1989 Belfast City Council election

Elections to Belfast City Council were held on 17 May 1989 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used nine district electoral areas to elect a total of 51 councillors, most representing the more heavily populated north and west.

The UUP remained the largest party, and Reg Empey became the Lord Mayor.

Election results

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor=""| SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Workers' Party !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | PUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Balmoral |bgcolor="40BFF5"|34.9 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |0.0 |0 |14.3 |1 |19.3 |1 |19.0 |1 |2.1 |0 |0.0 |0 |10.4 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Castle |bgcolor="40BFF5"|24.6 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|1 |3.8 |0 |19.2 |1 |16.6 |1 |8.8 |1 |4.1 |0 |0.0 |0 |22.9 |2 |6 |- |align="left"|Court |19.8 |1 |2.3 |0 |0.0 |0 |15.8 |1 |0.0 |0 |3.5 |0 |24.2 |1 |bgcolor="#0077FF"|34.4 |bgcolor="#0077FF"|2 |6 |- |align="left"|Laganbank |bgcolor="40BFF5"|31.6 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|2 |7.7 |0 |20.8 |1 |12.0 |1 |19.0 |1 |4.9 |0 |0.0 |0 |4.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Lower Falls |0.0 |0 |bgcolor="#008800"|61.0 |bgcolor="#008800"|3 |28.5 |2 |0.0 |0 |1.2 |0 |9.3 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Oldpark |22.8 |2 |bgcolor="#008800"|37.8 |bgcolor="#008800"|3 |8.9 |0 |15.8 |1 |3.3 |0 |11.4 |1 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|Pottinger |25.7 |2 |5.8 |0 |0.0 |0 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|40.1 |bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2 |12.1 |1 |5.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |11.3 |1 |6 |- |align="left"|Upper Falls |0.0 |0 |bgcolor="#008800"|49.5 |bgcolor="#008800"|2 |41.9 |2 |2.2 |0 |2.6 |0 |3.1 |0 |0.0 |0 |0.7 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|Victoria |bgcolor="40BFF5"|39.5 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|3 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |23.7 |2 |31.0 |2 |2.5 |0 |0.0 |0 |3.3 |0 |7 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |21.7 |14 |18.7 |8 |16.1 |8 |14.8 |8 |10.9 |6 |5.3 |1 |2.5 |1 |10.0 |5 |51

District results

Balmoral

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

Castle

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

Court

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

Laganbank

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

Lower Falls

1985: 3 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1989: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP 1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance

Oldpark

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

Pottinger

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

Upper Falls

1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance 1989: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP 1985-1989 Change: Sinn Féin gain from Alliance

Victoria

1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP 1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x Alliance, 2 x DUP 1985-1989 Change: No change

References