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The most interesting aspect of the 2005 election in Cookstown was that it did not take place in one of the three electoral areas. In Ballinderry DEA, only six candidates were nominated for six available seats, making an election irrelevant and allowing the candidates to become the first councillors elected in 2005. Overall, the DUP picked up a seat previously held by an Independent, while the SDLP made a rare gain at the expense of Sinn Fein.
Map by Conal Kelly
| Electoral area | 2005 Result | 2001 Result | 1997 Result | 1993 Result |
| Ballinderry | 2 SDLP, 2 SF, 1 DUP, 1 UUP | 2 SDLP, 2 SF, 1 DUP, 1 UUP | 2 SF, 2 SDLP, 1 DUP, 1 UUP | 2 SDLP, 2 UUP, 1 SF, 1 DUP |
| Cookstown Central | 2 SDLP, 1 SF, 1 DUP, 1 UUP | 2 SF, 1 UUP, 1 DUP, 1 SDLP | 2 UUP, 1 SDLP, 1 SF, 1 DUP | 2 UUP, 2 SDLP, 1 DUP |
| Drum Manor | 2 SF, 1 DUP, 1 UUP, 1 SDLP | 2 SF, 1 UUP, 1 SDLP, 1 Ind | 2 SF, 1 UUP, 1 SDLP, 1 Ind U | 1 SF, 1 SDLP, 1 UUP, 1 Ind U, 1 DUP |
| 2005 Results ** | 2001 Results | 1997 Results | 1993 Results |
| Votes by Party: SF: 6,216 (33.5%), 5 councillors DUP: 3,446 (22.5%), 3 councillors UUP: 3,959 (19.5%), 3 councillors SDLP: 4,416 (17.3%), 5 councillors Ind: 689 (6.4%) Soc: 689 (0.8%) |
Votes by Party: UUP: 3,959 (21.1%), 3 councillors DUP: 3,446 (18.4%), 2 councillors SF: 6,216 (33.2%), 6 councillors SDLP: 4,416 (23.6%), 4 councillors Ind*: 689 (3.7%), 1 councillor |
Votes by Party: |
Votes by Party: UUP: 4,477 (26.5%), 5 councillors DUP: 2,954 (17.5%), 3 councillors SF: 3,496 (20.7%), 2 councillors SDLP: 5,084 (30.0%), 5 councillors Lab: 44 (0.2%) DL: 51 (0.3%) U: 818 (4.8%), 1 councillor |
| Electorate: 14,266; votes cast: 10,122; spoilt votes: 131 (1.3%); valid votes: 9,991 (98.7%) | Electorate: 23,065; votes cast: 19,086; spoilt votes: 360 (1.9%); valid votes: 18,726 (98.1%) | Electorate: 22,605; votes cast: 17,900; spoilt votes: 307 (1.7%); valid votes: 17,593 (98.3%) | Electorate: 21,533; votes cast: 17,394; spoilt votes: 470 (2.7%); valid votes: 16,924 (97.3%) |
| 2001 Census: 18,779 "Catholic" (57.64%); 13,400 "Protestant" (41.13%); 31 Other (0.10%); 371 None (1.14%) | |||
**Only two of the three electoral areas in Cookstown voted in the 2005 local government elections; in Ballinderry the number of candidates (2 SF, 2 SDLP, 1 DUP and 1 UUP) was equal to the number of seats (six), so no vote was held.
* A change in legislation in 2001 made it impossible for candidates to describe themselves as "Independent Unionist". However the sole "Independent" candidate had previously sat as an "Independent Unionist" councillor and describes himself as "Independent Unionist" on the Cookstown Council web-site.
See also results from 1985-89 and 1973-81.
Westminster seat: Mid
Ulster
Includes these wards: Ardboe, Coagh, Killycolpy, The Loop, Moneymore, Stewartstown
No poll was conducted in the Ballinderry Electoral Area as the number of candidates was the
same as the number of seats available. Therefore there was no change in party strength.
| First Count: Patrick McAleer, (SF) Michael McIvor, (SF) Mary Baker, (SDLP) Patsy McGlone, (SDLP) Samuel McCartney, (DUP) Thomas Greer, (UUP) |
Votes by Party: SF: 0 (0.0%), 2 seats SDLP: 0 (0.0%), 2 seats DUP: 0 (0.0%), 1 seat UUP: 0 (0.0%), 1 seat |
| Electorate: 0, seats:
6; votes cast: 0; spoilt votes: 0 (0.0%); valid votes: 0 (0.0%); quota: 0 |
No change
| First Count: Patsy McGlone (SDLP) 1,771 Patrick McAleer (SF) 1,567 Anne McCrea (DUP) 969 Walter Greer (UUP) 946 Michael McIvor (SF) 656 Mary Baker (SDLP) 641 Samuel McCartney (DUP) 537 William McCollum (UUP) 334 |
Votes by Party: UUP: 1,280 (17.2%), 1 seat DUP: 1,506 (20.3%), 1 seat SF: 2,223 (30.0%), 2 seats SDLP: 2,412 (32.5%), 2 seats |
| Electorate: 8,938;seats:
6; votes cast: 7,576; spoilt votes: 155 (2.0%); valid votes: 7,421 (98.0%); quota: 1,061 |
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| 2001 Census: 7,842 "Catholic" (63.09%); 4,511 "Protestant" (36.29%); 0 Other (0.00%); 76 None (0.61%) | |
SF gain from UUP.
