 244 |
| | Alliance | Ethne McClelland | 167 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,967 |
| | Brian McGrath leaves IIP | Brian McGrath leaves IIP | Brian McGrath leaves IIP |
| | UUP gain from DUP | UUP gain from DUP | UUP gain from DUP |
Omagh Town :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | DUP | Oliver Gibson | 1,058 |
| | SDLP | Johnny McLaughlin | 820 |
| | SDLP | Paddy McGowan | 754 |
| | UUP | Wilfred Breen | 736 |
| | Sinn Féin | Francis Mackey | 696 |
| | Workers' Party | James Doody | 335 |
| | SDLP | Stephen McKenna | 330 |
| | SDLP | Arthur Breen | 325 |
| | Alliance | Patrick Bogan | 305 |
| | DUP | Stanley Johnston | 260 |
| | UUP | Rachel Hussey | 208 |
| | Sinn Féin | Colm Grimes | 143 |
| | Alliance | Eric Bullick | 115 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,264 |
| | Johnny McLaughlin joins SDLP | Johnny McLaughlin joins SDLP | Johnny McLaughlin joins SDLP |
West Tyrone :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | Arthur McFarland | 1,314 |
| | SDLP | Liam McQuaid | 1,112 |
| | Sinn Féin | Gerry McMenamin | 838 |
| | DUP | Harry Cairns | 832 |
| | UUP | George Rainey | 830 |
| | Sinn Féin | Cecilia Quinn | 762 |
| | SDLP | James Connolly | 489 |
| | SDLP | Gregory McMullan | 421 |
| | Workers' Party | Tommy Owens | 316 |
| | Sinn Féin | William McLaughlin | 218 |
| | Alliance | Ann Gormley | 213 |
| | DUP | Raymond Farrell | 136 |
| | DUP | Raymond Little | 136 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,845 |
| No change ||||

#### Strabane

Derg :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | Edward Turner | 1,050 |
| | DUP | Thomas Kerrigan | 970 |
| | Sinn Féin | Charles McHugh | 928 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Derek Hussey | 827 |
| | SDLP | Laurence McNamee | 589 |
| | Independent | Denis McCrory | 443 |
| | DUP | Desmond Monteith | 426 |
| | Sinn Féin | Tomas MacNamee | 240 |
| | Alliance | James Smyth | 63 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,711 |
| | Independent Unionist gain from DUP | Independent Unionist gain from DUP | Independent Unionist gain from DUP |
| | SDLP gain from Independent | SDLP gain from Independent | SDLP gain from Independent |
Glenelly :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | UUP | James Emery | 1,359 |
| | DUP | John Donnell | 1,118 |
| | SDLP | John Gallagher | 1,035 |
| | DUP | Samuel Rogers | 737 |
| | Sinn Féin | Martin Forbes | 526 |
| | SDLP | Brian Logue | 225 |
| | Alliance | Hughes Colhoun | 124 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,280 |
| | Alliance gain from Sinn Fein | Alliance gain from Sinn Fein | Alliance gain from Sinn Fein |
Mourne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | 1st Pref |
| | Sinn Féin | Ivan Barr | 1,327 |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Margaret McManus | 1,123 |
| | UUP | John Cummings | 949 |
| | Ind. Nationalist | James O'Kane | 879 |
| | SDLP | Joseph McElroy | 641 |
| | Sinn Féin | Ultan McNulty | 463 |
| | SDLP | Bernard Mullen | 254 |
| | SDLP | Bernard McDermott | 211 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,058 |
| | Margaret McManus leaves SDLP | Margaret McManus leaves SDLP | Margaret McManus leaves SDLP |