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1997 Cookstown District Council election
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Local govt election in Northern Ireland
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Northern Ireland local elections, 1997
1997 Cookstown District Council election parliamentary no 1993 Cookstown District Council election 1993 1997 05 21 y 2001 Cookstown District Council election 2001 All 16 seats to Cookstown District Council 9 Sinn Féin 5 3 Social Democratic and Labour Party 4 1 Ulster Unionist Party 4 1 Democratic Unionist Party 2 1 Independent Unionist 1 0 File:Cookstown 1997 election.svg Results by district electoral area, shaded by First Preference Votes.
Elections to Cookstown District Council were held on 21 May 1997 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 1997https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/lgcookstown.htm Cookstown District Council Elections 1993-2011 www.ark.ac.uk
Sinn Féin
5
3
0
3
31.3
28.0
4,926
7.3
Social Democratic and Labour Party
4
0
1
1
25.0
25.4
4,466
4.6
Ulster Unionist Party
4
0
1
1
25.0
23.7
4,174
2.8
Democratic Unionist Party
2
0
1
1
12.5
18.4
3,233
0.9
Independent Unionist
1
0
0
0
6.3
4.2
741
0.6
Independent Nationalist
0
0
0
0
0.0
0.3
53
0.3
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.
Districts summary
Results of the Cookstown District Council election, 1997by district yes
|- class="unsortable" align="centre"
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward
! %
!Cllrs
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!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
! %
!Cllrs
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!Cllrs
!rowspan=2|TotalCllrs
|- class="unsortable" align="center"
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Sinn Féin" | Sinn Féin
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Social Democratic and Labour Party" | SDLP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Ulster Unionist Party" | UUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP
!colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
|-
|align="left"|Ballinderry
|28.9
|2
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|29.5
|bgcolor="#99FF66"|2
|19.3
|1
|21.5
|1
|0.8
|0
|6
|-
|align="left"|Cookstown Central
|22.5
|1
|25.7
|1
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|31.6
|bgcolor="40BFF5"|2
|20.2
|1
|0.0
|0
|5
|-
|align="left"|Drum Manor
|bgcolor="#008800"|32.1
|bgcolor="#008800"|2
|19.8
|1
|21.7
|1
|12.7
|0
|13.7
|1
|5
|- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
|align="left"| Total
|28.0
|5
|25.4
|4
|23.7
|4
|18.4
|2
|4.5
|1
|16
|-
|}
District results
Ballinderry
1993: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP
1997: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
Ballinderry - 6 seatsLocal Government Results 1997 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/28aa14fd-8434-4a56-b274-e155002d47b6/local_government_election_results_1997 EONI 5 August 2021
8
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Patsy McGlone*
1,555
22.32%
Sinn Féin
Patrick McAleer
1,518
21.79%
Sinn Féin
Seamus Campbell
497
7.13%
580.98
1,061.58
Democratic Unionist Party
Anne McCrea*
976
14.01%
977.9
978.62
982.12
1,451.12
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Mary Baker
497
7.13%
912.72
935.76
983.68
985.06
986.06
1,048.08
Ulster Unionist Party
Thomas Greer*
618
8.87%
619.52
620.24
624.24
664.6
940.6
940.88
941.72
Ulster Unionist Party
William Armstrong
735
10.55%
736.9
736.9
736.9
745.66
890.66
890.66
892.62
Democratic Unionist Party
Samuel McCartney
519
7.45%
520.52
521.24
522.24
Independent Nationalist
Francis Rocks*
53
0.76%
93.66
103.02
8
8,536
6,968 (81.63%)
125
996
7,093 (83.10%)
Cookstown Central
1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP
1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Cookstown Central - 5 seats
6
Ulster Unionist Party
Trevor Wilson*
1,427
27.37%
Sinn Féin
Sean Begley*
1,172
22.48%
Democratic Unionist Party
William John Larmour*
863
16.55%
996.77
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Denis Haughey*
855
16.40%
859.68
1,090.48
Ulster Unionist Party
William Joseph Larmour
221
4.24%
581.36
581.76
581.76
745.42
855.01
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Margaret Laverty*
487
9.34%
489.34
558.54
741.34
746.52
748.86
Democratic Unionist Party
Raymond McGarvey
189
3.62%
237.36
238.96
241.76
6
7,474
5,214 (69.76%)
94
870
5,308 (71.02%)
Drum Manor
1993: 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP
Drum Manor - 5 seats
5
Sinn Féin
Finbar Conway
1,446
26.72%
Ulster Unionist Party
Samuel Glasgow*
1,173
21.68%
Social Democratic and Labour Party
James McGarvey*
696
12.86%
717.28
1,025.28
Independent Unionist
Samuel Parke*
741
13.69%
741.38
745.38
910.29
Sinn Féin
John McNamee
293
5.41%
774.08
820.84
820.84
941.84
Democratic Unionist Party
William Cuddy*
686
12.68%
686
691.14
790.04
791.04
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Peter Cassidy
376
6.95%
405.64
5
6,595
5,411 (82.05%)
88
902
5,499 (83.38%)
References
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