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1977 Cookstown District Council election
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Local govt election in Northern Ireland
April 2022
Northern Ireland local elections, 1977
1977 Cookstown District Council election parliamentary no 1973 Cookstown District Council election 1973 1977 05 18 y 1981 Cookstown District Council election 1981 All 15 seats to Cookstown District Council 8 Social Democratic and Labour Party 5 2 Ulster Unionist Party 4 4 United Ulster Unionist Party 3 3 Democratic Unionist Party 1 1 Independent Nationalist 1 1 Independent Republican (Ireland) 1 1 Republican Clubs 0 1 Loyalist Coalition 0 1 Party with the most votes by district.
Elections to Cookstown District Council were held on 18 May 1977 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 15 councillors.
Election results
Cookstown District Council Election Result 1977https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgcookstown.htm Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Cookstown www.ark.ac.uk
Social Democratic and Labour Party
5
2
0
2
33.3
30.2
4,337
12.0
Ulster Unionist Party
4
0
4
4
26.7
28.4
4,081
11.7
United Ulster Unionist Party
3
3
0
3
20.0
14.8
2,131
New
Independent Republican (Ireland)
1
1
0
1
6.7
6.4
924
6.4
Democratic Unionist Party
1
1
0
1
6.7
5.9
846
New
Independent Nationalist
1
0
1
1
6.7
5.8
840
2.9
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
0
0
0
0.0
5.2
746
1.1
Republican Clubs
0
0
1
1
0.0
3.2
464
8.6
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Cookstown District Council election, 1977by 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="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="United Ulster Unionist Party" | UUUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Area A
|19.1
|1
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|22.8
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|1
|11.0
|1
|17.7
|1
|29.4
|1
|5
|-
|align="left"|Area B
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|35.3
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
|16.5
|1
|28.4
|2
|0.0
|0
|19.8
|1
|6
|-
|align="left"|Area C
|36.3
|2
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|52.4
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|0.0
|0
|0.0
|0
|11.3
|0
|4
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|30.2
|5
|28.4
|4
|14.8
|3
|5.9
|1
|20.7
|2
|15
|-
|}
Districts results
Area A
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Republican Clubs, 1 x Loyalist Coalition, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977: 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: SDLP and DUP gain from UUP and Republican Clubs, Loyalist Coalition joins UUUP
Cookstown Area A - 5 seatsLocal Government Results 1977 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/4f2c8097-9a51-463d-8373-947a5954aa40/local_government_election_results_1977 EONI 5 August 2021
6
Democratic Unionist Party
Richard Reid
846
17.67%
Independent Nationalist
Laurence Loughran*
840
17.54%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Peter Kelly
616
12.87%
630
890
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel Glasgow*
716
14.95%
745
746
747.5
1,085.5
United Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel Parke*
525
10.96%
529
529
531.25
581.25
848.25
Republican Clubs
Desmond Gourley
464
9.69%
471
490
573.25
573.25
574.25
Ulster Unionist Party
Stanley Glasgow
375
7.83%
401
403
406
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Charles O'Neill
298
6.22%
308
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
J. R. W. O'Connor
108
2.26%
6
5,982
4,788 (80.04%)
183
799
4,971 (83.10%)
Area B
1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Republican
1973-1977 Change: UUUP (two seats) and Independent Republican gain from UUP (two seats) and Independent Nationalist
Cookstown Area B - 6 seats
5
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Paddy Duffy*
973
17.21%
Ulster Unionist Party
James Howard*
931
16.47%
Independent Republican (Ireland)
Michael McIvor
924
16.34%
United Ulster Unionist Party
Victor McGahie*
921
16.29%
United Ulster Unionist Party
William McIntyre*
685
12.12%
685.85
778.54
856.54
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Joseph Davidson*
589
10.42%
705.62
706.14
728.68
772.68
Social Democratic and Labour Party
James Malone
436
7.71%
473.74
474.65
500.27
569.67
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Austin Hutchinson
195
3.45%
197.38
219.61
5
7,343
5,654 (77.00%)
227
808
5,881 (80.09%)
Area C
1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
Cookstown Area C - 4 seats
5
Ulster Unionist Party
Espie Donaldson*
1,018
25.92%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Brigid Neeson*
801
20.40%
Ulster Unionist Party
John Warwick*
709
18.05%
804.68
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Margaret Laverty
624
15.89%
624.69
624.69
728.73
736.49
Ulster Unionist Party
Alexander McConnell*
332
8.45%
458.73
474.41
730.44
730.5
Alliance Party of Northern Ireland
Basil McNamee
443
11.28%
450.82
451.46
5
5,206
3,927 (75.43%)
121
786
4,048 (77.76%)
References
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