1997 Cookstown District Council election

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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 Ulster Unionist
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

councillors
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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
  Ulster Unionist 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
  Independent 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  
Ulster Unionist Thomas Greer* 8.87% 618 619.52 620.24 624.24 664.6 940.6 940.88 941.72
Ulster Unionist 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]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Ulster Unionist 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      
Ulster Unionist 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        
Ulster Unionist 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.
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