1989 Newtownabbey Borough Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1989.

Election Name:	1989 Newtownabbey Borough Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1985 Newtownabbey Borough Council election
Previous Year:	1985
Next Election:	1993 Newtownabbey Borough Council election
Next Year:	1993
Seats For Election:	All 25 seats to Newtownabbey Borough Council
Majority Seats:	13
Party1:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats1:	11
Seat Change1:	1
Party2:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats2:	6
Seat Change2:	3
Party3:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats3:	4
Seat Change3:	2
Party4:	Independent Unionist
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	0
Party5:	Labour '87
Seats5:	1
Seat Change5:	1
Party6:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats6:	1
Seat Change6:	1
Party7:	Newtownabbey Labour
Seats7:	0
Seat Change7:	1
Party8:	Independent (politician)
Seats8:	0
Seat Change8:	1

Elections to Newtownabbey Borough 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 25 councillors.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

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

Others|-|align="left"|Antrim Line|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|39.8|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|2|21.6|1|19.0|1|14.3|1|5.3|0|5|-|align="left"|Ballyclare|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|37.5|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|2|17.5|1|7.2|0|0.0|0|37.8|2|5|-|align="left"|Doagh Road|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|39.8|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|2|17.2|1|9.5|1|0.0|0|33.5|1|5|-|align="left"|Manse Road|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|63.5|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|3|15.2|1|15.5|1|0.0|0|5.8|0|5|-|align="left"|Shore Road|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|46.6|bgcolor="#40BFF5"|2|25.9|2|18.1|1|0.0|0|9.4|0|5|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|45.8|11|19.5|6|14.0|4|3.1|1|17.6|3|25|-|}

Districts results

Antrim Line

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

Ballyclare

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

Doagh Road

1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Newtownabbey Labour
1989: 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Labour '87
1985-1989 Change: Alliance gain from DUP, Newtownabbey Labour joins Labour '87

Manse Road

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

Shore Road

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