1997 Cookstown District Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1997
1997 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 Sinn Féin SDLP UUP
Seats won 5 4 4
Seat change Increase 3 Decrease 1 Decrease 1
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party DUP Ind. Unionist
Seats won 2 1
Seat change Decrease 1 Steady 0

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.

Election results

Cookstown District Council Election Result 1997[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Sinn Féin 5 3 0 Increase3 31.3 28.0 4,926 Increase7.3
  SDLP 4 0 1 Decrease1 25.0 25.4 4,466 Decrease4.6
  UUP 4 0 1 Decrease1 25.0 23.7 4,174 Decrease2.8
  DUP 2 0 1 Decrease1 12.5 18.4 3,233 Increase0.9
  Ind. Unionist 1 0 0 Steady0 6.3 4.2 741 Decrease0.6
  Ind. Nationalist 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 0.3 53 Increase0.3

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Cookstown District Council election, 1997
by district[1]
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
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
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
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%)  

References

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