# 1989 Armagh District Council election

Elections to Armagh District Council were held on 17 May 1989 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 22 councillors.

## Election results

Armagh District Council Election Result 1989 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 46.6 | 11,631 | 2.8 |
| SDLP | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 36.4 | 31.7 | 7,931 | 1.6 |
| DUP | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9.1 | 12.2 | 3,054 | 4.8 |
| Sinn Féin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 8.2 | 2,050 | 1.8 |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 232 | 0.9 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 100 | 0.4 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Armagh District Council election, 1989 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | DUP | DUP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Armagh City | 29.6 | 2 | 43.0 | 3 | 10.4 | 0 | 13.3 | 1 | 3.7 | 0 | 6 |
| Crossmore | 36.7 | 2 | 54.3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 9.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Cusher | 60.5 | 4 | 15.1 | 1 | 18.9 | 1 | 4.3 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 6 |
| The Orchard | 55.6 | 3 | 20.9 | 1 | 16.5 | 1 | 7.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 46.6 | 11 | 31.7 | 8 | 12.2 | 2 | 8.2 | 1 | 1.3 | 0 | 22 |

## District results
### Armagh City

1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP 1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from DUP
Armagh City - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | SDLP | John Agnew* | 16.07% | 1,019 | | | | | |
| | UUP | George Macartney* | 15.44% | 979 | | | | | |
| | UUP | John Doogan* | 14.16% | 898 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Pat Brannigan* | 14.08% | 893 | 967.69 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Anna Brolly | 12.87% | 816 | 841.19 | 841.26 | 897.96 | 996.96 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Seamus Hart | 8.51% | 540 | 544.18 | 544.18 | 545.08 | 576.81 | 881.64 |
| | DUP | Harold Carson | 10.41% | 660 | 660.33 | 666.56 | 666.56 | 672.93 | 673.93 |
| | Sinn Féin | Stephen Fields | 4.81% | 305 | 307.09 | 307.09 | 307.54 | 325.76 | |
| | Workers' Party | Patrick McCusker | 3.66% | 232 | 235.74 | 236.65 | 237.91 | | |
| Electorate: 9,628 Valid: 6,342 (65.87%) Spoilt: 202 Quota: 907 Turnout: 6,544 (67.97%) ||||||||||

### Crossmore

1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP 1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP 1985-1989 Change: No change
Crossmore - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | UUP | Jim Nicholson* | 28.29% | 1,484 | | |
| | SDLP | Thomas Kavanagh | 22.15% | 1,162 | | |
| | SDLP | James McKernan* | 19.85% | 1,041 | | |
| | UUP | Thomas Shilliday* | 8.39% | 440 | 1,036.96 | |
| | SDLP | Charles Mallon* | 12.26% | 643 | 643.82 | 897.57 |
| | Sinn Féin | Thomas Carroll | 9.06% | 475 | 475 | 499.25 |
| Electorate: 7,295 Valid: 5,245 (71.90%) Spoilt: 158 Quota: 875 Turnout: 5,403 (74.06%) |||||||

### Cusher

1985: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1985-1989 Change: No change
Cusher - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | UUP | Eric Speers* | 20.38% | 1,561 | | |
| | DUP | Thomas Black* | 18.85% | 1,444 | | |
| | UUP | Thomas Johnston* | 17.15% | 1,314 | | |
| | SDLP | Thomas Canavan | 15.07% | 1,154 | | |
| | UUP | Robert Turner* | 12.22% | 936 | 1,239.49 | |
| | UUP | James Clayton* | 10.73% | 822 | 974.52 | 1,314.72 |
| | Sinn Féin | Margaret McNally | 4.30% | 329 | 329 | 329.56 |
| | Independent | Eugene Turley | 1.31% | 100 | 109.61 | 113.81 |
| Electorate: 9,988 Valid: 7,660 (76.69%) Spoilt: 151 Quota: 1,095 Turnout: 7,811 (78.20%) |||||||

### The Orchard

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
The Orchard - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | UUP | Jim Speers* | 28.95% | 1,665 | | | |
| | SDLP | John Kernan | 20.92% | 1,203 | | | |
| | UUP | Samuel Foster* | 14.87% | 855 | 1,179.24 | | |
| | DUP | Douglas Hutchinson* | 16.52% | 950 | 1,081.88 | | |
| | UUP | Olive Whitten | 11.77% | 677 | 910.52 | 928 | 1,147.9 |
| | Sinn Féin | Brendan Casey | 6.97% | 401 | 401 | 625.02 | 625.02 |
| Electorate: 8,056 Valid: 5,751 (71.39%) Spoilt: 111 Quota: 959 Turnout: 5,862 (72.77%) ||||||||