1997 Cookstown District Council election

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1997 Cookstown District Council election
  1993 21 May 1997 (1997-05-21) 2001  

All 16 seats to Cookstown District Council
9 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Sinn Féin SDLP UUP
Seats won544
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party DUP Ind. Unionist
Seats won21
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Steady2.svg 0

Cookstown 1997 election.svg
Results by district electoral area, shaded by First Preference Votes.

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.

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Election results

Cookstown District Council Election Result 1997 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Sinn Féin 530Increase2.svg331.328.04,926Increase2.svg7.3
  SDLP 401Decrease2.svg125.025.44,466Decrease2.svg4.6
  UUP 401Decrease2.svg125.023.74,174Decrease2.svg2.8
  DUP 201Decrease2.svg112.518.43,233Increase2.svg0.9
  Ind. Unionist 100Steady2.svg06.34.2741Decrease2.svg0.6
  Ind. Nationalist 000Steady2.svg00.00.353Increase2.svg0.3

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Cookstown District Council election, 1997
by district
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
Sinn Féin SDLP UUP DUP Others
Ballinderry28.9229.5219.3121.510.806
Cookstown Central 22.5125.7131.6220.210.005
Drum Manor32.1219.8121.7112.7013.715
Total28.0525.4423.7418.424.5116

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]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678
SDLP Patsy McGlone *22.32%1,555       
Sinn Féin Patrick McAleer21.79%1,518       
Sinn Féin Seamus Campbell7.13%497580.98 1,061.58     
DUP Anne McCrea*14.01%976977.9 978.62 982.12 1,451.12   
SDLP Mary Baker7.13%497912.72 935.76 983.68 985.06 986.06 1,048.08 
UUP Thomas Greer*8.87%618619.52 620.24 624.24 664.6 940.6 940.88 941.72
UUP William Armstrong 10.55%735736.9 736.9 736.9 745.66 890.66 890.66 892.62
DUP Samuel McCartney7.45%519520.52 521.24 522.24     
Ind. Nationalist Francis Rocks*0.76%5393.66 103.02      
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]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    UUP Trevor Wilson*27.37%1,427     
    Sinn Féin Sean Begley*22.48%1,172     
    DUP William John Larmour*16.55%863996.77    
    SDLP Denis Haughey *16.40%855859.68 1,090.48   
    UUP William Joseph Larmour4.24%221581.36 581.76 581.76 745.42 855.01
    SDLP Margaret Laverty*9.34%487489.34 558.54 741.34 746.52 748.86
    DUP Raymond McGarvey3.62%189237.36 238.96 241.76   
    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]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      Sinn Féin Finbar Conway26.72%1,446    
      UUP Samuel Glasgow*21.68%1,173    
      SDLP James McGarvey*12.86%696717.28 1,025.28  
      Ind. Unionist Samuel Parke*13.69%741741.38 745.38 910.29 
      Sinn Féin John McNamee5.41%293774.08 820.84 820.84 941.84
      DUP William Cuddy*12.68%686686 691.14 790.04 791.04
      SDLP Peter Cassidy6.95%376405.64    
      Electorate: 6,595  Valid: 5,411 (82.05%)  Spoilt: 88  Quota: 902  Turnout: 5,499 (83.38%)  

        References

        1. 1 2 "Cookstown District Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
        2. 1 2 3 "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 5 August 2021.