1997 Cookstown District Council election

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1997 Cookstown District Council election

21 May 1997 (1997-05-21)
All 16 seats to Cookstown District Council 9 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Sinn Féin SDLP Ulster Unionist Seats won 5 4 4 Seat change 3 1 1   Fourth party Fifth party   Party DUP Ind. Unionist Seats won 2 1 Seat change 1 0

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

Cookstown District Council Election Result 1997

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	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.

Districts summary

Results of the Cookstown District Council election, 1997
by district

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

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

Ballinderry - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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%)

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

Cookstown Central - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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%)

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

Drum Manor - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				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%)