1989 Derry City Council election
# 1989 Derry City Council election

Elections to Derry City Council were held on 17 May 1989 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.

## Election results

Derry City Council Election Result 1989 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SDLP | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.0 | 49.7 | 18,454 | 7.8 |
| Sinn Féin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 | 16.4 | 6,082 | 0.7 |
| DUP | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13.3 | 13.5 | 5,003 | 3.8 |
| Ulster Unionist | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10.0 | 10.2 | 3,800 | 2.9 |
| Ind. Unionist | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6.7 | 3.7 | 1,390 | 3.7 |
| Ulster Democratic | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 980 | New |
| Independent Nationalist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 804 | 2.2 |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 238 | 2.1 |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 358 | 0.4 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Derry City Council election, 1989 by district :

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | SDLP | SDLP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | UDP | UDP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Cityside | 51.7 | 3 | 42.2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 6 |
| Northland | 67.1 | 4 | 18.8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7.2 | 1 | 6 |
| Rural | 41.4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 25.1 | 2 | 23.4 | 2 | 3.8 | 0 | 6.3 | 0 | 7 |
| Shantallow | 73.8 | 4 | 21.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.3 | 0 | 5 |
| Waterside | 19.7 | 1 | 8.1 | 0 | 36.0 | 2 | 15.0 | 1 | 8.3 | 1 | 12.9 | 1 | 6 |
| Total | 49.7 | 15 | 16.4 | 5 | 13.5 | 4 | 10.2 | 3 | 2.6 | 1 | 7.6 | 2 | 30 |

## District results

### Cityside

1985: 3 x SDLP, 3 x Sinn Féin 1989: 3 x SDLP, 3 x Sinn Féin 1985-1989 Change: No change

### Northland

1985: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x IIP 1989: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Independent Unionist 1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from IIP, Independent Unionist leaves UUP

### Rural

1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP 1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP 1985-1989 Change: No change

### Shantallow

1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1989: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1985-1989 Change: No change

### Waterside

1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 1989: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UDP, 1 x Independent Unionist 1985-1989 Change: UDP gain from DUP, Independent Unionist leaves UUP

