# 1997 Cookstown District Council election

Elections to Cookstown District Council were held on 21 May 1997 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 1997 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Sinn Féin | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 31.3 | 28.0 | 4,926 | 7.3 |
| SDLP | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25.0 | 25.4 | 4,466 | 4.6 |
| UUP | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25.0 | 23.7 | 4,174 | 2.8 |
| DUP | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12.5 | 18.4 | 3,233 | 0.9 |
| Ind. Unionist | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 4.2 | 741 | 0.6 |
| Ind. Nationalist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 53 | 0.3 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Cookstown District Council election, 1997 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | SDLP | SDLP | UUP | UUP | DUP | DUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Ballinderry | 28.9 | 2 | 29.5 | 2 | 19.3 | 1 | 21.5 | 1 | 0.8 | 0 | 6 |
| Cookstown Central | 22.5 | 1 | 25.7 | 1 | 31.6 | 2 | 20.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Drum Manor | 32.1 | 2 | 19.8 | 1 | 21.7 | 1 | 12.7 | 0 | 13.7 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 28.0 | 5 | 25.4 | 4 | 23.7 | 4 | 18.4 | 2 | 4.5 | 1 | 16 |

## District results
### Ballinderry

1993: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP 1997: 2 x SDLP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x DUP 1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from UUP
Ballinderry - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | SDLP | Patsy McGlone* | 22.32% | 1,555 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Patrick McAleer | 21.79% | 1,518 | | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Seamus Campbell | 7.13% | 497 | 580.98 | 1,061.58 | | | | | |
| | DUP | Anne McCrea* | 14.01% | 976 | 977.9 | 978.62 | 982.12 | 1,451.12 | | | |
| | SDLP | Mary Baker | 7.13% | 497 | 912.72 | 935.76 | 983.68 | 985.06 | 986.06 | 1,048.08 | |
| | UUP | Thomas Greer* | 8.87% | 618 | 619.52 | 620.24 | 624.24 | 664.6 | 940.6 | 940.88 | 941.72 |
| | UUP | William Armstrong | 10.55% | 735 | 736.9 | 736.9 | 736.9 | 745.66 | 890.66 | 890.66 | 892.62 |
| | DUP | Samuel McCartney | 7.45% | 519 | 520.52 | 521.24 | 522.24 | | | | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Francis Rocks* | 0.76% | 53 | 93.66 | 103.02 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 8,536 Valid: 6,968 (81.63%) Spoilt: 125 Quota: 996 Turnout: 7,093 (83.10%) ||||||||||||

### Cookstown Central

1993: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 1997: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin 1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from SDLP
Cookstown Central - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | UUP | Trevor Wilson* | 27.37% | 1,427 | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Sean Begley* | 22.48% | 1,172 | | | | | |
| | DUP | William John Larmour* | 16.55% | 863 | 996.77 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Denis Haughey* | 16.40% | 855 | 859.68 | 1,090.48 | | | |
| | UUP | William Joseph Larmour | 4.24% | 221 | 581.36 | 581.76 | 581.76 | 745.42 | 855.01 |
| | SDLP | Margaret Laverty* | 9.34% | 487 | 489.34 | 558.54 | 741.34 | 746.52 | 748.86 |
| | DUP | Raymond McGarvey | 3.62% | 189 | 237.36 | 238.96 | 241.76 | | |
| Electorate: 7,474 Valid: 5,214 (69.76%) Spoilt: 94 Quota: 870 Turnout: 5,308 (71.02%) ||||||||||

### Drum Manor

1993: 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent Unionist 1997: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist 1993-1997 Change: Sinn Féin gain from DUP
Drum Manor - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Sinn Féin | Finbar Conway | 26.72% | 1,446 | | | | |
| | UUP | Samuel Glasgow* | 21.68% | 1,173 | | | | |
| | SDLP | James McGarvey* | 12.86% | 696 | 717.28 | 1,025.28 | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Samuel Parke* | 13.69% | 741 | 741.38 | 745.38 | 910.29 | |
| | Sinn Féin | John McNamee | 5.41% | 293 | 774.08 | 820.84 | 820.84 | 941.84 |
| | DUP | William Cuddy* | 12.68% | 686 | 686 | 691.14 | 790.04 | 791.04 |
| | SDLP | Peter Cassidy | 6.95% | 376 | 405.64 | | | |
| Electorate: 6,595 Valid: 5,411 (82.05%) Spoilt: 88 Quota: 902 Turnout: 5,499 (83.38%) |||||||||