Cookstown (District Electoral Area)

Cookstown
Mid Ulster District Council DEA constituency
Current constituency
Created1985
Seats5 (1985-2014)
7 (2014-)
Councillors
  •   Gavin Bell (SF)
  •   Wilbert Buchanan (DUP)
  •   Eva Cahoon (DUP)
  •   Kerri Martin (SDLP)
  •   John McNamee (SF)
  •   Donna Mullin (SF)
  •   Trevor Wilson (UUP)
Cookstown DEA within Mid Ulster
Cookstown Central DEA (1993-2014) within Cookstown

Cookstown is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland, encompassing the town of the same name and nearby villages.[1] The district elects seven members to Mid Ulster District Council and contains the wards of Coagh, Cookstown East, Cookstown South, Cookstown West, Loughry, Oaklands and Pomeroy.[2] Cookstown forms part of the Mid Ulster constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.

It was created for the 1985 local elections, replacing Cookstown Area C which had existed since 1973. It was called Cookstown Central until 2014, and originally contained five wards (Gortalowry, Killymoon, Newbuildings, Oldtown and Tullagh). Following local government reform, Cookstown gained most of the abolished Ballinderry DEA and Drum Manor DEA in the 2014 local elections.

Councillors

Election Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party) 		Councillor
(Party)
July 2024 Co-Option John McNamee
(Sinn Féin) 		Donna Mullin
(Sinn Féin) 		Kerri Martin
(SDLP) 		Trevor Wilson
(UUP) 		Wilbert Buchanan
(DUP) 		Eva Cahoon
(DUP) 		Gavin Bell
(Sinn Féin)
2023 Cathal Mallaghan
(Sinn Féin)
2019 Mark Glasgow
(UUP)
May 2017 Defection Tony Quinn
(SDLP)/ (Independent)
2014
2011 Ciarán McElhone
(Sinn Féin) 		Ian McCrea
(DUP) 		5 seats
1985–2014 		5 seats
1985–2014
2005 Peter Cassidy
(SDLP)
2001 Seamus Campbell
(Sinn Féin)
1997 Sean Begley
(Sinn Féin) 		Denis Haughey
(SDLP) 		William Larmour
(UUP) 		William Larmour
(DUP)
1993 Margaret Laverty
(SDLP) 		Ian Montgomery
(UUP)
1989 Kenneth Loughrin
(DUP) 		Alan Kane
(DUP)
1985 Christopher Neeson
(Sinn Féin) 		Brigid Neeson
(SDLP) 		Espie Donaldson
(UUP)

2023 Election

2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

2023: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2019–2023 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Cookstown - 7 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Sinn Féin Cathal Mallaghan* 20.97% 2,157                
Sinn Féin John McNamee* 17.21% 1,771                
Sinn Féin Gavin Bell* 11.81% 1,215 2,010.20              
SDLP Kerri Martin* 7.48% 769 813.80 1,013.00 1,381.48          
DUP Wilbert Buchanan* 12.14% 1,249 1,249.80 1,249.80 1,250.74 1,252.74 1,252.74 1,360.74    
UUP Trevor Wilson* 6.82% 702 702.40 702.40 708.04 708.04 712.64 983.27 1,002.87 1,201.33
DUP Eva Cahoon 7.47% 768 768.00 768.00 769.41 769.41 769.41 843.41 886.81 919.54
TUV Timothy Hagan 6.44% 663 663.00 663.80 667.56 669.56 670.02 707.02 716.12 740.19
Alliance Chris Hillcox 4.12% 424 435.60 480.40 569.70 598.25 684.96 711.89 713.29  
UUP Mark Glasgow* 5.11% 526 527.60 530.00 530.47 531.47 532.39      
Independent Louise Taylor 0.43% 44 46.40 51.60 62.41          
Electorate: 17,175   Valid: 10,288 (59.90%)   Spoilt: 145   Quota: 1,287   Turnout: 10,433 (60,75%)  

2019 Election

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

2019: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

2014–2019 Change: No change

Cookstown – 7 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Sinn Féin Cathal Mallaghan* 18.50% 1,710          
Sinn Féin John McNamee* 14.81% 1,369          
SDLP Kerri Hughes 14.49% 1,339          
DUP Wilbert Buchanan* 13.26% 1,225          
Sinn Féin Gavin Bell* 9.09% 840 1,385.7        
UUP Trevor Wilson* 11.27% 1,041 1,042.02 1,047.46 1,103.46 1,163.46  
UUP Mark Glasgow* 8.58% 793 795.04 804.9 821.9 904.6 1,063.43
DUP Grace Neville 7.51% 694 695.36 696.72 707.72 796.74 819.65
TUV Alan Day 2.49% 230 230.34 237.48 249.48    
Electorate: 16,472   Valid: 9,241 (56.10%)   Spoilt: 153   Quota: 1,156   Turnout: 9,394 (57.03%)  

