# 1989 Derry City Council election

Elections to Derry City Council were held on 17 May 1989 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.

## Election results

Derry City Council Election Result 1989 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| SDLP | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.0 | 49.7 | 18,454 | 7.8 |
| Sinn Féin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 | 16.4 | 6,082 | 0.7 |
| DUP | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13.3 | 13.5 | 5,003 | 3.8 |
| UUP | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10.0 | 10.2 | 3,800 | 2.9 |
| Ind. Unionist | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6.7 | 3.7 | 1,390 | 3.7 |
| Ulster Democratic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 980 | New |
| Ind. Nationalist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 804 | 2.2 |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 238 | 2.1 |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 358 | 0.4 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Derry City Council election, 1989 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | SDLP | SDLP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | UDP | UDP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Cityside | 51.7 | 3 | 42.2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 6 |
| Northland | 67.1 | 4 | 18.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7.2 | 1 | 6 |
| Rural | 41.4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 25.1 | 2 | 23.4 | 2 | 3.8 | 0 | 6.3 | 0 | 7 |
| Shantallow | 73.8 | 4 | 21.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.3 | 0 | 5 |
| Waterside | 19.7 | 1 | 8.1 | 0 | 36.0 | 2 | 15.0 | 1 | 8.3 | 1 | 12.9 | 1 | 6 |
| Total | 49.7 | 15 | 16.4 | 5 | 13.5 | 4 | 10.2 | 3 | 2.6 | 1 | 7.6 | 2 | 30 |

## District results
### Cityside

1985: 3 x SDLP, 3 x Sinn Féin 1989: 3 x SDLP, 3 x Sinn Féin 1985-1989 Change: No change
Cityside - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| | SDLP | Patrick Devine* | 17.15% | 1,011 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Hugh Brady* | 15.22% | 897 | | | |
| | SDLP | Tony Carlin* | 12.45% | 734 | 786.7 | 859.7 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Mitchel McLaughlin* | 11.84% | 698 | 699.02 | 855.02 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Anne McGuinness* | 11.13% | 656 | 660.25 | 777.42 | 821.34 |
| | SDLP | Jim Clifford | 10.86% | 640 | 706.13 | 802.89 | 805.17 |
| | SDLP | Pat Ramsey* | 11.27% | 664 | 693.58 | 766.96 | 767.14 |
| | Workers' Party | Eamonn Melaugh | 6.07% | 358 | 366.67 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Gerry Doherty | 4.00% | 236 | 236.85 | | |
| Electorate: 9,973 Valid: 5,894 (59.10%) Spoilt: 232 Quota: 843 Turnout: 6,126 (61.43%) ||||||||

### Northland

1985: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x IIP 1989: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Unionist 1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from IIP, Independent Unionist leaves UUP
Northland - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | SDLP | John Tierney* | 18.31% | 1,565 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Anna Gallagher* | 15.08% | 1,289 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | William McCorriston | 13.20% | 1,128 | 1,228.28 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Bernard McFadden* | 13.84% | 1,183 | 1,197.26 | 1,561.26 | | | |
| | SDLP | John Kerr | 11.43% | 977 | 1,054.51 | 1,065.81 | 1,113.81 | 1,127.81 | 1,133.81 |
| | Ind. Unionist | David Davis* | 7.10% | 607 | 622.18 | 629.1 | 651.1 | 654.2 | 1,128.48 |
| | SDLP | Leonard Green* | 9.10% | 778 | 889.78 | 898.7 | 917.7 | 960.05 | 972.05 |
| | UUP | Jack Allen | 6.90% | 590 | 591.15 | 593.15 | 593.15 | 593.25 | |
| | Sinn Féin | Martin Nelis | 5.01% | 428 | 437.89 | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,337 Valid: 8,545 (59.60%) Spoilt: 284 Quota: 1,221 Turnout: 8,829 (61.58%) ||||||||||

