1989 Craigavon Borough Council election
# 1989 Craigavon Borough Council election

Elections to Craigavon Borough 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 26 councillors.

## Election results

Craigavon Borough Council Election Result 1989 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ulster Unionist | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 46.2 | 42.4 | 12,687 | 6.3 |
| SDLP | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23.1 | 21.0 | 6,288 | 3.8 |
| DUP | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15.4 | 14.4 | 4,314 | 11.3 |
| Alliance | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7.7 | 5.8 | 1,742 | 1.5 |
| Sinn Féin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.8 | 8.4 | 2,521 | 3.1 |
| Workers' Party | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 1,285 | 0.9 |
| Protestant Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 511 | New |
| Independent Nationalist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 361 | 1.2 |
| Ind. Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 255 | 0.8 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

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

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | DUP | DUP | Alliance | Alliance | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Workers' Party | Workers' Party | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Craigavon Central | 45.0 | 4 | 13.2 | 1 | 17.5 | 1 | 8.0 | 1 | 8.1 | 0 | 4.9 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 7 |
| Loughside | 14.7 | 0 | 54.2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 18.9 | 1 | 12.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Lurgan | 56.6 | 4 | 12.3 | 1 | 20.1 | 2 | 6.6 | 0 | 3.3 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Portadown | 45.0 | 4 | 13.2 | 1 | 16.0 | 2 | 7.2 | 1 | 6.4 | 0 | 1.4 | 0 | 10.8 | 0 | 7 |
| Total | 42.4 | 12 | 21.0 | 6 | 14.4 | 4 | 5.8 | 2 | 8.4 | 1 | 4.3 | 1 | 3.7 | 0 | 26 |

## District results

### Craigavon Central

1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Workers' Party 1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1985-1989 Change: UUP and Alliance gain from DUP and Workers' Party

### Loughside

1985: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party, 1 x UUP 1989: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x Workers' Party 1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from UUP

### Lurgan

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

### Portadown

1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1985-1989 Change: UUP and Alliance gain from DUP and Sinn Féin

