1997 Cookstown District Council election

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.

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1997
1997 Cookstown District Council election
May 21, 1997 (1997-05-21)
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 U
Seats won 2 1
Seat change 1

Election results
Cookstown District Council Election Result 1997[1]
Party 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 U 1 0 0 6.3 4.2 741 0.6
  Independent Nationalist 0 0 0 0.0 0.3 53 0.3

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

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

Districts 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]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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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        
Independent 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]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    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]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      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 U 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%)

        References
        1. "Cookstown District Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
        2. "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
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