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1989 Cookstown District Council election
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Local govt election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1989
1989 Cookstown District Council election parliamentary no 1985 Cookstown District Council election 1985 1989 05 17 y 1993 Cookstown District Council election 1993 All 16 seats to Cookstown District Council 9 Social Democratic and Labour Party 5 2 Democratic Unionist Party 5 0 Ulster Unionist Party 3 0 Sinn Féin 2 2 Independent Unionist 1 0 Party with the most votes by district.
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
Cookstown District Council Election Result 1989https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgcookstown.htm Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Cookstown www.ark.ac.uk
Social Democratic and Labour Party
5
2
0
2
31.3
25.8
4,148
4.8
Democratic Unionist Party
5
0
0
0
31.3
24.0
3,861
2.6
Ulster Unionist Party
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
Independent Unionist
1
0
0
0
6.3
4.6
747
1.7
Workers' Party (Ireland)
0
0
0
0
0.0
2.1
342
0.4
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Cookstown District Council election, 1989by 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="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Sinn Féin" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Ballinderry
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|29.0
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
|25.6
|2
|21.1
|1
|24.3
|1
|0.0
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Cookstown Central
|26.3
|2
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|29.5
|bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
|27.6
|1
|11.4
|0
|5.2
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Drum Manor
|21.5
|1
|16.8
|1
|21.4
|1
|bgcolor="#008800"|24.0
|bgcolor="#008800"|1
|16.3
|1
|5
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| 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 seatsLocal Government Results 1989 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/c747b644-74fb-4401-a84f-1900f7818722/local_government_election_results_1989 EONI 5 August 2021
6
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Paddy Duffy*
1,370
22.40%
Democratic Unionist Party
William McIntyre*
1,039
16.99%
Sinn Féin
Francis McNally*
868
14.19%
920.54
Ulster Unionist Party
Victor McGahie*
781
12.77%
782.11
811.66
1,208.66
Democratic Unionist Party
Samuel McCartney*
528
8.63%
528
648.6
764.54
1,088.84
Social Democratic and Labour Party
John O'Neill
402
6.57%
810.11
810.41
811.41
819.87
889.43
Sinn Féin
Siobhan McQuillan
617
10.09%
636.61
636.76
637.5
637.5
637.5
Ulster Unionist Party
Neville Forsythe
512
8.37%
514.59
518.79
6
7,775
6,117 (78.68%)
224
874
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
6
Ulster Unionist Party
Trevor Wilson
1,337
27.60%
Democratic Unionist Party
Alan Kane*
1,325
27.35%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Denis Haughey*
855
17.65%
Democratic Unionist Party
Kenneth Loughrin*
106
2.19%
609.89
1,116.89
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Margaret Laverty
420
8.67%
425.33
428.45
456.14
589.57
628.67
Sinn Féin
Dermot Coyle
550
11.35%
550
550.39
551.17
618.9
620.65
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Hugh Brennan
252
5.20%
262.66
263.83
317.26
6
6,722
4,845 (72.08%)
90
808
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
5
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel Glasgow*
1,096
21.37%
Sinn Féin
Sean Begley
966
18.83%
Democratic Unionist Party
Walter Millar*
863
16.83%
Independent Unionist
Samuel Parke*
747
14.56%
977.56
Social Democratic and Labour Party
James McGarvey*
648
12.63%
649.32
668.68
706.68
775.68
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Sean Mallon
453
8.83%
453.22
458.28
487.26
512.48
Sinn Féin
Desmond McElhatton
266
5.19%
266.22
266.44
278.44
Workers' Party (Ireland)
Desmond Gourley
90
1.75%
92.42
115.08
5
6,167
5,129 (83.17%)
167
855
5,296 (85.88%)
References
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