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

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!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | [Ulster Unionist Party|Ulster Unionist Party|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

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