# 1989 Cookstown District Council election

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.

## 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 |
| Ward | SDLP | SDLP | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| 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 | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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 | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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%) |||||||||