| First Count: Patsy McGlone, (SDLP) 1,555 Pearse McAleer, (SF) 1,518 Anne McCrea, (DUP) 976 William Armstrong, (UUP) 735 Walter Greer, (UUP) 618 Samuel McCartney, (DUP) 519 Mary Baker, (SDLP) 497 Sean Campbell, (SF) 497 Francis Rocks, (Ind Nat) 53 |
Votes by Party: UUP: 1,353 (19.3%), 1 seat DUP: 1,495 (21.5%), 1 seat SF: 2,015 (28.9%), 2 seats SDLP: 2,052 (29.5%), 2 seats Ind Nat: 53 (0.8%) |
| Electorate: 8,536; seats: 6; valid votes: 6,968; quota: 996 |
| First Count: Patsy McGlone (SDLP) 1,314 Seamus Campbell (SF) 1,239 Anne McCrea (DUP) 936 Francis Rocks (SDLP) 848 Victor McGahie (UUP) 689 Thomas Greer (UUP) 686 Samuel McCartney (DUP) 547 Noel Quinn (SF) 295 |
Votes by Party: UUP: 1,375 (21.0%), 2 seats DUP: 1,483 (22.6%), 1 seat SF: 1,534 (23.4%), 1 seat SDLP: 2,162 (33.0%), 2 seats |
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Electorate: 8,151;
seats: 6; votes cast: 6,765; spoilt votes: 211 (3.1%); |
2005: **SDLP, **SF, *DUP, *UUP - No Contest Held
2001: **SDLP 33%, **SF 30%, *DUP 20%, *UUP 17%
1997: **SDLP 29%, **SF 29%, *DUP 21%, *UUP 19%, Ind Nat 1%
1993: **SDLP 33%, *SF 23%, *DUP 23%, **UUP 21%
Westminster seat: Mid
Ulster
Includes these wards: Gortalowry, Killymoon, Newbuildings, Oldtown, Tullagh
SDLP gain from SF
| First Count:
Robert McCrea, (DUP) 1246 Trevor Wilson, (UUP) 1110 John McNamee, (SF) 977 Peter Cassidy, (SDLP) 514 Tony Quinn, (SDLP) 493 Ciarán McElhone, (SF) 358 Harry Hutchinson, (Soc) 84 |
Votes by Party: SF: 1,335 (27.9%), 1 seats DUP: 1,246 (26.1%), 1 seat UUP: 1,110 (23.2%), 1 seat SDLP: 1,007 (21.1%), 2 seat Soc: 84 (1.8%) |
| Electorate: 7,452;
seats: 5; vote cast: 4,854; spoilt votes: 72 (1.5%); valid votes: 4,782 (98.5%); quota: 798 |
SF gain from UUP
| First Count:
John McNamee (SF) 1,427 Trevor Wilson (UUP) 1,323 Ian McCrea (DUP) 1,064 Peter Cassidy (SDLP) 792 Seamus Campbell (SF) 364 Eddie Espie (SDLP) 328 Albert Crawford (UUP) 238 Hugh Davidson (DUP) 120 |
Votes by Party: UUP: 1,561 (27.6%), 1 seat DUP: 1,184 (20.9%), 1 seat SF: 1,791 (31.7%), 2 seats SDLP: 1,120 (19.8%), 1 seat |
| Electorate: 7,503;
seats: 5; vote cast: 5,774; spoilt votes: 118 (2.0%); valid votes: 5,656 (98.0%); quota: 943 |
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| 2001 Census: 5,721 "Catholic" (52.72%); 4,892 "Protestant" (45.08%); 25 Other (0.23%); 214 None (1.97%) | |
SF gain from SDLP
| First Count:
Trevor Wilson, (UUP) 1,427 Sean Begley, (SF) 1,172 William John Larmour, (DUP) 863 Denis Haughey, (SDLP) 855 Peggy Laverty, (SDLP) 487 William Joseph Larmour, (UUP) 221 Raymond McGarvey, (DUP) 189 |
Votes by Party: UUP: 1,648 (31.6%), 2 seats DUP: 1,052 (20.2%), 1 seat SF: 1,172 (22.5%), 1 seat SDLP: 1,342 (25.7%), 1 seat |
| Electorate: 7,474; seats: 5; valid votes: 5,214; quota: 870 |
| First Count: Trevor Wilson (UUP) 1,514 Denis Haughey (SDLP) 939 Martin Conlon (SF) 704 Peggy Laverty (SDLP) 635 William Larmour (DUP) 634 Ian Montgomery (UUP) 405 Rodney Mitchell (DUP) 172 Edwin Espie (Democratic Left) 51 Harry Hutchinson (Militant Labour) 44 |
Votes by Party: UUP: 1,919 (37.6%), 2 seats DUP: 806 (15.8%), 1 seat SF: 704 (13.8%) SDLP: 1,574 (30.9%), 2 seats Democratic Left: 51 (1.0%) Militant Labour: 44 (0.9%) |
