1997 Cookstown District Council election

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21 May 1997 (1997-05-21)

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All 16 seats to Cookstown District Council
9 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Sinn Féin	SDLP	UUP
Seats won	5	4	4
Seat change	3	1	1

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	DUP	Ind. Unionist
Seats won	2	1
Seat change	1	0

Results by district electoral area, shaded by First Preference Votes.

Elections to Cookstown District Council were held on 21 May 1997 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 16 councillors.

Cookstown District Council Election Result 1997^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Sinn Féin	5	3	0	3	31.3	28.0	4,926	7.3
SDLP	4	0	1	1	25.0	25.4	4,466	4.6
UUP	4	0	1	1	25.0	23.7	4,174	2.8
DUP	2	0	1	1	12.5	18.4	3,233	0.9
Ind. Unionist	1	0	0	0	6.3	4.2	741	0.6
Ind. Nationalist	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.3	53	0.3

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Cookstown District Council election, 1997
by district
Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Sinn Féin	SDLP	UUP	DUP	Others
Ballinderry	28.9	2	29.5	2	19.3	1	21.5	1	0.8	0	6
Cookstown Central	22.5	1	25.7	1	31.6	2	20.2	1	0.0	0	5
Drum Manor	32.1	2	19.8	1	21.7	1	12.7	0	13.7	1	5
Total	28.0	5	25.4	4	23.7	4	18.4	2	4.5	1	16

District results

Ballinderry

1993: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
1997: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP

Ballinderry - 6 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SDLP	Patsy McGlone*	22.32%	1,555
	Sinn Féin	Patrick McAleer	21.79%	1,518
	Sinn Féin	Seamus Campbell	7.13%	497	580.98	1,061.58
	DUP	Anne McCrea*	14.01%	976	977.9	978.62	982.12	1,451.12
	SDLP	Mary Baker	7.13%	497	912.72	935.76	983.68	985.06	986.06	1,048.08
	UUP	Thomas Greer*	8.87%	618	619.52	620.24	624.24	664.6	940.6	940.88	941.72
	UUP	William Armstrong	10.55%	735	736.9	736.9	736.9	745.66	890.66	890.66	892.62
	DUP	Samuel McCartney	7.45%	519	520.52	521.24	522.24
	Ind. Nationalist	Francis Rocks*	0.76%	53	93.66	103.02
Electorate: 8,536 Valid: 6,968 (81.63%) Spoilt: 125 Quota: 996 Turnout: 7,093 (83.10%)

Cookstown Central

1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Cookstown Central - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	UUP	Trevor Wilson*	27.37%	1,427
	Sinn Féin	Sean Begley*	22.48%	1,172
	DUP	William John Larmour*	16.55%	863	996.77
	SDLP	Denis Haughey*	16.40%	855	859.68	1,090.48
	UUP	William Joseph Larmour	4.24%	221	581.36	581.76	581.76	745.42	855.01
	SDLP	Margaret Laverty*	9.34%	487	489.34	558.54	741.34	746.52	748.86
	DUP	Raymond McGarvey	3.62%	189	237.36	238.96	241.76
Electorate: 7,474 Valid: 5,214 (69.76%) Spoilt: 94 Quota: 870 Turnout: 5,308 (71.02%)

Drum Manor

1993: 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP

Drum Manor - 5 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Finbar Conway	26.72%	1,446
	UUP	Samuel Glasgow*	21.68%	1,173
	SDLP	James McGarvey*	12.86%	696	717.28	1,025.28
	Ind. Unionist	Samuel Parke*	13.69%	741	741.38	745.38	910.29
	Sinn Féin	John McNamee	5.41%	293	774.08	820.84	820.84	941.84
	DUP	William Cuddy*	12.68%	686	686	691.14	790.04	791.04
	SDLP	Peter Cassidy	6.95%	376	405.64
Electorate: 6,595 Valid: 5,411 (82.05%) Spoilt: 88 Quota: 902 Turnout: 5,499 (83.38%)

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