# 1989 Castlereagh Borough Council election

Elections to Castlereagh 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

Castlereagh Borough Council Election Result 1989 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| DUP | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 42.9 | 45.0 | 9,077 | 3.0 |
| UUP | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 28.6 | 27.0 | 5,452 | 2.0 |
| Alliance | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19.0 | 21.5 | 4,330 | 2.7 |
| Ind. Unionist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 796 | 2.3 |
| UPUP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.8 | 2.5 | 509 | 2.5 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Castlereagh Borough Council election, 1989 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | Alliance | Alliance | UPUP | UPUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Castlereagh Central | 60.1 | 4 | 20.0 | 2 | 19.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Castlereagh East | 43.7 | 3 | 14.7 | 1 | 18.1 | 1 | 9.2 | 1 | 14.3 | 1 | 7 |
| Castlereagh South | 32.8 | 2 | 42.0 | 3 | 25.2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 45.0 | 9 | 27.0 | 6 | 21.5 | 4 | 2.5 | 1 | 4.0 | 1 | 21 |

## Districts results
### Castlereagh Central

1985: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 1989: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 1985-1989 Change: No change
Castlereagh Central - 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 |
| | DUP | Peter Robinson* | 50.75% | 3,461 | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | Grant Dillon* | 13.40% | 914 | | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | Patrick Mitchell | 13.33% | 909 | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Alan Carson* | 4.06% | 277 | 1,895.04 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Joyce Boyd | 2.70% | 184 | 497.88 | 1,371.06 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Ellen Gray* | 6.64% | 453 | 616.4 | 657.56 | 684.26 | 733.46 | 970.46 | | |
| | DUP | Paul McNaughten | 0.38% | 26 | 124.8 | 192.42 | 646.32 | 647.16 | 666.92 | 729.71 | 759.29 |
| | DUP | Cecil Moore | 2.20% | 150 | 510.24 | 553.85 | 583.55 | 584.81 | 621.55 | 675.24 | 699.55 |
| | Alliance | Ann Smith | 6.54% | 446 | 474.88 | 479.29 | 481.09 | 482.53 | | | |
| Electorate: 14,462 Valid: 6,820 (47.16%) Spoilt: 188 Quota: 853 Turnout: 7,008 (48.46%) ||||||||||||

### Castlereagh East

1985: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 1989: 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UUP, 1 x UPUP, 1 x Independent Unionist 1985-1989 Change: UPUP and Independent Unionist gain from UUP (two seats)
Castlereagh East - 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 |
| | DUP | Iris Robinson | 21.05% | 1,168 | | | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Matthew Anderson* | 16.91% | 938 | | | | | | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | William Abraham* | 13.63% | 756 | | | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | William Boyd | 13.50% | 749 | | | | | | | | |
| | UUP | John Bell | 9.03% | 501 | 522.32 | 535.58 | 538.1 | 563.86 | 626.15 | 643.75 | 868.75 | |
| | UPUP | Tommy Jeffers | 9.17% | 509 | 530.73 | 537.23 | 539.64 | 552.04 | 643.35 | 663.7 | 695.7 | |
| | DUP | John Boyle* | 3.53% | 196 | 344.42 | 527.46 | 532.76 | 539.24 | 548.66 | 550.86 | 592.4 | 650.4 |
| | DUP | Mark Robinson | 2.20% | 122 | 371.28 | 402.22 | 407.04 | 410.88 | 421.71 | 424.24 | 457.28 | 492.28 |
| | UUP | Alexander Murray | 5.62% | 312 | 332.91 | 335.77 | 347.03 | 353.27 | 384.43 | 393.12 | | |
| | Alliance | Muriel Wilkes | 4.63% | 257 | 263.56 | 265.64 | 272.64 | 274.4 | | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Michael Brooks | 0.72% | 40 | 41.23 | 43.83 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,754 Valid: 5,548 (37.60%) Spoilt: 155 Quota: 694 Turnout: 5,703 (38.65%) |||||||||||||

### Castlereagh South

1985: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance 1985-1989 Change: Alliance gain from DUP
Castlereagh South - 7 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | UUP | John Taylor | 26.15% | 2,039 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Ernest Harper* | 25.06% | 1,954 | | | | | | |
| | Alliance | David Andrews* | 17.50% | 1,364 | | | | | | |
| | DUP | Myreve Chambers* | 5.54% | 432 | 484.47 | 1,258.97 | | | | |
| | Alliance | Geraldine Rice | 7.76% | 605 | 633.62 | 638.12 | 978.04 | | | |
| | UUP | Jean Clarke | 8.56% | 667 | 928.82 | 954.82 | 972.18 | 976.14 | | |
| | UUP | Frederick Kane* | 5.16% | 402 | 812.22 | 838.72 | 851.88 | 857.46 | 870.46 | 1,013.46 |
| | DUP | Thomas Scott | 1.37% | 107 | 154.7 | 220.7 | 223.22 | 453.62 | 585.13 | 600.13 |
| | UUP | Marie Luney | 2.10% | 164 | 396.67 | 408.17 | 410.69 | 412.31 | 422.23 | |
| | DUP | Gillian McCorkell | 0.80% | 62 | 83.2 | 141.2 | 142.6 | 178.6 | | |
| Electorate: 17,232 Valid: 7,796 (45.24%) Spoilt: 210 Quota: 975 Turnout: 8,006 (46.46%) |||||||||||