Cookstown Area A was one of the three district electoral areas in Cookstown, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. 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.
It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Dunamore, Lissan, Oaklands, Pomeroy and Sandholes. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced by the Drum Manor DEA.
| Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Samuel Parke (UUUP)/ (Loyalist Coalition) | Kenneth Loughrin (DUP) | Samuel Glasgow (UUP) | Patrick Bradley (SDLP) | Laurence Loughran (Independent Nationalist) | |||||
| 1977 | Richard Reid (DUP) | Peter Kelly (SDLP) | ||||||||
| 1973 | N. Glasgow (UUP) | S. Glasgow (UUP) | G. McElhatton (Republican Clubs) | |||||||
1977: 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1981: 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977-1981 Change: No change
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| DUP | Kenneth Loughrin | 21.81% | 1,087 | ||||
| Independent Nationalist | Laurence Loughran* | 21.52% | 1,073 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Samuel Glasgow* | 21.46% | 1,070 | ||||
| UUUP | Samuel Parke* | 9.43% | 470 | 711.96 | 719.55 | 950.93 | |
| SDLP | Patrick Bradley | 14.48% | 722 | 723.38 | 822.05 | 822.74 | |
| SDLP | Peter Kelly* | 11.29% | 563 | 565.07 | 692.49 | 692.95 | |
| Electorate: 5,876 Valid: 4,985 (84.84%) Spoilt: 164 Quota: 831 Turnout: 5,149 (87.63%) | |||||||
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Republican Clubs, 1 x Loyalist Coalition, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977: 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: SDLP and DUP gain from UUP and Republican Clubs, Loyalist Coalition joins UUUP
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| DUP | Richard Reid | 17.67% | 846 | ||||||
| Independent Nationalist | Laurence Loughran* | 17.54% | 840 | ||||||
| SDLP | Peter Kelly | 12.87% | 616 | 630 | 890 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Samuel Glasgow* | 14.95% | 716 | 745 | 746 | 747.5 | 1,085.5 | ||
| UUUP | Samuel Parke* | 10.96% | 525 | 529 | 529 | 531.25 | 581.25 | 848.25 | |
| Republican Clubs | Desmond Gourley | 9.69% | 464 | 471 | 490 | 573.25 | 573.25 | 574.25 | |
| Ulster Unionist | Stanley Glasgow | 7.83% | 375 | 401 | 403 | 406 | |||
| SDLP | Charles O'Neill | 6.22% | 298 | 308 | |||||
| Alliance | J. R. W. O'Connor | 2.26% | 108 | ||||||
| Electorate: 5,982 Valid: 4,788 (80.04%) Spoilt: 183 Quota: 799 Turnout: 4,971 (83.10%) | |||||||||
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Loyalist Coalition, 1 x Republican Clubs, 1 x Independent Nationalist
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Loyalist Coalition | Samuel Parke | 23.27% | 1,137 | |||||||
| Independent Nationalist | Laurence Loughran | 11.27% | 551 | 551 | 556 | 616.31 | 661.31 | 967.31 | ||
| Republican Clubs | G. McElhatton | 8.64% | 422 | 422 | 458 | 466 | 808 | 885 | ||
| Ulster Unionist | N. Glasgow | 13.16% | 643 | 737.24 | 737.24 | 755.24 | 757.24 | 762.24 | 775.24 | |
| Ulster Unionist | S. Glasgow | 10.99% | 537 | 693.55 | 693.55 | 708.86 | 708.86 | 711.86 | 716.86 | |
| Ulster Unionist | J. Gourley | 9.90% | 484 | 545.69 | 548.69 | 563.69 | 563.69 | 570.69 | 599.69 | |
| SDLP | G. McKeown | 7.78% | 380 | 380.31 | 397.31 | 494.31 | 516.31 | |||
| Republican Clubs | P. Monaghan | 6.51% | 318 | 318 | 408 | 424 | ||||
| Alliance | T. P. Sharpe | 4.71% | 230 | 232.48 | 265.48 | |||||
| Republican Clubs | C. O'Neill | 2.72% | 133 | 133.31 | ||||||
| Alliance | J. E. McGurk | 1.06% | 52 | 52 | ||||||
| Electorate: 5,947 Valid: 4,887 (82.18%) Spoilt: 123 Quota: 815 Turnout: 5,010 (84.24%) | ||||||||||
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