# 1989 Carrickfergus Borough Council election

Elections to Carrickfergus 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

Carrickfergus Borough Council Election Result 1989 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| UUP | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 26.7 | 28.7 | 2,956 | 5.0 |
| Alliance | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26.7 | 27.1 | 2,793 | 2.2 |
| DUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 16.4 | 1,694 | 10.6 |
| Ind. Unionist | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20.0 | 12.6 | 1,296 | 3.4 |
| PUP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 472 | 1.6 |
| Protestant Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 471 | New |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 171 | 1.7 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Carrickfergus Borough Council election, 1989 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | Alliance | Alliance | DUP | DUP | PUP | PUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Carrick Castle | 18.9 | 1 | 35.5 | 2 | 15.4 | 1 | 15.1 | 1 | 15.1 | 0 | 5 |
| Kilroot | 42.1 | 2 | 25.3 | 1 | 14.5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 18.1 | 1 | 5 |
| Knockagh Monument | 23.4 | 1 | 21.9 | 1 | 19.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 35.5 | 2 | 5 |
| Total | 28.7 | 4 | 27.1 | 4 | 16.4 | 3 | 4.6 | 1 | 23.2 | 3 | 15 |

## Districts results
### Carrick Castle

1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x PUP 1989: 2 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x PUP 1985-1989 Change: Alliance gain from UUP
Carrick Castle - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Alliance | Sean Neeson* | 32.91% | 1,029 | | | | | |
| | PUP | Samuel Stewart* | 15.09% | 472 | 531.16 | | | | |
| | UUP | Samuel McCamley* | 9.18% | 287 | 320.15 | 362.72 | 381.29 | 398.88 | 567.88 |
| | DUP | Andrew Blair | 9.31% | 291 | 298.65 | 301.16 | 444.69 | 458.22 | 492.79 |
| | Alliance | Arthur McQuitty | 2.59% | 81 | 369.66 | 375.72 | 376.72 | 458.75 | 476.93 |
| | Protestant Unionist | David Hilditch | 9.66% | 302 | 315.77 | 325.83 | 339.34 | 353.87 | 383.4 |
| | UUP | Robert English* | 7.29% | 228 | 245.85 | 263.91 | 275.91 | 290.48 | |
| | Independent | Patrick Lennox | 5.47% | 171 | 222 | 225.51 | 226.51 | | |
| | UUP | Margaret Cross | 6.08% | 190 | 199.69 | 203.2 | | | |
| | UUP | Sarah Picken | 2.43% | 76 | 93.34 | | | | |
| Electorate: 6,840 Valid: 3,127 (45.72%) Spoilt: 54 Quota: 522 Turnout: 3,181 (46.51%) ||||||||||

### Kilroot

1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP 1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist 1985-1989 Change: Independent Unionist leaves UUP
Kilroot - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | UUP | Alexander Beggs | 20.05% | 739 | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Brenda Crampsey* | 19.51% | 719 | | | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Robert Patton* | 18.13% | 668 | | | | | |
| | UUP | James Brown* | 16.26% | 599 | 668.02 | | | | |
| | DUP | William Cross* | 14.52% | 535 | 545.37 | 547.92 | 558 | 574.11 | 660.11 |
| | Alliance | David McCann | 5.78% | 213 | 216.74 | 309.89 | 310.87 | 327.16 | 383.59 |
| | UUP | Eric Ferguson | 5.75% | 212 | 250.59 | 257.49 | 298.37 | 314.84 | |
| Electorate: 7,981 Valid: 3,685 (46.17%) Spoilt: 84 Quota: 615 Turnout: 3,769 (47.22%) ||||||||||

### Knockagh Monument

1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist 1989: 2 x Independent Unionist, 1 x UUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP 1985-1989 Change: Independent Unionist leaves UUP
Knockagh Monument - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | DUP | William Haggan* | 19.22% | 668 | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Stewart Dickson* | 18.70% | 650 | | | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Charles Johnston* | 18.07% | 628 | | | | | |
| | UUP | William Murray | 14.47% | 503 | 536.6 | 538.14 | 551.26 | 566.03 | 641.03 |
| | Ind. Unionist | Mary Ardill* | 12.51% | 435 | 445.08 | 451.79 | 466.43 | 525.76 | 552.16 |
| | UUP | Samuel Wilson* | 8.98% | 312 | 337.2 | 338.19 | 343.87 | 356.28 | 402.5 |
| | Protestant Unionist | John Everitt | 4.86% | 169 | 183.98 | 184.31 | 189.03 | 194.74 | |
| | Alliance | Noreen McIlwrath | 3.19% | 111 | 111.98 | 171.05 | 176.89 | | |
| Electorate: 7,803 Valid: 3,476 (44.55%) Spoilt: 73 Quota: 580 Turnout: 3,549 (45.48%) ||||||||||