# 1977 Cookstown District Council election

Elections to Cookstown District Council were held on 18 May 1977 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

Cookstown District Council Election Result 1977 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| SDLP | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 33.3 | 30.2 | 4,337 | 12.0 |
| UUP | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 26.7 | 28.4 | 4,081 | 11.7 |
| UUUP | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20.0 | 14.8 | 2,131 | New |
| Ind. Republican | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 924 | 6.4 |
| DUP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.7 | 5.9 | 846 | New |
| Ind. Nationalist | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 840 | 2.9 |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 5.2 | 746 | 1.1 |
| Republican Clubs | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 464 | 8.6 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Cookstown District Council election, 1977 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | SDLP | SDLP | UUP | UUP | UUUP | UUUP | DUP | DUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Area A | 19.1 | 1 | 22.8 | 1 | 11.0 | 1 | 17.7 | 1 | 29.4 | 1 | 5 |
| Area B | 35.3 | 2 | 16.5 | 1 | 28.4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 19.8 | 1 | 6 |
| Area C | 36.3 | 2 | 52.4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 11.3 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 30.2 | 5 | 28.4 | 4 | 14.8 | 3 | 5.9 | 1 | 20.7 | 2 | 15 |

## Districts results
### Area A

1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Republican Clubs, 1 x Loyalist Coalition, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1977: 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1973-1977 Change: SDLP and DUP gain from UUP and Republican Clubs, Loyalist Coalition joins UUUP
Cookstown Area A - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | DUP | Richard Reid | 17.67% | 846 | | | | | |
| | Ind. Nationalist | Laurence Loughran* | 17.54% | 840 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Peter Kelly | 12.87% | 616 | 630 | 890 | | | |
| | UUP | Samuel Glasgow* | 14.95% | 716 | 745 | 746 | 747.5 | 1,085.5 | |
| | UUUP | Samuel Parke* | 10.96% | 525 | 529 | 529 | 531.25 | 581.25 | 848.25 |
| | Republican Clubs | Desmond Gourley | 9.69% | 464 | 471 | 490 | 573.25 | 573.25 | 574.25 |
| | UUP | Stanley Glasgow | 7.83% | 375 | 401 | 403 | 406 | | |
| | SDLP | Charles O'Neill | 6.22% | 298 | 308 | | | | |
| | Alliance | J. R. W. O'Connor | 2.26% | 108 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 5,982 Valid: 4,788 (80.04%) Spoilt: 183 Quota: 799 Turnout: 4,971 (83.10%) ||||||||||

### Area B

1973: 3 x UUP, 2 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist 1977: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Republican 1973-1977 Change: UUUP (two seats) and Independent Republican gain from UUP (two seats) and Independent Nationalist
Cookstown Area B - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | SDLP | Paddy Duffy* | 17.21% | 973 | | | | |
| | UUP | James Howard* | 16.47% | 931 | | | | |
| | Ind. Republican | Michael McIvor | 16.34% | 924 | | | | |
| | UUUP | Victor McGahie* | 16.29% | 921 | | | | |
| | UUUP | William McIntyre* | 12.12% | 685 | 685.85 | 778.54 | 856.54 | |
| | SDLP | Joseph Davidson* | 10.42% | 589 | 705.62 | 706.14 | 728.68 | 772.68 |
| | SDLP | James Malone | 7.71% | 436 | 473.74 | 474.65 | 500.27 | 569.67 |
| | Alliance | Austin Hutchinson | 3.45% | 195 | 197.38 | 219.61 | | |
| Electorate: 7,343 Valid: 5,654 (77.00%) Spoilt: 227 Quota: 808 Turnout: 5,881 (80.09%) |||||||||

### Area C

1973: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 1977: 2 x UUP, 2 x SDLP 1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
Cookstown Area C - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | UUP | Espie Donaldson* | 25.92% | 1,018 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Brigid Neeson* | 20.40% | 801 | | | | |
| | UUP | John Warwick* | 18.05% | 709 | 804.68 | | | |
| | SDLP | Margaret Laverty | 15.89% | 624 | 624.69 | 624.69 | 728.73 | 736.49 |
| | UUP | Alexander McConnell* | 8.45% | 332 | 458.73 | 474.41 | 730.44 | 730.5 |
| | Alliance | Basil McNamee | 11.28% | 443 | 450.82 | 451.46 | | |
| Electorate: 5,206 Valid: 3,927 (75.43%) Spoilt: 121 Quota: 786 Turnout: 4,048 (77.76%) |||||||||