1989 Ballymena Borough Council election
# 1989 Ballymena Borough Council election

Elections to Ballymena 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 23 councillors.

## Election results

Ballymena Borough Council Election Result 1989 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| DUP | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 52.2 | 44.8 | 9,435 | 10.8 |
| Ulster Unionist | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30.4 | 30.8 | 6,491 | 2.2 |
| SDLP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 9.2 | 1,926 | 2.9 |
| Alliance | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.2 | 6.1 | 1,280 | 6.1 |
| Ind. Unionist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 1,033 | 0.7 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 887 | 0.2 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

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

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | Alliance | Alliance | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Ballymena Town | 26.8 | 2 | 23.7 | 2 | 21.8 | 1 | 14.0 | 1 | 13.7 | 1 | 7 |
| Braid Valley | 40.9 | 2 | 41.7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 17.4 | 1 | 5 |
| Kells Water | 58.7 | 4 | 36.5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.8 | 0 | 6 |
| The Main | 56.6 | 4 | 23.7 | 1 | 11.4 | 0 | 8.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 44.8 | 12 | 30.8 | 7 | 9.2 | 1 | 6.1 | 1 | 9.1 | 2 | 23 |

## Districts results

### Ballymena Town

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

### Braid Valley

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

### Kells Water

1985: 5 x DUP, 1 x UUP 1989: 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP 1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP

### The Main

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