2014 Election

2011: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP

2014: 3 x Sinn Féin, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

2011-2014 Change: Sinn Féin and UUP gain due to the addition of two seats

Cookstown - 7 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Sinn Féin Cathal Mallaghan* 16.41% 1,481                
UUP Trevor Wilson* 14.61% 1,319                
Sinn Féin John McNamee* 13.89% 1,254                
Sinn Féin Gavin Bell 11.03% 996 1,307.76              
SDLP Tony Quinn* ‡ 8.90% 803 823.88 830.32 860.56 956.51 1,007.18 1,015.32 1,240.32  
DUP Wilbert Buchanan* 7.94% 717 717.24 734.6 734.84 735.41 739.55 774.83 776.16 1,090.97
UUP Mark Glasgow* 9.05% 817 817.72 919.36 919.6 919.98 931.54 980.52 986.95 1,032.88
TUV Walter Millar 7.05% 636 636.24 670.96 671.2 672.91 676.29 733.85 738.52 813.9
DUP Maureen Lees* 4.60% 415 415 433.2 433.44 433.44 435.82 465.24 468.43  
SDLP Maria Cleary-McGuffin 3.06% 276 283.92 284.34 307.38 322.77 342.96 349.86    
UKIP Alan Day 2.16% 195 195 197.52 198 199.9 205.04      
Alliance Mickey McDonald 1.30% 117 119.16 120.42 123.06 128.57        
Electorate: 16,135   Valid: 9,026 (55.94%)   Spoilt: 141   Quota: 1,129   Turnout: 9,167 (56.81%)  

2011 Election

2005: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP

2011: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP

2005-2011 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP

Cookstown Central - 5 seats[6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Sinn Féin John McNamee* 23.55% 986        
UUP Trevor Wilson* 21.72% 909        
DUP Ian McCrea* 17.63% 738        
SDLP Tony Quinn* 14.88% 623 665.63 691.38 892.38  
Sinn Féin Ciarán McElhone 8.89% 372 600.23 600.48 657 730
TUV Hannah Loughrin 6.07% 254 254.29 402.04 431.83 439.83
SDLP Peter Cassidy* 5.06% 212 217.22 231.97    
Alliance Michael McDonald 2.20% 92 95.77 111.52    
Electorate: 7,556   Valid: 4,186 (55.40%)   Spoilt: 68   Quota: 698   Turnout: 4,254 (56.30%)  

2005 Election

2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP

2005: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP

2001-2005 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin

Cookstown Central - 5 seats[7]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
DUP Ian McCrea* 26.06% 1,246        
UUP Trevor Wilson* 23.21% 1,110        
Sinn Féin John McNamee* 20.43% 977        
SDLP Peter Cassidy* 10.75% 514 659.92 796 807.34  
SDLP Tony Quinn 10.31% 493 571.08 659.28 675.12 807.68
Sinn Féin Ciarán McElhone 7.49% 358 359.92 361.18 503.92 522.84
Socialist Party Harry Hutchinson 1.76% 84 302.24 387.32    
Electorate: 7,452   Valid: 4,782 (64.17%)   Spoilt: 72   Quota: 798   Turnout: 4,854 (65.14%)  

2001 Election

1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP

1997-2001 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP

Cookstown Central - 5 seats[8]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Sinn Féin John McNamee* 25.23% 1,427          
UUP Trevor Wilson* 23.39% 1,323          
DUP Ian McCrea 18.81% 1,064          
SDLP Peter Cassidy 14.00% 792 828.4 835.36 838.1 1,118.1  
Sinn Féin Seamus Campbell 6.44% 364 796.6 796.89 797.89 832.63 956.63
UUP Albert Crawford 4.21% 238 238 547.72 672.03 687.67  
SDLP Eddie Espie 5.80% 328 340.95 347.62 351.78    
DUP Hugh Davidson 2.12% 120 120 174.81      
Electorate: 7,503   Valid: 5,656 (75.38%)   Spoilt: 118   Quota: 943   Turnout: 5,774 (76.96%)  

1997 Election

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[9]
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%)  

1993 Election

1989: 2 x SDLP, 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP

1993: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP

1989-1993 Change: UUP gain from DUP

Cookstown Central - 5 seats[10]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
UUP Trevor Wilson* 29.70% 1,514            
SDLP Denis Haughey* 18.42% 939            
UUP Ian Montgomery 7.94% 405 949.28          
DUP William Larmour 12.44% 634 712.76 767 783.84 784.11 953.11  
SDLP Margaret Laverty* 12.46% 635 635.44 637.36 672.68 748.19 758.59 779.59
Sinn Féin Martin Conlon 13.81% 704 704 704.08 716.08 720.67 720.76 720.76
DUP Rodney Mitchell 3.37% 172 201.48 231.16 239.84 240.02    
Democratic Left Edwin Espie 1.00% 51 54.08 55.68        
Independent Labour Harry Hutchinson 0.86% 44 44.44 45.56        
Electorate: 7,047   Valid: 5,098 (72.34%)   Spoilt: 112   Quota: 850   Turnout: 5,210 (73.93%)  

1989 Election

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[11]
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%)  

1985 Election

1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

Cookstown Central - 5 seats[12]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
DUP Alan Kane* 28.33% 1,444          
UUP Espie Donaldson* 21.35% 1,088          
SDLP Brigid Neeson* 11.10% 566 566 566.44 937.44    
DUP Kenneth Loughrin* 3.49% 178 721.66 789.86 790.08 790.08 947.08
Sinn Féin Christopher Neeson 15.62% 796 796 796 809 829.48 830.52
Workers' Party Patrick Bloomer 8.00% 408 410.87 413.29 424.92 484.76 539.33
UUP Edmund Giboney 4.32% 220 257.31 421.65 425.55 430.03  
SDLP Margaret Laverty* 7.79% 397 399.87 400.97      
Electorate: 6,314   Valid: 5,097 (80.73%)   Spoilt: 62   Quota: 850   Turnout: 5,159 (81.71%)  

References

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  7. ^ "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Local Government Results 2001". EONI. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
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