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Elections to Cookstown District Council were held on 15 May 1985 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.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUP | 5 | 2 | 0 |  2 | 31.3 | 26.6 | 4,405 | 2.3 | |
| Sinn Féin | 4 | 4 | 0 |  0 | 25.0 | 25.6 | 4,226 | New | |
| Ulster Unionist | 3 | 0 | 1 |  1 | 18.8 | 21.1 | 3,492 | 3.6 | |
| SDLP | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18.8 | 21.0 | 3,464 | 10.4 | |
| Ind. Unionist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.3 | 2.9 | 487 | 2.9 | |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 408 | 2.5 | |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 45 | 10.5 | |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUP | Sinn Féin | UUP | SDLP | Others | |||||||
| Ballinderry | 26.5 | 2 | 29.3 | 2 | 18.2 | 1 | 25.3 | 1 | 0.7 | 0 | 6 |
| Cookstown Central | 31.8 | 2 | 15.6 | 1 | 25.7 | 1 | 18.9 | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Drum Manor | 21.8 | 1 | 30.8 | 1 | 20.3 | 1 | 17.7 | 1 | 9.4 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 26.6 | 5 | 25.6 | 4 | 21.1 | 3 | 21.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 1 | 16 |
1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| DUP | William McIntyre* | 19.33% | 1,215 | |||||||
| Sinn Féin | Patrick McAleer | 16.57% | 1,042 | |||||||
| SDLP | Paddy Duffy * | 14.25% | 896 | 897.56 | 901.56 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | Francis McNally | 12.76% | 802 | 802.26 | 802.26 | 918.46 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Victor McGahie* | 10.08% | 634 | 671.44 | 684.44 | 685.14 | 685.14 | 1,111.14 | ||
| DUP | Samuel McCartney | 7.13% | 448 | 712.42 | 723.94 | 724.78 | 725.78 | 808.88 | 1,017.68 | |
| SDLP | Joseph Davidson* | 6.52% | 410 | 410.26 | 414.26 | 426.44 | 673.98 | 684.98 | 687.98 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Andrew Booth | 8.08% | 508 | 517.36 | 528.14 | 528.14 | 531.14 | |||
| SDLP | John O'Neill | 4.56% | 287 | 287 | 288 | 292.9 | ||||
| Independent | Eric Brown | 0.72% | 45 | 46.3 | ||||||
| Electorate: 7,587 Valid: 6,287 (82.87%) Spoilt: 149 Quota: 899 Turnout: 6,436 (84.83%) | ||||||||||
1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| DUP | Alan Kane * | 28.33% | 1,444 | ||||||
| Ulster Unionist | 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 | |
| Ulster Unionist | 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%) | |||||||||
1985: 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| DUP | Walter Millar | 21.78% | 1,120 | |||||
| Ulster Unionist | Samuel Glasgow* | 20.26% | 1,042 | |||||
| SDLP | James McGarvey | 17.66% | 908 | |||||
| Ind. Unionist | Samuel Parke* | 9.47% | 487 | 746.92 | 929.26 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Tony O'Driscoll | 15.63% | 804 | 804.48 | 804.66 | 808.26 | 830.94 | |
| Sinn Féin | Sean Begley | 15.21% | 782 | 782.72 | 782.72 | 787.76 | 812.42 | |
| Electorate: 6,017 Valid: 5,143 (85.47%) Spoilt: 105 Quota: 858 Turnout: 5,248 (87.22%) | ||||||||
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Cookstown is one of the seven district electoral areas (DEA) in Mid Ulster, Northern Ireland. 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. Cookstown forms part of the Mid Ulster constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
Ballinderry was one of the three district electoral areas in Cookstown, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 2014. The district elected six members to Cookstown District Council, and formed part of the Mid Ulster constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
Drum Manor was one of the three district electoral areas in Cookstown, Northern Ireland which existed from 1985 to 2014. The district elected five members to Cookstown District Council, and formed part of the Mid Ulster constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
