# 1989 Moyle District Council election

Elections to Moyle 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

Moyle District Council Election Result 1989 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| SDLP | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 29.6 | 1,756 | 0.8 |
| DUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 19.3 | 1,143 | 1.7 |
| Independent | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13.3 | 16.3 | 969 | 10.5 |
| Ind. Unionist | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 15.5 | 919 | 6.6 |
| UUP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 8.8 | 522 | 7.4 |
| Ind. Nationalist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 5.0 | 297 | 0.7 |
| Sinn Féin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.7 | 5.6 | 331 | 6.6 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Moyle District Council election, 1989 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | SDLP | SDLP | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Ballycastle | 25.2 | 1 | 20.5 | 1 | 11.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 42.7 | 2 | 5 |
| Giant's Causeway | 0.0 | 0 | 29.3 | 2 | 17.6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 53.1 | 2 | 5 |
| The Glens | 55.1 | 3 | 10.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 14.2 | 1 | 19.9 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 29.6 | 4 | 19.3 | 3 | 8.8 | 2 | 5.6 | 1 | 36.7 | 5 | 15 |

## District results
### Ballycastle

1985: 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent 1989: 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP 1985-1989 Change: Independent gain from Sinn Féin
Ballycastle - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | DUP | Gardiner Kane* | 20.52% | 385 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Michael O'Cleary* | 20.20% | 379 | | | | |
| | Independent | Archibald McAuley | 11.62% | 218 | 221.2 | 232.2 | 251.96 | 318.96 |
| | Independent | James McShane* | 10.77% | 202 | 202.2 | 233.2 | 251.82 | 300.77 |
| | UUP | Robert McPherson* | 11.62% | 218 | 284.2 | 285.2 | 285.2 | 297.39 |
| | Independent | Seamus Blaney | 11.78% | 221 | 221.4 | 231.4 | 242.61 | 273.6 |
| | Independent | Christopher McCaughan | 8.53% | 160 | 161.2 | 177.2 | 191.64 | |
| | SDLP | Noel McCurdy | 4.96% | 93 | 93.6 | | | |
| Electorate: 3,489 Valid: 1,876 (53.77%) Spoilt: 50 Quota: 313 Turnout: 1,926 (55.20%) |||||||||

### Giant's Causeway

1985: 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP 1989: 2 x Independent Unionist, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP 1985-1989 Change: No change
Giant's Causeway - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Robert McIlroy | 32.02% | 554 | |
| | DUP | James Rodgers* | 21.39% | 370 | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Price McConaghy* | 18.44% | 319 | |
| | UUP | Robert Getty* | 17.57% | 304 | |
| | DUP | Glenda Rodgers | 7.92% | 137 | 346.71 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Ronnie McIlvar | 2.66% | 46 | 100.27 |
| Electorate: 3,226 Valid: 1,730 (53.63%) Spoilt: 48 Quota: 289 Turnout: 1,778 (55.11%) ||||||

### The Glens

1985: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1989: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1985-1989 Change: No change
The Glens - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | SDLP | Malachy McSparran* | 20.08% | 468 | | | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Randal McDonnell* | 12.74% | 297 | 321.14 | 389.41 | |
| | SDLP | Joseph Mitchell | 12.18% | 284 | 296.92 | 321.77 | 420.77 |
| | SDLP | Patrick McBride* | 14.76% | 344 | 349.95 | 355.14 | 397.14 |
| | Sinn Féin | James McCarry | 14.20% | 331 | 333.72 | 358.4 | 389.29 |
| | DUP | Elizabeth White | 10.77% | 251 | 251.17 | 253.34 | 255.36 |
| | SDLP | Daniel Anderson* | 8.07% | 188 | 207.04 | 244.1 | |
| | Independent | Michael Brogan | 7.21% | 168 | 180.58 | | |
| Electorate: 3,606 Valid: 2,331 (64.64%) Spoilt: 29 Quota: 389 Turnout: 2,360 (65.45%) ||||||||