1981 Cookstown District Council election

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20 May 1981 (1981-05-20)

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All 15 seats to Cookstown District Council
8 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	SDLP	Ulster Unionist	DUP
Seats won	5	4	3
Seat change	0	0	2

	Fourth party	Fifth party	Sixth party

Party	UUUP	Independent Nationalist	Independent Republican
Seats won	1	1	1
Seat change	2	0	0

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 1981^[1]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
SDLP	5	0	0	0	33.3	31.4	5,098	1.2
Ulster Unionist	4	1	1	0	26.7	24.7	4,002	3.7
DUP	3	2	0	2	20.0	24.3	3,945	18.4
UUUP	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	1	0	0	0	6.7	5.9	964	0.5
Independent	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, 1981
by district^[1]
Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
Ward	SDLP		UUP		DUP		UUUP		Others		Total Cllrs
Area A	25.8	1	21.5	1	21.8	1	9.4	1	21.5	1	5
Area B	28.2	2	22.6	2	23.5	1	0.0	0	25.7	1	6
Area C	41.4	2	30.7	1	27.9	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	4
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 seats^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	DUP	Kenneth Loughrin	21.81%	1,087
	Independent Nationalist	Laurence Loughran*	21.52%	1,073
	Ulster Unionist	Samuel Glasgow*	21.46%	1,070
	UUUP	Samuel Parke*	9.43%	470	711.96	719.55	950.93
	SDLP	Patrick Bradley	14.48%	722	723.38	822.05	822.74
	SDLP	Peter Kelly*	11.29%	563	565.07	692.49	692.95
Electorate: 5,876 Valid: 4,985 (84.84%) Spoilt: 164 Quota: 831 Turnout: 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^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	William McIntyre*	23.51%	1,502
	SDLP	Paddy Duffy*	18.74%	1,197
	Independent Republican	Michael McIvor*	15.09%	964
	Ulster Unionist	Victor McGahie*	11.29%	721	1,142.98
	Ulster Unionist	James Howard*	11.27%	720	881.07	882.03	1,109.29
	SDLP	Joseph Davidson*	9.47%	605	605.78	834.74	835.18	838.04
	Independent	Edward Hagan	10.63%	679	679.39	731.71	731.71	734.35
Electorate: 7,342 Valid: 6,388 (87.01%) Spoilt: 147 Quota: 913 Turnout: 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^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Alan Kane	27.91%	1,356
	SDLP	Brigid Neeson*	22.21%	1,079
	Ulster Unionist	Espie Donaldson*	19.14%	930	1,175.63
	SDLP	Margaret Laverty*	19.18%	932	932.87	933.35	934.64	1,038.84
	Ulster Unionist	John Warwick*	6.75%	328	432.98	557.54	863.63	864.83
	Ulster Unionist	Alexander McConnell	4.80%	233	263.74	337.66
Electorate: 5,782 Valid: 4,858 (84.02%) Spoilt: 88 Quota: 972 Turnout: 4,946 (85.54%)

References

^ ^a ^b "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Cookstown". www.ark.ac.uk.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

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