1989 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 17 May 1989 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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Social Democratic and Labour | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 31.3 | 25.8 | 4,148 | 4.8 | |
Democratic Unionist | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.3 | 24.0 | 3,861 | 2.6 | |
Ulster Unionist | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.8 | 23.2 | 3,726 | 2.1 | |
Sinn Féin | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12.5 | 20.3 | 3,267 | 5.3 | |
Ind. Unionist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 4.6 | 747 | 1.7 | |
Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 342 | 0.4 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary[edit]
Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
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SDLP | DUP | UUP | Sinn Féin | Others | |||||||
Ballinderry | 29.0 | 2 | 25.6 | 2 | 21.1 | 1 | 24.3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
Cookstown Central | 26.3 | 2 | 29.5 | 2 | 27.6 | 1 | 11.4 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 5 |
Drum Manor | 21.5 | 1 | 16.8 | 1 | 21.4 | 1 | 24.0 | 1 | 16.3 | 1 | 5 |
Total | 25.8 | 5 | 24.0 | 5 | 23.2 | 3 | 20.3 | 2 | 6.7 | 1 | 16 |
District results[edit]
Ballinderry[edit]
1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Paddy Duffy* | 22.40% | 1,370 | ||||||
Democratic Unionist | William McIntyre* | 16.99% | 1,039 | ||||||
Sinn Féin | Francis McNally* | 14.19% | 868 | 920.54 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | Victor McGahie* | 12.77% | 781 | 782.11 | 811.66 | 1,208.66 | |||
Democratic Unionist | Samuel McCartney* | 8.63% | 528 | 528 | 648.6 | 764.54 | 1,088.84 | ||
Social Democratic and Labour | John O'Neill | 6.57% | 402 | 810.11 | 810.41 | 811.41 | 819.87 | 889.43 | |
Sinn Féin | Siobhan McQuillan | 10.09% | 617 | 636.61 | 636.76 | 637.5 | 637.5 | 637.5 | |
Ulster Unionist | Neville Forsythe | 8.37% | 512 | 514.59 | 518.79 | ||||
Electorate: 7,775 Valid: 6,117 (78.68%) Spoilt: 224 Quota: 874 Turnout: 6,341 (81.56%) |
Cookstown Central[edit]
1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Trevor Wilson | 27.60% | 1,337 | ||||||
Democratic Unionist | Alan Kane* | 27.35% | 1,325 | ||||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Denis Haughey* | 17.65% | 855 | ||||||
Democratic Unionist | Kenneth Loughrin* | 2.19% | 106 | 609.89 | 1,116.89 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Margaret Laverty | 8.67% | 420 | 425.33 | 428.45 | 456.14 | 589.57 | 628.67 | |
Sinn Féin | Dermot Coyle | 11.35% | 550 | 550 | 550.39 | 551.17 | 618.9 | 620.65 | |
Workers' Party | Hugh Brennan | 5.20% | 252 | 262.66 | 263.83 | 317.26 | |||
Electorate: 6,722 Valid: 4,845 (72.08%) Spoilt: 90 Quota: 808 Turnout: 4,935 (73.42%) |
Drum Manor[edit]
1985: 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1989: 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1985-1989 Change: No change
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Ulster Unionist | Samuel Glasgow* | 21.37% | 1,096 | |||||
Sinn Féin | Sean Begley | 18.83% | 966 | |||||
Democratic Unionist | Walter Millar* | 16.83% | 863 | |||||
Ind. Unionist | Samuel Parke* | 14.56% | 747 | 977.56 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | James McGarvey* | 12.63% | 648 | 649.32 | 668.68 | 706.68 | 775.68 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Sean Mallon | 8.83% | 453 | 453.22 | 458.28 | 487.26 | 512.48 | |
Sinn Féin | Desmond McElhatton | 5.19% | 266 | 266.22 | 266.44 | 278.44 | ||
Workers' Party | Desmond Gourley | 1.75% | 90 | 92.42 | 115.08 | |||
Electorate: 6,167 Valid: 5,129 (83.17%) Spoilt: 167 Quota: 855 Turnout: 5,296 (85.88%) |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Cookstown". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 5 August 2021.