1989_Magherafelt_District_Council_election

1989 Magherafelt District Council election

Local govt election in Northern Ireland

Elections to Magherafelt District 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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District results

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	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
SDLP	4	0	0	0	26.7	26.7	4,790	1.5
UUP	4	1	0	1	26.7	20.7	3,730	1.4
DUP	3	0	1	1	20.0	23.4	4,197	0.6
Sinn Féin	3	0	1	1	25.0	22.1	3,965	3.9
Independent Nationalist	1	1	0	1	0.0	3.8	691	3.8
Workers' Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	3.3	587	2.0

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	SDLP		UUP		DUP		Sinn Féin		Others		Total Cllrs
Magherafelt Town	27.4	1	18.5	1	36.7	2	15.9	1	1.5	0	5
Moyola	21.3	1	29.5	2	21.5	1	24.2	1	3.5	0	5
Sperrin	31.2	2	14.4	1	10.8	0	26.6	1	17.0	1	5
Total	26.7	4	20.7	4	23.4	3	22.1	3	7.1	1	15

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	DUP	William McCrea*	34.33%	2,162
	SDLP	Patrick Kilpatrick*	20.17%	1,270
	UUP	Ernest Caldwell*	18.55%	1,168
	DUP	Paul McLean	2.38%	150	1,248.24
	Sinn Féin	John Hurl	15.93%	1,003	1,003	1,021	1,034.26
	SDLP	Margaret O'Hagan	7.27%	458	459.04	648.76	713.06
	Workers' Party	Marian Donnelly	1.38%	87	90.12	101.1
Electorate: 8,585 Valid: 6,298 (73.36%) Spoilt: 123 Quota: 1,050 Turnout: 6,421 (74.79%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	UUP	John Junkin*	19.03%	1,109
	SDLP	Henry McErlean*	15.05%	877	940	940.48	1,290.48
	Sinn Féin	Pauline Davey-Kennedy	15.98%	931	950	950	976
	UUP	Norman Montgomery	10.49%	611	620	708.32	709.68	716.68	725.68
	DUP	Thomas Catherwood*	11.91%	694	696	714	715	718	724
	DUP	Thomas Milligan*	9.59%	559	562	586.24	587.24	588.24	588.24
	Sinn Féin	Margaret McKenna	8.22%	479	495	495	510	573
	SDLP	Francis Madden	6.30%	367	425	425.48
	Workers' Party	Hugh Scullion	3.43%	200
Electorate: 7,941 Valid: 5,827 (73.38%) Spoilt: 182 Quota: 972 Turnout: 6,009 (75.67%)

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	UUP	Robert Montgomery	14.43%	842	846	847	1,429
	Independent Nationalist	Mary McSorley*	11.84%	691	753	796	821	997
	SDLP	Patrick Sweeney*	10.52%	614	680	952	957	986
	Sinn Féin	Bernard O'Hagan	13.73%	801	819	869	869	869
	SDLP	Ghislaine O'Keeney	11.55%	674	689	857	858	862
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Groogan	12.87%	751	794	803	804	805
	DUP	John Linton	10.83%	632	635	635
	SDLP	Francis McKendry	9.08%	530	575
	Workers' Party	Francis Donnelly	5.14%	300
Electorate: 7,827 Valid: 5,835 (74.55%) Spoilt: 134 Quota: 973 Turnout: 5,969 (76.26%)