1989 Ballymoney Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1989.

Election Name:	1989 Ballymoney Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1985 Ballymoney Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1985
Next Election:	1993 Ballymoney Borough Council election
Next Year:	1993
Seats For Election:	All 16 seats to Ballymoney Borough Council
Majority Seats:	9
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	6
Seat Change1:	0
Party2:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats2:	6
Seat Change2:	0
Party3:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Independent (politician)
Seats4:	1
Seat Change4:	0
Party5:	Sinn Féin
Seats5:	0
Seat Change5:	1

Elections to Ballymoney 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 16 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Others|-|align="left"|Ballymoney Town|N/A|2|N/A|2|N/A|0|N/A|1|5|-|align="left"|Bann Valley|30.8|2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|35.8|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|23.6|2|9.8|0|6|-|align="left"|Bushvale|bgcolor="40BFF5"|40.8|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2|31.3|2|19.2|1|8.7|0|5|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|35.1|6|33.9|6|21.7|3|9.3|1|16|-|}

Districts results

Ballymoney Town

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

As only five candidates had been nominated for five seats, there was no vote in Ballymoney Town and all five candidates were deemed elected.

Bann Valley

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

Bushvale

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