1989_Larne_Borough_Council_election

1989 Larne Borough Council election

Local government election in Northern Ireland

Elections to Larne 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.

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Districts results

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
UUP	7	1	0	1	46.7	42.7	4,502	5.4
DUP	4	0	2	2	26.7	29.1	3,046	10.3
Alliance	2	0	0	0	13.3	11.5	1,214	4.9
Independent	1	1	1	1	0.0	10.2	1,070	10.2
Independent Nationalist	1	0	0	0	6.7	6.6	700	0.3

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	UUP		DUP		Alliance		Others		Total Cllrs
Coast Road	36.0	2	30.0	1	13.1	1	20.9	1	5
Larne Lough	61.0	3	27.4	2	11.6	0	0.0	0	5
Larne Town	31.0	2	29.4	1	10.0	1	29.6	1	5
Total	42.7	7	29.1	4	11.5	2	16.7	2	15

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	UUP	Thomas Robinson*	23.19%	777
	Independent Nationalist	William Cunning*	20.89%	700
	UUP	Joan Drummond	12.80%	429	554.72	561
	DUP	Winston Fulton*	14.26%	478	496.48	560.44
	Alliance	Amelia Kelly*	13.10%	439	446.84	454.4	592.32
	DUP	Rachel Rea*	12.32%	413	465.08	507.72	508.64
	DUP	Hill Taggart	3.43%	115	122
Electorate: 7,089 Valid: 3,351 (47.27%) Spoilt: 90 Quota: 559 Turnout: 3,441 (48.54%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	UUP	Roy Beggs*	38.94%	1,387
	UUP	Thomas Baxter*	13.81%	492	927.58
	UUP	Samuel Steele*	8.31%	296	473.48	725.03
	DUP	Bobby McKee	13.73%	489	560.34	592.74	633.24
	DUP	Gary Haggan	6.85%	244	294.46	320.56	365.11	569.16
	Alliance	Thomas Caldwell	11.54%	411	435.94	449.44	472.39	496.83
	DUP	William Sloan	6.82%	243	267.36	273.66	295.26
Electorate: 7,198 Valid: 3,562 (49.49%) Spoilt: 116 Quota: 594 Turnout: 3,678 (51.10%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Jack McKee*	25.76%	979
	Independent	Pat Buckley	23.63%	855
	UUP	Robert Robinson*	16.03%	580	630.31
	UUP	Rosalie Armstrong*	14.95%	541	576.1	595.18	606.34
	Alliance	Patricia Kay	6.30%	228	229.95	333.63	487.55	615.21
	DUP	Leonard Sluman*	2.35%	85	362.29	365.17	365.92	418.13
	Independent	Roy Craig	5.94%	215	223.97	280.85	301.85
	Alliance	William Geddis	3.76%	136	136.39	202.27
Electorate: 7,298 Valid: 3,619 (49.59%) Spoilt: 91 Quota: 604 Turnout: 3,710 (50.84%)