1989 Cookstown District Council election

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.

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1989
1989 Cookstown District Council election
17 May 1989 (1989-05-17)
All 16 seats to Cookstown District Council
9 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party SDLP DUP Ulster Unionist
Seats won 5 5 3
Seat change Increase 2 Steady 0 Steady 0
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Sinn Féin Ind. Unionist
Seats won 2 1
Seat change Decrease 2 Steady 0

Election results
Cookstown District Council Election Result 1989[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SDLP 5 2 0 Increase2 31.3 25.8 4,148 Increase4.8
  DUP 5 0 0 Steady0 31.3 24.0 3,861 Decrease2.6
  Ulster Unionist 3 0 0 Steady0 18.8 23.2 3,726 Increase2.1
  Sinn Féin 2 0 2 Decrease2 12.5 20.3 3,267 Decrease5.3
  Ind. Unionist 1 0 0 Steady0 6.3 4.6 747 Increase1.7
  Workers' Party 0 0 0 Steady0 0.0 2.1 342 Decrease0.4

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

[1]

Results of the Cookstown District Council election, 1989
by district
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

Ballinderry

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

Ballinderry - 6 seats[2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
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

    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

    Cookstown Central - 5 seats[2]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    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

      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

      Drum Manor - 5 seats[2]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      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%)  

        References
        1. "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Cookstown". www.ark.ac.uk.
        2. "Local Government Results 1989". EONI. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
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