Elections to Lisburn Borough Council were held on 17 May 1989 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 28 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 ! % !Cllrs ! % !Cllrs !rowspan=2|TotalCllrs |- class="unsortable" align="center" !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Alliance !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | Sinn Féin !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Downshire |bgcolor="40BFF5"|56.1 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|4 |32.3 |2 |0.0 |0 |10.8 |1 |0.0 |0 |0.8 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Dunmurry Cross |26.4 |2 |10.7 |1 |18.1 |2 |7.6 |0 |bgcolor="#008800"|28.7 |bgcolor="#008800"|2 |8.5 |0 |7 |- |align="left"|Killultagh |bgcolor="40BFF5"|52.9 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|4 |17.7 |1 |10.9 |1 |7.6 |0 |0.0 |0 |10.9 |1 |7 |- |align="left"|Lisburn Town |bgcolor="40BFF5"|68.8 |bgcolor="40BFF5"|5 |10.3 |1 |0.0 |0 |18.9 |1 |0.0 |0 |2.0 |0 |7 |- |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |49.9 |15 |17.8 |5 |8.0 |3 |10.7 |2 |7.6 |2 |6.0 |1 |28
Districts results
Downshire
1985: 3 x UUP, 3 x DUP, 1 x Alliance 1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance 1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP
Dunmurry Cross
1985: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance 1989: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Alliance
Killultagh
1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Conservative 1985-1989 Change: Independent Conservative gain from DUP
Lisburn Town
1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance 1989: 5 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance 1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP
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