1989 Cookstown District Council election

Main article: Northern Ireland local elections, 1989

Elections to Cookstown District Council were held on 17 May 1989 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.

1989 Cookstown District Council election

17 May 1989 (1989-05-17)
All 16 seats to Cookstown District Council 9 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party SDLP DUP UUP Seats won 5 5 3 Seat change 2 0 0   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Sinn Féin Ind. Unionist Seats won 2 1 Seat change 2 0

Election results

Cookstown District Council Election Result 1989

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SDLP	5	2	0	2	31.3	25.8	4,148	4.8
	DUP	5	0	0	0	31.3	24.0	3,861	2.6
	UUP	3	0	0	0	18.8	23.2	3,726	2.1
	Sinn Féin	2	0	2	2	12.5	20.3	3,267	5.3
	Ind. Unionist	1	0	0	0	6.3	4.6	747	1.7
	Workers' Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.1	342	0.4

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Cookstown District Council election, 1989
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	SDLP		DUP		UUP		Sinn Féin		Others
Ballinderry	29.0	2	25.6	2	21.1	1	24.3	1	0.0	0	6
Cookstown Central	26.3	2	29.5	2	27.6	1	11.4	0	5.2	0	5
Drum Manor	21.5	1	16.8	1	21.4	1	24.0	1	16.3	1	5
Total	25.8	5	24.0	5	23.2	3	20.3	2	6.7	1	16

District results

Ballinderry

1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin

Ballinderry - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SDLP	Paddy Duffy*	22.40%	1,370
	DUP	William McIntyre*	16.99%	1,039
	Sinn Féin	Francis McNally*	14.19%	868	920.54
	UUP	Victor McGahie*	12.77%	781	782.11	811.66	1,208.66
	DUP	Samuel McCartney*	8.63%	528	528	648.6	764.54	1,088.84
	SDLP	John O'Neill	6.57%	402	810.11	810.41	811.41	819.87	889.43
	Sinn Féin	Siobhan McQuillan	10.09%	617	636.61	636.76	637.5	637.5	637.5
	UUP	Neville Forsythe	8.37%	512	514.59	518.79
Electorate: 7,775   Valid: 6,117 (78.68%)   Spoilt: 224   Quota: 874   Turnout: 6,341 (81.56%)

Cookstown Central

1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin
1989: 2 x DUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin

Cookstown Central - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	UUP	Trevor Wilson	27.60%	1,337
	DUP	Alan Kane*	27.35%	1,325
	SDLP	Denis Haughey*	17.65%	855
	DUP	Kenneth Loughrin*	2.19%	106	609.89	1,116.89
	SDLP	Margaret Laverty	8.67%	420	425.33	428.45	456.14	589.57	628.67
	Sinn Féin	Dermot Coyle	11.35%	550	550	550.39	551.17	618.9	620.65
	Workers' Party	Hugh Brennan	5.20%	252	262.66	263.83	317.26
Electorate: 6,722   Valid: 4,845 (72.08%)   Spoilt: 90   Quota: 808   Turnout: 4,935 (73.42%)

Drum Manor

1985: 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1989: 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1985-1989 Change: No change

Drum Manor - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	UUP	Samuel Glasgow*	21.37%	1,096
	Sinn Féin	Sean Begley	18.83%	966
	DUP	Walter Millar*	16.83%	863
	Ind. Unionist	Samuel Parke*	14.56%	747	977.56
	SDLP	James McGarvey*	12.63%	648	649.32	668.68	706.68	775.68
	SDLP	Sean Mallon	8.83%	453	453.22	458.28	487.26	512.48
	Sinn Féin	Desmond McElhatton	5.19%	266	266.22	266.44	278.44
	Workers' Party	Desmond Gourley	1.75%	90	92.42	115.08
Electorate: 6,167   Valid: 5,129 (83.17%)   Spoilt: 167   Quota: 855   Turnout: 5,296 (85.88%)