1997 Cookstown District Council election
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All 16 seats to Cookstown District Council 9 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Election results[edit]
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 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | 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 | |
Democratic Unionist | 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.
Districts summary[edit]
Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
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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 |
District results[edit]
Ballinderry[edit]
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 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | 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 | ||||||
Democratic Unionist | Anne McCrea* | 14.01% | 976 | 977.9 | 978.62 | 982.12 | 1,451.12 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | 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 | |
Democratic Unionist | 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%) |
Cookstown Central[edit]
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 | ||||||
Democratic Unionist | William John Larmour* | 16.55% | 863 | 996.77 | |||||
Social Democratic and Labour | 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 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Margaret Laverty* | 9.34% | 487 | 489.34 | 558.54 | 741.34 | 746.52 | 748.86 | |
Democratic Unionist | 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%) |
Drum Manor[edit]
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 | |||||
Social Democratic and Labour | 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 | |
Democratic Unionist | William Cuddy* | 12.68% | 686 | 686 | 691.14 | 790.04 | 791.04 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Peter Cassidy | 6.95% | 376 | 405.64 | ||||
Electorate: 6,595 Valid: 5,411 (82.05%) Spoilt: 88 Quota: 902 Turnout: 5,499 (83.38%) |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Cookstown District Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 5 August 2021.