1981 Cookstown District Council election

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1981 Cookstown District Council election
 1977
20 May 1981 (1981-05-20)
1985 

All 15 seats to Cookstown District Council
8 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party SDLP UUP DUP
Seats won 5 4 3
Seat change Steady 0 Steady 0 Increase 2

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Party UUUP Ind. Nationalist Ind. Republican
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change Decrease 2 Steady 0 Steady 0

Elections to Cookstown District Council were held on 20 May 1981 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors.

Cookstown District Council Election Result 1981[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SDLP 5 0 0 Steady0 33.3 31.4 5,098 Increase1.2
  UUP 4 1 1 Steady0 26.7 24.7 4,002 Decrease3.7
  DUP 3 2 0 Increase2 20.0 24.3 3,945 Increase18.4
  UUUP 1 0 2 Decrease2 6.7 2.9 470 Decrease11.9
  Ind. Nationalist 1 0 0 Steady0 6.7 6.6 1,073 Increase0.8
  Ind. Republican 1 0 0 Steady0 6.7 5.9 964 Decrease0.5
  Independent 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 4.2 679 Increase4.2

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Districts results

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