1997 Cookstown District Council election
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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
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 | |
UUP | 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 | |
Ind. Nationalist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 53 | 0.3 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
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
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
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 | ||
UUP | Thomas Greer* | 8.87% | 618 | 619.52 | 620.24 | 624.24 | 664.6 | 940.6 | 940.88 | 941.72 | |
UUP | 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 | |||||
Ind. 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
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 | ||||
UUP | 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 | ||||
UUP | 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%) |
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Finbar Conway | 26.72% | 1,446 | |||||
UUP | 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%) |
References
- ^ a b "Cookstown District Council Elections 1993-2011". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1997". EONI. Retrieved 5 August 2021.