1989 Cookstown District Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1989
1989 Cookstown District Council election
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All 16 seats to Cookstown District Council
9 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party SDLP DUP UUP
Seats won 5 5 3
Seat change Increase 2 Steady 0 Steady 0
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Ind. Unionist
Seats won 2 1
Seat change Decrease 2 Steady 0

Elections to Cookstown District Council were held on 17 May 1989 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.

Election results

Cookstown District Council Election Result 1989[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SDLP 5 2 0 Increase2 31.3 25.8 4,148 Increase4.8
  DUP 5 0 0 Steady0 31.3 24.0 3,861 Decrease2.6
  UUP 3 0 0 Steady0 18.8 23.2 3,726 Increase2.1
  Sinn Féin 2 0 2 Decrease2 12.5 20.3 3,267 Decrease5.3
  Ind. Unionist 1 0 0 Steady0 6.3 4.6 747 Increase1.7
  Workers' Party 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 2.1 342 Decrease0.4

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Cookstown District Council election, 1989
by district[1]
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
 Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 Total
Cllrs
SDLP DUP UUP Sinn Féin Others
Ballinderry 29.0 2 25.6 2 21.1 1 24.3 1 0.0 0 6
Cookstown Central 26.3 2 29.5 2 27.6 1 11.4 0 5.2 0 5
Drum Manor 21.5 1 16.8 1 21.4 1 24.0 1 16.3 1 5
Total 25.8 5 24.0 5 23.2 3 20.3 2 6.7 1 16

District results

Ballinderry

1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin

Ballinderry - 6 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SDLP Paddy Duffy* 22.40% 1,370          
DUP William McIntyre* 16.99% 1,039          
Sinn Féin Francis McNally* 14.19% 868 920.54        
UUP Victor McGahie* 12.77% 781 782.11 811.66 1,208.66    
DUP Samuel McCartney* 8.63% 528 528 648.6 764.54 1,088.84  
SDLP John O'Neill 6.57% 402 810.11 810.41 811.41 819.87 889.43
Sinn Féin Siobhan McQuillan 10.09% 617 636.61 636.76 637.5 637.5 637.5
UUP Neville Forsythe 8.37% 512 514.59 518.79      
Electorate: 7,775   Valid: 6,117 (78.68%)   Spoilt: 224   Quota: 874   Turnout: 6,341 (81.56%)  

Cookstown Central

1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin

Cookstown Central - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
UUP Trevor Wilson 27.60% 1,337          
DUP Alan Kane* 27.35% 1,325          
SDLP Denis Haughey* 17.65% 855          
DUP Kenneth Loughrin* 2.19% 106 609.89 1,116.89      
SDLP Margaret Laverty 8.67% 420 425.33 428.45 456.14 589.57 628.67
Sinn Féin Dermot Coyle 11.35% 550 550 550.39 551.17 618.9 620.65
Workers' Party Hugh Brennan 5.20% 252 262.66 263.83 317.26    
Electorate: 6,722   Valid: 4,845 (72.08%)   Spoilt: 90   Quota: 808   Turnout: 4,935 (73.42%)  

Drum Manor

1985: 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1989: 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1985-1989 Change: No change

Drum Manor - 5 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
UUP Samuel Glasgow* 21.37% 1,096        
Sinn Féin Sean Begley 18.83% 966        
DUP Walter Millar* 16.83% 863        
Ind. Unionist Samuel Parke* 14.56% 747 977.56      
SDLP James McGarvey* 12.63% 648 649.32 668.68 706.68 775.68
SDLP Sean Mallon 8.83% 453 453.22 458.28 487.26 512.48
Sinn Féin Desmond McElhatton 5.19% 266 266.22 266.44 278.44  
Workers' Party Desmond Gourley 1.75% 90 92.42 115.08    
Electorate: 6,167   Valid: 5,129 (83.17%)   Spoilt: 167   Quota: 855   Turnout: 5,296 (85.88%)  

References

  1. ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Cookstown". www.ark.ac.uk.
  2. ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 5 August 2021.