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1989 Derry City Council election

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.

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.

Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
15	1	0	1	50.0	49.7	18,454	7.8
5	0	0	0	16.7	16.4	6,082	0.7
4	0	1	1	13.3	13.5	5,003	3.8
3	0	2	1	10.0	10.2	3,800	2.9
2	2	0	2	6.7	3.7	1,390	3.7
1	1	0	1	3.3	2.6	980	New
0	0	0	0	0.0	2.2	804	2.2
0	0	0	0	0.0	0.6	238	2.1
0	0	0	0	0.0	1.1	358	0.4

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

1985: 3 x SDLP, 3 x Sinn Féin

1989: 3 x SDLP, 3 x Sinn Féin

1985-1989 Change: No change

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	SDLP	Patrick Devine*	17.15%	1,011
	Sinn Féin	Hugh Brady*	15.22%	897
	SDLP	Tony Carlin*	12.45%	734	786.7	859.7
	Sinn Féin	Mitchel McLaughlin*	11.84%	698	699.02	855.02
	Sinn Féin	Anne McGuinness*	11.13%	656	660.25	777.42	821.34
	SDLP	Jim Clifford	10.86%	640	706.13	802.89	805.17
	SDLP	Pat Ramsey*	11.27%	664	693.58	766.96	767.14
	Workers' Party	Eamonn Melaugh	6.07%	358	366.67
	Sinn Féin	Gerry Doherty	4.00%	236	236.85
Electorate: 9,973 Valid: 5,894 (59.10%) Spoilt: 232 Quota: 843 Turnout: 6,126 (61.43%)

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

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	SDLP	John Tierney*	18.31%	1,565
	SDLP	Anna Gallagher*	15.08%	1,289
	SDLP	William McCorriston	13.20%	1,128	1,228.28
	Sinn Féin	Bernard McFadden*	13.84%	1,183	1,197.26	1,561.26
	SDLP	John Kerr	11.43%	977	1,054.51	1,065.81	1,113.81	1,127.81	1,133.81
	Ind. Unionist	David Davis*	7.10%	607	622.18	629.1	651.1	654.2	1,128.48
	SDLP	Leonard Green*	9.10%	778	889.78	898.7	917.7	960.05	972.05
	UUP	Jack Allen	6.90%	590	591.15	593.15	593.15	593.25
	Sinn Féin	Martin Nelis	5.01%	428	437.89
Electorate: 14,337 Valid: 8,545 (59.60%) Spoilt: 284 Quota: 1,221 Turnout: 8,829 (61.58%)

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

1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

1989: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

1985-1989 Change: No change

Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
	SDLP	Mary Bradley*	24.47%	1,502
	SDLP	Noel McKenna*	19.60%	1,203
	SDLP	William O'Connell*	16.69%	1,024
	SDLP	Shaun Gallagher	13.08%	803	1,237.7
	Sinn Féin	Gearóid Ó hEára	12.37%	759	770.55	778.6	847.75	934.75
	Sinn Féin	Richard Halpenny	9.55%	586	598.25	626.95	726.8	796.8
	Ind. Nationalist	Thomas Mullan	4.24%	260	272.95	331.4
Electorate: 10,573 Valid: 6,137 (58.04%) Spoilt: 228 Quota: 1,023 Turnout: 6,365 (60.20%)

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

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