### Rural

1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP 1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP 1985-1989 Change: No change
Rural - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | SDLP | Annie Courtney* | 12.90% | 1,117 | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | William Hay* | 12.45% | 1,078 | 1,159 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | John Adams* | 10.64% | 922 | 995 | 1,007.22 | 1,007.34 | 1,116.34 | | | | |
| | SDLP | John McNickle* | 11.81% | 1,023 | 1,027 | 1,027 | 1,034.98 | 1,034.98 | 1,034.98 | 1,288.98 | | |
| | SDLP | George Peoples | 10.92% | 946 | 947 | 947 | 952.28 | 963.28 | 963.92 | 1,112.92 | | |
| | DUP | Mervyn Lindsay | 7.32% | 634 | 668 | 712.18 | 712.21 | 755.15 | 757.71 | 758.77 | 758.77 | 1,164.77 |
| | UUP | Ernest Hamilton* | 7.34% | 636 | 675 | 678.76 | 678.88 | 966.91 | 995.07 | 996.28 | 1,000.28 | 1,020.28 |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Michael Breslin | 6.28% | 544 | 544 | 544.94 | 546.68 | 547.68 | 548 | 605.73 | 651.73 | 652.73 |
| | DUP | David Nicholl | 5.32% | 461 | 501 | 510.4 | 510.52 | 527.52 | 527.84 | 531.08 | 533.08 | |
| | SDLP | Robert Brolly | 5.76% | 499 | 499 | 500.88 | 516.99 | 516.99 | 516.99 | | | |
| | UUP | Margaret Parkhill | 5.46% | 473 | 484 | 485.88 | 486 | | | | | |
| | Ulster Democratic | Ernest Curry | 3.80% | 329 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,344 Valid: 8,662 (64.91%) Spoilt: 211 Quota: 1,084 Turnout: 8,873 (66.49%) |||||||||||||

### Shantallow

1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1989: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1985-1989 Change: No change
Shantallow - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | SDLP | Mary Bradley* | 24.47% | 1,502 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Noel McKenna* | 19.60% | 1,203 | | | | |
| | SDLP | William O'Connell* | 16.69% | 1,024 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Shaun Gallagher | 13.08% | 803 | 1,237.7 | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Gearóid Ó hEára | 12.37% | 759 | 770.55 | 778.6 | 847.75 | 934.75 |
| | Sinn Féin | Richard Halpenny | 9.55% | 586 | 598.25 | 626.95 | 726.8 | 796.8 |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Thomas Mullan | 4.24% | 260 | 272.95 | 331.4 | | |
| Electorate: 10,573 Valid: 6,137 (58.04%) Spoilt: 228 Quota: 1,023 Turnout: 6,365 (60.20%) |||||||||

### Waterside

1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 1989: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UDP, 1 x Independent Unionist 1985-1989 Change: UDP gain from DUP, Independent Unionist leaves UUP
Waterside - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | DUP | Gregory Campbell* | 22.07% | 1,737 | | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | George Duddy* | 5.70% | 449 | 500.45 | 511.15 | 519.5 | 656.5 | 1,153.45 | | | | |
| | DUP | Joe Miller | 9.88% | 778 | 875.65 | 881.35 | 900.75 | 925.25 | 945.15 | 949.74 | 949.74 | 1,245.74 | |
| | Ind. Unionist | James Guy* | 9.95% | 783 | 815.9 | 913.95 | 922.3 | 966.15 | 1,002.45 | 1,014.6 | 1,033 | 1,112.42 | 1,155.89 |
| | SDLP | Gerald Toland | 10.41% | 819 | 819 | 862 | 863 | 863 | 863 | 863 | 1,034.62 | 1,034.62 | 1,034.62 |
| | Ulster Democratic | Kenneth Kerr | 4.94% | 389 | 429.95 | 433.95 | 656.8 | 674.9 | 687.3 | 687.84 | 687.84 | 810 | 885.9 |
| | SDLP | Wilfred White | 9.30% | 732 | 732 | 753 | 753 | 753 | 754 | 754 | 791 | 791 | 791 |
| | DUP | Robert Hall | 4.00% | 315 | 594.65 | 602 | 610.4 | 619.9 | 636.15 | 646.68 | 646.68 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | John Carlin | 8.12% | 639 | 639.35 | 642.35 | 642.35 | 642.35 | 644.75 | 645.02 | | | |
| | UUP | Gladys Carey | 4.61% | 363 | 422.15 | 432.85 | 436.2 | 602.4 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Albert McCartney | 4.66% | 367 | 391.5 | 404.85 | 407.2 | | | | | | |
| | Ulster Democratic | Ronnie O'Brien | 3.33% | 262 | 270.4 | 276.75 | | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Snoo Sinclair | 3.02% | 238 | 243.6 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,405 Valid: 7,871 (63.45%) Spoilt: 159 Quota: 1,125 Turnout: 8,030 (64.73%) ||||||||||||||