# 1989 Strabane District Council election

Elections to Strabane District 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 15 councillors.

## Election results

Strabane District Council Election Result 1989 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 20.3 | 3,358 | 1.2 |
| DUP | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20.0 | 19.7 | 3,251 | 6.4 |
| SDLP | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20.0 | 17.9 | 2,955 | 1.2 |
| Sinn Féin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13.3 | 21.1 | 3,484 | 1.2 |
| Ind. Nationalist | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13.3 | 14.8 | 2,445 | 1.4 |
| Ind. Unionist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.7 | 5.0 | 827 | 5.0 |
| Alliance | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.7 | 1.1 | 187 | 1.1 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Strabane District Council election, 1989 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | SDLP | SDLP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Alliance | Alliance | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Derg | 19.0 | 1 | 25.2 | 1 | 10.6 | 1 | 21.1 | 1 | 1.1 | 0 | 23.0 | 1 | 5 |
| Glenelly | 26.5 | 1 | 36.2 | 2 | 24.6 | 1 | 10.2 | 0 | 2.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Mourne | 16.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 18.9 | 1 | 30.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 34.3 | 2 | 5 |
| Total | 20.3 | 3 | 19.7 | 3 | 17.9 | 3 | 21.1 | 2 | 1.1 | 1 | 19.9 | 2 | 15 |

## District results
### Derg

1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1989: 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist 1985-1989 Change: SDLP and Independent Unionist gain from DUP and Independent Nationalist
Derg - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | UUP | Edward Turner* | 18.97% | 1,050 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Thomas Kerrigan* | 17.52% | 970 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Charles McHugh* | 16.76% | 928 | | | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Derek Hussey | 14.94% | 827 | 890.48 | 915.24 | 915.24 | 924.8 | |
| | SDLP | Laurence McNamee | 10.64% | 589 | 589.12 | 608.24 | 663.36 | 663.56 | 932.56 |
| | DUP | Desmond Monteith | 7.70% | 426 | 478.8 | 485.6 | 486.6 | 514.72 | 519.72 |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Denis McCrory* | 8.00% | 443 | 444.56 | 454.68 | 496.68 | 497 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Thomas McNamee* | 4.34% | 240 | 240.12 | 241.12 | | | |
| | Alliance | James Smyth | 1.14% | 63 | 69 | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,611 Valid: 5,536 (72.74%) Spoilt: 175 Quota: 923 Turnout: 5,711 (75.04%) ||||||||||

### Glenelly

1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1989: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1985-1989 Change: Alliance gain from Sinn Féin
Glenelly - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | UUP | James Emery | 26.52% | 1,359 | | | | | |
| | DUP | John Donnell | 21.82% | 1,118 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | John Gallagher* | 20.20% | 1,035 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Samuel Rogers* | 14.38% | 737 | 1,186.54 | | | | |
| | Alliance | Hughes Colhoun | 2.42% | 124 | 168.46 | 473.71 | 684.71 | 748.18 | 835.78 |
| | Sinn Féin | Martin Forbes | 10.27% | 526 | 526.76 | 527.31 | 530.31 | 580.31 | 671.91 |
| | SDLP | Brian Logue | 4.39% | 225 | 229.18 | 253.93 | 272.93 | | |
| Electorate: 7,347 Valid: 5,124 (69.74%) Spoilt: 156 Quota: 855 Turnout: 5,280 (71.87%) ||||||||||

### Mourne

1985: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1989: 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP 1985-1989 Change: Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP
Mourne - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Sinn Féin | Ivan Barr* | 22.70% | 1,327 | | | | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Peggy McManus* | 19.21% | 1,123 | | | | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | James O'Kane* | 15.03% | 879 | 907.56 | 978.96 | | |
| | SDLP | Joseph McElroy | 10.96% | 641 | 656.68 | 688.98 | 833.27 | 1,030.27 |
| | UUP | John Cummings* | 16.23% | 949 | 950.68 | 952.89 | 953.34 | 953.51 |
| | Sinn Féin | Ultan McNulty | 7.92% | 463 | 750.28 | 772.04 | 781.28 | 795.21 |
| | SDLP | Bernard Mullen | 4.34% | 254 | 260.16 | 270.36 | 305.21 | |
| | SDLP | Bernard McDermott | 3.61% | 211 | 216.32 | 224.99 | | |
| Electorate: 9,609 Valid: 5,847 (60.85%) Spoilt: 211 Quota: 975 Turnout: 6,058 (63.05%) |||||||||