1989 Derry City Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1989.

Election Name:	1989 Derry City Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1985 Derry City Council election
Previous Year:	1985
Next Election:	1993 Derry City Council election
Next Year:	1993
Seats For Election:	All 30 seats to Derry City Council
Majority Seats:	16
Party1:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats1:	15
Seat Change1:	1
Party2:	Sinn Féin
Seats2:	5
Seat Change2:	0
Party3:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats3:	4
Seat Change3:	1
Party4:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats4:	3
Seat Change4:	2
Party5:	Independent Unionist
Seats5:	2
Seat Change5:	2
Party6:	Ulster Democratic Party
Seats6:	1
Seat Change6:	1
Party7:	Irish Independence Party
Seats7:	0
Seat Change7:	1

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

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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|- class="unsortable" align="center"!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UDP!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Cityside|bgcolor="#99FF66"|51.7|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3|42.2|3|0.0|0|0.0|0|0.0|0|6.1|0|6|-|align="left"|Northland|bgcolor="#99FF66"|67.1|bgcolor="#99FF66"|4|18.8|1|0.0|0|6.9|0|0.0|0|7.2|1|6|-|align="left"|Rural|bgcolor="#99FF66"|41.4|bgcolor="#99FF66"|3|0.0|0|25.1|2|23.4|2|3.8|0|6.3|0|7|-|align="left"|Shantallow|bgcolor="#99FF66"|73.8|bgcolor="#99FF66"|4|21.9|1|0.0|0|0.0|0|0.0|0|4.3|0|5|-|align="left"|Waterside|19.7|1|8.1|0|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|36.0|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|15.0|1|8.3|1|12.9|1|6|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| 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