# 1985 Cookstown District Council election

Elections to Cookstown District Council were held on 15 May 1985 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 1985 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| DUP | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 31.3 | 26.6 | 4,405 | 2.3 |
| Sinn Féin | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 25.6 | 4,226 | New |
| UUP | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18.8 | 21.1 | 3,492 | 3.6 |
| SDLP | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18.8 | 21.0 | 3,464 | 10.4 |
| Ind. Unionist | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.3 | 2.9 | 487 | 2.9 |
| Workers' Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 408 | 2.5 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 45 | 10.5 |
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Cookstown District Council election, 1985 by district :
| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | UUP | UUP | SDLP | SDLP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Ballinderry | 26.5 | 2 | 29.3 | 2 | 18.2 | 1 | 25.3 | 1 | 0.7 | 0 | 6 |
| Cookstown Central | 31.8 | 2 | 15.6 | 1 | 25.7 | 1 | 18.9 | 1 | 8.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Drum Manor | 21.8 | 1 | 30.8 | 1 | 20.3 | 1 | 17.7 | 1 | 9.4 | 1 | 5 |
| Total | 26.6 | 5 | 25.6 | 4 | 21.1 | 3 | 21.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 1 | 16 |

## District results
### Ballinderry

1985: 2 x DUP, 2 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP
Ballinderry - 6 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | DUP | William McIntyre* | 19.33% | 1,215 | | | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Patrick McAleer | 16.57% | 1,042 | | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Paddy Duffy* | 14.25% | 896 | 897.56 | 901.56 | | | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Francis McNally | 12.76% | 802 | 802.26 | 802.26 | 918.46 | | | |
| | UUP | Victor McGahie* | 10.08% | 634 | 671.44 | 684.44 | 685.14 | 685.14 | 1,111.14 | |
| | DUP | Samuel McCartney | 7.13% | 448 | 712.42 | 723.94 | 724.78 | 725.78 | 808.88 | 1,017.68 |
| | SDLP | Joseph Davidson* | 6.52% | 410 | 410.26 | 414.26 | 426.44 | 673.98 | 684.98 | 687.98 |
| | UUP | Andrew Booth | 8.08% | 508 | 517.36 | 528.14 | 528.14 | 531.14 | | |
| | SDLP | John O'Neill | 4.56% | 287 | 287 | 288 | 292.9 | | | |
| | Independent | Eric Brown | 0.72% | 45 | 46.3 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 7,587 Valid: 6,287 (82.87%) Spoilt: 149 Quota: 899 Turnout: 6,436 (84.83%) |||||||||||

### Cookstown Central

1985: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x 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 |
| | DUP | Alan Kane* | 28.33% | 1,444 | | | | | |
| | UUP | Espie Donaldson* | 21.35% | 1,088 | | | | | |
| | SDLP | Brigid Neeson* | 11.10% | 566 | 566 | 566.44 | 937.44 | | |
| | DUP | Kenneth Loughrin* | 3.49% | 178 | 721.66 | 789.86 | 790.08 | 790.08 | 947.08 |
| | Sinn Féin | Christopher Neeson | 15.62% | 796 | 796 | 796 | 809 | 829.48 | 830.52 |
| | Workers' Party | Patrick Bloomer | 8.00% | 408 | 410.87 | 413.29 | 424.92 | 484.76 | 539.33 |
| | UUP | Edmund Giboney | 4.32% | 220 | 257.31 | 421.65 | 425.55 | 430.03 | |
| | SDLP | Margaret Laverty* | 7.79% | 397 | 399.87 | 400.97 | | | |
| Electorate: 6,314 Valid: 5,097 (80.73%) Spoilt: 62 Quota: 850 Turnout: 5,159 (81.71%) ||||||||||

### Drum Manor

1985: 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Unionist
Drum Manor - 5 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | DUP | Walter Millar | 21.78% | 1,120 | | | | |
| | UUP | Samuel Glasgow* | 20.26% | 1,042 | | | | |
| | SDLP | James McGarvey | 17.66% | 908 | | | | |
| | Ind. Unionist | Samuel Parke* | 9.47% | 487 | 746.92 | 929.26 | | |
| | Sinn Féin | Tony O'Driscoll | 15.63% | 804 | 804.48 | 804.66 | 808.26 | 830.94 |
| | Sinn Féin | Sean Begley | 15.21% | 782 | 782.72 | 782.72 | 787.76 | 812.42 |
| Electorate: 6,017 Valid: 5,143 (85.47%) Spoilt: 105 Quota: 858 Turnout: 5,248 (87.22%) |||||||||