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Local government election in Northern Ireland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elections to Fermanagh District Council were held on 17 May 1989 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 23 councillors.
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All 23 seats to Fermanagh District Council 12 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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UUP | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 43.5 | 39.9 | 12,043 | 6.9 | |
SDLP | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21.7 | 18.7 | 5,646 | 1.9 | |
Sinn Féin | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 17.4 | 20.4 | 6,170 | 4.8 | |
DUP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 2,582 | 4.4 | |
Ind. Nationalist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 1,604 | 3.8 | |
Workers' Party | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 1,150 | 2.5 | |
Ind. Republican | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 473 | 1.6 | |
Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 305 | 0.8 | |
Independent Socialist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 170 | 0.6 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 25 | 0.1 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
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UUP | SDLP | Sinn Féin | DUP | Workers' Party | Others | ||||||||
Enniskillen | 45.6 | 3 | 13.5 | 1 | 14.2 | 1 | 10.5 | 1 | 12.6 | 1 | 3.6 | 1 | 7 |
Erne East | 37.3 | 3 | 19.3 | 1 | 30.5 | 2 | 4.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 6 |
Erne North | 42.1 | 2 | 27.7 | 2 | 10.4 | 0 | 19.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
Erne West | 33.4 | 2 | 16.8 | 1 | 26.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 23.6 | 1 | 5 |
Total | 39.9 | 10 | 18.7 | 5 | 20.4 | 4 | 8.6 | 2 | 3.8 | 1 | 8.6 | 1 | 23 |
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Workers' Party
1985-1989 Change: Workers' Party gain from Sinn Féin
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
UUP | Raymond Ferguson* | 17.97% | 1,639 | ||||||||||
UUP | Samuel Foster* | 16.28% | 1,485 | ||||||||||
Workers' Party | Davy Kettyles | 12.61% | 1,150 | ||||||||||
UUP | William Hetherington* | 8.60% | 784 | 1,058.04 | 1,202.25 | ||||||||
SDLP | James Lunny* | 7.40% | 675 | 679.34 | 681.64 | 686.64 | 686.87 | 787.27 | 787.47 | 1,268.47 | |||
Sinn Féin | Pat Cox* | 7.19% | 656 | 656.31 | 656.31 | 658.31 | 660.31 | 663.31 | 663.31 | 685.31 | 762.73 | 1,361.73 | |
DUP | Roy Coulter* | 8.81% | 803 | 830.9 | 868.16 | 869.16 | 1,011.01 | 1,024.56 | 1,030.06 | 1,031.68 | 1,035.6 | 1,039.56 | |
UUP | Bertie Kerr | 2.72% | 248 | 410.13 | 546.98 | 547.98 | 569.21 | 668.34 | 722.84 | 730.07 | 749.67 | 755.57 | |
Sinn Féin | John McManus | 7.01% | 639 | 639 | 639 | 645 | 645 | 646.31 | 646.31 | 655.31 | 682.75 | ||
SDLP | James Donnelly | 6.09% | 555 | 556.24 | 556.47 | 559.47 | 559.47 | 596.78 | 596.78 | ||||
Alliance | William Barbour | 3.34% | 305 | 322.36 | 326.04 | 327.04 | 329.12 | ||||||
DUP | John Connor | 1.70% | 155 | 161.82 | 174.01 | 176.01 | |||||||
Independent | John Bothwell | 0.27% | 25 | 25.62 | 25.62 | ||||||||
Electorate: 12,402 Valid: 9,119 (73.53%) Spoilt: 222 Quota: 1,140 Turnout: 9,341 (75.32%) |
1985: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from Sinn Féin
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
SDLP | Fergus McQuillan* | 19.28% | 1,547 | |||||||||
UUP | Cecil Noble* | 15.81% | 1,268 | |||||||||
UUP | Albert Liddle* | 13.20% | 1,059 | 1,061.38 | 1,135.36 | 1,159.36 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | Brian McCaffrey | 9.29% | 745 | 776.28 | 776.28 | 776.28 | 783 | 783 | 920.5 | 1,423.5 | ||
Sinn Féin | Plunket O'Neill* | 7.62% | 611 | 625.62 | 625.62 | 625.62 | 646.7 | 647.79 | 846.99 | 987.59 | 1,249.79 | |
UUP | Jean McVitty | 8.31% | 667 | 672.78 | 702.03 | 716.81 | 723.67 | 1,034.24 | 1,038.33 | 1,040.33 | 1,040.33 | |
Ind. Republican | John McCusker | 5.90% | 473 | 669.52 | 669.52 | 669.52 | 786.28 | 786.28 | 859.2 | 901.62 | 914.82 | |
Sinn Féin | Vincent McCaffrey* | 8.21% | 659 | 685.52 | 685.52 | 685.52 | 695.54 | 695.54 | 739.32 | |||
Sinn Féin | Ciaran Leonard | 5.37% | 431 | 473.16 | 473.34 | 474.34 | 484.72 | 485.72 | ||||
DUP | Paul Robinson | 3.29% | 264 | 264 | 271.11 | 357.74 | 358.74 | |||||
Independent Socialist | Seamus Mullan | 2.12% | 170 | 244.12 | 244.3 | 245.64 | ||||||
DUP | Caroline Madill | 1.60% | 128 | 128.68 | 130.93 | |||||||
Electorate: 9,489 Valid: 8,022 (84.54%) Spoilt: 155 Quota: 1,147 Turnout: 8,177 (86.17%) |
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
UUP | Caldwell McClaughry* | 24.34% | 1,516 | |||||
DUP | Bert Johnston* | 17.88% | 1,114 | |||||
UUP | Simon Loane* | 13.04% | 812 | 1,170.36 | ||||
SDLP | John O'Kane* | 14.95% | 931 | 932.86 | 934.79 | 1,042.32 | ||
SDLP | Tommy Gallagher | 12.74% | 793 | 793.62 | 795.55 | 839.3 | 954.62 | |
Sinn Féin | Brian McSorley | 10.40% | 648 | 648.93 | 648.93 | 649.55 | 651.1 | |
UUP | Gladys Nixon | 4.77% | 297 | 359.93 | 473.97 | |||
DUP | Victor Milligan | 1.89% | 118 | 156.75 | ||||
Electorate: 7,782 Valid: 6,229 (80.04%) Spoilt: 110 Quota: 1,039 Turnout: 6,339 (81.46%) |
1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x IIP
1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from Sinn Féin, Independent Nationalist leaves IIP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Ind. Nationalist | Patrick McCaffrey* | 23.60% | 1,604 | ||||
UUP | Wilson Elliott* | 20.55% | 1,397 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Paul Corrigan* | 17.45% | 1,186 | ||||
SDLP | Gerry Gallagher* | 13.08% | 889 | 1,055.6 | 1,265.6 | ||
UUP | Derrick Nixon | 12.81% | 871 | 875.08 | 880.46 | 1,138.86 | |
Sinn Féin | Vincent Martin | 8.75% | 595 | 754.12 | 815.46 | 816.98 | |
SDLP | Patrick McGovern | 3.77% | 256 | 390.98 | |||
Electorate: 8,034 Valid: 6,798 (84.62%) Spoilt: 203 Quota: 1,134 Turnout: 7,001 (87.14%) |
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