1989 Cookstown District Council election

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1989 Cookstown District Council election
  1985 17 May 1989 (1989-05-17) 1993  

All 16 seats to Cookstown District Council
9 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party SDLP DUP Ulster Unionist
Seats won553
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Steady2.svg 0Steady2.svg 0

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Ind. Unionist
Seats won21
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 2Steady2.svg 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.

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Election results

Cookstown District Council Election Result 1989 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  SDLP 520Increase2.svg231.325.84,148Increase2.svg4.8
  DUP 500Steady2.svg031.324.03,861Decrease2.svg2.6
  Ulster Unionist 300Steady2.svg018.823.23,726Increase2.svg2.1
  Sinn Féin 202Decrease2.svg212.520.33,267Decrease2.svg5.3
  Ind. Unionist 100Steady2.svg06.34.6747Increase2.svg1.7
  Workers' Party 000Steady2.svg00.02.1342Decrease2.svg0.4

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Cookstown District Council election, 1989
by district
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
SDLP DUP UUP Sinn Féin Others
Ballinderry29.0225.6221.1124.310.006
Cookstown Central 26.3229.5227.6111.405.205
Drum Manor21.5116.8121.4124.0116.315
Total25.8524.0523.2320.326.7116

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]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
SDLP Paddy Duffy *22.40%1,370     
DUP William McIntyre*16.99%1,039     
Sinn Féin Francis McNally*14.19%868920.54    
Ulster Unionist Victor McGahie*12.77%781782.11 811.66 1,208.66  
DUP Samuel McCartney*8.63%528528 648.6 764.54 1,088.84 
SDLP John O'Neill6.57%402810.11 810.41 811.41 819.87 889.43
Sinn Féin Siobhan McQuillan10.09%617636.61 636.76 637.5 637.5 637.5
Ulster Unionist Neville Forsythe8.37%512514.59 518.79    
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]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    Ulster Unionist Trevor Wilson27.60%1,337     
    DUP Alan Kane *27.35%1,325     
    SDLP Denis Haughey *17.65%855     
    DUP Kenneth Loughrin*2.19%106609.89 1,116.89   
    SDLP Margaret Laverty8.67%420425.33 428.45 456.14 589.57 628.67
    Sinn Féin Dermot Coyle11.35%550550 550.39 551.17 618.9 620.65
    Workers' Party Hugh Brennan5.20%252262.66 263.83 317.26   
    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]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      Ulster Unionist Samuel Glasgow*21.37%1,096    
      Sinn Féin Sean Begley18.83%966    
      DUP Walter Millar *16.83%863    
      Ind. Unionist Samuel Parke*14.56%747977.56   
      SDLP James McGarvey*12.63%648649.32 668.68 706.68 775.68
      SDLP Sean Mallon8.83%453453.22 458.28 487.26 512.48
      Sinn Féin Desmond McElhatton5.19%266266.22 266.44 278.44  
      Workers' Party Desmond Gourley1.75%9092.42 115.08   
      Electorate: 6,167  Valid: 5,129 (83.17%)  Spoilt: 167  Quota: 855  Turnout: 5,296 (85.88%)  

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        References

        1. 1 2 "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Cookstown". www.ark.ac.uk.
        2. 1 2 3 "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 5 August 2021.