# 1989 Coleraine Borough Council election

Elections to Coleraine 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 21 councillors.

## Election results

Coleraine Borough Council Election Result 1989 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 47.6 | 48.5 | 9,420 | 5.6 |
| DUP | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23.8 | 23.4 | 4,556 | 7.1 |
| SDLP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 13.5 | 2,632 | 0.6 |
| Alliance | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 7.9 | 1,510 | 1.7 |
| Ind. Unionist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.8 | 2.6 | 509 | 4.8 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 405 | 3.3 |
| Labour Party NI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 234 | New |
| Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 127 | 0.6 |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 39 | 0.2 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Coleraine Borough Council election, 1989 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | SDLP | SDLP | Alliance | Alliance | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Bann | 59.2 | 4 | 13.6 | 1 | 24.4 | 2 | 2.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Coleraine Town | 41.3 | 3 | 33.9 | 2 | 7.0 | 0 | 8.0 | 1 | 9.8 | 1 | 7 |
| The Skerries | 43.4 | 3 | 24.2 | 2 | 7.8 | 0 | 13.1 | 1 | 11.5 | 1 | 7 |
| Total | 48.5 | 10 | 23.4 | 5 | 13.5 | 2 | 7.9 | 2 | 6.7 | 2 | 21 |

## District results
### Bann

1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1985-1989 Change: No change
Bann - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | UUP | William King* | 18.82% | 1,326 | | | | |
| | UUP | William Watt* | 16.82% | 1,185 | | | | |
| | UUP | Creighton Hutchinson* | 16.04% | 1,130 | | | | |
| | SDLP | John Dallat* | 15.50% | 1,092 | | | | |
| | DUP | Robert Catherwood* | 13.56% | 955 | | | | |
| | UUP | John Moody* | 7.50% | 528 | 957.4 | | | |
| | SDLP | Gerard O'Kane* | 8.87% | 625 | 626.9 | 680.9 | 710.9 | 909.1 |
| | Alliance | Ian McEwan | 2.88% | 203 | 215.54 | 384.54 | 594.54 | 601.54 |
| Electorate: 11,366 Valid: 7,044 (61.97%) Spoilt: 201 Quota: 881 Turnout: 7,245 (63.74%) |||||||||

### Coleraine Town

1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent 1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent 1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Coleraine Town - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | DUP | James McClure* | 28.97% | 1,790 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Robert White* | 18.27% | 1,129 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Gladys Black* | 13.24% | 818 | | | | | | |
| | UUP | David McClarty | 9.83% | 607 | 743.4 | 1,006.9 | | | | |
| | DUP | Marie McAllister* | 3.03% | 187 | 759.88 | 788.78 | | | | |
| | Independent | Patrick McFeely* | 6.56% | 405 | 424.22 | 431.36 | 434.88 | 452.56 | 499.9 | 765.9 |
| | Alliance | William Mathews* | 6.44% | 398 | 419.08 | 446.96 | 456.16 | 489.14 | 631 | 720 |
| | DUP | William Thompson | 1.91% | 118 | 372.2 | 392.94 | 418.46 | 516.38 | 538.88 | 540.88 |
| | SDLP | Gerry McLaughlin | 7.01% | 433 | 434.86 | 436.22 | 436.54 | 437.22 | 468.38 | |
| | Labour Party NI | Timothy Blackman | 1.62% | 100 | 103.72 | 105.42 | 106.62 | 109.34 | | |
| | Alliance | Yvonne Boyle | 1.59% | 98 | 98.62 | 99.98 | 101.1 | 105.18 | | |
| | Green (NI) | David Garland | 0.91% | 56 | 56.62 | 57.98 | 58.54 | 60.92 | | |
| | Workers' Party | Rosemary McBride | 0.63% | 39 | 40.86 | 42.22 | 42.7 | 44.06 | | |
| Electorate: 12,216 Valid: 6,178 (50.57%) Spoilt: 151 Quota: 773 Turnout: 6,329 (51.81%) |||||||||||

### The Skerries

1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance 1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist 1985-1989 Change: Independent Unionist leaves UUP
The Skerries - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | UUP | Pauline Armitage* | 13.53% | 840 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Elizabeth Black* | 12.35% | 767 | 795.42 | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Patrick McGowan* | 7.95% | 494 | 496.59 | 553.66 | 834.66 | | | | |
| | DUP | William Creelman* | 11.66% | 724 | 727.22 | 734.22 | 735.22 | 736.12 | 845.12 | | |
| | UUP | William Glenn* | 11.66% | 658 | 673.12 | 678.19 | 685.54 | 695.74 | 716.02 | 936.02 | |
| | DUP | Robert Stewart | 6.49% | 403 | 403.63 | 408.63 | 409.63 | 409.63 | 611.81 | 714.39 | 771.39 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Robert Mitchell* | 8.20% | 509 | 511.1 | 520.1 | 533.1 | 547.8 | 574.94 | 666.77 | 741.77 |
| | SDLP | Sean Farren | 7.76% | 482 | 482.21 | 537.21 | 559.21 | 584.71 | 584.71 | 588.01 | 589.01 |
| | UUP | Thomas Peacock | 6.96% | 432 | 435.99 | 443.06 | 447.06 | 450.96 | 469.96 | | |
| | DUP | Eric Stewart | 6.10% | 379 | 379.77 | 384.77 | 384.77 | 385.97 | | | |
| | Alliance | Kate Condy | 5.10% | 317 | 317.49 | 346.49 | | | | | |
| | Labour Party NI | Roberta Woods | 2.16% | 134 | 134.21 | | | | | | |
| | Green (NI) | Malcolm Samuels | 1.14% | 71 | 71 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,940 Valid: 6,210 (52.01%) Spoilt: 149 Quota: 777 Turnout: 6,359 (53.26%) ||||||||||||