1989 Strabane District Council election explained

See main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1989.

Election Name:	1989 Strabane District Council election
Type:	parliamentary
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1985 Strabane District Council election
Previous Year:	1985
Next Election:	1993 Strabane District Council election
Next Year:	1993
Seats For Election:	All 15 seats to Strabane District Council
Majority Seats:	8
Party1:	Democratic Unionist Party
Seats1:	3
Seat Change1:	1
Party2:	Ulster Unionist Party
Seats2:	3
Seat Change2:	0
Party3:	Social Democratic and Labour Party
Seats3:	3
Seat Change3:	0
Party4:	Sinn Féin
Seats4:	2
Seat Change4:	1
Party5:	Independent Nationalist
Seats5:	2
Seat Change5:	0
Party6:	Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Seats6:	1
Seat Change6:	1
Party7:	Independent Unionist
Seats7:	1
Seat Change7:	1

Elections to Strabane District 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 15 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="" | SDLP!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"|

Others|-|align="left"|Derg|19.0|1|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|25.2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|1|10.6|1|21.1|1|1.1|0|23.0|1|5|-|align="left"|Glenelly|26.5|1|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|36.2|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2|24.6|1|10.2|0|2.5|1|0.0|0|5|-|align="left"|Mourne|16.2|1|0.0|0|18.9|1|30.6|1|0.0|0|bgcolor="#CDFFAB"|34.3|bgcolor="#CDFFAB"|2|5|-|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"|align="left"| Total|20.3|3|19.7|3|17.9|3|21.1|2|1.1|1|19.9|2|15|-|}

District results

Derg

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

Glenelly

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

Mourne

1985: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1989: 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
1985-1989 Change: Independent Nationalist leaves SDLP