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1985 Cookstown District Council election
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Local govt election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1985
1985 Cookstown District Council election parliamentary no 1981 Cookstown District Council election 1981 1985 05 15 y 1989 Cookstown District Council election 1989 All 16 seats to Cookstown District Council 9 Democratic Unionist Party 5 2 Sinn Féin 4 4 Ulster Unionist Party 3 1 Social Democratic and Labour Party 3 2 Independent Unionist 1 1 United Ulster Unionist Party 0 1 Independent (politician) 0 1 Independent Republican (Ireland) 0 1 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Cookstown District Council were held on 15 May 1985 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 1985https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgcookstown.htm Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Cookstown www.ark.ac.uk
Democratic Unionist Party
5
2
0
2
31.3
26.6
4,405
2.3
Sinn Féin
4
4
0
0
25.0
25.6
4,226
New
Ulster Unionist Party
3
0
1
1
18.8
21.1
3,492
3.6
Social Democratic and Labour Party
3
0
2
2
18.8
21.0
3,464
10.4
Independent Unionist
1
1
0
1
6.3
2.9
487
2.9
Workers' Party (Ireland)
0
0
0
0
0.0
2.5
408
2.5
Independent (politician)
0
0
0
1
0.0
0.3
45
10.5
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Cookstown District Council election, 1985by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
!rowspan=2|TotalCllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Sinn Féin" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Ballinderry
|26.5
|2
|bgcolor="#008800"|29.3
|bgcolor="#008800"|2
|18.2
|1
|25.3
|1
|0.7
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Cookstown Central
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|31.8
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|15.6
|1
|25.7
|1
|18.9
|1
|8.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Drum Manor
|21.8
|1
|bgcolor="#008800"|30.8
|bgcolor="#008800"|1
|20.3
|1
|17.7
|1
|9.4
|1
|5
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|26.6
|5
|25.6
|4
|21.1
|3
|21.0
|3
|5.7
|1
|16
|-
|}
District results
Ballinderry
1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
Ballinderry - 6 seatsLocal Government Results 1985 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/2d57a980-809e-4f90-b658-0175b954d3a2/local_government_election_results_1985 EONI 5 August 2021
7
Democratic Unionist Party
William McIntyre*
1,215
19.33%
Sinn Féin
Patrick McAleer
1,042
16.57%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Paddy Duffy*
896
14.25%
897.56
901.56
Sinn Féin
Francis McNally
802
12.76%
802.26
802.26
918.46
Ulster Unionist Party
Victor McGahie*
634
10.08%
671.44
684.44
685.14
685.14
1,111.14
Democratic Unionist Party
Samuel McCartney
448
7.13%
712.42
723.94
724.78
725.78
808.88
1,017.68
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Joseph Davidson*
410
6.52%
410.26
414.26
426.44
673.98
684.98
687.98
Ulster Unionist Party
Andrew Booth
508
8.08%
517.36
528.14
528.14
531.14
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John O'Neill
287
4.56%
287
288
292.9
Independent (politician)
Eric Brown
45
0.72%
46.3
7
7,587
6,287 (82.87%)
149
899
6,436 (84.83%)
Cookstown Central
1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin
Cookstown Central - 5 seats
6
Democratic Unionist Party
Alan Kane*
1,444
28.33%
Ulster Unionist Party
Espie Donaldson*
1,088
21.35%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Brigid Neeson*
566
11.10%
566
566.44
937.44
Democratic Unionist Party
Kenneth Loughrin*
178
3.49%
721.66
789.86
790.08
790.08
947.08
Sinn Féin
Christopher Neeson
796
15.62%
796
796
809
829.48
830.52
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Patrick Bloomer
408
8.00%
410.87
413.29
424.92
484.76
539.33
Ulster Unionist Party
Edmund Giboney
220
4.32%
257.31
421.65
425.55
430.03
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Margaret Laverty*
397
7.79%
399.87
400.97
6
6,314
5,097 (80.73%)
62
850
5,159 (81.71%)
Drum Manor
1985: 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
Drum Manor - 5 seats
5
Democratic Unionist Party
Walter Millar
1,120
21.78%
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel Glasgow*
1,042
20.26%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
James McGarvey
908
17.66%
Independent Unionist
Samuel Parke*
487
9.47%
746.92
929.26
Sinn Féin
Tony O'Driscoll
804
15.63%
804.48
804.66
808.26
830.94
Sinn Féin
Sean Begley
782
15.21%
782.72
782.72
787.76
812.42
5
6,017
5,143 (85.47%)
105
858
5,248 (87.22%)
References
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