1981 Cookstown District Council election
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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[edit]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Social Democratic and Labour | 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 | |
Democratic Unionist | 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 | |
Ind. 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[edit]
Ward | % |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
% |
Cllrs |
Total Cllrs |
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SDLP | UUP | DUP | UUUP | Others | |||||||
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[edit]
Area A[edit]
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
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | 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 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | Patrick Bradley | 14.48% | 722 | 723.38 | 822.05 | 822.74 | |
Social Democratic and Labour | 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[edit]
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)
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | William McIntyre* | 23.51% | 1,502 | |||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Paddy Duffy* | 18.74% | 1,197 | |||||
Ind. 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 | ||
Social Democratic and Labour | 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[edit]
1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP
1981: 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP
1977-1981 Change: DUP gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Democratic Unionist | Alan Kane | 27.91% | 1,356 | |||||
Social Democratic and Labour | Brigid Neeson* | 22.21% | 1,079 | |||||
Ulster Unionist | Espie Donaldson* | 19.14% | 930 | 1,175.63 | ||||
Social Democratic and Labour | 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[edit]
- ^ a b "Local Government Elections 1973-1981: Cookstown". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c "Local Government Results 1981". EONI. Retrieved 5 August 2021.