# 1989 Limavady Borough Council election

Elections to Limavady 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

Limavady Borough Council Election Result 1989 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.7 | 39.9 | 4,695 | 0.5 |
| SDLP | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 40.0 | 36.6 | 4,312 | 3.7 |
| DUP | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.7 | 11.8 | 1,386 | 2.1 |
| Sinn Féin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.7 | 9.6 | 1,136 | 0.9 |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 241 | 0.2 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Limavady Borough 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 |
| Bellarena | 36.9 | 2 | 51.5 | 3 | 11.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Benbradagh | 37.5 | 2 | 31.7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 30.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Limavady Town | 45.0 | 3 | 22.7 | 1 | 26.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 39.9 | 7 | 36.6 | 6 | 11.8 | 1 | 9.6 | 1 | 2.1 | 0 | 15 |

## District results
### Bellarena

1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP 1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP 1985–1989 Change: SDLP gain from DUP
Bellarena - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | UUP | Stanley Gault* | 19.71% | 797 | | |
| | SDLP | John McKinney | 19.42% | 785 | | |
| | UUP | Robert Grant* | 17.21% | 696 | | |
| | SDLP | Arthur Doherty* | 16.72% | 676 | | |
| | SDLP | Thomas Mullan* | 15.29% | 618 | 620.88 | 725.32 |
| | DUP | Ernest Murray* | 11.65% | 471 | 585.4 | 589.18 |
| Electorate: 6,002 Valid: 4,043 (67.36%) Spoilt: 73 Quota: 674 Turnout: 4,116 (68.58%) |||||||

### Benbradagh

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP 1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1985–1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin
Benbradagh - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | SDLP | Lawrence Hegarty* | 26.75% | 987 | | | | |
| | UUP | David Robinson* | 25.45% | 939 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Thomas Donaghy | 21.49% | 793 | | | | |
| | UUP | Max Gault* | 12.09% | 446 | 446.84 | 768.84 | | |
| | SDLP | Gerard Lynch | 4.93% | 182 | 523.04 | 523.74 | 528.8 | 542.1 |
| | Sinn Féin | Michael Hasson* | 9.30% | 343 | 368.62 | 368.62 | 533.3 | 533.65 |
| Electorate: 5,745 Valid: 3,690 (64.23%) Spoilt: 104 Quota: 616 Turnout: 3,794 (66.04%) |||||||||

### Limavady 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
Limavady Town - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | UUP | Ronald Cartwright* | 23.80% | 961 | | | |
| | DUP | George Robinson* | 22.67% | 915 | | | |
| | SDLP | Barry Doherty* | 16.99% | 686 | | | |
| | UUP | John Dolan* | 11.94% | 482 | 723.2 | | |
| | UUP | Norman Reynolds | 9.26% | 374 | 412.1 | 639.98 | 698.98 |
| | SDLP | Brian McWilliams | 9.36% | 378 | 378.6 | 379.41 | 481.41 |
| | Alliance | Joseph McGuigan | 5.97% | 241 | 244.3 | 250.24 | |
| Electorate: 6,571 Valid: 4,037 (61.44%) Spoilt: 75 Quota: 673 Turnout: 4,112 (62.58%) ||||||||