1989 Castlereagh Borough Council election
# 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 |
| Ulster Unionist | 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 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 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

