1989 Coleraine Borough Council election
# 1989 Coleraine Borough Council election

Elections to Coleraine 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

Coleraine Borough Council Election Result 1989 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ulster Unionist | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 47.6 | 48.5 | 9,420 | 5.6 |
| DUP | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23.8 | 23.4 | 4,556 | 7.1 |
| SDLP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 13.5 | 2,632 | 0.6 |
| Alliance | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 7.9 | 1,510 | 1.7 |
| Ind. Unionist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.8 | 2.6 | 509 | 4.8 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 405 | 3.3 |
| Labour Party NI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 234 | New |
| Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 127 | 0.6 |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 39 | 0.2 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Coleraine Borough Council election, 1989 by district :

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | SDLP | SDLP | Alliance | Alliance | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Bann | 59.2 | 4 | 13.6 | 1 | 24.4 | 2 | 2.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Coleraine Town | 41.3 | 3 | 33.9 | 2 | 7.0 | 0 | 8.0 | 1 | 9.8 | 1 | 7 |
| The Skerries | 43.4 | 3 | 24.2 | 2 | 7.8 | 0 | 13.1 | 1 | 11.5 | 1 | 7 |
| Total | 48.5 | 10 | 23.4 | 5 | 13.5 | 2 | 7.9 | 2 | 6.7 | 2 | 21 |

## District results

### Bann

1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1985-1989 Change: No change

### Coleraine Town

1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent 1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent 1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP

### The Skerries

1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance 1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist 1985-1989 Change: Independent Unionist leaves UUP

