2005 Cookstown District Council election

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2005 Cookstown District Council election
  2001 5 May 2005 (2005-05-05) 2011  

All 16 seats to Cookstown District Council
9 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Sinn Féin SDLP DUP
Seats won553
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1Steady2.svg 0

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party Ulster Unionist Independent
Seats won30
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1

Elections to Cookstown District Council were held on 5 May 2005 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 2005 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Sinn Féin 501Decrease2.svg131.333.53,342Increase2.svg0.3
  SDLP 510Increase2.svg131.317.31,730Decrease2.svg6.3
  DUP 310Increase2.svg118.822.52,243Increase2.svg4.1
  Ulster Unionist 300Steady2.svg018.819.51,951Decrease2.svg1.6
  Independent 001Decrease2.svg10.06.4641Increase2.svg2.7
  Socialist Party 000Steady2.svg00.00.884New

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Cookstown District Council election, 2005
by district
Ward %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
 %
Cllrs
Total
Cllrs
Sinn Féin SDLP DUP UUP Others
BallinderryN/A2N/A2N/A1N/A1N/A06
Cookstown Central 27.9121.1226.1123.211.705
Drum Manor38.5213.9119.1116.1112.405
Total33.5517.3522.5319.537.2016

District results

Ballinderry

2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
2001-2005 Change: No change

Ballinderry - 6 seats [2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1
SDLP Mary Baker*N/AN/A
Ulster Unionist Thomas Greer*N/AN/A
Sinn Féin Patrick McAleer*N/AN/A
DUP Samuel McCartneyN/AN/A
SDLP Patsy McGlone *N/AN/A
Sinn Féin Michael McIvor*N/AN/A
Electorate: N/A  Valid: N/A  Spoilt: N/A  Quota: N/A  Turnout: N/A  

    Cookstown Central

    2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
    2005: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP
    2001-2005 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin

    Cookstown Central - 5 seats [2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    DUP Ian McCrea *26.06%1,246    
    Ulster Unionist Trevor Wilson*23.21%1,110    
    Sinn Féin John McNamee*20.43%977    
    SDLP Peter Cassidy*10.75%514659.92 796 807.34 
    SDLP Tony Quinn10.31%493571.08 659.28 675.12 807.68
    Sinn Féin Ciarán McElhone7.49%358359.92 361.18 503.92 522.84
    Socialist Party Harry Hutchinson1.76%84302.24 387.32   
    Electorate: 7,452  Valid: 4,782 (64.17%)  Spoilt: 72  Quota: 798  Turnout: 4,854 (65.14%)  

      Drum Manor

      2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent
      2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
      2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Independent

      Drum Manor - 5 seats [2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123
      Sinn Féin Sean Clarke20.25%1,055  
      DUP Maureen Lees19.14%997  
      Sinn Féin Oliver Molloy*18.28%952  
      SDLP James McGarvey*13.88%723895.8 
      Ulster Unionist Samuel Glasgow*16.15%841850 920.46
      Independent Samuel Parke*12.31%641642.08 694.08
      Electorate: 6,814  Valid: 5,209 (76.45%)  Spoilt: 59  Quota: 869  Turnout: 5,268 (77.31%)  

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        References

        1. 1 2 "Cookstown District Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
        2. 1 2 3 "Local Government Results 2005". EONI. Retrieved 4 August 2021.