# 2005 Cookstown District Council election

Elections to Cookstown District Council were held on 5 May 2005 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 2005 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Sinn Féin | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 31.3 | 33.5 | 3,342 | 0.3 |
| SDLP | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31.3 | 17.3 | 1,730 | 6.3 |
| DUP | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18.8 | 22.5 | 2,243 | 4.1 |
| UUP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.8 | 19.5 | 1,951 | 1.6 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 641 | 2.7 |
| Socialist Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 84 | New |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Cookstown District Council election, 2005 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | SDLP | SDLP | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Ballinderry | N/A | 2 | N/A | 2 | N/A | 1 | N/A | 1 | N/A | 0 | 6 |
| Cookstown Central | 27.9 | 1 | 21.1 | 2 | 26.1 | 1 | 23.2 | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | 5 |
| Drum Manor | 38.5 | 2 | 13.9 | 1 | 19.1 | 1 | 16.1 | 1 | 12.4 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 33.5 | 5 | 17.3 | 5 | 22.5 | 3 | 19.5 | 3 | 7.2 | 0 | 16 |

## District results
### Ballinderry

2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP 2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP 2001-2005 Change: No change
Ballinderry - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | SDLP | Mary Baker* | N/A | N/A |
| | UUP | Thomas Greer* | N/A | N/A |
| | Sinn Féin | Patrick McAleer* | N/A | N/A |
| | DUP | Samuel McCartney | N/A | N/A |
| | SDLP | Patsy McGlone* | N/A | N/A |
| | Sinn Féin | Michael McIvor* | N/A | N/A |
| Electorate: N/A Valid: N/A Spoilt: N/A Quota: N/A Turnout: N/A |||||
* As only six candidates had been nominated for six seats, there was no vote in Ballinderry and all six candidates were deemed elected.

### Cookstown Central

2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP 2005: 2 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP 2001-2005 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin
Cookstown Central - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | DUP | Ian McCrea* | 26.06% | 1,246 | | | | |
| | UUP | Trevor Wilson* | 23.21% | 1,110 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | John McNamee* | 20.43% | 977 | | | | |
| | SDLP | Peter Cassidy* | 10.75% | 514 | 659.92 | 796 | 807.34 | |
| | SDLP | Tony Quinn | 10.31% | 493 | 571.08 | 659.28 | 675.12 | 807.68 |
| | Sinn Féin | Ciarán McElhone | 7.49% | 358 | 359.92 | 361.18 | 503.92 | 522.84 |
| | Socialist Party | Harry Hutchinson | 1.76% | 84 | 302.24 | 387.32 | | |
| Electorate: 7,452 Valid: 4,782 (64.17%) Spoilt: 72 Quota: 798 Turnout: 4,854 (65.14%) |||||||||

### Drum Manor

2001: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent 2005: 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from Independent
Drum Manor - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Sinn Féin | Sean Clarke | 20.25% | 1,055 | | |
| | DUP | Maureen Lees | 19.14% | 997 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Oliver Molloy* | 18.28% | 952 | | |
| | SDLP | James McGarvey* | 13.88% | 723 | 895.8 | |
| | UUP | Samuel Glasgow* | 16.15% | 841 | 850 | 920.46 |
| | Independent | Samuel Parke* | 12.31% | 641 | 642.08 | 694.08 |
| Electorate: 6,814 Valid: 5,209 (76.45%) Spoilt: 59 Quota: 869 Turnout: 5,268 (77.31%) |||||||