# 1989 Banbridge District Council election

Elections to Banbridge 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

Banbridge District Council Election Result 1989 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 60.0 | 58.0 | 8,928 | 10.8 |
| SDLP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 19.2 | 2,959 | 0.5 |
| DUP | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13.3 | 13.5 | 2,083 | 11.9 |
| Ind. Nationalist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 5.1 | 784 | 0.4 |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 343 | 0.6 |
| Ulster Democratic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 290 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Banbridge District Council election, 1989 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | DUP | DUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Banbridge Town | 63.7 | 3 | 19.6 | 1 | 9.8 | 1 | 6.9 | 0 | 5 |
| Dromore | 61.7 | 4 | 18.3 | 1 | 14.5 | 0 | 5.5 | 0 | 5 |
| Knockiveagh | 48.5 | 2 | 19.9 | 1 | 16.2 | 1 | 15.4 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 58.0 | 9 | 19.2 | 3 | 13.5 | 2 | 9.3 | 1 | 15 |

## Districts results
### Banbridge Town

1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1985-1989 Change: No change
Banbridge Town - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | UUP | Joan Baird* | 31.18% | 1,549 | | | |
| | UUP | Archie McKelvey* | 16.83% | 836 | | | |
| | UUP | John Dobson | 15.74% | 782 | 1,384.07 | | |
| | DUP | Margaret Walker | 9.78% | 486 | 572.01 | 1,054.96 | |
| | SDLP | James Walsh* | 15.58% | 774 | 782.46 | 800.66 | 826.01 |
| | Alliance | Mary Doyle | 6.90% | 343 | 355.22 | 394.87 | 452.72 |
| | SDLP | Robert Murray | 3.99% | 198 | 199.41 | 206.56 | 214.36 |
| Electorate: 8,871 Valid: 4,968 (56.00%) Spoilt: 126 Quota: 829 Turnout: 5,094 (57.42%) ||||||||

### Dromore

1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Dromore - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | UUP | Drew Nelson | 20.81% | 1,109 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Cassie McDermott* | 18.31% | 976 | | | | | |
| | UUP | William Martin* | 15.87% | 846 | 874.8 | 876 | 916.32 | | |
| | UUP | Robert Hill* | 14.39% | 767 | 814 | 821.4 | 844.36 | 893.36 | |
| | UUP | William McCracken | 10.68% | 569 | 669.8 | 676 | 683.56 | 729.96 | 822.6 |
| | DUP | Robert McIlroy | 8.37% | 446 | 458.2 | 467.4 | 475.24 | 495.12 | 784.36 |
| | DUP | William Lough | 6.14% | 327 | 346.4 | 350.6 | 354.24 | 439.4 | |
| | Ulster Democratic | Colin Halliday | 4.07% | 217 | 224.4 | 268.8 | 271.32 | | |
| | Ulster Democratic | Thomas Dickson | 1.37% | 73 | 74.6 | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,883 Valid: 5,330 (67.61%) Spoilt: 103 Quota: 889 Turnout: 5,433 (68.92%) ||||||||||

### Knockiveagh

1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1985-1989 Change: No change
Knockiveagh - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | SDLP | Seamus Doyle | 14.52% | 739 | 942 | | | | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Laurence McCartan* | 15.41% | 784 | 839 | 926.84 | | | |
| | UUP | Vivienne Bennett | 14.17% | 721 | 723 | 724.22 | 729.1 | 1,019.1 | |
| | DUP | Wilfred McFadden* | 16.20% | 824 | 824 | 825.83 | 828.88 | 915.88 | |
| | UUP | Samuel Walker | 13.74% | 699 | 699 | 699 | 700.83 | 796.83 | 843.03 |
| | UUP | John Hanna | 10.34% | 526 | 526 | 527.22 | 527.83 | 570.44 | 691.64 |
| | UUP | James McRoberts | 10.30% | 524 | 524 | 524 | 524.61 | | |
| | SDLP | Peter McGreevy* | 5.34% | 272 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,162 Valid: 5,089 (71.06%) Spoilt: 117 Quota: 849 Turnout: 5,206 (72.69%) ||||||||||