1985 Cookstown District Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1985

1985 Cookstown District Council election

15 May 1985 (1985-05-15)
All 16 seats to Cookstown District Council 9 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party DUP Sinn Féin UUP Seats won 5 4 3 Seat change 2 4 1   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party SDLP Ind. Unionist UUUP Seats won 3 1 0 Seat change 2 1 1   Seventh party Eighth party   Party Independent Ind. Republican Seats won 0 0 Seat change 1 1

Elections to Cookstown District Council were held on 15 May 1985 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 1985^[1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	DUP	5	2	0	2	31.3	26.6	4,405	2.3
	Sinn Féin	4	4	0	0	25.0	25.6	4,226	New
	UUP	3	0	1	1	18.8	21.1	3,492	3.6
	SDLP	3	0	2	2	18.8	21.0	3,464	10.4
	Ind. Unionist	1	1	0	1	6.3	2.9	487	2.9
	Workers' Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.5	408	2.5
	Independent	0	0	0	1	0.0	0.3	45	10.5

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Cookstown District Council election, 1985
by district^[1]

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	DUP		Sinn Féin		UUP		SDLP		Others
Ballinderry	26.5	2	29.3	2	18.2	1	25.3	1	0.7	0	6
Cookstown Central	31.8	2	15.6	1	25.7	1	18.9	1	8.0	0	5
Drum Manor	21.8	1	30.8	1	20.3	1	17.7	1	9.4	1	5
Total	26.6	5	25.6	4	21.1	3	21.0	3	5.7	1	16

District results

Ballinderry

1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP

Ballinderry - 6 seats^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	DUP	William McIntyre*	19.33%	1,215
	Sinn Féin	Patrick McAleer	16.57%	1,042
	SDLP	Paddy Duffy*	14.25%	896	897.56	901.56
	Sinn Féin	Francis McNally	12.76%	802	802.26	802.26	918.46
	UUP	Victor McGahie*	10.08%	634	671.44	684.44	685.14	685.14	1,111.14
	DUP	Samuel McCartney	7.13%	448	712.42	723.94	724.78	725.78	808.88	1,017.68
	SDLP	Joseph Davidson*	6.52%	410	410.26	414.26	426.44	673.98	684.98	687.98
	UUP	Andrew Booth	8.08%	508	517.36	528.14	528.14	531.14
	SDLP	John O'Neill	4.56%	287	287	288	292.9
	Independent	Eric Brown	0.72%	45	46.3
Electorate: 7,587   Valid: 6,287 (82.87%)   Spoilt: 149   Quota: 899   Turnout: 6,436 (84.83%)

Cookstown Central

1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin

Cookstown Central - 5 seats^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	DUP	Alan Kane*	28.33%	1,444
	UUP	Espie Donaldson*	21.35%	1,088
	SDLP	Brigid Neeson*	11.10%	566	566	566.44	937.44
	DUP	Kenneth Loughrin*	3.49%	178	721.66	789.86	790.08	790.08	947.08
	Sinn Féin	Christopher Neeson	15.62%	796	796	796	809	829.48	830.52
	Workers' Party	Patrick Bloomer	8.00%	408	410.87	413.29	424.92	484.76	539.33
	UUP	Edmund Giboney	4.32%	220	257.31	421.65	425.55	430.03
	SDLP	Margaret Laverty*	7.79%	397	399.87	400.97
Electorate: 6,314   Valid: 5,097 (80.73%)   Spoilt: 62   Quota: 850   Turnout: 5,159 (81.71%)

Drum Manor

1985: 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist

Drum Manor - 5 seats^[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	DUP	Walter Millar	21.78%	1,120
	UUP	Samuel Glasgow*	20.26%	1,042
	SDLP	James McGarvey	17.66%	908
	Ind. Unionist	Samuel Parke*	9.47%	487	746.92	929.26
	Sinn Féin	Tony O'Driscoll	15.63%	804	804.48	804.66	808.26	830.94
	Sinn Féin	Sean Begley	15.21%	782	782.72	782.72	787.76	812.42
Electorate: 6,017   Valid: 5,143 (85.47%)   Spoilt: 105   Quota: 858   Turnout: 5,248 (87.22%)

References

1. "Local Government Elections 1985-1989: Cookstown". www.ark.ac.uk.
2. "Local Government Results 1985". EONI. Retrieved 5 August 2021.