1981 Cookstown District Council election

Local govt election in Northern Ireland April 2022 Northern Ireland local elections, 1981 1981 Cookstown District Council election parliamentary no 1977 Cookstown District Council election 1977 1981 05 20 y 1985 Cookstown District Council election 1985 All 15 seats to Cookstown District Council 8 Social Democratic and Labour Party 5 0 Ulster Unionist Party 4 0 Democratic Unionist Party 3 2 United Ulster Unionist Party 1 2 Independent Nationalist 1 0 Independent Republican (Ireland) 1 0 Party with the most votes by district. Elections to Cookstown District Council were held on 20 May 1981 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 1981https://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/73-81lgcookstown.htm Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Cookstown www.ark.ac.uk Social Democratic and Labour Party 5 0 0 0 33.3 31.4 5,098 1.2 Ulster Unionist Party 4 1 1 0 26.7 24.7 4,002 3.7 Democratic Unionist Party 3 2 0 2 20.0 24.3 3,945 18.4 United Ulster Unionist Party 1 0 2 2 6.7 2.9 470 11.9 Independent Nationalist 1 0 0 0 6.7 6.6 1,073 0.8 Independent Republican (Ireland) 1 0 0 0 6.7 5.9 964 0.5 Independent (politician) 0 0 0 0 0.0 4.2 679 4.2 Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. Districts summary Results of the Cookstown District Council election, 1981by 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="Democratic Unionist Party" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="United Ulster Unionist Party" | UUUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others |- |align="left"|Area A |bgcolor="#99FF66"|25.8 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|1 |21.5 |1 |21.8 |1 |9.4 |1 |21.5 |1 |5 |- |align="left"|Area B |bgcolor="#99FF66"|28.2 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |22.6 |2 |23.5 |1 |0.0 |0 |25.7 |1 |6 |- |align="left"|Area C |bgcolor="#99FF66"|41.4 |bgcolor="#99FF66"|2 |30.7 |1 |27.9 |1 |0.0 |0 |0.0 |0 |4 |- class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9" |align="left"| Total |31.4 |5 |24.7 |4 |24.3 |3 |2.9 |3 |16.7 |2 |15 |- |} Districts results Area A 1977: 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1981: 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1977-1981 Change: No change Cookstown Area A - 5 seatsLocal Government Results 1981 https://www.eoni.org.uk/getmedia/064e8d36-856a-4f60-b950-716cf2c3c7bb/local_government_election_results_1981 EONI 5 August 2021 4 Democratic Unionist Party Kenneth Loughrin 1,087 21.81%       Independent Nationalist Laurence Loughran* 1,073 21.52%       Ulster Unionist Party Samuel Glasgow* 1,070 21.46%       United Ulster Unionist Party Samuel Parke* 470 9.43% 711.96 719.55 950.93 Social Democratic and Labour Party Patrick Bradley 722 14.48% 723.38 822.05 822.74 Social Democratic and Labour Party Peter Kelly* 563 11.29% 565.07 692.49 692.95 4 5,876 4,985 (84.84%) 164 831 5,149 (87.63%) Area B 1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Republican 1981: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Republican 1977-1981 Change: UUP and DUP gain from UUUP (two seats) Cookstown Area B - 6 seats 5 Democratic Unionist Party William McIntyre* 1,502 23.51%         Social Democratic and Labour Party Paddy Duffy* 1,197 18.74%         Independent Republican (Ireland) Michael McIvor* 964 15.09%         Ulster Unionist Party Victor McGahie* 721 11.29% 1,142.98       Ulster Unionist Party James Howard* 720 11.27% 881.07 882.03 1,109.29   Social Democratic and Labour Party Joseph Davidson* 605 9.47% 605.78 834.74 835.18 838.04 Independent (politician) Edward Hagan 679 10.63% 679.39 731.71 731.71 734.35 5 7,342 6,388 (87.01%) 147 913 6,535 (89.01%) Area C 1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP 1981: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP 1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UUP Cookstown Area C - 4 seats 5 Democratic Unionist Party Alan Kane 1,356 27.91%         Social Democratic and Labour Party Brigid Neeson* 1,079 22.21%         Ulster Unionist Party Espie Donaldson* 930 19.14% 1,175.63       Social Democratic and Labour Party Margaret Laverty* 932 19.18% 932.87 933.35 934.64 1,038.84 Ulster Unionist Party John Warwick* 328 6.75% 432.98 557.54 863.63 864.83 Ulster Unionist Party Alexander McConnell 233 4.80% 263.74 337.66     5 5,782 4,858 (84.02%) 88 972 4,946 (85.54%) References Category:Cookstown District Council elections Cookstown