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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.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| Sinn Féin | 5 | 3 | 0 |  3 | 31.3 | 28.0 | 4,926 | 7.3 | |
| SDLP | 4 | 0 | 1 |  1 | 25.0 | 25.4 | 4,466 | 4.6 | |
| Ulster Unionist | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25.0 | 23.7 | 4,174 | 2.8 | |
| DUP | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12.5 | 18.4 | 3,233 | 0.9 | |
| Ind. Unionist | 1 | 0 | 0 |  0 | 6.3 | 4.2 | 741 | 0.6 | |
| Independent Nationalist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 53 | 0.3 | |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
| 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 |
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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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| 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%) | |||||||||||
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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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| 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%) | |||||||||
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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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| 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%) | ||||||||
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