1989 Cookstown District Council election
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Local govt election in Northern Ireland
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]
Note: “Votes” are the first preference votes.
Districts summary[edit]
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SDLP | Paddy Duffy* | 22.40% | 1,370 | ||||||
| DUP | 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 | |||
| DUP | Samuel McCartney* | 8.63% | 528 | 528 | 648.6 | 764.54 | 1,088.84 | ||
| SDLP | 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Trevor Wilson | 27.60% | 1,337 | ||||||
| DUP | Alan Kane* | 27.35% | 1,325 | ||||||
| SDLP | Denis Haughey* | 17.65% | 855 | ||||||
| DUP | Kenneth Loughrin* | 2.19% | 106 | 609.89 | 1,116.89 | ||||
| SDLP | 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Ulster Unionist | Samuel Glasgow* | 21.37% | 1,096 | |||||
| Sinn Féin | Sean Begley | 18.83% | 966 | |||||
| DUP | Walter Millar* | 16.83% | 863 | |||||
| Ind. Unionist | Samuel Parke* | 14.56% | 747 | 977.56 | ||||
| SDLP | James McGarvey* | 12.63% | 648 | 649.32 | 668.68 | 706.68 | 775.68 | |
| SDLP | 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%) | ||||||||
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