# 1989 Larne Borough Council election

Elections to Larne 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 15 councillors.

## Election results

Larne Borough Council Election Result 1989 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 46.7 | 42.7 | 4,502 | 5.4 |
| DUP | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26.7 | 29.1 | 3,046 | 10.3 |
| Alliance | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 11.5 | 1,214 | 4.9 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 10.2 | 1,070 | 10.2 |
| Ind. Nationalist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 700 | 0.3 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Larne Borough Council election, 1989 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | Alliance | Alliance | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Coast Road | 36.0 | 2 | 30.0 | 1 | 13.1 | 1 | 20.9 | 1 | 5 |
| Larne Lough | 61.0 | 3 | 27.4 | 2 | 11.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Larne Town | 31.0 | 2 | 29.4 | 1 | 10.0 | 1 | 29.6 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 42.7 | 7 | 29.1 | 4 | 11.5 | 2 | 16.7 | 2 | 15 |

## Districts results
### Coast Road

1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Coast Road - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | UUP | Thomas Robinson* | 23.19% | 777 | | | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | William Cunning* | 20.89% | 700 | | | |
| | UUP | Joan Drummond | 12.80% | 429 | 554.72 | 561 | |
| | DUP | Winston Fulton* | 14.26% | 478 | 496.48 | 560.44 | |
| | Alliance | Amelia Kelly* | 13.10% | 439 | 446.84 | 454.4 | 592.32 |
| | DUP | Rachel Rea* | 12.32% | 413 | 465.08 | 507.72 | 508.64 |
| | DUP | Hill Taggart | 3.43% | 115 | 122 | | |
| Electorate: 7,089 Valid: 3,351 (47.27%) Spoilt: 90 Quota: 559 Turnout: 3,441 (48.54%) ||||||||

### Larne Lough

1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP 1989: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP 1985-1989 Change: No change
Larne Lough - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | UUP | Roy Beggs* | 38.94% | 1,387 | | | | |
| | UUP | Thomas Baxter* | 13.81% | 492 | 927.58 | | | |
| | UUP | Samuel Steele* | 8.31% | 296 | 473.48 | 725.03 | | |
| | DUP | Bobby McKee | 13.73% | 489 | 560.34 | 592.74 | 633.24 | |
| | DUP | Gary Haggan | 6.85% | 244 | 294.46 | 320.56 | 365.11 | 569.16 |
| | Alliance | Thomas Caldwell | 11.54% | 411 | 435.94 | 449.44 | 472.39 | 496.83 |
| | DUP | William Sloan | 6.82% | 243 | 267.36 | 273.66 | 295.26 | |
| Electorate: 7,198 Valid: 3,562 (49.49%) Spoilt: 116 Quota: 594 Turnout: 3,678 (51.10%) |||||||||

### Larne Town

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance 1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent 1985-1989 Change: Independent gain from DUP
Larne Town - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | DUP | Jack McKee* | 25.76% | 979 | | | | |
| | Independent | Pat Buckley | 23.63% | 855 | | | | |
| | UUP | Robert Robinson* | 16.03% | 580 | 630.31 | | | |
| | UUP | Rosalie Armstrong* | 14.95% | 541 | 576.1 | 595.18 | 606.34 | |
| | Alliance | Patricia Kay | 6.30% | 228 | 229.95 | 333.63 | 487.55 | 615.21 |
| | DUP | Leonard Sluman* | 2.35% | 85 | 362.29 | 365.17 | 365.92 | 418.13 |
| | Independent | Roy Craig | 5.94% | 215 | 223.97 | 280.85 | 301.85 | |
| | Alliance | William Geddis | 3.76% | 136 | 136.39 | 202.27 | | |
| Electorate: 7,298 Valid: 3,619 (49.59%) Spoilt: 91 Quota: 604 Turnout: 3,710 (50.84%) |||||||||