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Electorate: 7,047;
seats: 5; votes cast: 5,210; spoilt votes: 112 (2.1%); |
2005: *SF 28%, *DUP 26%, *UUP 23%, **SDLP 21%, Soc 2%
2001: **SF 32%, *UUP 28%, *DUP 21%, *SDLP 20%
1997: **UUP 32%, *SDLP 26%, *SF 22%, *DUP 20%
1993: **UUP 38%, **SDLP 31%, *DUP 16%, SF 14%, DL 1%, Militant Labour 1%
Westminster seat: Mid
Ulster
Includes these wards: Dunnamore, Lissan, Oaklands, Pomeroy, Sandholes
DUP gain from Ind
| First Count:
Sean Clarke, (SF) 1055 Alice Lees, (DUP) 997 Oliver Molloy, (SF) 952 Samuel Glasgow, (UUP) 841 James McGarvey, (SDLP) 723 Samuel Parke, (Ind) 641 |
Votes by Party: SF: 1,791 (38.5%), 2 seats DUP: 1,184 (19.1%), 1 seat UUP: 1,561 (16.1%), 1 seat SDLP: 1,561 (13.9%), 1 seat Ind: 1,120 (12.3%) |
| Electorate: 6,814;
seats: 5; vote cast: 5,268; spoilt votes: 59 (1.1%); valid votes: 5,209 (98.9%); quota: 869 |
Ind U becomes Ind
| First Count: Desmond Grimes (SF) 1,233 Samuel Glasgow (UUP) 1,118 Oliver Molloy (SF) 969 James McGarvey (SDLP) 884 Alice Lees (DUP) 756 Samuel Parke (Ind) 689 |
Votes by Party: UUP: 1,118 (19.8%), 1 seat DUP: 756 (13.4%) SF: 2,202 (39.0%), 2 seats SDLP: 884 (15.6%), 1 seat Ind: 689 (12.2%), 1 seat |
| Electorate: 6,624;
seats: 5; votes cast: 5,736; spoilt votes: 87 (1.5%); valid votes: 5,649 (98.5%); quota: 942 |
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| 2001 Census: 5,216 "Catholic" (56.11%); 3,997 "Protestant" (43.00%); 3 Other (0.03%); 80 None (0.86%) | |
SF gain from DUP
| First Count:
Finbar Conway, (SF) 1,446 Samuel Glasgow, (UUP) 1,173 Samuel Parke, (Ind Unionist) 741 James McGarvey, (SDLP) 696 William Cuddy, (DUP) 686 Peter Cassidy, (SDLP) 376 John McNamee, (SF) 293 |
Votes by Party: UUP: 1,173 (21.7%), 1 seat DUP: 686 (12.7%) SF: 1,739 (32.1%), 2 seats SDLP: 1,072 (19.8%), 1 seat Ind Unionist: 741 (13.7%), 1 seat |
| Electorate: 6,595; seats: 5; valid votes: 5,411; quota: 902 |
| First Count: Samuel Glasgow (UUP) 1,183 Sean Begley (SF) 1,073 James McGarvey (SDLP) 839 Samuel Parke (Ind U) 818 William Cuddy (DUP) 665 Sean Mallon (SDLP) 509 Finbar Conway (SF) 185 |
Votes by Party: UUP: 1,183 (22.4%), 1 seat DUP: 665 (12.6%), 1 seat SF: 1,258 (23.9%), 1 seat SDLP: 1,348 (25.6%), 1 seat Ind U: 818 (15.5%), 1 seat |
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Electorate: 6,335;
seats: 5; votes cast: 5,419; spoilt votes: 147 (2.7%); |
2005: **SF 38%, *DUP 19%, *UUP 16%, *SDLP 14%, Ind 12%
2001: **SF 39%, *UUP 20%, *SDLP 16%, DUP 13%, *Ind U 12%
1997: **SF 32%, *UUP 22%, *SDLP 20%, *Ind U 14%, DUP 13%
1993: *SDLP 26%, *SF 24%, *UUP 22%, *Ind U 16%, *DUP 13%
Pre-1993 Results from Flackes and Elliott's Northern Ireland - a Political Directory
2005: SF 5, SDLP
5, DUP 3, UUP 3
2001: SF 6, SDLP 4, UUP 3, DUP 2, Ind 1
1997: SF 5, UUP 4, SDLP 4, DUP 2, Ind U 1
1993: UUP 5, SDLP 5, DUP 3, SF 2, Ind U 1
1989: UUP 3, SDLP 5, SF 2, DUP 5, Ind U 1
1985: UUP 3, SDLP 3, SF 4, DUP 5, Ind U 1
1981: UUP 4, SDLP 5, DUP 3, Ind U 1, Oth 2
1977: UUP 4, UUUP 3, SDLP 5, DUP 1, Oth 2
1973: OUP 8, SDLP 3, Loy Coal 1, Rep Clubs 1, Oth 2
NB: 16 councillors since 1985 election; 15 councillors before that.
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