# 1989 Ballymoney Borough Council election

Elections to Ballymoney 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 16 councillors.

## Election results

Ballymoney Borough Council Election Result 1989 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.5 | 35.1 | 2,254 | 5.2 |
| DUP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.5 | 33.9 | 2,185 | 8.0 |
| SDLP | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18.8 | 21.7 | 1,401 | 9.0 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 0.0 | 0 | 7.1 |
| Sinn Féin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 9.3 | 600 | 3.8 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Ballymoney Borough Council election, 1989 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | SDLP | SDLP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Ballymoney Town | N/A | 2 | N/A | 2 | N/A | 0 | N/A | 1 | 5 |
| Bann Valley | 30.8 | 2 | 35.8 | 2 | 23.6 | 2 | 9.8 | 0 | 6 |
| Bushvale | 40.8 | 2 | 31.3 | 2 | 19.2 | 1 | 8.7 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 35.1 | 6 | 33.9 | 6 | 21.7 | 3 | 9.3 | 1 | 16 |

## Districts results
### Ballymoney Town

1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent 1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent 1985-1989 Change: No change
Ballymoney Town - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | DUP | Cecil Cousley* | N/A | N/A |
| | UUP | James McKeown | N/A | N/A |
| | Independent | Robert McComb* | N/A | N/A |
| | DUP | Sam McConaghie | N/A | N/A |
| | UUP | James Simpson* | N/A | N/A |
| Electorate: N/A Valid: N/A Spoilt: N/A Quota: N/A Turnout: N/A |||||
* As only five candidates had been nominated for five seats, there was no vote in Ballymoney Town and all five candidates were deemed elected.

### Bann Valley

1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP 1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin
Bann Valley - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | UUP | Joe Gaston* | 21.21% | 790 | | | |
| | DUP | Robert Halliday | 19.06% | 710 | | | |
| | UUP | John Watt | 9.56% | 356 | 558.95 | | |
| | DUP | Robert Wilson* | 11.52% | 429 | 457.05 | 570.3 | |
| | SDLP | Malachy McCamphill* | 12.08% | 450 | 452.31 | 452.56 | 455.47 |
| | SDLP | Charley O'Kane | 11.54% | 430 | 430 | 430.25 | 431 |
| | Sinn Féin | Una Casey | 9.80% | 365 | 365.33 | 365.58 | 365.58 |
| | DUP | Daniel Taylor | 5.23% | 195 | 216.45 | 273.2 | |
| Electorate: 6,284 Valid: 3,725 (59.28%) Spoilt: 91 Quota: 533 Turnout: 3,816 (60.73%) ||||||||

### Bushvale

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1985-1989 Change: No change
Bushvale - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | UUP | John Ramsay* | 21.18% | 575 | |
| | UUP | William Logan* | 19.63% | 533 | |
| | SDLP | Harry Connolly* | 19.19% | 521 | |
| | DUP | Bill Kennedy | 18.31% | 497 | |
| | DUP | Donald McKenzie | 13.04% | 354 | 474.32 |
| | Sinn Féin | Malachy Carey | 8.66% | 235 | 235 |
| Electorate: 4,942 Valid: 2,715 (54.94%) Spoilt: 59 Quota: 453 Turnout: 2,774 (56.13%) ||||||