1989 Newry and Mourne District Council election

Elections to Newry and Mourne District 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

|- class="unsortable" align="centre" !rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|Total Cllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn FÃÂ©in !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Crotlieve |bgcolor="#99FF66"|64.5 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|5 |20.8 |1 |4.2 |0 |10.5 |1 |7 |- |align="left"|Newry Town |bgcolor="#99FF66"|47.2 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|4 |10.4 |1 |14.6 |1 |27.8 |1 |7 |- |align="left"|Slieve Gullion |bgcolor="#99FF66"|57.1 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|3 |0.0 |0 |39.4 |2 |3.5 |0 |5 |- |align="left"|The Fews |bgcolor="#99FF66"|43.5 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|3 |31.9 |2 |15.4 |1 |9.2 |0 |6 |- |align="left"|The Mournes |bgcolor="#99FF66"|32.4 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |26.0 |2 |3.1 |0 |38.5 |1 |5 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |49.4 |17 |18.5 |6 |14.0 |4 |18.1 |3 |30 |-

District results

Crotlieve

1985: 4 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1989: 5 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from UUP

Newry Town

1985: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn FÃÂ©in, 1 x UUP, 1 x IIP 1989: 4 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn FÃÂ©in, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1985-1989 Change: Independent Nationalist leaves IIP

Slieve Gullion

The Fews

1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn FÃÂ©in 1989: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn FÃÂ©in, 1 x DUP 1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from DUP

The Mournes

1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn FÃÂ©in 1989: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Protestant Unionist 1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn FÃÂ©in, Protestant Unionist leaves DUP